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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That is so, so sad. These schools have enough to deal with, it's a shame the county saddled them with an ineffective ([b]no one gets the damn IB diploma[/b]), inefficient program.[/quote]

I'm assuming that's hyperbole, but is there a place to look up percentages? [/quote]

The last information released by FCPS was in late 2013 and noted these percentages of seniors at IB schools graduating in 2013 without IB diplomas:

Mount Vernon 96.9%
Annandale 95.4%
Lee 93.7%
Edison 92.2%
Stuart 92.0%
South Lakes 83.5%
Robinson 83.5%
Marshall 80.3%[/quote]

Has it dawned on any of you people that the numbers are low because the program is difficult?  People would be falling all over themselves in Fairfax County if there was one IB program you had to apply for.  Instead, smart /hardworking kids are given the IB option (which outside of the US is more impressive than AP any day) at multiple schools.  [/quote]

Yes, if there was an application-only IB humanities magnet, it would indeed attract significant interest.  But, instead, we pay for IB at eight different schools, and the percentage of students getting IB diplomas at them is very low.

There is nothing about the word "IB" per se that is impressive abroad.  It's only the IB diploma that carries weight, and the overwhelming majority of students at IB schools in FCPS neither receive one nor have any intention of attending college outside the United States (junior year abroad programs sponsored by American universities don't count).   Moreover, if you actually checked to see which kids in FCPS are going to schools like McGill or St. Andrew's, I'd bet you'd find most are coming from AP schools like Langley, not the IB schools.  [/quote]

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