- Private
- MCLEAN, VA
BASIS Independent McLean
- grade A+Overall Grade
- Private
- PK, K-12
- MCLEAN, VA
- Rating 3.84 out of 5 63 reviews
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- Academicsgrade A+
- Diversitygrade unavailable
- Teachersgrade A
- College Prepgrade A+
- Clubs & Activitiesgrade C+
- Sportsgrade C
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When students love to learn, they excel! At BASIS Independent McLean (BIM), we seek to empower your child with a well-rounded education - one that encourages curiosity, exploration, and discovery as we prepare each child for the next step in their educational journey.
BIM, home of the Red-Tailed Hawks, is an age 2โgrade 12 private school that raises the standards of learning to the highest international levels in a liberal arts and STEM-focused curriculum benchmarked to the top education systems worldwide. Passionate educators with subject-specific expertise inspire students to love learning and develop the knowledge, confidence, and autonomy to be successful in school and beyond.
We believe that students can do more than what is typically expected of them and create a joyful learning culture where hard work is celebrated and intellectual pursuits result in extraordinary outcomes. At BIM, we will challenge each child to realize their full potential as they prepare to soar!
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Discover a private school where intellectual curiosity drives student success, where interdisciplinary instruction meets experiential learning, and where students are inspired to learn at the highest international levels.
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Our high school curriculum features diverse and challenging coursework based on the best education systems around the world. -AP coursework begins in 9th grade. -Seniors participate in daily college counseling, specialized capstone courses, and advanced independent research. -BIM seniors are accepted to programs such as Stanford, MIT, Johns Hopkins, and Chicago, just to name a few.
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- Cost of Livinggrade C
- Good for Familiesgrade A
- Housinggrade B minus
BASIS Independent McLean Reviews
My children are thriving both socially and academically, they are challenged!
It is an environment that will teach self advocacy, independence, executive functioning skill sets that will bring out your child's grit. It will make them stronger, more confident in themselves and their abilities.
It isn't for the faint at heart when it comes to work, time management is taught and is critical in grades 8 and above.
Every school has its share of issues, but if you want a stellar education and a place where they will learn resilience, commitment and discipline then consider Basis.
I gave it 4 stars only because they lack high quality PE facilities that other private high schools in the area have.
To address the elephant in the room, the pressure overall to overload on APs goes too far in my opinion - at some point the diminishing returns become counterproductive because it becomes an opportunity cost for other extracurriculars. And the extracurriculars offered by basis are lackluster at best, though this has slowly been improving. In particular, don't expect anything athletic, and note that nearly everyone has lots of things going for them completely separate from the school. Finally, the school admin was often needlessly bureaucratic and restrictive, and senior year was honestly pretty skippable.