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[quote=Anonymous]I have a DS at Mt Vernon and he is an IB diploma candidate (he's a senior.)  I have read through all the above threads and agree with a lot of what has been written.  I think its a fabulous program and I'm glad my DS has decided to pursue the diploma.  However, I would support getting rid of it at Mt Vernon.  I don't see my younger children pursuing the diploma and wish we had AP as an option.  It might help with some of the flight from the school.  Keep the IB program at Marshall and maybe Lee (convenient location for the souther/eastern end of the county) and/or South Lakes.

I think Mt Vernon typically has about 20 students per year going for the diploma.  The ones who are diploma candidates do very well in college admissions.  Last year's graduates are at Northwestern, Harvard (two students are at Harvard), UVA, William & Mary & West Point.  One of the students who is at Harvard was also admitted to Notre Dame, Yale, Princeton, Brown, UVA, William & Mary and a couple of other schools.  If a student is not pursuing the diploma, I don't know if they are considered "second class citizens" at Mt. Vernon.

The administration at Mt. Vernon tells us college counselors will put the IB candidates into one pile of applications and everyone else in a second pile (giving the IB candidate better odds for admission.)  The IB Organization has published a document that lists acceptance rates for everyone and acceptance rates for IB candidates.  Some samples:

[b]School -   IB Rate   -  Total Population Rate[/b]
Brown     18%          9%
Cornell    31%          18%
Duke       28%           16%
UVA        64%           32%
UNC        63%          32%

The chart is on Page 19.
 http://www.ibo.org/contentassets/12ca22e438df4a65b4c92e42b70b10ea/globaldpdestinationsurveyus.pdf

We'll see how my DS fares as we go through the college admission process this year.[/quote]

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