<p>you cannot take 5 HLs for your diploma (well, you might be able to if you petition the IB program and ask them) so you would have to switch. I’m sure most people who apply to top colleges will have 4 years of history, because in the US it is generally a standard subject, just like English is.</p>
<p>If the kid is on the IB Diploma schedule though, he should be fine, I would think.</p>
<p>You could email schools and ask, or the kid could take SL History instead of econ… just wait and take the econ in college.</p>