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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread is so weird.  I have a 10th grader at Basis.  I am not and have never been under any delusions that Basis will be the key for Ivies.  My kid is not legacy, not URM, and will not be a recruited athlete.  Due to geographic diversity preferences at ivies, it will be tough for any non legacy /URM/recruited athlete from DC to get in.

If my kid ends up being a NMSF, it will be due to my kid's abilities and any test prep we do.  Basis wouldn't be a factor, nor would any other school.

My kid only has around 1 hour of homework per day, so there's still plenty of time to pursue ECs. My kid is into a fringe sport that was never going to be offered at a regular high school.  If my kid were too bogged down with schoolwork to do any ECs, or they wanted to participate in an activity that would have much better opportunities elsewhere, then I would move my kid to a regular school.

Comparing Basis to magnet schools in different counties or to expensive private schools is absurd.  If the Basis kids lived somewhere else or were wealthy, they'd probably attend a different school.  How is that even a question or issue?[/quote]

+1. My kid goes to BASIS because my kid likes the school. Sending him to a school where he's miserable just to try to get into an Ivy is stupid. I live in DC so I'm not sending him to a suburban public school, but I can afford to send him to private, and we toured private schools before he went on to BASIS for HS, because I wanted the choice to be his. He said he wanted to be at BASIS. I know he's going to do his best at the place he feels happiest, so BASIS is the place we sent him. That's the most a parent can do. [/quote]

+1. I could have written this.  In fact, I had to check the date to make sure I didn't (with a few changes for anonymity).  The school has its problems for sure. But check out a sporting event that includes BASIS and you will see the current high school community is pretty incredible.[/quote]

Same. My kid really likes BASIS. Is it for everyone? Probably not, but who cares. 5th grade was great, and the focus on executive functioning + academics was a great transition from elementary to middle school for THIS KID. 6th grade is going really well. I'm not sure it would be the right fit for my second kid, but they are in 3rd grade, so I don't have to think too hard about it yet. But honestly, this debate into it being the perfect gateway to the Ivy League seems really silly. It's just a school, and we like it because it works for my kid. [/quote]

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