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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]TBH... there is a real risk that BASIS goes down the tubes if it doesn't have a big population of UMC families coming in at 5th.[/quote]

Oh, don't worry, they will.  I would be more concerned about UMC families deserting their in-bounds schools.

Founded in 1998, BASIS has 59 schools, including 43 charter schools.  They are the only national charter in DC.

In just a decade BASIS DC went from nothing to the #1 middle school in DC, and admissions gets harder and harder every year.

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"The only national charter" whut? What about KIPP?

Check here for waitlist data: https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/aaron2446/viz/MSDCSeatsandWaitlistOfferData_draft/MSDCPublicDisplay

I'm really perplexed why you would say admissions is getting harder and harder.  The waitlist this year is shorter than it was in 2020.[/quote]

Oh, you are right, I forgot about KIPP.

Is this the school?

https://www.washingtoninformer.com/dc-charter-board-plans-review-oversight-in-wake-of-kipp-fraud-scandal-involving-late-mayor/

BASIS only has 135 5th grade seats but sometimes admit 150 off the bat.  The percentage that gets in [i]based on the number of seats[/i] goes down each year.  In the early years. everyone got in.  Now, it is much harder, and this year looks like the hardest yet.

In addition, a lot of people self-select for BASIS because it is so rigorous (a lot of parents/kids aren't interested and want an easier school), so the waiting list numbers matter less for BASIS than other more "normal" schools.[/quote]

Rocketship is also arguably a "national" charter, not really sure how you are defining "national"...

This year is not the hardest yet, not so far anyway. In 2020 135 spots were offered and 218 kids were waitlisted. Ultimately 133 received BASIS offers. This year, 135 spots were offered and 155 kids were waitlisted. With the existence of Latin Cooper, I would expect the waitlist to move quite a bit this year. Time will tell but I don't think this year is harder than 2020.[/quote]

2020 was an outlier year.  Just look at the numbers for other schools....[/quote]

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