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Reply to "Does anyone know the status of the Proposed BASIS Expansion"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To each his, her or their own. We found BASIS to be a control freak program. We didn't find admins remotely responsive or open-minded when we needed them to be. We didn't think that parent input was taken seriously, with the survey and solicitations designed to shore up support for admins and a variety of top-down initiatives. We switched to Walls in 10th grade. Eldest just matriculated at a college admitting in the single digits. I seriously doubt that she'd have been admitted under the BASIS regime, where her talents and interests weren't encouraged. At BASIS, she had little time for serious ECs in the rush for AP exams to be taken by the end of junior year. We felt pushed around, stymied and stifled. For every family like yours who loves the place, there's one like ours that would get on the exit ramp given a decent out. What's outmoded and unnecessary is the BASIS fixation with all students amassing a slew of impressive AP exam scores as their foundation for learning, inquiry and admission to highly competitive colleges.[/quote] Same. We found BASIS suffocating over time. No luck at Walls. Went private. [/quote]
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