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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would go with DCI hands down if your kid is considering the IB diploma track.  Strong writing and critical thinking skills in a comprehensive program.  In addition, a mini-thesis that will set him apart when applying to colleges.

Your kid can take some HL exam junior year and get scores.  Your kid can take a few AP exams too before applying to college.  Yoir kid will stand out and have a much better shot at getting into good colleges if he does well in the diploma program.  AP kids are a dime a dozen, not so IB.

JR is definitely way more chaotic, overcrowded, and bigger then DCI.  Also it’s very difficult to get into many of the courses needed.
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It’s not difficult to get into any needed course at JR…what nonsense is this.[/quote]

Yup. Categorically untrue.[/quote]

I have two kids that have gone through the school- neither has had an issue getting into classes they have wanted (one graduated with 12 APs, the other is on track to graduate with 10-11)...having said that, popular classes can be very large so if that is an issue for you/your child, JR might not be a great fit.[/quote]

You can’t get AP classes until basically junior year.  Freshman and sophomore, it’s honors for all which is basically gen ed classes.

The schedule can be a mess and you are put in classes you did not sign up for and then it’s hell trying to change to the right classes.

The AP classes are huge, like 30-35 students.[/quote]

Again, not true.  Plenty of APs for sophomores to take.  One of my kids took 2 in 10th grade, the other took 3.  Yes, some AP classes are large (some are quite small).  Yes, schedules can be a mess and it can take a week or two to straighten that out.  If you can't deal with a little inconvenience, J-R is not right for you.[/quote]

There are not plenty of AP’s as a sophomore.  It’s not even a handful and nowhere near any selection and bogus courses

The schedule you want is not easy  You don’t get responses in trying to rectify it and kids have to spend hours and days to get anything change.   It’s really a sh*tshow.

The anecdotal of a few here is not the representative of the majority of kids especially 9th to 10th.  It’s a well known fact among IB families the challenges most kids face every year.

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I mean…my kid is a sophomore. Has multiple APs, as do many friends. It wasn’t hard—requested them and got them, no schedule changes needed. My other kid requested one AP as a sophomore and got it (would have requested more but didn’t realize it was an option). In six years, only one of them has had to deal with a schedule change, and it was not a big deal to get it addressed.

Yes, there are some horror stories, but my sense is that those are the exceptions that get a ton of attention. The rule is that most kids get most classes they want/need and can resolve schedule issues with some annoying but not particularly onerous steps. [/quote]

You are sugar coating. No APs in 9th grade and you are lucky if you can get into one AP class in sophomore year. The AP CS classes are now off limits unless you are in the IT academy. The quality of AP teachers varies widely as well. And every single year, my kids have had schedule issues that are very difficult to fix because the counseling office tries their best to avoid students for the first month of school [/quote]

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