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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Suggestion: go take the Thomas Jefferson HS tour to get your answer.

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That's ridiculous. Just because TJ offers extracurriculars, it doesn't mean that they are all college application worthy, nor does it mean that your child would want to be involved.

You are trying to compare a 3-year-old DC charter to a long-established test-in school funded by state and local money?[/quote]

You asked what I thought college-application-worthy extra curriculars look like. I suggested TJ's as a model. What's ridiculous is the belief held by many BASIS parents that, as a general rule, highly competitive colleges will give their high SES kids a break for having gone to a struggling newish DC charter school. I'm not buying it and, at this rate, won't stay for HS. Good luck if you do.  [/quote]

I don't expect anyone to give BASIS kids a break, but I also don't think that extra-curriculars as a way to pad your application is the right way to go either. If you actually have a child at BASIS, I suggest you call the realtor and start the cram school now for TJ.[/quote]

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