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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you enter hoping for more than pre-AP test prep and yAP test prep you will also be dissappointed. BASIS is a test prep program in the guise of a school. If that bothers you don’t enroll, or enroll and don’t stay for high school. [/quote]

Not in our experience.

And the school’s high rankings refute your point as well.

BTW, check your spelling.[/quote]

The school’s rankings are based entirely on the fact that they are a test prep program. What do you think the rankings are measuring?

-NP[/quote]

Troll.

You don't understand rankings or BASIS.

https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/middle-schools/district-of-columbia
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/district-of-columbia

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You are so dumb. Google what US News is measuring. Hint: it’s how many kids take and pass APs. [/quote]

I love people who call other people dumb when they say totally wrong stuff and act arrogant and patronizing.

Try googling the Dunning-Kruger effect.

1) Kids don't take AP classes in middle school.

2) How many kids take and pass APs is just one factor considered for high school rankings by USN&WR.  Read for yourself:

[url]https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/articles/how-us-news-calculated-the-rankings[/url]

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Actually, at BASIS DC they do take at least one AP course in 8th grade (some take more) and have the option of taking the test at the end of the year. It's unclear whether these would actually count for anything in college, but they do take the courses. [/quote]

BASIS considers 8th grade upper school (that is, high school).  That is in part because most of your coursework (including APs) is done by 11th grade.

In any event, APs aren't considered by USN&WR for middle school rankings.[/quote]

How developmentally inappropriate.

None of this will get your kids into a better college, job or life. But hey anxious kids are fun and interesting adults [/quote]

Disagree.  It is a smart strategy that allows kids to focus in college apps senior year instead of taking a really tough courseload.[/quote]

So what do BASIS students do first semester of senior year? Spend 8 hours a day for 4 months working on their college apps? Why does it take them that long?[/quote]

As the parent of a 9th grader, I don’t understand at all how senior year works. But from my student’s perspective, the relatively easy senior year was a factor in her choice to stay at Basis for high school. School is a grind and then college is a whole new grind, and she thinks it will be worth it to work harder in 9th-11th grade if it means some time to relax and coast for a while in 12th.

But we’re slackers by Basis standards and aren’t aiming for Ivy-type college admissions, so I can’t speak to how the 12th-grade experience impacts admissions chances. [/quote]

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