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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What's the difference between the IB program offered at RM and the IB programs offered at other MCPS high schools like B-CC, Einstein, Kennedy, etc.?[/quote]

Einstein’s doesn’t start until 11th, but I understand the magnets have pre-IB content in 9th and 10th. (Einstein does have pre-IB sections of Honors English, but I’m not sure whether central office will allow that to continue in future years.) The larger, guaranteed cohort of the magnet programs mean there’s a wider variety of IB courses offered. Einstein’s is dependent on student interest/enrollment in a particular class for any given year. There are a lot more students gunning for the full diploma in the magnet programs, so there’s more peer support and faculty involvement. At Einstein, there’s usually only a handful, and scheduling all the required classes can get dicey sometimes. Lots drop down to the certificate program, or only take IB classes in their stronger subjects, or ones where there isn’t a good AP alternative offered.

But the full IB diploma is the same at any school, in MCPS or Italy or Japan. That’s what’s so cool about it. You just have to be a bit more motivated in the schools without the support of a magnet program.

As for the regional IB magnets vs RMIB, that I don’t know. Technically the programs are the same, but I’m sure the experiences are probably a bit different. [/quote]

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