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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

2021 grad. UW GPA 3.85 I think. Weighted GPA is a distant fog, but I remember DC had to calculate a new UC-style weighted GPA. UC was test blind, so DC didn’t submit the 1540 SAT. ECs fine, not spectacular. UC schools love IB. DC is at UCLA. Likes it but now thinks would have been a better fit at UCSD. [/quote]

Did she have any APs at all? I’ve heard there’s a big difference between applying as an IB diploma candidate with APUSH and AP Calculus, and applying as a pure IB student.

Does anyone have any experience with this?[/quote]

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