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[quote=Anonymous][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]

I call BS on this poster and all their advanced degrees unless pp is one of the families who used BASIS MS as a springboard for Sidwell, Choate, etc. The same students who weren’t born with a silver spoon or legacy status at privates are still lining up at the awards ceremonies in high school. The students who left for IB Wilson saw the writing on the wall and the ones who left for SWW were the ones who had wished they had picked Latin in the first place.[/quote]

Not the PP you're arguing with, but as a BASIS parent, I second the motion!  The crappy building, over the top (and pointless) grade pressure and lame extra curriculars certainly drive a lot of families out before, and during, high school.  The program is definitely, and needlessly, a grind for most students.  BASIS Arizona can be blamed for most of the DC campus' problems, not the kids or even the teachers and admins.

You're supporting PPs arguments in talking about how BASIS DC students leave for Wilson and Walls.

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