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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you for posting information about the IB program. 
 
I have a question about the IB diploma vs no-diploma as it was mentioned earlier. Let's say a student who is good, takes IB courses including some HL and does not go for diploma. For the discussion sake, let's say this 'good' student has &gt; 4.0 weighted GPA with A's and B's, more than three IB HL/SL courses,  SAT low 1500's or ACT 34 and similar level extracurricular activities.   
Is there is drawback when not doing full IB diploma in such cases? Does it impact college admissions? Do colleges look down at students who opted to take additional Honors/SL/HL courses but did not go for the diploma?

Please not make this thread another IB bashing. I am just asking questions related to IB. [/quote]

Colleges look down at students at IB schools who are not pursuing the full diploma.  It is just too easy a way for busy admissions officers to put kids in a "no" pile.  [/quote]

My junior ds is doing the full IB diploma and his younger brother likely won't. We have been touring colleges and have asked this question of several admissions officers, including at one Ivy. The answer was resoundingly opposite of what you say. They do not view a student who takes a handful of IB classes differently than they would a student who takes a handful of AP classes. One admissions official told me specifically that they "hold the IB diploma in high regard." Another told me that they consider an IB diploma student to be the equivalent of a full AP course load for two years. The only one who had little regard for IB was JMU, who didn't even mention IB in their presentation, but only talked about AP and dual enrollment. Luckily for us, ds had zero interest in the school anyway. [/quote]

Admissions offers can be good at telling people what they want to hear.  It can translate into application fees.

Even so, non-IB diploma candidates at IB schools are at a disadvantage, and full IB diploma candidates have no advantage over kids who've taken a lot of AP courses. That's just the way it is.  If it were different, Whitman and Langley would have IB.  [/quote]

I didn't state that IB diploma candidates have an advantage over students with a full AP courseload, and you are wrongly assuming that an IB course is seen as inferior to an AP course. If you know anything about college admissions, you know that each student is considered within he context of their school and what is offered. [/quote]

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