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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is there 3 pages on this.

Basis doesn’t have a comprehensive or robust drama.  If your kid wants this at their school, then Basis isn’t the school for them.

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Why is this thread, OP and anybody who posted on it?

BASIS obviously doesn't have comprehensive or robust ECs period.

If your family prioritizes those t hings at school, then BASIS isn't the school for you.

Nobody in charge at BASIS, along with most of families there, gives a hoot about serious drama, or music, or art or sports at school since Ivy League and MIT admissions are possible without them.

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Sorry but above is not true.  Kids taking a dozen AP courses are a dime a dozen,  You need more with EC or stand out sports and even that is not enough.  Legacy on top of that helps.

Now if you are a sport superstar or URM with great grades then that might be the exception.

Don’t kid yourself that AP’ s are enough.  It’s not.  [/quote]

One of our kids graduated from Basis, and we have another one currently enrolled.

As far as ECs are concerned, they both participate(d) in multiple sports, model un, nhs, etc.  Something to think about regarding sports - Basis teams will seldom compete at a high level - soccer is probably the best represented, as most of the kids also play on travel teams.  That being said, it's pretty hard for such a small school to compete against other schools with much larger student bodies.

However, if your kids *wants to play*, they have a much better chance of making a varsity team than they would at a large public or private.[/quote]

This.  The kids have tons of ECs.  I don't know of any who doesn't do at least a sport and an academic, and most I know do several.  By the end of high school, most have at least one that is not school related (dance, rowing, yag etc) but they seem to like it.  My kids are very dedicated to school sports in a way that they would not be if it was a bigger school for the reasons pp said - they work very hard, but they probably wouldn't have made the varsity team elsewhere.  There is a big culture of participating and trying hard even if you aren't the absolute best.[/quote]

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