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I haven’t seen a single college admissions page stating you need to do the diploma, recommending it, or suggesting it is beneficial in some way, no idea where this is coming from. IBO advertises the number of students taking it, but that’s another matter.[/quote]

OK, now tell me if you've ever seen a college admissions page stating that you need to do some given (high) number of AP courses, recommending you do so, or suggesting it is beneficial in some way. They don't. Obviously all these FCPS kids shouldn't bother taking 10+ AP courses, there is no point in doing so if college admissions pages don't directly tell you to.  :roll:

What college admissions pages tell you is something along the lines of "take the most challenging courses available at your high school and get good grades in them." At an IB school, that means get the IB diploma. [/quote]

Colleges don’t tell you the number of APs to take but they do give some guidance on what courses to take. Read this one for example:

https://mitadmissions.org/apply/prepare/foundations/

It’s clear that if interested in this school, Calculus and math in general is important as well as taking Physics, Chemistry and Biology. While they say that not all need to be advanced courses, I interpret it as being helpful if they are. I’d also load up on as much math as I can handle, so linear algebra and statistics before Math HL. Among sciences prioritize Physics C since they specifically mention electromagnetism. Add writing intensive courses like AP English and History.

For humanities “There are no specific high school courses in these fields that we require.” If you read that page and you’re still convinced you need to take Theory of Knowledge then take it and be happy.

Most would read it differently and plan their own path. Multiple posters and IB teachers in the thread said it’s fine  to not do the diploma, I don’t know why you’re so adamant the diploma is required.[/quote]

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