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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Background: High school that offers both IBDP and many AP courses.  I have 2 kids that graduated with IB diplomas.

College acceptances do not vary among the students. IB does not give an edge if you are already taking a rigorous courseload.

It may differ by school, but I agree with the teacher above. TOK is universally hated and viewed as pointless.  Kids who care about education would rather take another class.  And one of my kids loves philosophy/is a philosophy major.  Hated TOK.

It prepares students for college writing and research better than AP courses.

My personal opinion is that it is not as good for STEM.  Both my kids took HL level sciences.  I thought Bio was rigorous, but by taking a 2 year bio class, students often skipped physics or doubled up on science (which can be tough given HS requirements) or took over the summer.  HL physics (at least the one offered at our school) is not calc based.[/quote]

Maybe your TOK teacher sucks? My kid enjoyed it and the teacher is pretty popular.[/quote]

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