Reply to Do parents choose Latin/BASIS over Deal/J-R?

Forum Index » DC Public and Public Charter Schools

Reply to "Do parents choose Latin/BASIS over Deal/J-R?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]The kids who desire to do a lot of Extracurriculars outside of Basis almost all leave Basis by 10th grade ---

There is simply little time to do them outside of Basis for the vast majority of kids and still keep up the grades

At JR, with lax academic requirements in 9th grade and 10th grade, it is easy to get involved with multiples Ecs

[quote=Anonymous]you dont have a clue ----almost of all the Basis Ivy kids did mostly school or school adjacent clubs ---

ask me how I know?

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]the truth is that the seniors going to Ivies from Basis DC mostly did clubs at Basis ---- [b]what you seem to miss is that colleges are judging you based on what opportunities you had available[/b] .....so A JR student who does not get involved much despite all of the seemingly endless clubs and sports will be at a big disadvantage

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You’re a jerk, PP. The parent above may well have done her due diligence. But it’s not easy for the uninitiated to see through the BASIS hype. From what I’ve observed at BASIS, the UMC seniors who crack MIT, Ivies etc. come from families that pay and hustle like mad to round out their kids’ high school educations. Everybody at BASIS with a super bright and industrious kids can’t swing it. It’s tempting to pretend that a BASIS education alone is enough. It’s not.[/quote]

Another ignorant response.[/quote][/quote]
Nobody should be buying this for UMC applicants, regardless of the school.

As has been pointed out, the BASIS seniors cracking Ivies haven't been sticking to the mostly lame ECs offered by the school. No way. We know these kids from all our years at BASIS.  Pure fantasy to believe otherwise.  [/quote][/quote][/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics