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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Latin isn't a school with a strong controlling streak. Families can breathe free there.

Latin's HS offers far more flexibility in its curriculum than BASIS and their course work is spread out over four years, not three.  BASIS academics are undoubtedly better, but constant test pressure in 9th, 10th and 11th grades, a narrow focus on AP prep, and aloof leadership can become a real drag even for the strongest students.

We have longtime neighbors/close friends whose kid was admitted to any Ivy from Latin after applying Early Decision in Oct of a gap year.  She went into college application season with as many high AP exam scores (mostly in humanities subjects) as the highest-performing BASIS Ivy and MIT-bound seniors.  To each his, her or their own.[/quote]

Lol.  More conclusions based on anecdote.

Based on test scores and other data, Latin doesn’t even come close to BASIS.[/quote]

Give it up. Some kids/families do better at Latin than BASIS. Tough to accept, yea.[/quote]

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