Anonymous wrote:How can an IB diploma affect admissions of you get it after admissions is over?
Anonymous wrote:Face it, IB isn’t really intended to position kids ideally for admission to colleges and universities in the U.S. Good for European kids who take a gap year before attending some university in France or Switzerland.
Anonymous wrote:Face it, IB isn’t really intended to position kids ideally for admission to colleges and universities in the U.S. Good for European kids who take a gap year before attending some university in France or Switzerland.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Not valued very much at UVA. My nephew did not get many credits for is full IB diploma.
The value it highly in terms of admissions. Often the kids that get in from our HS are the full IB students.
Our IB director said that there are many schools that don't hand out the credit for IB classes like they do for AP -- that's a real problem if you want to/need to graduate early. But if you are on the 4 year plan anyway, why not retake the Calc class, etc and have an easier time of it in college rather than advancing through to the next course right away.
If your school offers the IB Diploma, completing that is the "most rigorous" program offered at the school and for highly selective colleges that want you to take the most rigorous program, not taking it would count against you.
This is correct.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If you are considering college in the UK or abroad, you may have to wait until summer for your official college acceptance and scholarship info as many of these schools grant a contingent acceptance. But this can happen with AP classes taken senior year as well.
Maybe but a lot of unconditional offers are sent to students with very strong profiles
How about for McGill? Kid is dual citizen
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My kid (HS class of 2022) did the full IB Diploma at W-L. Its not clear whether it benefited him from an admissions perspective, as he aimed really high with his applications and didn't get in to many places (though he did end up in a very good spot), despite straight A's through HS, the IB Diploma, and an additional 5 AP classes. He did not get into UVa. He has been very well prepared for college, however, and continues to do very well.
Ouch! I was afraid of this.
-OP
Thats hard to believe! If your kid was full IB at W-L with 5 APs and all As, then your kid was in the top 10 kids (not top 10 percent, top 10 people) that year. Just like my DS. Almost everyone in the top 20% who applied got into UVA. My DS got into 2 top 15 schools, UVA, W&M, and 2 U California schools, and his grades were just below your DS’s.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My kid (HS class of 2022) did the full IB Diploma at W-L. Its not clear whether it benefited him from an admissions perspective, as he aimed really high with his applications and didn't get in to many places (though he did end up in a very good spot), despite straight A's through HS, the IB Diploma, and an additional 5 AP classes. He did not get into UVa. He has been very well prepared for college, however, and continues to do very well.
Ouch! I was afraid of this.
-OP
Thats hard to believe! If your kid was full IB at W-L with 5 APs and all As, then your kid was in the top 10 kids (not top 10 percent, top 10 people) that year. Just like my DS. Almost everyone in the top 20% who applied got into UVA. My DS got into 2 top 15 schools, UVA, W&M, and 2 U California schools, and his grades were just below your DS’s.
Anonymous wrote:You can google IB acceptance rates at American Colleges… interesting results…. Here is one:
https://www.sbac.edu/cms/lib/FL02219191/Centricity/ModuleInstance/18035/IB%20Acceptance%20Rates%20at%20American%20Schools.pdf
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My kid (HS class of 2022) did the full IB Diploma at W-L. Its not clear whether it benefited him from an admissions perspective, as he aimed really high with his applications and didn't get in to many places (though he did end up in a very good spot), despite straight A's through HS, the IB Diploma, and an additional 5 AP classes. He did not get into UVa. He has been very well prepared for college, however, and continues to do very well.
Ouch! I was afraid of this.
-OP
Anonymous wrote:What about W & M?