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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The PP anwsered regarding logistics but wanted to add that my child was accepted as a transfer and ended up declining with our support.

At first we thought IB was a great program. Went to the information sessions, looked into the curriculum, the tests and college admissions.

In the end we as parents felt it was far too much busy work vs. actual rigor and it just wasn't anywhere near as recognized or useful as AP classes for the types of colleges we were looking at.

I know that there is a lot made of the rigor of these classes but I would suggest that you look at syllabus for the class, the class materials and really consider whether it is rigor or is it just a lot of extra work. We found that a lot of the assignments were just more and extra work but not anymore rigorous than a regular class. That isn't unique to IB though and we see this in AP classes as well. Many teachers default to more work vs. more depth and critical thinking. [/quote]

This. My DC is a senior and is an IB diploma candidate. There is a bunch of busy work in the middle of college applications. DC doesn't care about the diploma but wants to be competitive when compared to DC's peers. DC can handle it but does not feel it's worth the busy work.[/quote]

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