BASIS early acceptances

[Anonymous]

How is it going? I hope they are hearing good news

[Anonymous]

Are you a BASIS parent?

[Anonymous]

VERY good so far - at least one MIT and 4 ivies to date in a class of <50

[Anonymous]

I find this implausible, and I am not a BASIS hater or critic.

How many kids among those 5 acceptances? I know of 1 Ivy and 1 MIT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you a BASIS parent?

Yes. I don’t have a senior, but I wish them all well and would like to know the good news if anyone is willing to share

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you a BASIS parent?

Yes. I don’t have a senior, but I wish them all well and would like to know the good news if anyone is willing to share

Lots of good. Some disappointment. It is really better to wait until all the dust settles in April and they all know where they are going. Many seniors can’t even apply ED because they need to compare financial aid packages.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I find this implausible, and I am not a BASIS hater or critic.

How many kids among those 5 acceptances? I know of 1 Ivy and 1 MIT.

We’re a Basis Middle School family that has no knowledge of senior year acceptances. But if folks are reporting early decision admissions I don’t really see how they can be double counting (e.g., citing the same rock-star student who got accepted to multiple Ivies). Wouldn’t five early decision acceptances = five kids accepted? Or am I missing something?

[Anonymous]

MIT’s EA (no ED) isn’t binding - you can apply and later decide to attend another school. Yale and Cornell ED lets you apply elsewhere but if you are accepted to Yale / Cornell you must attend Yale / Cornell. So there could be overlap within that set of colleges.

Some of the other Ivys restrict you from applying early to another private in the US.

[Anonymous]

How can this be? They have a depressing building with no gym or stage? And the homework load is oppressive.

(sarcasm)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MIT’s EA (no ED) isn’t binding - you can apply and later decide to attend another school. Yale and Cornell ED lets you apply elsewhere but if you are accepted to Yale / Cornell you must attend Yale / Cornell. So there could be overlap within that set of colleges.

Some of the other Ivys restrict you from applying early to another private in the US.

Thanks for politely explaining! My information was about 25 years dated!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:VERY good so far - at least one MIT and 4 ivies to date in a class of <50

Congratulations to the kids.

[Anonymous]

One in at Tufts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How can this be? They have a depressing building with no gym or stage? And the homework load is oppressive.

(sarcasm)

Being admitted to MIT is fantastic--I know, it's my alma mater--but hardly the be and end all. I want my kid to attend schools that are strong academically, AND have a computer lab, school library, strong fine arts program, good music program and decent playing fields/sports. My 4th grade kid shadowed for a day at BASIS recently and said, no thanks, "I'd suffocate in there."

I'm pleased to hear that future MIT students don't mind the depressing building, or at least can handle it, but fail to see how access to good facilities at school would hurt the admissions prospects of BASIS DC's senior class...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How can this be? They have a depressing building with no gym or stage? And the homework load is oppressive.

(sarcasm)

Being admitted to MIT is fantastic--I know, it's my alma mater--but hardly the be and end all. I want my kid to attend schools that are strong academically, AND have a computer lab, school library, strong fine arts program, good music program and decent playing fields/sports. My 4th grade kid shadowed for a day at BASIS recently and said, no thanks, "I'd suffocate in there."

I'm pleased to hear that future MIT students don't mind the depressing building, or at least can handle it, but fail to see how access to good facilities at school would hurt the admissions prospects of BASIS DC's senior class...

The point is that despite the subpar facilities, the inexperienced college counseling, and so on ... many BASIS students' are well prepared for and receiving admission to elite colleges and universities. Since virtually all of them live outside the Wilson boundary and have crappy IB options, their choice seems to have paid off. Of course it would be great if the facilities were better -- but that can be said for virtually every charter school in the city.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How can this be? They have a depressing building with no gym or stage? And the homework load is oppressive.

(sarcasm)

Being admitted to MIT is fantastic--I know, it's my alma mater--but hardly the be and end all. I want my kid to attend schools that are strong academically, AND have a computer lab, school library, strong fine arts program, good music program and decent playing fields/sports. My 4th grade kid shadowed for a day at BASIS recently and said, no thanks, "I'd suffocate in there."

I'm pleased to hear that future MIT students don't mind the depressing building, or at least can handle it, but fail to see how access to good facilities at school would hurt the admissions prospects of BASIS DC's senior class...

The point is that despite the subpar facilities, the inexperienced college counseling, and so on ... many BASIS students' are well prepared for and receiving admission to elite colleges and universities. Since virtually all of them live outside the Wilson boundary and have crappy IB options, their choice seems to have paid off. Of course it would be great if the facilities were better -- but that can be said for virtually every charter school in the city.

+1. It's a little scary that an MIT alum couldn't figure this out? Maybe MIT isn't that great a place after all?