<p>IT’S NOT THE IB DIPLOMA PROGRAM that gives you the advantage. IT’S HOW YOU DO IN IT!!!</p>
<p>yea sure, there have been successes among the IB diploma kids from my high school, most recently with a student who got into harvard, princeton, stanford, and several others. </p>
<p>yet there are 3 IB kids who are going to community college… and not necessarily for reasons dealing with money. </p>
<p>it’s just like the AP program. not advantageous if you’re not going to do good in it. </p>
<p>“Perhaps specific colleges favor and encourage IB applicants.”</p>
<p>among the most selective colleges, yes. it is a common policy that “if you have IB at your school, you are recommended to take it.” that does not necessarily exclude all the AP students, but given two statistically equivalent students, the IB has the advantage over the AP. the UC application also has a special box for you to check if you’re in IB diploma. but after you drop from the top 50 or so, it varies… some schools give full scholarships for IB students, others have never heard of IB before!</p>