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[quote=Anonymous]My kids go to an IB high school.  Our high school also has a rigorous selection of DE (dual enrollment) courses.  We have a very small group that does the full IB diploma and a group that does IB CP (IB Career Program.)    The other college bound students do a mix of IB and DE courses.  My DS, who did the full diploma, said the only kids in his math and IB Spanish 2 classes were the diploma kids.  But his English, History and Science courses had non diploma students.  His English class had the most students.  IB is known for a rigorous writing program so it makes sense that the college bound students would elect to take IB English and not DE English.  But the students who are going to pursue a STEM career tend to take the DE Math classes.

TOK (Theory of Knowledge) will have an after school option.  In order to do the diploma, there aren't enough periods in the day to take all the required courses plus a non-IB elective like band or chorus.

At AP schools, students take US Government (AP Govt) in 11th or 12th grade.  The IB diploma does not include US Government in their social studies curriculum, which is a VA state requirement.  IB students need to take the government requirement in 10th grade.[/quote]

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