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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]12:32 poster again - wanted to add that Robinson's website has a lot of great info. there to help you learn about IB and the differences between AP vs. IB.

Also, you can take IB classes but not pursue the IB diploma.  The diploma is the part that requires the service hours, extended essay and Theory of Knowledge class.[/quote]

I would be reluctant to send a kid to an IB school if he or she was not getting the full diploma.  It is just too easy for colleges and universities to distinguish between students applying from IB schools on that basis.  [/quote]

Knew several kids who got into UVA last year who didn't take the full IB diploma and several who did the full IB and didn't get into UVA.  It's one data point, but shows it's hard to make blanket statements.  It does depend on the kid.[/quote]

You will often hear admissions directors say that they expect to see students taking the most challenging program available at their school.  You are not penalized if your school has AP rather than IB, or vice versa.  However, it is easier for an admissions staffer to conclude that the diploma program is the most challenging program at an IB school than to put a fence around what the most challenging program is at an AP school.

That does not preclude some discretion at a school like U. Va.  My understanding is the same as yours - we know diploma candidates at IB schools who've worked like crazy and been turned down at U. Va., W&M and  Virginia Tech.  If you don't have good SATs/ACTs, no amount of TOK is going to get you into those schools. [/quote]

Admissions officials are not that naive. As a pp pointed out, they can tell if a student is taking advanced coursework in all areas or only in some, regardless of AP or IB. They can also differentiate between an IB diploma candidate that took SL or HL math or who just took "math studies" which is not a college level course. That may account for some diploma candidates who don't get into competitive schools. [/quote]

Admissions officials are not all cut from the same cloth, but I've seen enough of them to know I'd only want my kids at an IB school if they were doing the full diploma.  [/quote]

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