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[quote=Anonymous]OP, far and away the best way to help your child succeed at BASIS is to try to ensure that they're advanced in....math.

I'd spend the summer working to home your rising 5th grader's math skills. I'd look for a math camp, hire a tutor if you're not able to tutor yourself, have the kid work hard on good on-line programs most days. Simply put, advanced math students are celebrated from the get-go. If your kid can crack 6th grade algebra, they will start to enjoy not-so-subtle preferential treatment from faculty and admins.

At BASIS, if a middle school student is average at math, or below average, math homework demands before a burden as early as 6th grade.

It's worth keeping in mind that most of the high school students who are admitted to blue chip colleges--the stars of the program--do so mainly on the strength of their math skills. This is readily apparent with the MIT and Ivy-bound group. BASIS has the staff and resources to support advanced work in math and science theory vs. applied science beyond basic lab work, unless a student were to do an internship at a facility with better labs. What this means is that it's the math stars whose talents are nurtured and lauded more than students with aptitude in other areas. [/quote]

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