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[quote=Anonymous]What you get with a strong public school IBD program in this Metro area (none in the District itself) is the closest experience your family can get to a fine private school without paying the tuition.  Most of top IBDs in this Metro area run as school-within-a-school programs in big public high schools.  Kids attend IBD classes with a fairly set peer group of strong students over a 4-year period. For example, at Washington-Liberty, only about 100 students earn the IBD annually out of a graduating class of more than 700. With AP, your kid doesn't accrue the benefit of the same esprit de corps.

The most enriching components of IBD for many kids are the 2-year Theory of Knowledge class and the Extended Essay research and writing element, which AP doesn't offer. Also, IBD language learning emphasizes speaking and listening to a far greater extent than AP, which is great.  Kids who excel at speaking languages can take much tougher IBD Higher Level language exams than those offered by the College Board.

With more than 80% of AP Chinese takers scoring 5s, it doesn't hurt if a kid can score 6-7 (out of 7) on IBD HL Chinese to stand out on college applications.[/quote]

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