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

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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...
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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. [/quote]

+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?[/quote]

So that must mean getting admitted to MIT isn't such a great thing either?[/quote]

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