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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DCI scores in the bottom half of the word in IB scores.

Not impressed.

There are schools in India in areas with a fraction of the income of the DMV that do better in IB.[/quote]

True.  But at least DCI does better than Banneker or Eastern.

However, Montgomery County IB runs circles around it.[/quote]

[b]You can move to MC, apply for their IB program and basically have a 10% chance of getting a spot.[/b]

They just implemented a lottery so if your kid meets their admissions criteria, it’s now a lottery instead of a committee selecting. Still around 10% odds if they get similar number of applicants as in the past.

Good luck with that.  They are also very well established programs that have been around for a while.  Totally different than DCI program but if you self select only the top 1-2% kids in the city, sure comparison is similar. [/quote]  What are you talking about?  The IB Diploma at Richard Montgomery HS in Rockville?  There are SEVEN high school IB programs in MoCo but only the one at Richard Montgomery is an application magnet.  The Bethesda Chevy Chase IBD program is just as high-performing as RM, but not test-in.  A few of the others IBD programs in MoCo are higher-performing than DCI.  https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/specialprograms/high/ib.aspx#tabs-4[/quote]

Did you even read anything in the link above?  Do you know anything about IB in MoCo?

The 2 good IB programs are magnets and that is Richard Montgomery and [b]Blair[/b].  Even at that, the most recent pass rate at RM is only in the 70%

BCC only about 15-20% students do IB and it’s basically a school within a school.  Vast majority of students do not do IB and the IB offerings are not vast.  BTW all students there can take IB classes so some kids might take 1 or 2 IB.

The rest are pretty weak and not worth mentioning and all in link but 1 said the kid needs to meet academic requirements. If you think these programs are higher performing than DCI, tell us their IB averages or exactly what basis are you making such a statement?[/quote]  You're off.  Untrue that ALL students can take IBD classes at BCC.  Students need to take tough pre-IB prerequisites and do well in them to qualify.  There isn't an IB Diploma Program at Blair Montgomery, never has been. You must be confusing the Blair CAP (Communications Art Program) with IBD. Several of the MoCo IBD programs post average points totals of around 30--Rockville, Einstein and Kennedy--just like DCI. [/quote]

So Blair is magnet but not IB, all the schools you mention above self select with the most dramatic self selection being RM and then next BCC.

Then rest of the schools you mentioned also self select since there are academic requirements.  Then you say their averages are similar to DCI.

So exactly how does MOCO IB runs circles around DCI?  If you self select the top 1% at RM or top 15% of the top 20% kids in county at BCC  (my rough estimate for BCC) the IB scores might be higher.  BTW you haven’t said what the IB scores are for those schools.[/quote]

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