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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why the hate?  My impression was the oldest daughter was especially high achieving.  You know the type.  He conceded that going to Walls from EH was the overall much better fit for her.  I do not think there is any real inconsistency in believing in neighborhood schools, supporting DCPS, and sending a very high-achieving child who gets in to a DCPS application high school.[/quote]

How do we know that Eastern’s IB program isn’t full of high achieving students? [/quote]

Easy enough.  Look at the IB averages.  I hear it’s 24 or 25.  24 is the minimum that you need to get the IB diploma.

[b]For top schools like Ivies, you need minimum 40-42. [/b] For top 20 schools high 30’s.

Definitely not high achieving.  Average IB scores are bottom of the barrel.[/quote]

They don't actually care for US students. Not an Ivy, but a Stanford admissions officer pointed out that the IB scores aren't released until well after any commitments are made.[/quote]

You don’t seem to know too much about IB.  Yes the scores are released later but you can take 2 exams in junior year and submit those scores.  You can also take the equivalent AP exam and should score high with 5’s if you are doing really well in the IB program.  It’s not hard to see who the high flyers are in IB and it’s not the Eastern crowd.

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I responded to a claim that a 40-42 is needed which is false. And you’re actually proving my point. [/quote]

Guess you don’t understand about correlation. It is easy to correlate with the kids will be getting based on above.[/quote]

If all you care about is correlations, universities can predict your IB score based on zip code. It’s even more income-driven than the SAT and APs. All you need to know to predict the average IB score at Eastern is that it’s a Title I school. [/quote]

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