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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Former Marshall parent here.  Some of the parents are rather unsophisticated about what an IB diploma means. Your kid should only do it if they enjoy the breadth of the curriculum.  It’s not necessarily going to get a kid into a top school, and some of the parents have unrealistic expectations only to find their kids ending up at places like [b]JMU and VCU[/b]. [/quote]

What, exactly, is wrong with JMU and VCU?  Sounds like [b]you [/b]might be the unsophisticated parent if these are the types of schools you see fit to put down.[/quote]

Calm down.  Nothing is wrong with those schools but they're not exactly Duke or Stanford.[/quote]
Well I’m not sure what point the PP was trying to make. I think parents in AP schools face same disappointment of having their kids take a boatload of AP courses and yet not make into Ivy. Any parent who thinks a kid is a shoe in at a T20 is going to be mostly disappointed nowadays. [/quote]

Don’t disagree but the IB diploma as a special credential is hyped more, which can lead to more unrealistic expectations. [/quote]

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