Does the IB high school require doing the full IB diploma or can your student take the IB courses that interest them? My S did the IB diploma in addition to many AP courses and while it was a lot of work, it definitely wasn’t 3-4 hours of work/night. He was able to participate in other school activities and multiple sports. Part of it will depend on how efficient they are with managing the workload. My D was not interested in in the full IB Diploma and she only took HL English and French (in addition to a number of AP courses). She was not quite as efficient with her work, but she was still able to be heavily involved in theater throughout high school. I think the IB courses were a much better academic fit for my kids than DE classes would have been. I don’t think you need to be a “gunner” but for intellectually curious kids, I think IB courses can be great for many.
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