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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Actually, I am curious as to what reasons are provided for striving towards the completion of an IB diploma when one has already been accepted to a college or university.

Is it simply to complete a goal, once undertaken?  Is it a notion of "paying it forward," based on an argument that the hard work of prior students who completed their diplomas paved the way for their own acceptance from colleges or universities that were familiar with RM's track record with IB?   Presumably the schools do not make their offers of admission contingent on the students successfully earning an IB diploma, and you might think the students do deserve some down time in their senior year.

You can't read anything about the IB program at RM without coming away with the sense that it's mostly PARENTS of IB diploma candidates and recipients who are most heavily invested in the reputation of the IB program there and the fiefdom of the IB coordinator.      [/quote]

I will answer this question for you from personal experience. DC had already got accepted into college, so he wondered what would happen if he did not go for the diploma? He went for a chat with Hoover, and she said "Hmmm, let's see where you are in the diploma process." And she goes through the checklist of what all he had already finished and achieved. He had very little left of the diploma requirements, except the end of the year exams. Most of the work had been done already. So, she said. " Wow! IB diploma is a low lying fruit for you now. You are almost 95% complete now. You sure you want to not claim the diploma that belongs to you?"

DC was not going to leave the program without the diploma. He had earned it fair and square. It is a very small group of kids worldwide who earn an IB diploma. Most kids will just take a few IB classes or some will work for an IB certificate.  To get the diploma is a badge of Honor. The RMIB kids are in the toughest magnet. By the time they are admitted to colleges, there is very little work left for the Diploma anyways.  They are not going to walk away from that honor.

I think it means much more because it is like a medal, a badge of honor. Yes, a diploma is not required to get into college, but all colleges know that the RMIB kids are working towards one. In the end, it is a symbol of the capability, intelligence and perseverance of the students.  The RMIB kids go for the diploma because they know that they are worthy of it and they have earned it. It is not a requirement for colleges, but no kid walks away from all the work they have done for years.

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+1 Well said. [/quote]

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