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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OMG BASIS doesn't have the money for capstone projects.  Wait, you didn't notice until senior year?
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Then what’s the point of pushing kids so hard to take all these AP for?  To do a joke project senior year?

Doesn’t sound like a good system at all.  Burn kids out in the AP factory and then take time to recover senior year.

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The parent who posted about their student taking Cambridge exams in fall of senior year got my attention. From the vantage point of 8th grade at BASIS I can see that it's tough for even the most diligent high school students to score high on a slew of AP exams taken no later than spring of junior year. This is especially true for the language exams when students could really use summer time for immersion study if families can afford it. The system seems hackneyed at a time when AP exam scores aren't as important in college admissions as they were pre Covid and the SCOTUS ruling on Affirmative Action. If the BASIS system were so great, DC's pricey privates would've adopted it long ago. Nobody's a troll for pointing out that BASIS doesn't have the resources to pump dough into capstone activities. This is a program that begs parents to bump up teachers' salaries. We're waiting to hear from Walls and privates.
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