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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]colleges admissions are on par with the Big 3[/quote]
Oh really?[/quote]

I’m asking not telling.

Their website says the average SAT for the Class of 2022 was 1458, the average ACT was 33, that 50 percent of the class got into a top 25 and that 89 percent got into a top 50.  The college list also includes every Ivy, MIT, Cal Tech and Stanford.  So I’m asking:  how does this compare with the Big 3?  Why am I a terrible person simply for asking the question?[/quote]

I don't know how it stacks up with the Big 3, but I'm not one who pays too much attention to college placement. I just had a kid go through the admissions process and it is so, so much more nuanced than a list can capture. There is no doubt the school is a STEM grinder, but ask someone whose kid goes there what their curriculum lacks and the ECs/sports they don't offer (either due to lack of interest by the student body or the school's choice) that the typical private (or even public) school in this area provides. If comparisions must be made, it probably makes more sense to compare Basis to TJ. [/quote]

It’s all well and good that you don’t “pay too much attention to college placement,” but this is my thread and that’s the question I asked.  I didn’t ask about ECs or anything else.  [/quote]

This kind of a snarky response makes it seem like you are trolling.

Your question was "Is BASIS McLean as good or better than the Big 3?" Good or better is subjective. To some, the limited ECs, sports, targeted curriculum, smaller cohorts, office building facilities, high teacher/administrator turnover, etc. speaks to a weaker experience for their kids so no, that would not be considered "good or better". [/quote]

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