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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not buying it from DCI. Where did these kids go to college with the other IBD students who scored in the 40s, Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, Yale, Princeton?  I have a niece at Yale who tells me she scored 39.[/quote]

DCI has a student headed to Yale this year.  Just like your niece.  So DCI must be graduating students who are just as qualified as your niece. [/quote]

I am sure that this URM athlete (a talented dancer) would have done well anywhere.

The fact remains that, even after a few years at DCI, most kids there are below grade-level in math and English.[/quote].
The fact also remains that high SES white and Asian DCI students can’t expect any breaks in college admissions anywhere they aren’t hooked. IBD points in the low 30s, the norm for academic high fliers at DCI, just aren’t going to wow admissions officers at the most highly competitive colleges for non hooked, non first gen, non URM applicants.[/quote]

IB test scores aren’t available until colleges have already admitted students. So you’re absolutely right that admissions officers won’t be wowed because they won’t be sent them. [/quote]

You're not presenting the full picture.  I say this as a former college counselor at an IB World School and somebody who earned the Diploma in the 90s.  As mentioned above, American IB Diploma students are free to take 1-2 Standard Level exams in the spring of junior year.  I know that some DCI families take advantage of the early testing opportunity, more every year.  In this country, it's not uncommon for IBD students in the highest-performing programs to double up on AP exams that roughly correspond with Diploma course work, particularly for AP World History, AP European History, languages and sciences, AP Chem, AP Bio, AP Physics etc.  Moreover, some American IBD students look abroad for college, where admission generally isn't guaranteed until IBD exams are released in July, and a points bar is cleared.  Also, some Americans apply to college in the fall of gap years or prep years (extra year of high school, which can be done at an IB World School), often to take advantage of better odds of admission in Early Decision and Early Applicant Oct-Dec pools than in general admission April pools. Gap year college applications are far more common than pre-Covid. Your view of the college process here in 2023 seems narrow/parochial/outdated.[/quote]

You need reading comprehension help. IB diplomas are not available until after most kids have already committed to a college.

When I went to an IB world school, kids took APs in their sophomore year. Gap years are a bad idea for US students, and this is a hill I will happily die on. But you advise your kids as you will. [/quote]

Anyone else just grab a cocktail and chuckle as they read these "IB debates"? You are all precious. Thanks for the entertainment.[/quote]

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