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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Latin vs. DCI debate is kind of silly. Latin (and BASIS) is mostly full of kids who went through DCPS elementary schools (happily) and chose not to lottery into the DCI feeders. I'm happy DCI is working out for those families, but the need to insult Latin makes no sense. Very few families are actively making that choice in 5th/6th grade -- it's done. The choice was made much, much earlier. They are choosing between Latin, BASIS, privates or moving to the Deal/Hardy zone.

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Agree. We unsuccessfully tried to lottery our kids into what are now called DCI feeders for years. But at some point, we stopped because a native English speaker joining an immersion program from a non-immersion program from about third grade on makes no sense. We never tried for DCI because we weren’t coming from immersion or a feeder. We did throw our hat in for Latin, BASIS because there was no language immersion hurdle.

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Incorrect.  You can attend DCI with no language background.

Also many CH BTW try to lottery into 6th if they strike out in 5th[/quote]

How can you get into DCI without coming from a feeder?

Why would you?

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There are spots for non-feeders but less each year as the school continues to get better every year and most feeder kids track.  No chance to get in for spanish track but you have a chance for French or Chinese.  They have language 101 classes for these kids.

Doing well in an IB diploma absolutely makes you stand out among the dime a dozen kids doing AP courses.  It also gives you so much more flexibility in college options abroad where IB is the accepted.  BTW good abroad programs are much, much less expensive then in the states.  Lastly, there is a heavy focus on writing in addition to mini-thesis requirement,  and these kids typically are much stronger writers.

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Do students starting with French or Chinese 101 take all their other classes in English?

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