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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Even if BASIS had the dough or orientation to offer robust HS ECs, few high school kids would have time to pursue them since BASIS effectively crams 4 years of HS into 3.  Kids don't take classes senior year: they're expected to have taken all their AP classes/exams by the end of jr. year. The arrangement works best for the highly math gifted, who can burn through math requirements with time to spare. We found that BASIS didn't celebrate individual talents, backgrounds and learning enough to position many kids to crack the most highly competitive colleges. What they're really after is piles of college merit aid, vs. Ivy admissions (contrary to how they pitch the program to parents).
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This is accurate. The BASIS model is exactly what you'd expect from a Moneybag approach to testing and college admissions. It's the opposite of a holistic approach, which is what all the top schools use for admissions because they get to choose from their pick of the kids who already have top grades and test scores. They want unicorns -- the kids with top grades/scores but who also have demonstrated passions, creativity, leadership skills, and community involvement.

But BASIS isn't interested in producing unicorns. They are interested in maximizing scoring on the metrics that can be scored. The end.[/quote]

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