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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It depends where they do it. BCC - total waste of time, RMIB used to be prestigious but has gone down the tubes.

Lycee Rochambeau - probably your best bet[/quote]
Oh, hey! More private school recruiting!  :roll: [/quote]

Well my own kids go to Whitman, that's just my opinion on the IB opportunities locally.[/quote]
So you really have [i]no [/i]basis for the statement.[/quote]

Yes actually I do. I did the IB in England and know what is missing from the programs here that I mentioned and the one that I believe is good. I investigated them thoroughly for our kids only a couple of years ago.

Is my interview over now, sir?[/quote]

Not the original interrogator, but I’m still not sure what you think the differences are? Aren’t all IB students following the same curriculum and passing the same exams based on the same criteria? If they pass the exams, wouldn’t that demonstrate they’d learned the material to the same high standards? I get that the instructors may vary, but if they’re prepared for the exams, what does it matter where or how they learned the material? I mean, that’s kind of the point of standardized exams. [/quote]

Sure. Now compare the results and when I say results I mean for the kids who actually achieve an IB diploma, not those at BCC who took just one IB class mixed in with regular classes in their 11th grade.[/quote]

Well, the result is you got an IB diploma. I mean, the test-in programs might have a higher pass rate vs. self-selected kids in a given schools, sure. But if you do the work and get a diploma, it means you met the same standards as students who got an IB diploma anywhere else in the world, right?

So a motivated kid at BCC or Einstein who gets an IB diploma earns the same diploma as the kids at whatever fancy private school you're talking about, or a school in England or Sweden or Italy. That's the entire point. Maybe the odds are stacked against them, and they have to work a little harder on their own to get there; but if they get the diploma, it means they met the International Baccalaureate standards. Period.[/quote]

Perhaps I wasn't clear. The BCC option is to take an occasional IB class, [b]without getting the full diploma[/b]. Also diplomas are graded. RMIB had a 92% pass rate then they changed administrators (about 5 yrs ago?) and it dropped to 72% or thereabouts.

There are many threads on this forum, if you care to search for them which are detailed and sometimes very heated, but very informative.[/quote]

But you can also get the full IB diploma at BCC, Einstein, Rockville, Seneca Valley, Kennedy, Springbrook, and Watkins Mill.[/quote]

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