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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do not go to an IB school. The whole program is smoke and mirrors. The supposed "IB philosophy" is nothing more than best practices for teaching, and the same methods are widely used at other non-IB schools. The grading system is ridiculous, biased against American students, and is likely to pull down your GPA. AP schools have many more choices, and their value is well-understood by American colleges.

The only advantage to an IB diploma is for the student who plans to study in Europe after high school, or in Canada. In those universities, IB credits are easily transferable.[/quote]

I don't know how it works, but several graduates of our AP high school are heading off to McGill and other universities in Canada this fall, as well as to other foreign universities in Europe and other continents.  The Langley senior who just served as the student representative on the School Board is going to the University of St. Andrew's in Scotland.  An IB diploma might put American-educated students attending a foreign university on a more similar footing to their classmates, but graduates of AP schools do attend universities outside the United States. [/quote]

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