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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The picture of success above isn't different from Deal and JR.

It's a stretch to claim that BASIS is an improvement over the best of DCPS.[/quote]

I don't think any parent, satisfied or not, is claiming this, but I'm curious what you think the best of DCPS is. SWW or Banneker? It ain't JR. BASIS is a superior choice to many DCPS options, depending on the student and family. JR families may not frequently look to BASIS as an alternative because JR has historically been a known, relatively low risk option. They may also want to avoid all this smoke that people talk  so much about. You might say BASIS's picture of success isn't different from JR, but I'm pretty sure 100% of kids from BASIS end up going to a 4-year college. Would be pretty shocked if JR can make that claim. No slight against those who choose CC, military service, work, etc. after HS, but if we're going to do something stupid like link a public HS's worth to the number of selective college admits they have, then we should also look at the percentage of kids from that school who go to any college. That is BASIS's primary mission. [b]Colleges know the BASIS network is a grind, and kids see the benefit of that come admissions time, relative to their own abilities, talent, resources, etc.[/b] [/quote]

And the point is that top colleges invariably celebrate the "grind," which justifies it?  I don't see that. Where is it written that high achievement in high school only pays off if the journey is a grim slog?

Grads from my Ivy willing to interview applicants must be thin on the ground in Arizona because I've been asked to phone interview several dozen in the final days of interview season almost every year in the last decade. I pitched in an interviewed these applicants. I also interviewed around 10 from BASIS DC. None from AZ or DC was admitted.

One of the question interviewers for my Ivy answer on the interview report form is, "Did you enjoy speaking to the applicant?" With BASIS applicants, my answer has generally been, no. As a general rule, these kids barely have a pulse. They mainly wanted to talk about the AP exams they'd aced. By contrast, I've often enjoyed talking to the Walls, Latin and J-R applicants I've interviewed--overall, they seemed to bring more serious and interesting ECs to the table than the BASIS applicants--but none was admitted either. I have no reason to be biased against BASIS applicants. My children now attend public schools in MoCo, where my ex lives. [/quote]

This is useless unless we know what Ivy.

You live in AZ but have interviewed 10 kids from a small charter school in DC?  That makes no sense.  What Ivy does that?

For comparison, I have interviewed for an Ivy in DC for years and have interviewed almost no Basis DC seniors.

Fact is that 13% of the current very small senior class has already been accepted to an Ivy.  So, these actual results belie your rather implausible subjective experience.[/quote]

NP: It's useless even if you know which Ivy. These colleges accept fewer than 10% of applicants. A sample of 10 from one "pitch in" interviewer means less than nothing. And NO ONE should be choosing a high school based on college admissions chances. It makes no sense at all. Your kid's chances are about your kid, not the high school they attend. [/quote]

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