<p>S had no experience with econ before arriving at Vandy and took macro with Vrooman his first semester. Loved it and knew he would be declaring that as his major before the semester was out (he did honors econ with a double in math). Vrooman teaches sports economics and that class is so popular that S was not able to get into it as he progressed because it was always full when he could take it. He had Buckles for micro his second semester and told me about how awesome he was as well. I think he had Buckles for another class later on. This was a kid who didn’t talk about his professors all that much, but I still remember their names and how he raved about those classes. I think it would be to your advantage over the long term to take the Vandy classes, but I’m not familiar enough with the rigor of IB classes to say that definitively. </p>