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You also suggested that BASIS won't be sending anything other than "the odd kid" to an Ivy, however that prediction is at this point pure unfounded opinion at best, given they are a.) only in their first year, b.) are still just a middle school and c.) are at a bare minimum 4+ years out from even graduating anyone from high school.  But, if you want to see what their track record is likely to be, here's a list:  https://www.basisschools.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=79&Itemid=409 - you will note not just the Ivies like Harvard, Yale, Brown, Dartmouth, Cornell, but also the top science and technology universities like MIT, Caltech, Stanford and Carnegie Mellon.  Not everyone cares about the social elitism of Ivies and in many technical areas, Ivies are eclipsed by other universities.  Yes, in a few years BASIS DC will be sending kids to Ivies, but Ivy admission is not necessarily the most relevant metric to many future-minded families.[/quote]

If Ivy admission happens to be most relevant metric for your white or Asian upper-middle-class family, without the mulla for privates in the mix, MoCo, Fairfax.  Most kids who get into Ivies from DCPS and now DCPC are low-SES, benefitting from afirmative action admissions (and so they should).  Social elitism of Ivies?  Right, tell that to my father, the dairy farmer.  Go for it, turn down Harvard, Yale and Princeton for MIT or Caltech this time of year once your BASIS kid has reached 12th grade.  I've Skype interviewed half a dozen BASIS Tuscon kids in recent years, none admitted, none wait-listed, weak extra curriculars, no national science competition entries, pleasant but boring group cramming for APs night and day.  Buyer beware.
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Which school did you conduct interviews for, PP?  Was it one of the schools on these lists? [url]https://www.basisschools.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=79&Itemid=409[/url]

You are, of course, entitled to your opinion.  However, since it is based on interviewing only about 6 kids from BASIS Tucson, it's not particularly compelling.    Perhaps the better qualified BASIS Tucson students did not apply to your school.  Perhaps the better qualified BASIS Tucson students who did apply to your school were interviewed by another interviewer.  It sounds like you are cherry picking.

An open enrollment college prep charter school like BASIS should be judged by the colleges its top graduates attend, not by the colleges attended by its so-so graduates.  After all, unlike private schools and test-in public schools like TJ, BASIS can't select the most qualified students from its applicant pool.

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