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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you're kid is a math and science kid but not on the TJ level (more on an 8  n a scale from 1-10 if TJ is 10).c? The HS in our pyramid doesn't have AP but has IB. How do math/science kids fare in IB? Are there IB type math and science classes?[/quote]

My only experience is with my child in Marshall's IB program.  The 2-year math HL course is considered the most challenging of all the IB courses.  It covers roughly the same topics as AP AB/BC.  The end of year Math HL IB exams are very challenging.  I have been very pleased with the IB science curriculum...the HL science teachers at Marshall are excellent.

If your goal is to get into an elite college, Marshall's IB program provides the necessary base of knowledge.  It is then up to the student set himself apart somehow with awards/extra-curricular activities/research/etc.

I know that this year's seniors have been accepted into Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Cornell, Stanford, Northwestern, Carnegie-Mellon, etc.

Regarding AP at TJ, principal Glazer considers that playing the "AP game" of taking as many AP exams as possible is one of the biggest problems at the school.

From http://www.washingtonian.com/2009/09/21/success-factory-inside-americas-best-high-school/ :

"He is joined in his battle against AP dominance by some of Jefferson’s veteran teachers and a few alumni who have returned to teach. They say students’ obsession with AP is one of the biggest changes at the school—and perhaps the most harmful.

AP curriculum is standardized and limited, says Jennifer Pierce, a math teacher who graduated from Jefferson in 1994. “AP is a baseline for Jefferson students,” she says. “Students are really just regurgitating information.” The majority of the faculty would gladly ban APs from the school, she says."

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