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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, there are many factors at play.  Are you coming from a rigorous Middle Years programme?  Are you thinking about colleges your child might apply to?  
For students applying to the same school, your child will always be compared to the other students.  It can cause an atmosphere of unhealthy competition because their is so much stats-sharing these days.
Just FYI, IB diploma looks good to UVA, yet UVA gives far more course credits for AP than IB.  You can see the info on UVA’s website.
UVA admissions are aware of how schools are grading now. Test-optional might end if more schools follow MIT.  
There is still so much unpredictability wrt admissions![/quote]

Thank you. We're coming from a non IB middle school. We don't have specific colleges in mind and our child doesn't yet either. I guess I'm just wondering if it's a disadvantage to have a nontraditional grading system.

You raise an interesting point about competition. I assume regardless of the grading there will be a lot of competing. We really hope to help our child navigate thr upper years without obsessive pressure on performance.

What are some things you like about Meridian? Would you choose another school if you had the option?[/quote]

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