Reply to IB Program : college choice?

Forum Index » Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS)

Reply to "IB Program : college choice?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm OP. Let me explain where I stand. My husband and I went to good schools:  DH went to MIT, I went to U of Michigan-Ann Arbor.  No, no Ivy Leagues.  We had an AP course here and there, nothing extraordinary.  When we moved to this area and had our DS pursue, by his choice, the IB program, we expected to see the rigor of the program match college placement.  So yes, I was rather surprised to see second and third- tier colleges on the list  one of the PPs provided.  I am sorry, I just don't think JMU, GMU and Marymount are worth killing yourself over in IB program.  [/quote]

But if he were taking AP he might also be "killing himself" and still might or might not get into whatever you would consider a "first-tier" college.

WHAT he wants to study also has some impact -- doesn't it? If he wants a specific major that is better done at what you call a "second-tier" college, but the top-ranking colleges don't offer it or their programs aren't as in-depth as some smaller college's program in that field -- then should he go to the college that actually can teach him best in the major he wants most, or should he go to the prestigious school, and possibly do a major that's not really his thing? Some are going to argue that the college name on the degree counts for more and the high-profile college is the one to choose every time. Not sure I'd want my kid working for an employer who was so ignorant of his field that he was more dazzled by a name on the sheepskin than by the courses taken and the quality of work done.

And as others have noted -- students should take IB (or AP, or whatever) to learn, not just to set themselves up for entry into a specific college.

[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics