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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the reason BASIS parents get so defensive when posters present data showing that BASIS isn’t “advanced” when compared to other schools, e.g. Walls and MD and VA suburban schools, is that BASIS’s reputation for being oh-so-advanced is literally the only thing it has going for it. The building sucks, the extracurricular are a joke and the administration is awful. People put up with all of that because they think their kid is getting an amazingly advanced education.

Are you getting a better education than say, Elliot Hine? Of course you are. But don’t try to pretend that BASIS DC is better than Walls or top suburban high schools. It’s clearly and measurably not. [/quote]

No one is pretending that the high school is better than Walls or a suburban (?) high school. But the middle school is such an excellent option for those who aren't zoned for Deal and Hardy. And the high school is a very very decent backup to Walls.[/quote]

[b]Well, plenty of kids turn down Walls to stay at BASIS so I guess they don't think that Walls is better.[/b]

Plus, the test scores are about the same, even given the fact that Walls selects their student body and BASIS is stuck with 100% lottery.  And parents that left BASIS for Walls freely concede that Walls doesn't have the same rigor as BASIS and is weaker academically.[/quote]\

Fiction. It's not uncommon for BASIS students to be turned down at Walls, especially true in the several years since Walls was forced by Bowser to scrap its two entrance exams.  I saw this with the friends of my older kid and are seeing it with the friends of my younger kid this year. Most students who like BASIS well enough to stay for high school don't even bother applying to Walls. We left for Walls and found more rigor than at BASIS in some respects by 11th grade for several reasons. There's a much larger cohort of high-achieving students at Walls, some Walls students can take GWU classes that aren't taught in high school and Walls has a far more experienced and stable teaching force than BASIS (including the odd teacher who left BASIS for Walls in search of better pay and working conditions).  [/quote]

My kids were both accepted at Walls and elected to stay at BASIS.  Academics was the reason they stayed.  The only reason they were considering it was the opportunity to play on slightly better sports teams and access to a few more ECs.  It worked out well in the end.  From a college admissions perspective, this year's class has done very well.[/quote]

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