BASIS DC first graduating class college acceptances list
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Anonymous
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The school released the list today. IMO the merit aid number is outstanding given the small number of graduates.
Total Number of Graduates: 16 Total Number of College Acceptances: 60 Total Merit Aid Awarded: $2,464,910 (based on self-reported amounts) College Acceptances: Allegheny College Arizona State University Barnard College Boston College (Honors College) Bowie State University City College of NY (Macaulay Honors College) College of William and Mary Coppin State University The Culinary Institute of America (NY) Fisk University Franklin and Marshall College Furman University George Mason University Georgia State University Georgetown University Gonzaga University Hampshire College Haverford College High Point University Hollins University Howard University Ithaca College Johnson and Wales University (Providence) Lincoln University Morgan State University Montgomery College The New School NC A&T State University Ohio Wesleyan University Pace University NYC Princeton University Saint Augustine’s University Saint Louis University St. John’s College Shaw University Spelman University SUNY ESF SUNY Purchase SUNY Stony Brook Trinity University University of Dallas University of the District of Columbia University of Maine University of Maryland Eastern Shore University of Pittsburgh (Honors College) Virginia Commonwealth University Washington College Western New England University Western Oregon State University |
Anonymous
| Is that one kid who got into a bunch of pretty good schools or multiple kids? |
Anonymous
| Wishing them well in their future endeavors and proud of their hard work |
Anonymous
I think one. But these kids had a very hard and weird BASIS experience, starting there in 8th grade. Hope they all got lots of money and get a good start on life. |
Anonymous
I know some of them and it isn't one kid. I know the 3 students who respectively got into and will be attending Haverford, Princeton and Barnard. Good kids who have worked hard. |
Anonymous
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Wonderful news, not just for those kids and their families, but for all of DC. Proud and happy!
- not a basis parent |
Anonymous
| no UMD College Park or UVA? Seeing this list makes me remember how screwed we are in DC having no decent public college, with TAG being insufficient to begin with and not even likely to be around when my 5 year old is ready. |
Anonymous
Well William and Mary is a food VA state school, and I see lots of HBCUs on the list, which garner slightly higher DC TAG amounts if one enrolled. |
Anonymous
| good not food |
Anonymous
| Congrats! Wonderful news. |
Anonymous
| Another parent of a 5yo here. Congrats to these kids! |
Anonymous
| Really happy for these kids, especially for the amount of merit aid! Great news. |
Anonymous
| Congratulations to the kids. BUT---it's very interesting to me that for all the accelerated curriculum, pushing kids out for not being "smart" enough, etc., these acceptances are not unlike that for Latin. Interesting. |
Anonymous
Only 16 kids. As a PP said, they were the Basis guinea pigs (sacrificial lambs?); they had a weird experience and an abbreviated BASIS curriculum because they began as 8th graders. Most parents are rightly reticent to send their high schoolers to a brand new school with just over a handful of of classmates. Several of these kids are the first in their family to go to college at all, and most prioritized schools where they had a good shot at merit aid. |
Anonymous
| I would say that Latin college acceptances this year were much better. |