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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lots of competitive kids at BASIS play serious sports and do other intensive extra curriculars (from music to advanced languages in middle school, to acting programs etc.). But, yes, as a parent, you get to pay the dough and do the leg work to make it all happen.  Be prepared.[/quote]

If your UMC BASIS kids to have a shot at highly competitive colleges, it's v. short-sighted to stick with what the school offers. This past spring, there was a great deal of disappointment at BASIS, even shock, at how many of the top 10 or 15 kids didn't wind up with options at colleges admitting in the single digits. IMHO, weak EC accomplishments were mainly to blame. The 2022 admissions results were an eye-opener for the parents community, though a handful of kids cracked MIT, Harvard, Yale. The class in question was particularly strong academically, the first group that came all the way up from 5th grade.[/quote]

Disappointment and shock?  Not really.  In fact, the class did well in college admissions.  For example, its results were better per capita than a lot of other top public schools in the area such as Montgomery Blair and Whitman that, because of their larger size, offer many more extracurricular activities. [/quote]

Yes, kids from BASIS 2022 class went to lots of great schools. And FYI, the BASIS class of 2020 (not 2022) was the first class that started in 5th grade and went through all 8 years at BASIS. [/quote]

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