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[quote=Anonymous]I graduated from one of the first public IB programs in the country in the mid 80s, in a fading New England mill town of all places.  I went on to an Ivy, an MA in international relations at another Ivy, and a PhD in international relations at Johns Hopkins.

My favorite part about IB Diploma studies as a young person was the school-within-a-school set up.  I had a bunch of nerdy friends in most of my classes for several years running. We were tight-knit study buddies who put nose the grindstone together junior and senior year before going on to elite colleges (although most graduates of our HS didn't move on to four-year programs).  Our IBD advisor, and Theory of Knowledge class teacher, wrote us terrific, detailed college application recommendations - she'd taught us all several times by the time we applied to colleges.

It wasn't until I was two or three years into my college experience that I came to appreciate how well the interdisciplinary nature of IB studies, and the rounding out of the experience with the CAS (community service) work and Extended Essay (HS dissertation) work had prepared me for undergraduate work, particularly the academic research I did senior year to graduate with honors. I had to use Chicago Manuel of Style citation formats to complete my EE, a discipline which has stood me in good stead ever since. My AP examinations weren't as difficult as my IB Higher Level tests, particularly for my foreign language. There was real rigor in IBD HL humanities work.

In short, many good things about IB programs done well for your globally-minded student, at least one with a humanities focus.  [/quote]

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