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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]IB diploma candidates have a leg up at W-L in Arlington. Sure non-IB diploma students get accepted, but they are always competing against the full diploma students. The results speak for themselves. Is it worth it? DC went through it and got into a good college. Not sure we’d have him do it again. It was a lot of work, lots of it busy work. [/quote]

W-L college admissions are better than Yorktown but no better than some of the AP schools in FCPS. [/quote]

PP here. I wouldn't say that W-L admissions are better than Yorktown admissions. Anyway, the point is that IB admissions are better than non-IB admissions at that school. That could be self-selection (those IB diploma kids are gonna get into good colleges whether they do the diploma program or not), or it could be because colleges give them a leg up. My DC got into UCLA, and we feel sure it was because of IB. UC schools are known to prefer IB diplomas (there's a box to check on page 1 of the application!), and his stats were lower than other non-IB kids who got rejected.[/quote]

Do you mind sharing your DC’s stats? DS applied to UCLA and is an IB diploma candidate. Thanks![/quote]

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