Reply to IB - Real world opinions/feedback

Forum Index » Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS)

Reply to "IB - Real world opinions/feedback"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Per my RMIB kid, it's a ton of work, but not particularly hard.  DC is thinking it may not be worth it for a lot of kids, and is telling their younger sibling to not do it.[/quote]

I have a kid starting the RMIB next year.  Why does your DC not recommend it for his/her younger sibling?  We debated about it a ton, and are not sure how much it will be worth it.  [/quote]

For our kids it was worth it - after undergrad at umd, one got PhD in engineering from MIT and second one is in t-20 medical school. Yes it’s not easy but if your child is capable, I’d strongly recommend it[/quote]

It sounds like the PhD from MIT and T-20 med student are highly driven individuals at their core. I don't think RMIB did anything "extra". I think they had that "extra" to begin with, which is why they were accepted to and successful with RMIB.

Also worth pointing out that these students likely graduated from MCPS 6-8+ years ago and that MCPS has changed a lot since then.
[/quote]

MIT PhD responding...I was comparing my experience to friends at MIT. The depth of my knowledge in the humanities was much greater than peers regardless of background (magnet, private, public, elite private). Again, I think that idea that students that excel in science and math may be encouraged to not pursue other areas of their education.

I do believe I had some amazing teachers, but they did follow the curriculum and standards of the IB education. IB also had some interesting components like the Theory of Knowledge and doing a dissertation that are not included in AP coursework (if that is what we are comparing it to). [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics