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[quote=Anonymous]you can still apply for Basis and you will get in - and for math that is the place to go - your kid can do Algebra I in 5th, and they have no one on the 5th grade wait list so you will get in as people get into Washington Latin which is NOT the place to go for a mathlete - they do not track for math and you have to do Algebra I in 7th and 8th grade.

So apply now and come for 5th grade - if you go to wherever the lottery was they will show you how to do it, and you will get in.  And come.  They give a placement test at the beginning of the year so brush up, and even better learn some Algebra over the summer, that is what my husband did with my son this year
 
Last year we scored [b]44% advanced[/b] on math in the MS DC CAS, and overall advanced plus proficient it was
1) Deal 
2) Basis 
3) Washington Latin

signed,
parent of 2 crazy math kids
5th grader in Algebra I, always his highest grade of all his classes
8th grader who took the AP exam for AP Calculus AB and we think did well - nuts I know, but they are happy

Then you will have a great shot at getting into Mckinley Tech for high school if you want to go.  If you go to the MS, I think based on their scores, your odds are not good.  Basis is technically not a STEM school, but 6th-8th you take Chemistry, Physics, and Biology each year, and in 8th they begin to track in science as well as math.  Two years of Latin (5th and 6th) and then you can continue or do Spanish, French or Chinese.  It is, however, a lot of work.[/quote]

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