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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People who want to talk about DCI without talking about preparedness in target languages, and level or rigor in language classes, can't see the forest for the trees. Kids coming up through feeders are supposed to be well positioned to ace IB Diploma language exams to help them stand out in college admissions.  Language skills, especially in speaking and listening, are supposed to be one of their strong suits relative to the competition, after all those years in 50% of partial immersion! How lame that DCI probably won't even offer HL language classes.

If you want your kid to ace IBD math, middle school at BASIS would obviously be much better prep than the DCI experience.  If you want them to ace IB humanities, middle school at Wash Latin, Deal or a private would obviously be much better prep.

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I recognize this as that massive DCI hating troll who also hates Yu Ying.

If you’re going to hate on the school please articulate WHY. I like the IB curriculum, I’m totally unimpressed with Latin or Basis.

Do you not understand how the lottery works?  You have to lottery in DCI. You can’t just “decide” to go to Latin or basis for a while (cue laughter from the thousand plus parents on a waitlist) and go to dci for high school.

Middle schools seem terrible anywhere, but I wonder if the strong curriculum and cohorts will be more than enough of a reason to stick with DCI. [/quote]

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