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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]IB is a lottery program, it is not a guaranteed option.  More details here: https://www.apsva.us/school-options/high-school-choices/how-to-apply/

This is the APS policy: https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/SBP-25-2.2-Options-and-Transfers.pdf[/quote]

IB is not by lottery at W-L. It is by application by current 8th graders for whom W-L is not their home HS. Not sure how it works if a student is already a high schooler elsewhere.[/quote]

OP - The kids apply in 8th grade, with a small essay and their transcripts.  You probably can't apply if you don't already live here since that is usually the Arlington way with these things.  Applications are due relatively soon.

If the kid is zoned for W-L, it is almost automatic (vaguely grade dependent, but not a high bar).  If the kid is not zoned for W-L, then there is a lottery for spots among all those who qualify.

You absolutely do not transfer in after 10th as the normal way.  You start there in ninth.  IB kids take all intensified classes (math, english, social studies and science).  Intensified is the local word for honors.  A few take AP World. Sophomore year they are required to take AP Gov, and take intensified most everything else.  11th grade IB starts in earnest.  If your kid is not zoned for W-L and doesn't take at least a reasonable number of IB classes, your kid has to leave.  Many kids don't complete the program because it requires a lot of work.  Too much humanities for my kid, and HL Physics is not offered, anyway.

I don't know where you are from, but at least our home country is starting to accept US Transcripts with AP Classes, so if returning home is your concern, I suggest having a discussion with a university or two at home.[/quote]

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