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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Whatever guys, I'm the interviewer.  I talk to kids who apply to my Ivy every year between mid Oct (early admission) and Feb 15th, the regular admissions interview report deadline.  When the school first asked me to phone interview several AZ kids, in 2011, I agreed, not knowing they would be BASIS students, or what the franchise was about.  When I saw "BASIS" next to each applicant's name in my alum inbox I had a look on one or two BASIS threads on DCUM and Wikipedia.  Then I talked to the kids, and found them less interesting and worth admitting than TJ, Blair math magnet and DC private school kids who compete in natl sci competitions.  When I asked the BASIS applicants if they enter INTEL, Siemens, Google etc. they said no, we don't enter sci competitions, we take 10 AP classes.  I don't see transcripts, but am supposed to ask kids about this and that, including subjects they enjoy studying and extra-curricular interests. [b] No, I don't have children in DC public schools[/b] but if I did, and I were serious about BASIS, I might ask the school why AP tests trump more interesting STEM endeavors.  I don't make admissions decions and most of the applicants I interview are rejected, even if I've plugged for them.  It's a burnout gig - one year I interviewed 18 applicants, in person and by phone, each rejected.  Next time, I'll interview somewhere other than AZ.[/quote]

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02/26/2013 05:10
[quote=Anonymous][b]We plan to stay at Brent through 4th or 5th, not sure about BASIS or Latin.[/b]] Forget EH or SH. We are Asian immigrants looking for a MS/HS sequence where our kids won't end up being about the only Asians in 12th grade (at least the only ones not adopted by non-Asians), so probably MoCo. I'm not concerned about the quality of MS education at either, but am concerned about HS at under-funded and highly experimental charters. BASIS and Latin are only receiving a little more than half the per student allocation as MoCo schools, which shows in the facilities they can offer. I'm not knocking these schools, which I've visited, I'm just not confident they will be a good bet for HS for us, IF we can get into MS. Big IF in a few years.

[b]I've interviewed half a dozen BASIS Arizona kids on the phone for my Ivy[/b] (which doesn't have enough alums on the ground in the Southwest to interview all local applicants) in the last few years and they were as dull as paint. Well-prepped and polite but boring, not competing in national science competitions or, it seemed, thinking much for themselves. I don't doubt that BASIS is a hundred times better than some the DCPS middle schools though.[/quote]
 
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