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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As others have said, IB diploma requires a TON of writing. My child wrote a 4000 word paper for the Extended Essay and an Internal Assessment essay of ~2-3000 words for each 2-yr subject. The IB exams require writing as well. I feel like my kid got a really solid education at our neighborhood school with an IB diploma and they were accepted ED to their first choice college, a highly competitive school that accepted 12% of applicants. However, high school was a slog. I don’t think my kid would redo it if they could. They decided to do the full diploma they were forecasting for 11th grade and realized how close they were to meeting the credit requirements (due to starting high school in Algebra 3-4 and Spanish 3-4; some schools don’t offer higher level classes that aren’t IB. The AP classes that my second child is taking are far less rigorous, require less writing and a lot less critical thinking.

Kids in the IB diploma program this year are attending an impressive array of ivies and top universities, and are very bright kids, but they are tired.[/quote]
look on the bright side, your IB diploma kid will probably find college a cakewalk.   I like to think that it's better for my kid to stress while still living at home where DC has family support than when they go off to college and have very little family support around them.

My IB diploma senior is almost done. I keep reminding DC...just six more months, and you're done. It's been tough, but DC knows that college will more than likely be a bit easier for them than most people. DC is looking forward to being more relaxed next year.[/quote]

+1 to the above.

Parent of a college senior here, and my kid did the full IB diploma track. She says that IB prepared her phenomenally well for college level work. She got to college and while some students were struggling freshman year with juggling so many writing and research assignments, she already knew how to manage her time well, thanks to HS IB. She was not at all daunted by writing essays. She also says that the critical thinking skills she was taught and developed with IB a a huge help in college. Just a fantastic preparation -- and not only because IB is tough and makes college seem easiser by comparison, but because IB teaches thinking and writing skills that everyone needs. [/quote]

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