IB Lottery - ‘23-‘24 school year

[Anonymous]

Has anyone heard whether there is a waitlist this year? Did they end up increasing the program size since the W-L addition is opening?

[Anonymous]

We are on the waitlist. In 30s so not optimistic

[Anonymous]

Hang in there. We got in and may not take it. There has been movement into the 30s in the past.

[Anonymous]

Not what you asked, but there are benefits to not doing IB. DC graduated with IB diploma last year, in top 10% of class. Got into great college. Still not sure he’d do it over again. It’s brutal in the busy work sense. Nearly broke him.

[Anonymous]

DC got in and we will accept the slot but still unsure.
We have a DC currently in it and agree, it is so much work. But the college acceptances are pretty darn good. DC is still waiting to hear from some but she's in at her top choice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC got in and we will accept the slot but still unsure.
We have a DC currently in it and agree, it is so much work. But the college acceptances are pretty darn good. DC is still waiting to hear from some but she's in at her top choice.

Being Ib essentially puts you into a school within a school with other motivated peers. I would not discard that lightly.

[Anonymous]

We were in the 60s and got off the wait list 2 years ago. DC ultimately turned it down b/c was committed to neighborhood school at that point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone heard whether there is a waitlist this year? Did they end up increasing the program size since the W-L addition is opening?

I apologize in advance, I have a few questions: When is the WL addition opening, how many total slots at W-L, and how many IB once open, compared to before (if you have the numbers)? Thanks!

Is there a lottery for the AP classes at W-L ? Saw the "AP-network" lottery for Wakefield (only 15 slots!?) and now totally confused - I thought anyone can take as many or few AP classes as they like at any of the 3 high schools, and only IB was a separate program?
Can anyone give me the low-down? TIA!

[Anonymous]

Two years ago everyone got in off the waitlist because the school board took some special action. I’ve been told that will not to expect that this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone heard whether there is a waitlist this year? Did they end up increasing the program size since the W-L addition is opening?

I apologize in advance, I have a few questions: When is the WL addition opening, how many total slots at W-L, and how many IB once open, compared to before (if you have the numbers)? Thanks!

Is there a lottery for the AP classes at W-L ? Saw the "AP-network" lottery for Wakefield (only 15 slots!?) and now totally confused - I thought anyone can take as many or few AP classes as they like at any of the 3 high schools, and only IB was a separate program?
Can anyone give me the low-down? TIA!

I can answer a few but not all of your questions.
The addition is open. It opened last year and they offered a larger amount of IB spots but I'm not sure how many. They also offered neighborhood spots to upcoming freshman who were in boundary for Wakefield. This was done due to Wakefield's overcrowding.
I'm not sure how many IB spots there are now or compared to past years, but I can tell you that only a small amount end up doing the full IB track. I think this year there were around 60 total.
There is not a lottery for AP classes at WL. The lottery at Wakefield was for AP Capstone, which is only offered at Wakefield. It is a separate program that has a small amount of slots for out of boundary students. It requires 6 AP classes, an AP Research class and AP Capstone.

HTH

[Anonymous]

For people who have a spot what is the deadline for acceptance?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone heard whether there is a waitlist this year? Did they end up increasing the program size since the W-L addition is opening?

I apologize in advance, I have a few questions: When is the WL addition opening, how many total slots at W-L, and how many IB once open, compared to before (if you have the numbers)? Thanks!

Is there a lottery for the AP classes at W-L ? Saw the "AP-network" lottery for Wakefield (only 15 slots!?) and now totally confused - I thought anyone can take as many or few AP classes as they like at any of the 3 high schools, and only IB was a separate program?
Can anyone give me the low-down? TIA!

I can answer a few but not all of your questions.
The addition is open. It opened last year and they offered a larger amount of IB spots but I'm not sure how many. They also offered neighborhood spots to upcoming freshman who were in boundary for Wakefield. This was done due to Wakefield's overcrowding.
I'm not sure how many IB spots there are now or compared to past years, but I can tell you that only a small amount end up doing the full IB track. I think this year there were around 60 total.
There is not a lottery for AP classes at WL. The lottery at Wakefield was for AP Capstone, which is only offered at Wakefield. It is a separate program that has a small amount of slots for out of boundary students. It requires 6 AP classes, an AP Research class and AP Capstone.

HTH

Thank you! So this extremely small Wakefield program is only for WL and YT students? Is my understanding correct then, that while it's difficult to get into the IB track, if only ~60 end up doing the full track, eventually it's easier, however might be difficult to keep up with the requirements by then? Are spots "wasted" in the upper grades? If that's the case, maybe WL should allow more entry level slots to account for the natural attrition?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone heard whether there is a waitlist this year? Did they end up increasing the program size since the W-L addition is opening?

I apologize in advance, I have a few questions: When is the WL addition opening, how many total slots at W-L, and how many IB once open, compared to before (if you have the numbers)? Thanks!

Is there a lottery for the AP classes at W-L ? Saw the "AP-network" lottery for Wakefield (only 15 slots!?) and now totally confused - I thought anyone can take as many or few AP classes as they like at any of the 3 high schools, and only IB was a separate program?
Can anyone give me the low-down? TIA!

I can answer a few but not all of your questions.
The addition is open. It opened last year and they offered a larger amount of IB spots but I'm not sure how many. They also offered neighborhood spots to upcoming freshman who were in boundary for Wakefield. This was done due to Wakefield's overcrowding.
I'm not sure how many IB spots there are now or compared to past years, but I can tell you that only a small amount end up doing the full IB track. I think this year there were around 60 total.
There is not a lottery for AP classes at WL. The lottery at Wakefield was for AP Capstone, which is only offered at Wakefield. It is a separate program that has a small amount of slots for out of boundary students. It requires 6 AP classes, an AP Research class and AP Capstone.

HTH

Thank you! So this extremely small Wakefield program is only for WL and YT students? Is my understanding correct then, that while it's difficult to get into the IB track, if only ~60 end up doing the full track, eventually it's easier, however might be difficult to keep up with the requirements by then? Are spots "wasted" in the upper grades? If that's the case, maybe WL should allow more entry level slots to account for the natural attrition?

It's not "difficult" to get on the IB track. It's a lottery and last year they offered spots to everyone on the waitlist due to the annex opening up more seats at the school. If you are an IB transfer student, you have to stay on the IB diploma track or move back to your home school - at least that's the threat. Not sure if they would actually do it. They used to have a concept of "partial IB" which meant you had to take 3 IB classes junior and senior years to maintain your transfer, but I believe they got rid of that and now if you transfer you have to be a full IB student (i.e., 6 IB classes junior and senior year).

I disagree somewhat with the poster who says IB is a school within a school. Anyone at WL can take IB classes. You don't have to be on the IB diploma track. My kid wasn't full IB, but took a combination of IB and AP classes depending on the subject and teacher. Also, all kids whose home school is WL and who completed two years of foreign language in middle school are considered "pre-IB" so it's not very selective.

[Anonymous]

How big will WL be next year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone heard whether there is a waitlist this year? Did they end up increasing the program size since the W-L addition is opening?

I apologize in advance, I have a few questions: When is the WL addition opening, how many total slots at W-L, and how many IB once open, compared to before (if you have the numbers)? Thanks!

Is there a lottery for the AP classes at W-L ? Saw the "AP-network" lottery for Wakefield (only 15 slots!?) and now totally confused - I thought anyone can take as many or few AP classes as they like at any of the 3 high schools, and only IB was a separate program?
Can anyone give me the low-down? TIA!

I can answer a few but not all of your questions.
The addition is open. It opened last year and they offered a larger amount of IB spots but I'm not sure how many. They also offered neighborhood spots to upcoming freshman who were in boundary for Wakefield. This was done due to Wakefield's overcrowding.
I'm not sure how many IB spots there are now or compared to past years, but I can tell you that only a small amount end up doing the full IB track. I think this year there were around 60 total.
There is not a lottery for AP classes at WL. The lottery at Wakefield was for AP Capstone, which is only offered at Wakefield. It is a separate program that has a small amount of slots for out of boundary students. It requires 6 AP classes, an AP Research class and AP Capstone.

HTH

For the W-L class of 2020, I thought were around 100 full IB students (my kid was one of them). The program is a lot of work (some of it busy work, much of it more substantive), but I think from an educational perspective it was very good. Based on my own kid's experiences, I'm not sure how much it does for college admissions. To be fair, my kid (with essentially perfect grades and a 35 ACT score) aimed very high. But he did not gain admission to any of the top colleges he applied to (2 Ivy League schools, MIT, two of the top SLACS, and UVa). He did end up with a couple of very good options, and is currently having a great freshman year.