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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sort of a spin-off (and frankly, given the comments above, I question whether this would be a good fit for my DC):

RM is our home HS and my understanding is that even if DC doesn't test into the IB magnet in 9th & 10th, it is possible to be in IB in 11th and 12th without a test.  Is that the same 11th & 12th IB that the magnet kids are in from 9th grade or is it a different track?  And how difficult is it to get into IB on the non-magnet route?  TIA.[/quote]

You are correct. If RM is your home school, your kid does not have to "test" into the magnet. They are at a slight disadvantage if they didn't take "magnet" classes in grades 9 & 10, but given that ALL RM students are part of the Middle Years Programme in grades 9 & 10, many students who did not test into the magnet (either because they took the test and didn't get in or because the never took the test at all) go into the Diploma Programme and do quite well. Some of them are my former and even current students.[/quote]

PP here -- thanks for the response.  Does it matter if DC doesn't go to JW for the MYP program?  My assumption is that the relevant prerequisite for the IB diploma is the 9th & 10th MYP years, but is there something I'm missing about the importance of the middle school MYP?  (Fwiw, DC will have foreign language credits before HS so those the IB requirements should be met.)  [/quote]

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