What are my child's chances of getting into the IB program?
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Anonymous
? My kid was at RMIB last year, took the HL IB math exam. They did not take HL math for 2 years. This is the pathway they took: IBAAF IB Pre calc AP BC Calc HL math & MVC Maybe you are confusing the prior years IB label math classes with HL math. |
Anonymous
I think what PP is saying is that the AP BC calc class serves as the first year for IB HL math. The exam covers two years worth of content which is taught to you over those two years regardless of what the class is called. |
Anonymous
I guess so, at RM? Because elsewhere, you take IB HL math (or IB SL math) for two years. And yes, the IB exam covers two years of content. |
Anonymous
Which IB program in MCPS does this, where you take two years of IB HL math, and not the prescribed pathway from above? |
Anonymous
The prescribed pathway in IB is the two-year IB math class. The question is why RM does it differently. |
Anonymous
At Kennedy, IB HL Math is 2 years and the class is called Stats & Calc. The first year is equivalent of AP Stats while the 2nd year is (roughly) equivalent of AP Calc AB. |
Anonymous
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Here is a link to B-CC IB's program, which has a sample IB schedule and says that in 11th grade the math class varies - in 12th grade is when the IB math class takes place. I think for those who do the HL exam, taking AP Calc BC in 11th grade is typical.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zKBbkRPQ8_N-qs8p0EFPrcmzk1kSJQz7_DWt9JBWwD8/edit |
Anonymous
Building on this - no IB math classes are listed on the 11th grade course card for B-CC: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/100jr6gk63a9iSTPn8NSUKF9t8bPkEloFJ0HNf5HTT8U/edit#gid=356292612 |
Anonymous
That means that the IB programs are not the same. Here's RMIB math pathway, page 18 (19 physical page). https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/schools/high-schools/r-w/rmhs/ib/2022-2023-ib-course-handbook.pdf My DC followed the path: AP BC Calc in 11th, then IB HL math and MVC in 12th. |
Anonymous
Programs are the same in that they are all governed by the IB World organization and the requirements to obtain the IB diploma is the same regardless of school. Students choice in which classes make up their SL/HL requirements.
In your DC’s case the two year sequence was AP BC Calc in 11th, then IB HL math. |
Anonymous
DC's best friend got in with a score just above that. I think it was 270 for Map-R. From what DC told me I think most kids who got in are good at English and math. There were a few math team kids from our MS who did not get into Blair so they went to RM and this tells me these kids are scoring high on math and English. |
Anonymous
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For everyone quibbling about the math courses in the different schools offering the IB diploma - take a moment and recognize that there is flexibility within the two-year IB courses for the order and grouping of topics, as long as the overall course outcomes are met.
https://www.ibo.org/programmes/diploma-programme/curriculum/mathematics/ - scroll down to see the subject briefs with topics and hours for each of the two courses offered: - Mathematics: analysis and approaches SL & HL - Mathematics: applications and interpretation SL & HL Every school offering the IB Diploma has to offer at least one of these courses to test in 12th grade. Depending on the school and the number of students, there are variations in which courses are offered and what testing level. So yes, in this way the programs can differ. But even for schools offering both courses at both SL & HL level, they could have different ways of breaking up the content over two years and have different scheduling plans to offer combined courses with the general student population. This is just a difference in experience, not actual content of the course. RM specifically groups the content for the Analysis HL course to have one year be the same as AP BC Calculus, which is open to all students for scheduling purposes. The remainder of the HL content is in year-2 of the sequence. Just because the 11th grade course isn't specifically labeled as an IB course doesn't mean it isn't part of the 2-year course content. |
Anonymous
RMIB consistently has the cohort to take that approach. B-CC may also routinely have such a cohort. Not all of the other schools do each year, and a standout student (without a similarly able/interested cohort) at these schools may then find that the most rigorous IB coursework (e.g., that covering Analysis HL) is not available to them. |
Anonymous
DP, but IB preCalc and HL Math Analysis are the two IB math courses. |
Anonymous
Before you start darkly alluding to some students at some IB schools in MCPS not having IB classes available to them, maybe you should look at what classes are available at the IB schools in MCPS. Also, are you saying that IB classes at RM are NOT open to all students? |