My son is also Capstone scholar. Not getting Honors was a heart breaker but we have moved on with a great scholarship (and getting Capstone was nice) . We are from GA. He’s 95% decided on USC. We went to a previous scholarship weekend in Jan. Pretty cool. Capstone USE to be an auto-admit to IB but that changed abt 2 years ago. I actually emailed a Capstone faculty rep for this info and here’s the responcse… Being a Capstone Scholar does not guarantee priority or automatic entry into IB like it did a few years ago. That said, IB still looks favorably upon Capstone Scholar students during the application process. Hope that helps necollegemom .