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<p>First off, not all public schools are bad. I go to a public IB school that was just started 4 years ago. So far we have had 100% pass rate, we have all three senior valedictorians from 3 feeder highschools attending, we have 50% of our math students in the junior/senior classes qualify for the AIME, 4 national merit finalists, 6 commended, 9 hispanic recognized (total junior/senior class is 60 people). </p>
<p>Second, THERE ARE DIFFERENCES IN SCHOOL DIFFICULTY. If you don’t understand this you are stupid. Up until junior year I maintained a 3.9 w/o breaking a sweat. I switched from my normal public AP school to the IB and have trouble keeping a 3.7 because</p>
<p>-my history does not believe in grades higher than 95
-my math teacher makes tests 30% longer than real IB tests. He curves it so we can all pass, but few if any can manage a 90+. Essentially, he makes it absurdly long so that when the real exam comes it appears to be easy.
-my english teacher is just a mad woman…</p>
<p>My GPA in my AP classes this year (government, economics) is a 4.0 with about 1/3rd the effort that I put into my IB classes where I get about a 3.6.</p>