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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are zoned for Robinson, and I've only just learned about the IB program.  I have a kid with crippling social anxiety who is good at math and tech but hates writing.  The requirements for all the extracurriculars, service, and writing sound like he will almost certainly struggle.  His elementary years have been miserable and I so wanted HS to be a good experience for him.  With is anxiety, he doesn't want to transfer to another school away from who and what he knows.  Why does FCPS maintain a program that only 10-20% of kids can finish, at the expensive of AP, which has much greater participation??
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While getting the full benefit of IB requires participation in the diploma program, you CAN take IB classes a la carte, and get college credit for them. Your kid can take the math/comp sci/physics etc. IB classes at HL and otherwise stick with SL or Honors or Gen Ed classes for subjects that require more writing. Full IB program participation is equivalent to taking 7-8 APs which clearly is not most kids, even in AP schools. Don't get sucked into the simplistic vortex of negative thinking.[/quote]

This is true. You can take IB a la Carter, however, most IB courses are 2 year courses ending with the exam in the senior year. They do count individually so the IB diploma is like taking 12 AP courses.[/quote]

My IBD kid took a number of AP exams - 16 of them to be exact. Plus 6 IB. Started college with 60-something credits. [/quote]

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