Anonymous wrote:For parents who’ve been through it, when does ib stuff start - do they take these classes 9th and 10th too or just 11th 12th. I see these kids with 4.3+ GPAs a and wonder how they get that done if classes don’t start till jr yesr.

Anonymous wrote:We have only moved up one spot on the Waitlist!!

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Anonymous wrote:We got a spot but are probably pulling our kid for private next year. I am over APS... So you are all 1 spot closer!

Are you at Hamm? Why are you leaving? We are starting Hamm next year but wondering if should go private before WL… it will be nearly 3000 students by the time we get there!

Anonymous wrote:We got a spot but are probably pulling our kid for private next year. I am over APS... So you are all 1 spot closer!

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It's not "difficult" to get on the IB track. It's a lottery and last year they offered spots to everyone on the waitlist due to the annex opening up more seats at the school. If you are an IB transfer student, you have to stay on the IB diploma track or move back to your home school - at least that's the threat. Not sure if they would actually do it. They used to have a concept of "partial IB" which meant you had to take 3 IB classes junior and senior years to maintain your transfer, but I believe they got rid of that and now if you transfer you have to be a full IB student (i.e., 6 IB classes junior and senior year).

I disagree somewhat with the poster who says IB is a school within a school. Anyone at WL can take IB classes. You don't have to be on the IB diploma track. My kid wasn't full IB, but took a combination of IB and AP classes depending on the subject and teacher. Also, all kids whose home school is WL and who completed two years of foreign language in middle school are considered "pre-IB" so it's not very selective.

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone heard whether there is a waitlist this year? Did they end up increasing the program size since the W-L addition is opening?

I apologize in advance, I have a few questions: When is the WL addition opening, how many total slots at W-L, and how many IB once open, compared to before (if you have the numbers)? Thanks!

Is there a lottery for the AP classes at W-L ? Saw the "AP-network" lottery for Wakefield (only 15 slots!?) and now totally confused - I thought anyone can take as many or few AP classes as they like at any of the 3 high schools, and only IB was a separate program?
Can anyone give me the low-down? TIA!

I can answer a few but not all of your questions.
The addition is open. It opened last year and they offered a larger amount of IB spots but I'm not sure how many. They also offered neighborhood spots to upcoming freshman who were in boundary for Wakefield. This was done due to Wakefield's overcrowding.
I'm not sure how many IB spots there are now or compared to past years, but I can tell you that only a small amount end up doing the full IB track. I think this year there were around 60 total.
There is not a lottery for AP classes at WL. The lottery at Wakefield was for AP Capstone, which is only offered at Wakefield. It is a separate program that has a small amount of slots for out of boundary students. It requires 6 AP classes, an AP Research class and AP Capstone.

HTH

I heard that Yorktown is going to start offering the AP Capstone program at some point, but I don’t think lotterying in is an option. Maybe someone else knows more details.

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone heard whether there is a waitlist this year? Did they end up increasing the program size since the W-L addition is opening?

I apologize in advance, I have a few questions: When is the WL addition opening, how many total slots at W-L, and how many IB once open, compared to before (if you have the numbers)? Thanks!

Is there a lottery for the AP classes at W-L ? Saw the "AP-network" lottery for Wakefield (only 15 slots!?) and now totally confused - I thought anyone can take as many or few AP classes as they like at any of the 3 high schools, and only IB was a separate program?
Can anyone give me the low-down? TIA!

I can answer a few but not all of your questions.
The addition is open. It opened last year and they offered a larger amount of IB spots but I'm not sure how many. They also offered neighborhood spots to upcoming freshman who were in boundary for Wakefield. This was done due to Wakefield's overcrowding.
I'm not sure how many IB spots there are now or compared to past years, but I can tell you that only a small amount end up doing the full IB track. I think this year there were around 60 total.
There is not a lottery for AP classes at WL. The lottery at Wakefield was for AP Capstone, which is only offered at Wakefield. It is a separate program that has a small amount of slots for out of boundary students. It requires 6 AP classes, an AP Research class and AP Capstone.

HTH

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone heard whether there is a waitlist this year? Did they end up increasing the program size since the W-L addition is opening?

I apologize in advance, I have a few questions: When is the WL addition opening, how many total slots at W-L, and how many IB once open, compared to before (if you have the numbers)? Thanks!

Is there a lottery for the AP classes at W-L ? Saw the "AP-network" lottery for Wakefield (only 15 slots!?) and now totally confused - I thought anyone can take as many or few AP classes as they like at any of the 3 high schools, and only IB was a separate program?
Can anyone give me the low-down? TIA!

I can answer a few but not all of your questions.
The addition is open. It opened last year and they offered a larger amount of IB spots but I'm not sure how many. They also offered neighborhood spots to upcoming freshman who were in boundary for Wakefield. This was done due to Wakefield's overcrowding.
I'm not sure how many IB spots there are now or compared to past years, but I can tell you that only a small amount end up doing the full IB track. I think this year there were around 60 total.
There is not a lottery for AP classes at WL. The lottery at Wakefield was for AP Capstone, which is only offered at Wakefield. It is a separate program that has a small amount of slots for out of boundary students. It requires 6 AP classes, an AP Research class and AP Capstone.

HTH

Thank you! So this extremely small Wakefield program is only for WL and YT students? Is my understanding correct then, that while it's difficult to get into the IB track, if only ~60 end up doing the full track, eventually it's easier, however might be difficult to keep up with the requirements by then? Are spots "wasted" in the upper grades? If that's the case, maybe WL should allow more entry level slots to account for the natural attrition?

It's not "difficult" to get on the IB track. It's a lottery and last year they offered spots to everyone on the waitlist due to the annex opening up more seats at the school. If you are an IB transfer student, you have to stay on the IB diploma track or move back to your home school - at least that's the threat. Not sure if they would actually do it. They used to have a concept of "partial IB" which meant you had to take 3 IB classes junior and senior years to maintain your transfer, but I believe they got rid of that and now if you transfer you have to be a full IB student (i.e., 6 IB classes junior and senior year).

I disagree somewhat with the poster who says IB is a school within a school. Anyone at WL can take IB classes. You don't have to be on the IB diploma track. My kid wasn't full IB, but took a combination of IB and AP classes depending on the subject and teacher. Also, all kids whose home school is WL and who completed two years of foreign language in middle school are considered "pre-IB" so it's not very selective.