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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is IB not offered at any of the top fcps high schools?  [/quote]

Everyone (besides IB cheerleaders or AP trolls) would agree that in a head to head between most solid/top FCPS high schools and IB schools a kid who is very interested in pre-med/STEM/advanced math or science courses is going to be at a disadvantage or at least have to worker much harder (attributable to inefficiencies due to non-stem/math/science course work) an IB school where they won’t have the ability to select among the range of AP courses focusing solely on those subjects. Top FCPS have a disproportionate number of passionate parents who are pushing their kids to focus on stem/advanced math & science course. So, it’s no surprise there is no push from parents. And why would school leadership rock the boat with no ground swell of backing?

I agree the full diploma it should be viewed as a niche achievement that can lead to great outcomes for certain subset of students potentially better than if those kids just did a bunch of AP courses.

Based on what everyone has written it seems that even non-IB diploma candidates who are not interested in a stem/advanced math & science heavy course load could benefit from IB courses. However, it doesn’t seem like there is a way to get hard data to support if the non-IB diploma vs non-stem A course  trade off is worth it outside of anecdotal accounts from college profs who seem to think IB kids write and think better.

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