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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]SMH, BASIS doesn't have consistency, I'd be worried to send me kid there. [/quote]

Since BASIS does not accept new students past 6th grade, the current sophomores and juniors  have had at least 5 years of rigorous [b]world class education[/b] in every subject. So how is the school justifying the fact that many students are not getting at least a "3" on the AP exam? Also, I heard from a very reliable source that the SAT scores are in general quite mediocre two years in a row. [b]Since the school has the upside down pyramid model and the weak students have been weeded out or left[/b], shouldn't the majority of the students who survived score well?[/quote]

And folks on other threads keep claiming we have so many gifted & talented children in the District,  :oops:  :oops:  :oops: [/quote]

EXACTLY -- you'd think the Darwinian struggle to get past 7th grade would leave a really strong cohort but it just ensures the relatively few families gulping the kool aid remain in the fold[/quote]\

The strongest BASIS MS students mostly leave for happier high schools.  The joyless building, ridiculous grade pressure and weak extra-curricular offerings dissuade many families from staying.  As somebody who has volunteered at BASIS, grew up in a working-class family and loved my studies as a teen and 20-something (Ivies for BA, MA and PhD), I can't understand for the life of me why BASIS insists that the program be a grind for most of the kids.  They're shooting themselves in the foot for no good reason. [/quote]

+100. [/quote]

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