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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s not that MIT doesn’t want them, it’s they are not a great fit. IB is more centered on humanities.

If math and science are done at HL level in IB, that’s still only two stem classes. MIT applicants take AP calculus and statistics and often math dual enrollment classes, plus 3-4 AP science classes. Meanwhile IB students take Theory of knowledge, CAS stuff, and classes that don’t move the needle much at MIT: foreign language, art, social sciences etc.

It’s hard to be competitive from IBDP when AP students take 8-10 stem exams alone, and get their results early to add to the application. Probably the same for Caltech or other competitive stem colleges.
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And yet we see questions on here all the time asking if you really need 4 years of foreign languages and the answer is often that you should try. And my DD is an IB DP program and does not need to take an art class. She has enough room in her schedule to take 2 science courses + her math class. [/quote]

MIT recommends two years of foreign language in high school, so IB is at a disadvantage since it requires four years.[/quote]you are implying that taking four years of a language would be a disadvantage applying to MIT?

Check your middle schools, they may teach 1-2 years[/quote]

I made it clear it’s two years of foreign language in high school.

It’s the opportunity cost, instead of two years of foreign language, one could take stem classes instead.[/quote]doesnt MIT say they want students to take the most rigorous courses available? If their school offers four years of a language or even AP, why Wouldn't MIT expect that even though their bare minimum is 2 years?

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The importance of foreign languages and humanities is greatly diminished. In most careers there is little benefit in learning a foreign language.

The real innovation in language actually happens in the stem fields, think large language models, ChatGPT etc.

Humanities graduates numbers shrink by half every decade, and they output laughable PhD dissertations about racism in smell.

IB program was created in the 50s, revamped a few decades later, but doesn’t keep up with modern education.[/quote]

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