Ib diploma + college

TTdd16
Tue, 23 Jan 2018 00:13:23 +0000

Yes, there’s hope! My daughter’s good IB diploma friends from the past couple of years are at colleges that include UCLA, USC, Berkeley, Georgetown and University of St. Andrews. And what I’ve heard is that they truly find college easier. They’re not balancing seven intense classes, including working on their IAs and EE, while attending school for six to seven hours and doing extracurriculars (including CAS hours) after school and on weekends. When in college, they’re already accustomed to doing lots of writing, they’re used to juggling a variety of projects/deadlines, and they understand what college-level rigor is. So, according to reports back from them, college feels easier, partly because it has so much free time compared to high school. So hang in there… (and for students/parents considering going the full IB route, do understand what you or they are getting into. The requirements are intense and colleges often don’t seem to distinguish between the additional rigor/mandates of IB as opposed to AP classes. Students need to understand what they’re getting themselves into and weigh whether the IB diploma and style of learning is worth the sacrifices.)