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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Come on, crazy obsessed parents?  I earned the IB Diploma at one of the first 50 public schools offering it in this country, in the 1980s. My small town high school was ranked in the bottom third in the state.  IB Diploma changed my life, and that of a number of my friends. We came from working-class backgrounds but wound up at elite colleges on massive financial aid.

Where is the academic rigor in DCI's middle school, the push for the most capable and determined students?  It's just not there and high school is too late to pour on challenge.[/quote]

1980’s is not now in 2022.  The game has changed massively for the Ivy and it’s a total crapshoot.  Also going to an elite college doesn’t guarantee success.  In fact, most CEO and successful people did not attend elite schools.

Lastly, in 2021, DCI IB averages was low 30 while the average worldwide average was only 1 or 2 points higher.  That’s in the context that the majority of IB schools are private schools and the remaining public are test in or self select.  So yea, the rigor is there to be comparable to the majority of schools that self select.

Posters like you who don’t have kids at the school and make incorrect statements when data is there are just insufferable.  Good luck because no, your kid is not going to get into an elite school.

In fact, what don’t you tell us what school your kid currently goes to.  Let me guess, you are the YY mom whose kid is now at JR taking mandarin classes on the weekends.

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Not true that the majority of US schools offering IBD are privates or public test-in. Self-select?? We were told that DCI students self-select for Diploma. Low 30s, not bad, but DCI already has the demographics for much better results. Our kids were at MV, now at Latin, where middle school students get a couple hours of HW a night. We got off the DCI track after talking to a bunch of former MV parents with kids there. They complained about lack of rigor/HW. No idea if my children will attend "elite" schools. [/quote]

It amazes me how so many people on this thread make false statements to support whatever agenda they have when the info is all out there.  See link below page 5.  Yes the majority of IB schools are private and test in.  From the info below, 57% schools are private, 43% public and you can bet that at least over 1/2 of the public schools are test in or select candidates for the program.  Also average IB score for 2022 worldwide was 32.

DCI does not test in for the IB diploma that I know of.  Anyone can go that route.  IB diploma is not easy and a lot of work especially with writing and analysis.  It’s not for the lazy.  Students can choose to do it or not,  and I’m not surprised that only the higher performing students want the challenge.

https://ibo.org/globalassets/new-structure/about-the-ib/pdfs/final-statistical-bulletin-dp-cp-may-2022.pdf[/quote]

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