Anonymous wrote:Here's the class of 2018 list (from a college counseling newsletter to upper school parents in early April). They collectively earned $3.145M in merit aid and scholarships.

Agnes Scott College
Alabama A&M University
Albright College
Allegheny College
Arcadia University
Arizona State University
Barnard College
Boston University
Brunel University London
Central State University
Champlain College
Cleveland Institute of Art
Columbia College Chicago
DePauw University
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Emory University
Fisk University
Gannon University
George Washington University
Georgetown University
Goucher College
Hampton University
Harrisburg University of Science & Technology
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
King's College London
Lawrence Technological University
Loyola University Chicago
Loyola University New Orleans
Manhattan College
New York Institute of Technology
North Carolina A&T State University
North Carolina Central University
Northwestern University
Ohio University
Ohio Wesleyan University
Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania State University - Altoona
Pratt Institute
Regent's University London
Ringling College of Art and Design
Rochester Institute of Technology
Salisbury University
Savannah College of Art and Design
School of Visual Arts
Seton Hall University
Spelman College
St. John's University - Queens Campus
St. Mary's College of Maryland
Syracuse University
Temple University
The College of New Jersey
United States Coast Guard Academy
Universidad de Navarra
University of Akron
University of Hartford
University of Kansas
University of Maryland, College Park
University of New Hampshire at Durham
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh at Bradford
University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown
University of San Francisco
University of Vermont
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Union University
Voorhees College
West Virginia University
Wichita State University

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Anonymous wrote:Here is the 2017 list of where they actually went:

The colleges and universities that the BASIS DC Class of 2017 will attend include:

Boston College

University of Dallas

Bowie State University

Johnson & Wales University

Barnard College

Georgia State University

University of Maine

Hampshire College
Princeton University

Haverford College

George Mason University

University of Dallas

Montgomery College

Culinary Institute of America

Morgan State University

Coppin State University

That’s a pretty good list. As good as many privates.

These schools are all fine. The issue I see is that the students put in way more hours and crammed in a lot of busy work to achieve these schools while kids in the burbs did half the amount of work yet got the same results.

IN other words, the work at BASIS is not significantly more advanced than any basic suburban high school in this area, they just have more homework, busy work and is likely poorly taught and rushed through.

Do you know this to be true, or are you just speculating? If you live in the suburbs where all high schools are pretty good, I can see how you'd be unimpressed. But for students in DC, a citywide public high school that regularly produces these college acceptances is really exciting. Maybe you need to live here to understand the significance.
-DC native, not a basis parent

I live in the area suburbs and have my entire life. I am well aware of the challenges with DC public schools. but the demographic stats for BASIS are close to other close in suburban high schools that get the exact same results for colleges. It's very likely that these kids killed themselves for nothing and they could have achieved the same results elsewhere.