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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At our FCPS IB HS the kids that do the full diploma are the students being accepted to UVA, W&M and T20 schools.

Do students who take a rigorous course load and don’t pursue the diploma get into top schools?  There are some who do.  But the students who pursue the IB diploma are far more likely to get in.

I have three friends in higher ed admissions and all say when they see IB diploma candidate it gives those students an edge.  [/quote]

At an IB only high school, I could see that happening if the school counselor only checks most rigor for Diploma candidates. But it was posted earlier that at Marshall that’s not the case and kids doing an assortment of classes also get most rigor.

How would colleges give diploma candidates an edge half a year before they even take the exams? They would make it clear on their admissions pages that if you do IB, you should do diploma, but that’s never the case.

Looking at AP Capstone Diploma, which is very similar to the IB Diploma, nobody ever argues it gives the students an edge. It’s the same for IBD.

People invent college counselor friends, make up anecdotes, really puzzled why.[/quote]

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