BASIS DC precomps and comps
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Anonymous
Really? You seem to know a lot more about everyone's 9th grade plans than the rest of us. The school is projecting 78 for 9th grade. But apparently you even know more than the BASIS DC school administration. Maybe you should start investing in crypto and buying lottery tickets. |
Anonymous
Lol |
Anonymous
NP but a lot of people use lol. Plus, you are trying to shut down dialogue, which is not cute at all. |
Anonymous
Do you not talk to other parents? The grade isnt that big. Im a NP, we are leaving for Walls, Ive talked with 4 other parents of 8th graders who are also going to Walls. Maybe I just hit everyone? Also I wouldnt put it past admin not always having the most up to date info |
Anonymous
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And I know at least three kids who turned down Walls this year.
In any case, since only the top kids got interviews, it’s a pretty small group of BASIS kids with the option. |
Anonymous
I know a few very good students who just missed the cutoff, or got waitlisted. Believe it or not, there are kids who want to leave for Walls (or elsewhere) but can't. |
Anonymous
| +1. More would leave from BASIS for Walls if they could. Walls has better facilities, a more stable teaching force, more AP classes, much stronger ECs, dual enrollment option with GW to take college classes, four years of learning in four years of HS etc. Why wouldn't most who could leave want to? |
Anonymous
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FYI- BASIS now participates in the same dual enrollment program as Walls. They started offering it this school year or last.
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Anonymous
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It's a longer schlep from BASIS to GW or AU than from Walls. To my knowledge, few BASIS HS students have been taking advantage of dual enrollment. The main obstacle is that, at BASIS, kids need to taken their AP exams (at least six) by the end of junior year. Serious academics don't feature heavily in sr. year at BASIS. The focus is on applying to college, not every academically ambitious family's cup of tea.
DCPS permits kids to study languages long before 8th grade. BASIS doesn't. Languages are among the most popular dual enrollment courses at Walls. It's v. uncommon for BASIS students to be in a position to handle college-level language classes. The franchise hasn't shown any interest in loosening up academic policies to support higher achievement, one of many reasons that the highest achievers tend to bail for Walls. |
Anonymous
| Agree w/post above. BASIS can rightfully claim bragging rights to being the strongest of the DC public middle schools overall. Not so for high school. |
Anonymous
Most Basis students accepted at Walls turn it down. Walls has a much bigger high school but facilities are crappy. For example, they don't have gym, cafeteria, stage, studio space, or any sport fields. I guess GW isn't so generous with sharing their facilities. Teaching at Walls doesn't seem that great. Bad teachers refuse to leave and they take months to replace teachers that depart. Stability isn't so great when you can't get rid of poor teachers and bring new teachers in rapidly. More AP classes? Not per capita; Basis offers way more AP classes per student. Walls doesn't even offer AP bio every year, which is a pretty basic AP. Walls is bigger and thus obviously offers more extracurriculars. But so what? Basis kids have plenty of options, both in school and out. Basis can do the college dual enrollment option as well but since the Basis curriculum is already so rigorous most don't bother. It doesn't sound like most Walls students take advantage of dual enrollment program at GW, and most of those who take classes at GW are stuck with bad ones that GW students don't want. Basis students are so advanced, they finish high school requirements by junior year and can do capstones their senior year. Sounds like a good thing. A lot of students at Basis don't go to Walls because they don't want to be stuck repeating material that they already learned at Basis in middle school. Since Walls scrapped the entrance exam, quality of the students has decreased. Grade inflation is so rampant that almost everyone is graduating with the highest honors, leaving students less prepared for college. Unfortunately, the school has really gone downhill in the last few years. |
Anonymous
| Spend long enough time anywhere…you’ll find tons to complain about. |
Anonymous
Seems to be the strongest non-selective high school in DC (it accepts 100% of its students by lottery), and one of the strongest in the entire country. It is absurd to compare it to schools that get to select 100% of their students. https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/search?state-urlname=district-of-columbia&ranked=true https://jaymathewschallengeindex.com/ |
Anonymous
Hey everyone, apparently BASIS changed its policy. They’re now accepting 100% of 9th grade students by lottery, just like Washington Leadership Academy and Thurgood Marshall! |
Anonymous
Basis should be limited to at-risk kids. Signed - the Liberal Avenger |