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Ned December 19, 2012 at 05:17 PM
I am a 2004 graduate of South Lakes and an IB certificate holder. As I am the only one in this discussion so far to have gone all the way through the program and experienced life afterward, I would like to offer my experiences. I have no problems admitting I was a midland student in the IB world. I graduated with a 3.3 and certs in HL physics/history and SL english/math/art, I was not a full diploma candidate so TOK was not in my course load. I went on to graduate from Longwood University with honors. What the IB program did for me was put me LEAPS and BOUNDS ahead of my peers in college. It's true that I did not receive any credit for my IB classes but I did receive plenty of knowledge. My first year at Longwood was a breeze since it was essentially a repeat of my senior year at South Lakes. Some might say thats a bad thing but as a student who went through it I say those people are idiots. It allowed me to transition into college life with far greater ease than friends from other parts of the state/country. I didn't have the smack in the face of "college level classes" since I was already expected to achieve at that level (at least) the year before. The advantage I had over my classmates due to the IB program was absurd. Simply put, I was ready for college, others weren't. period. This is only my case and there are a lot of variables but all of my friends experienced the same thing. It was rough in HS but beyond worth it in the long run. Buck up Mr. Stein...[/quote]

So IB will give a local student a leg up at [b]Longwood[/b]?  Mr. Stein may have had a different college experience in mind.        [/quote]

Well, Mr. Stein might also do well like me... I obtained my IB diploma at an overseas school.  I did attend Longwood.  I started up and spun off one small business in my undegraduate career and another before going to grad school at Wharton.  I now run my own company and employ 1 - 2 Ivy undergrads but have fired another 3 -4 for non-performance.  I am happy with my life, I make a good income, I employ people, thus contributing to my state and community.  Wonder what the person who sneered at Longwood does?  Probably "just" a lawyer, not someone who has ever created anything.  [/quote]

Cool story, dude, but probably not a reason to place out of a top AP school.   [/quote]

Different strokes for different folks.  Maybe some people prefer IB over AP.  It's as simple as that.  It doesn't make them wrong.  [b]It amazes me how much vitriol gets spilled out in the Madison and McLean vs. Marshall thing and the AP vs. IB.  Doesn't it matter that your kids are happy and successful wherever they are?  
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+1   I was thinking the same thing, PP.  Though it does seem that most of the vitriol is directed at Marshall and the IB program.  I wonder why that is, especially given so many Madison and other AP parents are certain of the superiority of the AP program?   Hmmm.....[/quote]

+2. I am kind of in amazement at this thread. I really do not get it. Pick what is best for your child and move in. No need to attack the choices of others.[/quote]

I think you need to accept that some people don't like the IB program for pedagogical reasons and wouldn't go out of their way to send their kids to Marshall.  It's a matter of preference, not vitriol, and the OP did ask for feedback.  [/quote]

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