Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My kid went to an Ivy from Walls just last year and didn't find the environment highly competitive. Didn't take algebra (at another charter) until 8th grade. Took no APs until 10th. Took just 6 APs in all. Good point about lackluster AP Physics at BASIS. We passed on BASIS because of their weak ECs, language instruction, facilities and reports of bullying leadership from friends at the high school. Think twice about BASIS for an academic star if you have a viable alternative.
Well, our alternative is Cardozo, and I have a kid for whom very accelerated math and science will be exciting and engaging, and the focus on executive functioning and independence and planning and no screens is all very appealing to me. so we are going to try it for middle school. Definitely open toswitching for high school, if we have options. But it doesn't seem like a bad place to spend the dreaded middle school years
Anonymous wrote:My kid went to an Ivy from Walls just last year and didn't find the environment highly competitive. Didn't take algebra (at another charter) until 8th grade. Took no APs until 10th. Took just 6 APs in all. Good point about lackluster AP Physics at BASIS. We passed on BASIS because of their weak ECs, language instruction, facilities and reports of bullying leadership from friends at the high school. Think twice about BASIS for an academic star if you have a viable alternative.
Anonymous wrote:OK but I didn't come under crazy academic pressure like BASIS students do, taking algebra in 6th or 7th grades and multiple AP exams from 9th grade.
Come to think of it, neither did my eldest (Walls grad).
We went to Ivies anyway.
Anonymous wrote:OK but I didn't come under crazy academic pressure like BASIS students do, taking algebra in 6th or 7th grades and multiple AP exams from 9th grade.
Come to think of it, neither did my eldest (Walls grad).
We went to Ivies anyway.
Anonymous wrote:OK but I didn't come under crazy academic pressure like BASIS students do, taking algebra in 6th or 7th grades and multiple AP exams from 9th grade.
Come to think of it, neither did my eldest (Walls grad).
We went to Ivies anyway.
Anonymous wrote:Much better list than last year at any rate. Yale, Harvard, U Penn, Johns Hopkins, the rest meh, considering that these kids all had to take algebra no later than 7th grade. No MIT or Caltech.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Regarding senior year at BASIS - our family thought it was a good thing.
The first trimester with the capstones and college application class made it so much easier to visit colleges when they were in session, instead of just on breaks. The college class really took the pressure off of the essay writing - it was nice to not cram that on top of APs. And then my student had a great internship for the remainder of the year (plus a part time job) and also did a senior project.
My student is about to graduate from college and is going through job interviews. You know what the interviewers like to ask about besides what they have been doing the last 4 years? The internship and senior project.
Good to hear. Thanks for sharing.
That's such an edge case! I can't imagine many interviewers asking about internships and senior projects completed while still in high school.
Why not? What else are you going to ask a 21 year old undergrad? What books they've written? Companies they have founded?
"Tell me a about a time your entitled, whiny parents refused to just let go the fact that you couldn't hack and continued to troll blogs for years after trying to make themselves feel better."
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Regarding senior year at BASIS - our family thought it was a good thing.
The first trimester with the capstones and college application class made it so much easier to visit colleges when they were in session, instead of just on breaks. The college class really took the pressure off of the essay writing - it was nice to not cram that on top of APs. And then my student had a great internship for the remainder of the year (plus a part time job) and also did a senior project.
My student is about to graduate from college and is going through job interviews. You know what the interviewers like to ask about besides what they have been doing the last 4 years? The internship and senior project.
Good to hear. Thanks for sharing.
That's such an edge case! I can't imagine many interviewers asking about internships and senior projects completed while still in high school.
Why not? What else are you going to ask a 21 year old undergrad? What books they've written? Companies they have founded?
"Tell me a about a time your entitled, whiny parents refused to just let go the fact that you couldn't hack and continued to troll blogs for years after trying to make themselves feel better."
Anonymous wrote:Regarding senior year at BASIS - our family thought it was a good thing.
The first trimester with the capstones and college application class made it so much easier to visit colleges when they were in session, instead of just on breaks. The college class really took the pressure off of the essay writing - it was nice to not cram that on top of APs. And then my student had a great internship for the remainder of the year (plus a part time job) and also did a senior project.
My student is about to graduate from college and is going through job interviews. You know what the interviewers like to ask about besides what they have been doing the last 4 years? The internship and senior project.