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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. I am not leaning on IB as an edge to get into college. I am mainly interested in it because my 8th grader does well in math but I think he needs to step up the writing and written analysis overall to prepare for college and he knows this too.

My junior in high school at our homeschool is a decent writer but I still don’t think the rigor or practice has been there. He is in AP World History and AP Lang this year so maybe it will start now??

I went to fairly average schools as a child and I know I had to write some pretty lengthy “reports” in 4th to 8th grade. Just not really seeing this in MCPS….[/quote]
My kid went to RMIB. IB, in general, is great for writing.

My kid is a STEM person, and very high achieving . Does not enjoy writing. But, Blair was too far.  I thought it would be good for DC to do IBDP to focus on their weakest area, writing.   DC is now in college and said IB really prepared them well for college, and enjoyed being with other high achieving kids.

While I don't know anything about Springbrook IB, the IB program in general is heavy on the writing. There are IB specific rubrics that are used when grading.  Every class has some time of Internal Assessment (IA) - whether it be oral or written presentation, and an extra class "Theory of Knowledge", which includes another research paper - "Extended Essay".

I would imagine Springbrook IB is no different in terms of what is required compared to RMIB.

Having stated that, some of the IB exams are less likely to be taken by colleges for credit than AP exams.  So, keep that in mind.[/quote]

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