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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm OP. Let me explain where I stand. My husband and I went to good schools:  DH went to MIT, I went to U of Michigan-Ann Arbor.  No, no Ivy Leagues.  We had an AP course here and there, nothing extraordinary.  When we moved to this area and had our DS pursue, by his choice, the IB program, we expected to see the rigor of the program match college placement.  So yes, I was rather surprised to see second and third- tier colleges on the list  one of the PPs provided.  I am sorry, I just don't think JMU, GMU and Marymount are worth killing yourself over in IB program.  [/quote]

Times have changed.
In the 90's, a couple AP classes and a 3.75 could get you into a great school. 
Now a kid with a full IB or AP course load and a 4.5 weighted gpa might have a hard time squeaking into somewhere like UVA.

I graduated from FCPS in 1995. At the time, kids with a great GPA and SAT were a shoe-in for UVA or W&M, JMU was a notch or two down and Tech was where all the party kids went. If you wanted to go to GMU or Mary Washington, you were in. And NOVA was known as "the high school that you pay for." [/quote]

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