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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Interesting. You sound like a parent who never got off the BASIS wait list for a math oriented student. Thanks for all the detail.

How do you cope with the lack of challenge and homework and the fact that the kid hates DCI (if I got that right). You supplement in core subjects? Language?

So you don't plan to stay for high school?  You're shooting for...Walls? Privates? Planning to move from DC?  We're in a DCI feeder, wondering if we should jump to BASIS or one of the Latins if we have the chance this year.

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Yup, I am that parent. :) Cope: Hope for the best. I'm not certain my kid wouldn't have hated any other middle school, because middle school. Though she may have been stressed out by work instead of being bored. We supplement in foreign language and spend a lot of time on her sport. Would prefer not to stay for high school, but not sure we'll have other options. Still considering moving or private (though unlikely). Looking into all the application high schools of course, [b]but they are mostly all humanities oriented. [/b][/quote]

We left DCI for Walls for our science oriented eldest. Not many kids go from DCI to Walls but there are some. Walls has been OK for AP Chemistry and surprisingly good for Physics (1,2 and C taught) and Calc, both AB and BC. Walls isn't good for AP Bio, not even taught every year. It's not that hard to find science HS internships and volunteer gigs in DC, particularly at NASA, NAS and the Smithsonian museums.

A couple of my kid's Walls friends volunteer at the Air and Space Museum throuuh their HS internhip program. If you're looking for more advanced language than Walls teaches, you can find it at GW.[/quote]

Thank you, this is super helpful. Do you know why so few kids do? Is it that they don't apply, aren't admitted, or choose not to take a spot? [/quote]

I am not direct PP, but am the PP with the 9th grader that responded above.  From my daughter's cohort, some applied, I think many got in (but maybe not all) and a few took the spot.  But most did not.  I do not know the reasons why for most, but school choice in DC does present the "grass is greener" conundrum. This was the case for two of my DD's friends.  They were happy at DCI but applied to Walls because it is a good school but at the end of the day, they weren't sure that Walls was a better choice than DCI. The students did not want to leave DCI, which makes a big difference.  This is just an N of 2 of course.  This N of 2 have not regretted their decision, so far at least.

We did not apply because my daughter is math & science-oriented and we had a different view of the curriculum than PP.  But it is great to hear that Walls is working out for that family in that regard. [/quote]

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