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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some folks we know have already heard and gotten invites for interviews; a lot we know have not.  What we heard for last year is that the invites go out in waves.[/quote]

DD has a 4.0 at basis and we havent heard. They can't be going by GPA[/quote]

My kid is also applying from basis.  Do you know if the gpa from basis is somehow weighted?  I know various friends that have 4.0 at other schools but haven’t been required to take physics, Chen, bio, etc…[/quote]

Its not weighted, Basis has no incentive to make their middle schoolers look better to other high schools[/quote]

Wait, the conspiracy theory of the day is that BASIS is intentionally keeping GPAs down to stop kids from going to other HS? You people have a lot of free time.[/quote]

No, stop being dramatic. My point was, basis does not weight their GPAs - not that they are intentionally keeping GPAs down. Knock it off[/quote]

Based on DCUM posts, it seems every kid at BASIS has a 4.0, so GPAs aren't being held down.[/quote]

Our kid definitely doesn’t! She may or may not meet the Walls cutoff, depending on where exactly they draw the line.

The system isn’t ideal for kids like her, who would like to switch because Basis is a poor fit. She loves non-science classes but hates science. So she can’t force herself to study for the hated science classes, which brings her GPA down just enough that she might not make the cutoff to switch and escape the science. Either way, she’s at a good school so she’s not doomed if she misses the cutoff. (Doomed to several more years of heavy science, I guess!) She’s just frustrated by the catch-22 situation. [/quote]

For what its worth, it sounds like 9th and 10th are pretty non science heavy - my Kid is dreading needing to take 2 english classes next year[/quote]

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