I would say that Latin college acceptances this year were much better.

Anonymous wrote:Congratulations to the kids. BUT---it's very interesting to me that for all the accelerated curriculum, pushing kids out for not being "smart" enough, etc., these acceptances are not unlike that for Latin. Interesting.

Only 16 kids. As a PP said, they were the Basis guinea pigs (sacrificial lambs?); they had a weird experience and an abbreviated BASIS curriculum because they began as 8th graders.

Most parents are rightly reticent to send their high schoolers to a brand new school with just over a handful of of classmates. Several of these kids are the first in their family to go to college at all, and most prioritized schools where they had a good shot at merit aid.

Congratulations to the kids. BUT---it's very interesting to me that for all the accelerated curriculum, pushing kids out for not being "smart" enough, etc., these acceptances are not unlike that for Latin. Interesting.

Really happy for these kids, especially for the amount of merit aid! Great news.

Another parent of a 5yo here. Congrats to these kids!

Congrats! Wonderful news.

good not food

Anonymous wrote:no UMD College Park or UVA? Seeing this list makes me remember how screwed we are in DC having no decent public college, with TAG being insufficient to begin with and not even likely to be around when my 5 year old is ready.

Well William and Mary is a food VA state school, and I see lots of HBCUs on the list, which garner slightly higher DC TAG amounts if one enrolled.

no UMD College Park or UVA? Seeing this list makes me remember how screwed we are in DC having no decent public college, with TAG being insufficient to begin with and not even likely to be around when my 5 year old is ready.

Wonderful news, not just for those kids and their families, but for all of DC. Proud and happy!

- not a basis parent

Anonymous wrote:Is that one kid who got into a bunch of pretty good schools or multiple kids?

I know some of them and it isn't one kid. I know the 3 students who respectively got into and will be attending Haverford, Princeton and Barnard. Good kids who have worked hard.

Anonymous wrote:Is that one kid who got into a bunch of pretty good schools or multiple kids?

I think one. But these kids had a very hard and weird BASIS experience, starting there in 8th grade. Hope they all got lots of money and get a good start on life.

Wishing them well in their future endeavors and proud of their hard work

Is that one kid who got into a bunch of pretty good schools or multiple kids?

The school released the list today. IMO the merit aid number is outstanding given the small number of graduates.

Total Number of Graduates: 16

Total Number of College Acceptances: 60

Total Merit Aid Awarded: $2,464,910 (based on self-reported amounts)

College Acceptances:
Allegheny College
Arizona State University
Barnard College
Boston College (Honors College)
Bowie State University
City College of NY (Macaulay Honors College)
College of William and Mary
Coppin State University
The Culinary Institute of America (NY)
Fisk University
Franklin and Marshall College
Furman University
George Mason University
Georgia State University
Georgetown University
Gonzaga University
Hampshire College
Haverford College
High Point University
Hollins University
Howard University
Ithaca College
Johnson and Wales University (Providence)
Lincoln University
Morgan State University
Montgomery College
The New School
NC A&T State University
Ohio Wesleyan University
Pace University NYC
Princeton University
Saint Augustine’s University
Saint Louis University
St. John’s College
Shaw University
Spelman University
SUNY ESF
SUNY Purchase
SUNY Stony Brook
Trinity University
University of Dallas
University of the District of Columbia
University of Maine
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
University of Pittsburgh (Honors College)
Virginia Commonwealth University
Washington College
Western New England University
Western Oregon State University