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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter is in 8th grade. She wants to go to the IB program at RM. [b]She enjoys english and history class but doesn't like math[/b]. She also really enjoys her foreign language and she skipped level 2 of the language. Her spring map r was a 262 and her fall was 253 (don't know what happened there). Her extracurriculars are okay (should have pushed her more lol). However, I have heard that this program is very stressful and has a lot of work. It is also very hard to get in. Do you think it is a good fit for her and what are her chances of gettting in? (I'm hoping for at least 70%). [/quote]

IB kids take high level math. it's not a STEM program but that doesn't mean IB is weak on STEM subjects. [i]My kids (and many of their friends) took AP Cal BC in their junior years followed by high level IB math in senior year[/i][/quote]

How did they do that? The IB math classes are two-year classes.

[i]Mathematics: applications and interpretation SL
Mathematics: applications and interpretation HL
Mathematics: analysis and approaches SL
Mathematics: analysis and approaches HL[/i]

https://www.ibo.org/programmes/diploma-programme/curriculum/mathematics/
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[b]The "two year" math is not taking IB HL math for two years.[/b] Rather, it is about taking the IB math exam after year 2.  IB HL Math covers 2 years of math.

My DC did the same:  Jr year AP BC Calc; senior year IB HL math and MVC/diffeq. Then took IB HL math exam senior year.[/quote]

Yes, it is. You take IB math for two years. Then you take the IB math exam. That's what makes them two-year classes.[/quote]
? My kid was at RMIB last year, took the HL IB math exam.  They did not take HL math for 2 years.   This is the pathway they took:

IBAAF
IB Pre calc
AP BC Calc
HL math & MVC

Maybe you are confusing the prior years IB label math classes with HL math.[/quote]

DP, but IB preCalc and HL Math Analysis are the two IB math courses. [/quote]
IB Analysis (or HL math) is one class, not two.   When a PP stated HL math was two math classes, I took that to mean "two HL math classes", and that doesn't exist at RMIB.

IB Precalc is SL math. You don't have to take HL math after you take SL math (IB precalc). You can just stop at SL math.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/schools/high-schools/r-w/rmhs/ib/2022-2023-ib-course-handbook.pdf

To get to HL math, you have to take BC calc.  Doesn't appear that's the case with other IB schools in MCPS.

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