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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What can Basis do to change the admissions to elite colleges?  Serious question.

I mean, every high school in America is facing declining Ivy odds.  The DC privates (I have a kid at one of them) are also 100% facing this decline.  Kids that make it in are either hooked (URM, legacy, VIP, athlete) or they go ON THEIR OWN and do something spectacular outside of school (a talent, research, national competition winner, etc). 
It's no different for kids at Sidwell or NCS--grades, test scores, etc are no longer enough.[b]  This isn't a problem that any school can solve. [/b]

[b]What is the problem is if parents still live under the paradigm that an Ivy spot can be had on grades, test scores and rigorous curriculum alone and are choosing a high school based on this.  You choose  high school (whether it is Sidwell, Basis, etc) because of what the school teaches your kid and their experience at the school.  In 2023 you will always be disappointed if you think that a high school can get you a leg-up for an elite college admission. [/b][/quote]

+1 to this.  BASIS parents are going to be disappointed if they think there is some magic fix to the fact that Ivy etc. admissions are more and more a lottery among (seemingly) equally qualified applicants (I say seemingly because I think an "A" at BASIS means more than an "A" at a lot of other schools- yet the two straight A students go into that same lottery for an Ivy spot).  Be happy you are at a school with top notch academics - your kid is getting a great education![/quote]

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