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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The expectation at any new IB school is that the first few classes will have a pretty small group of students passing the IB exam.

In a way it doesn’t matter because the results come out after college acceptances. Once a class or two of kids go all the way through DCI will probably tweak its program as they will know what the students struggled with in the exam. [/quote]

Your info on IB testing is seriously dated.  For the last decade, IB students have been able to take up to 4 of their 6 subject exams in May of junior year, with the results available for college applications in the fall.  It does matter if the college bound in IBD programs are on track to earn the full diploma or not.  Moreover strong American IB students commonly double up on the AP exams that overlap with their IB subject exam to have more standardized test results to submit with college applications,  This is standard practice in established IBD programs.[/quote]

Unfortunately, DCI's admins don't seem to have a clue about any of this.  The school has never even employed a college counselor.[/quote]

It's amazing that there's so much misinformation on the board! The college counselor has been full-time since the oldest students started 10th grade. (https://dcinternationalschool.org/teacher/shannon-jeffries/) And for the previous poster, students can't take 4 out of 6 subject exams in May of their junior year -- that's nonsense. For those who want accurate information, dive in here: https://www.ibo.org/programmes/diploma-programme/assessment-and-exams/understanding-ib-assessment/[/quote]

Thanks for setting the record straight. That didn't sound right to me either, although my experience with the IB diploma tests dates back to 1996. [/quote]

The nonsense is from you, PP.  High-powered IBD schools routinely allow student to take exams junior year all around the world and have for some time.  My nephew, who's attends a top 10 liberal arts college, took several IBD subject exams junior from his test-in IBD school in FL.  He took the remaining three exams in the spring of senior year.  The school-within-a-school IBD program he attended has a pass rate of close to 90%.  DCI admins just don't the tricks.  Geneva IB doesn't get in the way of experience IBD coordinators who make these asks.[/quote]

There's no need to get snarky. I dont think anyone reffered to you or your post as "nonsense".  I'm the poster who took it in the 90s and honestly just can't imagine that it would be possible to take the exam a whole year early having gone through the program. I went to a top IB program in Europe that has been doing the program for decades. I don't know my schools pass rate but I believe those who went for the diploma all passed and passed with very high scores. Again, not saying it's not possible (although I haven't read the link the poster posted showing it may not be possible). I can't imagine my previous high school allowing anyone to do it and we had kids that went to all the top programs all over the world including mamy of the ivies here in the US. As others who've been through the program have stated, it's incredibly rigorous. [/quote]

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