Sports at Basis?

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I care.

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Anonymous wrote:It all sounds fantastic, but the reality is that the facilities and resources simply just aren't there to support serious versions of most of these clubs. Musicals, and debates for that matter, are only so good without an auditorium or school orchestra. Cooking isn't too hot without a decent kitchen. Parents generally must pay for competitors to travel to Yale etc. for Certamen. ASL isn't taught as a language class at BASIS (often the case in suburban middle schools and high schools in this area). Even Science Olympiad isn't all that great without great labs for robotics and research. The clubs are much better than nothing of course, but I'd take it all with a grain of sale if you're interested in BASIS. JR has much more serious ECs overall and so does Walls. My kid rows on the joint JR-Walls crew team out of the Georgetown boat house.

Does your kid do competitive cooking too?

Every child's dream is to prepare a delicious croque madame in the Walls/JR rustic French gourmet kitchen before heading out with his crewmates from the Georgetown boathouse.

Lol

Just hilarious that BASIS doesn't offer more in the way of competitive sports and that the building sucks. Which BASIS family would complain if things were different? Good for Walls and JR for taking advantage of Georgetown's offer to let them use the boathouse (for free).

And they don't have a library so students can't even research the sport they would like to play.

The library thing is so funny. The central library is right there!

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My kid plays on the middle school soccer team and really enjoys it. Definitely not at the level of a bigger middle school like deal or bcc or whatever but they have a fun league and play Latin, dci, el Haynes and a couple other in their league. Rfk is a haul but it’s a nice facility. The soccer games are mostly competitive and not 8-0 affairs like they can be at other small schools.

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Anonymous wrote:It all sounds fantastic, but the reality is that the facilities and resources simply just aren't there to support serious versions of most of these clubs. Musicals, and debates for that matter, are only so good without an auditorium or school orchestra. Cooking isn't too hot without a decent kitchen. Parents generally must pay for competitors to travel to Yale etc. for Certamen. ASL isn't taught as a language class at BASIS (often the case in suburban middle schools and high schools in this area). Even Science Olympiad isn't all that great without great labs for robotics and research. The clubs are much better than nothing of course, but I'd take it all with a grain of sale if you're interested in BASIS. JR has much more serious ECs overall and so does Walls. My kid rows on the joint JR-Walls crew team out of the Georgetown boat house.

Does your kid do competitive cooking too?

Every child's dream is to prepare a delicious croque madame in the Walls/JR rustic French gourmet kitchen before heading out with his crewmates from the Georgetown boathouse.

Lol

Just hilarious that BASIS doesn't offer more in the way of competitive sports and that the building sucks. Which BASIS family would complain if things were different? Good for Walls and JR for taking advantage of Georgetown's offer to let them use the boathouse (for free).

And they don't have a library so students can't even research the sport they would like to play.

The library thing is so funny. The central library is right there!

PP was just riffing on an ongoing joke. But glad you quoted it, because I missed it the first time and needed a laugh!

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Anonymous wrote:It all sounds fantastic, but the reality is that the facilities and resources simply just aren't there to support serious versions of most of these clubs. Musicals, and debates for that matter, are only so good without an auditorium or school orchestra. Cooking isn't too hot without a decent kitchen. Parents generally must pay for competitors to travel to Yale etc. for Certamen. ASL isn't taught as a language class at BASIS (often the case in suburban middle schools and high schools in this area). Even Science Olympiad isn't all that great without great labs for robotics and research. The clubs are much better than nothing of course, but I'd take it all with a grain of sale if you're interested in BASIS. JR has much more serious ECs overall and so does Walls. My kid rows on the joint JR-Walls crew team out of the Georgetown boat house.

Does your kid do competitive cooking too?

Every child's dream is to prepare a delicious croque madame in the Walls/JR rustic French gourmet kitchen before heading out with his crewmates from the Georgetown boathouse.

Lol

Just hilarious that BASIS doesn't offer more in the way of competitive sports and that the building sucks. Which BASIS family would complain if things were different? Good for Walls and JR for taking advantage of Georgetown's offer to let them use the boathouse (for free).

And they don't have a library so students can't even research the sport they would like to play.

The library thing is so funny. The central library is right there!

OP asked about sports at BASIS but you're here taking potshots at posters who've criticized the school for unrelated reasons on other threads. You seriously have nothing better to do?

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of competitive kids at BASIS play serious sports and do other intensive extra curriculars (from music to advanced languages in middle school, to acting programs etc.). But, yes, as a parent, you get to pay the dough and do the leg work to make it all happen. Be prepared.

If your UMC BASIS kids to have a shot at highly competitive colleges, it's v. short-sighted to stick with what the school offers. This past spring, there was a great deal of disappointment at BASIS, even shock, at how many of the top 10 or 15 kids didn't wind up with options at colleges admitting in the single digits. IMHO, weak EC accomplishments were mainly to blame. The 2022 admissions results were an eye-opener for the parents community, though a handful of kids cracked MIT, Harvard, Yale. The class in question was particularly strong academically, the first group that came all the way up from 5th grade.

Disappointment and shock? Not really. In fact, the class did well in college admissions. For example, its results were better per capita than a lot of other top public schools in the area such as Montgomery Blair and Whitman that, because of their larger size, offer many more extracurricular activities.

I stand by disappointment and shock at having been denied Yale, Harvard etc. Too many parents drank the BASIS Koolaid and expected more for their family's sacrifices. There were tears in late March.

Aw, must have been hard for you. Where did your kid get in?

We'd out ourselves if I told you. An Ivy.

I feel sorry for you, but I wonder -- how much of the fail was your kid's fault? You sound like the type of parent who doesn't grasp reality too well.

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Anonymous wrote:It all sounds fantastic, but the reality is that the facilities and resources simply just aren't there to support serious versions of most of these clubs. Musicals, and debates for that matter, are only so good without an auditorium or school orchestra. Cooking isn't too hot without a decent kitchen. Parents generally must pay for competitors to travel to Yale etc. for Certamen. ASL isn't taught as a language class at BASIS (often the case in suburban middle schools and high schools in this area). Even Science Olympiad isn't all that great without great labs for robotics and research. The clubs are much better than nothing of course, but I'd take it all with a grain of sale if you're interested in BASIS. JR has much more serious ECs overall and so does Walls. My kid rows on the joint JR-Walls crew team out of the Georgetown boat house.

Does your kid do competitive cooking too?

Every child's dream is to prepare a delicious croque madame in the Walls/JR rustic French gourmet kitchen before heading out with his crewmates from the Georgetown boathouse.

Lol

Just hilarious that BASIS doesn't offer more in the way of competitive sports and that the building sucks. Which BASIS family would complain if things were different? Good for Walls and JR for taking advantage of Georgetown's offer to let them use the boathouse (for free).

And they don't have a library so students can't even research the sport they would like to play.

The library thing is so funny. The central library is right there!

OP asked about sports at BASIS but you're here taking potshots at posters who've criticized the school for unrelated reasons on other threads. You seriously have nothing better to do?

NP here. I appreciated it. It made me laugh a lot. I bet it did others also. IMHO, that is a good thing, and I feel sad for you that you don’t.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of competitive kids at BASIS play serious sports and do other intensive extra curriculars (from music to advanced languages in middle school, to acting programs etc.). But, yes, as a parent, you get to pay the dough and do the leg work to make it all happen. Be prepared.

If your UMC BASIS kids to have a shot at highly competitive colleges, it's v. short-sighted to stick with what the school offers. This past spring, there was a great deal of disappointment at BASIS, even shock, at how many of the top 10 or 15 kids didn't wind up with options at colleges admitting in the single digits. IMHO, weak EC accomplishments were mainly to blame. The 2022 admissions results were an eye-opener for the parents community, though a handful of kids cracked MIT, Harvard, Yale. The class in question was particularly strong academically, the first group that came all the way up from 5th grade.

Disappointment and shock? Not really. In fact, the class did well in college admissions. For example, its results were better per capita than a lot of other top public schools in the area such as Montgomery Blair and Whitman that, because of their larger size, offer many more extracurricular activities.

I stand by disappointment and shock at having been denied Yale, Harvard etc. Too many parents drank the BASIS Koolaid and expected more for their family's sacrifices. There were tears in late March.

Aw, must have been hard for you. Where did your kid get in?

We'd out ourselves if I told you. An Ivy.

I feel sorry for you, but I wonder -- how much of the fail was your kid's fault? You sound like the type of parent who doesn't grasp reality too well.

No idea what you’re getting at. Statement above is unfathomable.

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Your BASIS student got into an Ivy but it wasn’t HYP so in your view, essentially, “BASIS isn’t so great after all”. It’s just not a rational statement. There should not be ”tears” in this scenario, much less a warning for families not to drink the BASIS kool aid. Your student’s success is a win for BASIS and should encourage others to have faith that the school does well by its students. It’s a shame you don’t see it that way.

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So our experiences and prospective as a BASIS family of 8 years are invalid. Got it. How long have you been at BASIS?

We left BASIS with v. mixed feelings about the way program does business. During the hs years for our eldest, we spent roughly 10K/yr on extra curricular and academic inputs. We always took what the mostly inexperienced administrators said and did w/a grain of salt. Other families of top performers put more faith in the school and/or didn't have the resources to supplement on the scale we did. We left BASIS after ms for our youngest and haven't looked back.

If we could do it all over again, we would have sought out fi aid for boarding school in my native New England for our eldest. You don't know what you're talking about.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of competitive kids at BASIS play serious sports and do other intensive extra curriculars (from music to advanced languages in middle school, to acting programs etc.). But, yes, as a parent, you get to pay the dough and do the leg work to make it all happen. Be prepared.

If your UMC BASIS kids to have a shot at highly competitive colleges, it's v. short-sighted to stick with what the school offers. This past spring, there was a great deal of disappointment at BASIS, even shock, at how many of the top 10 or 15 kids didn't wind up with options at colleges admitting in the single digits. IMHO, weak EC accomplishments were mainly to blame. The 2022 admissions results were an eye-opener for the parents community, though a handful of kids cracked MIT, Harvard, Yale. The class in question was particularly strong academically, the first group that came all the way up from 5th grade.

Disappointment and shock? Not really. In fact, the class did well in college admissions. For example, its results were better per capita than a lot of other top public schools in the area such as Montgomery Blair and Whitman that, because of their larger size, offer many more extracurricular activities.

I stand by disappointment and shock at having been denied Yale, Harvard etc. Too many parents drank the BASIS Koolaid and expected more for their family's sacrifices. There were tears in late March.

Aw, must have been hard for you. Where did your kid get in?

We'd out ourselves if I told you. An Ivy.

Your kid didn’t get into Yale or Harvard, but did get into an Ivy, and you are upset with the school. That is crazy talk.

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Why the obsession/ anxiety / anger about Ivy League schools?

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I'm not hearing any critique of academics by PP with child who got into an ivy but not HYP . . . and isn't that what most of us at BASIS are after - an excellent education? Also - my understanding is last year was an extremely tough year for college admittances since colleges went test optional (turning HYP slots into essentially a lottery for all the 4.0 students across the US).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It all sounds fantastic, but the reality is that the facilities and resources simply just aren't there to support serious versions of most of these clubs. Musicals, and debates for that matter, are only so good without an auditorium or school orchestra. Cooking isn't too hot without a decent kitchen. Parents generally must pay for competitors to travel to Yale etc. for Certamen. ASL isn't taught as a language class at BASIS (often the case in suburban middle schools and high schools in this area). Even Science Olympiad isn't all that great without great labs for robotics and research. The clubs are much better than nothing of course, but I'd take it all with a grain of sale if you're interested in BASIS. JR has much more serious ECs overall and so does Walls. My kid rows on the joint JR-Walls crew team out of the Georgetown boat house.

Does your kid do competitive cooking too?

Every child's dream is to prepare a delicious croque madame in the Walls/JR rustic French gourmet kitchen before heading out with his crewmates from the Georgetown boathouse.

Lol

Just hilarious that BASIS doesn't offer more in the way of competitive sports and that the building sucks. Which BASIS family would complain if things were different? Good for Walls and JR for taking advantage of Georgetown's offer to let them use the boathouse (for free).

And they don't have a library so students can't even research the sport they would like to play.

My kid —- whose research work was part of the reason he got into a highly selective college — has never to my knowledge been inside a library. There’s this thing called the Internet. Perhaps you’ve heard of it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of competitive kids at BASIS play serious sports and do other intensive extra curriculars (from music to advanced languages in middle school, to acting programs etc.). But, yes, as a parent, you get to pay the dough and do the leg work to make it all happen. Be prepared.

If your UMC BASIS kids to have a shot at highly competitive colleges, it's v. short-sighted to stick with what the school offers. This past spring, there was a great deal of disappointment at BASIS, even shock, at how many of the top 10 or 15 kids didn't wind up with options at colleges admitting in the single digits. IMHO, weak EC accomplishments were mainly to blame. The 2022 admissions results were an eye-opener for the parents community, though a handful of kids cracked MIT, Harvard, Yale. The class in question was particularly strong academically, the first group that came all the way up from 5th grade.

Disappointment and shock? Not really. In fact, the class did well in college admissions. For example, its results were better per capita than a lot of other top public schools in the area such as Montgomery Blair and Whitman that, because of their larger size, offer many more extracurricular activities.

I stand by disappointment and shock at having been denied Yale, Harvard etc. Too many parents drank the BASIS Koolaid and expected more for their family's sacrifices. There were tears in late March.

Aw, must have been hard for you. Where did your kid get in?

We'd out ourselves if I told you. An Ivy.

Your kid didn’t get into Yale or Harvard, but did get into an Ivy, and you are upset with the school. That is crazy talk.

I get that Ivies are prestigious, but if I didn’t have a lot of families who had attended Yale and are not like the PPP, I’d think they must be full of miserable people.