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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You have an excellent inbounds school that offers an IB degree program. Your daughter loves writing, making IB a great fit. She is not especially interested in STEM. You aren’t actually located near the Magnet programs. This is a no-brainer. Send her to BCC.[/quote]

And the HL IB science and math classes are no joke. Some cover material even beyond the more advanced AP courses.

I'm not sure which courses BCC offers, but it's definitely worth looking into. The IB coordinator (or the IB website) should be able to tell you which concepts are covered in each class, and you can compare those to what they'd get in the various AP Physics or AP Calc courses. Blair math might be more than she wants, but IB could be just right.

In other words, in the IB Diploma program, she'd get a well-rounded high school experience that will prepare her for whatever she decides to pursue in college. She could piece together something similar in the Blair magnet because they offer plenty of non-STEM AP courses, but it would be more piecemeal and less cohesive.

And it doesn't make admissions a sure thing, but there are certain colleges that love IB Diploma students. You can google and find lists of the percentage of IB certificate and applicants accepted at different colleges in various years, but I know Chicago is always at the top. Many colleges will give credit or advanced placement (i.e., skipping the 100-level course and starting with a 200) for IB scores just like they do for APs, but you'd need to check with each individual school for that info.

I'd say as far as colleges go, if she were certain she wanted to go into a STEM field, gunning for Blair would be the way to go. But if she wants to keep her options open, aiming for the IB Diploma with HL science and math courses would be a good alternative. And it wouldn't be a terrible fallback if she doesn't get into Blair. [/quote]

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