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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes you can transfer.  We're slated to go to Lake Braddock, great school, which is why we bought our house where we did.  However it's AP and not IB.  Robinson is the IB school and has the MYP there as well.  We've already spoken to them and yes you can pupil place for the program.  It's in year 3 of 5 for transitioning to the MYP.

More importantly, I'm not sure what to do for 7/8.  Is is better to stay in AAP or switch to MYP?

I too agree that I want to go the IB route, think kids learn a lot more in a broader way.  My child is also very STEM focused which although great, I don't think FCPS does a great job at writing and I'd like for him to be more balanced.  Not to say that he couldn't obviously still do STEM but just want there to be more essays (versus bubble filling) and true international experience.

It's kind of like which test is better - the SAT or ACT?  Used to be SAT for two specific areas but ACT is more well rounded and increasing in popularity.  At the end of the day, either one is fine :)[/quote]

More room at Lake Braddock for the kids at Annandale and Robinson preferring AP to IB (although quite a few Robinson kids want to stay at LB after they've already done AAP there).

You do know the insinuation that AP is just bubble-filling marks you as having fallen for the IB marketing machine.  Make sure you know how many kids actually get IB diplomas at your school.  There is a lot of hoopla about the "holistic" approach of IB, which largely falls by the wayside when kids bail on the diploma program and just take a few IB classes. [/quote]

Who did you talk to?  I was in a total panic this January over where my DC would go this fall.  I was told it wasn't a sure reason, but we could attempt the request for my then rising 7th grader.  I know each situation is different. We are level IV AAP & DC's foreign language is not taught at our base AAP middle school.  Very happy with where we currently are, and will post-pone IB/AAP thought till at least this time next year and deal with the TJ test/IB/AAP choice later.[/quote]

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