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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter is currently a sophomore at wl and I do not think freshman year was bad in term if workload.  There is a wide variety for workload between teachers though, so it is possible that you will draw a short straw and end up with very rigorous teachers.  There is one ap class that is encouraged if you are pre-ib, otherwise they encourage all intensified classes.  Intensified classes do not have a gpa bump, only ap and ib classrs do.  I think that by junior year if you do full ib it is very intense.
College options from Gonzaga vs wl are very different.  Most of my daughter’s friends (pre-ib and very driven) are aiming for state schools.  When I was in highschool (went to Gonzaga), most of my friends were aiming top 20 college if not Ivy League.  Just different trajectories.  [/quote]
A lot has changed in college admissions since you were in high school.  I'd bet that Gonzaga and IB students at WL are applying to the same colleges.  I think the biggest difference is likely that Gonzaga students are more likely to be full pay than those from a public school.[/quote]

Utter BS

Gonzaga is not a hard school either.[/quote]

Well, despite the opinions of some of the Gonzaga alumni posters here, this year's W-L college admissions (link is via the college forum) are impressive as usual both for IB and non-IB. [/quote]

URM[/quote]

The results posted so far don't have many URM at all. So that's not a factor in the W-L
admissions results.[/quote]

Correction to the above: of the roughly 40 results publicly posted, there are zero underrepresented minorities. People need to stop making assumptions and writing here like those are the facts.

Obviously the OP really wants out of Gonzaga. There are levels of intensity with different levels of required work at W-L, and it appears that's what OP really wants. Before making any hasty decisions, I'd inquire with the IB and AP coordinators at W-L.  [/quote]

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