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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OK, rah rah, boost boost, great job.  This intriguing thread would be a lot more interesting and useful if we learned something about these future Yalies and the MIT applicant.  Are they legacies, as has already been asked?  Are they AA, white, Asian, low SES or high?  Did families hire independent college counselors?  Did their families seek out strong extra-curriculars BASIS doesn't offer over the years?  Are they strong in English, foreign languages, science, math?  Yea, we get the part about them having worked really hard while comprising a high-performing cohort since 5th grade, and overcoming the odds despite having gone to school in a building without so much as a computer lab in a school system without formal GT.[/quote]

These are real students. Even if you  hate everything that BASIS stands for and does, why do you feel the need to pick apart and denigrate the students accomplishments?

LOTS of students have strong extra-curriculars, solid academic skills across all subjects, high test scores, have been in magnet schools or ones with tracking, private counselors, and are rejected from top 10 universities every year. For whatever reason, Yale decided that 3 students at a tiny charter school should be admitted. Good for them.

Don't click on the thread, read or keep scrolling, offer congratulations. Please take your criticism, which you offer every time BASIS comes up using the exact same language, to another thread. [/quote]

Exactly, agree with PP above.  These kids worked hard in an environment that values high academic achievement and standards.

Legacy or no legacy, hooked or no hooked, whatever.  You still need great academic achievements, success, scores, grades, etc.. to get the spot no matter what.  As to outside extracurriculars and college counselors, please, as if it’s only Basis students doing it if they are.

Really, the people who harp on and on about the facilities don’t get it.  The kids and parent who choose Basis doesn’t care about it.  You may but they don’t.  These people who have to put Basis down to feel good about whatever school their child is attending or have insecurities - the issue is not Basis, the issue is with you.

Lastly, no we don’t have a child at Basis.  But what we do is say great and celebrate that these kids got into great schools coming from the district. [/quote]

Thank you. I'm a parent of a BASIS 12th grader so I've known some of these kids for 8+years. They are really bright, motivated, interesting, nice kids who have worked incredibly hard. They all have excelled in school and in extracurricular activities. I'm proud and happy for them, and I can't wait to learn where my child and the other kids in the class end up.

As for the demographics of the accepted students? Look at the breakdown of BASIS DC's overall demographics and you'll have your answer -- it matches.

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