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I would put another spin on this - 
as it becomes harder to get into BASIS, more families are staying with DCI as they do not have other options.
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I think you are mistaken. DCI is not seen as the "consolation prize" for those who did not get into BASIS. DCI is the preferred school for most of the families from our feeder school. [/quote]

DP. I truly don’t understand why because DCI doesn’t seem to be performing well. I’m not at all saying Basis should be the preference, but why DCI would be preferred over other options is puzzling. [/quote]

I've thought about this a lot. I think it's a more sophisticated form of marketing and sales tactics like the elementary schools do. It's not expeditionary learning and Montessori, it's IB and extracurriculars. But US families know so little about the IB program that they just listen to the marketing and aren't savvy enough to actually evaluate how the school is performing, so they compare it to their IB and equate better than with good. Parents from our feeder actually say things like, "I believe it's very hands on, Montessori like learning" and are shocked when I tell them every kid gets a Chromebook. They just don't know and don't care to go looking for problems.[/quote]

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