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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It seems to me that most of the IB schools would be better served with AP.  It certainly would be cheaper.[/quote]

All of this angst for just over a thousand students pupil placing to other schools -- 474 transfers approved for AP students and 544 transfers approved for IB students.

If we are going to look at cheaper options -- why does FCPS have so many foreign (oh -- I mean WORLD) language offerings? Let's shorten the list to Spanish, French, and Latin. Save lots of money.[/quote]

Let's not.  Our HS offers Russian - a language coveted by many employers these days - and is a highly respected and well-known program.  Just because *you* aren't interested in Russian (or other languages) doesn't mean that many others aren't.  [/quote]

Well, just because YOU are not interested in IB doesn't mean that many others aren't.[/quote]

False equivalency. IB sucks the oxygen out of the air at IB schools because nothing and no one else matters as much as the IB diploma kids. Offering a foreign language does not.

And for no great reason, either. If an IB diploma kid has mediocre SAT/ACT scores, he/she is still going to get turned down by UVA and W&M.[/quote]

I hate to tell you, but an IB diploma student with a mediocre SAT/ACT still has a leg up over a kid with a handful of AP classes and a mediocre SAT/ACT, even more so at Virginia colleges than elsewhere. [/quote]

Probably an advantage over a students who's only taken 1-3 AP courses, but beyond that it's a wash.  [/quote]

That's literally not true. What an IB diploma shows is strength across disciplines. You'd have to have a kid basically do the AP equivalent, which 80 percent don't, to make it comparable.[/quote]

You don't even know if you're getting an IB diploma until after you've applied to schools, been admitted, and graduated from high school.  And you are obviously making up the statistic that 80% of AP students don't take the "AP equivalent" to try and make schools with only 20% IB diploma candidates look successful.  [/quote]

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