IB-worth my time or not?

Kilbeez012
Wed, 24 Jul 2013 17:17:44 +0000

I agree with Gator88NE. Though I never encourage people to do anything to pad their resume. As someone who reviews applications for college admissions, we look less favorably at the 4.0 GPA of someone who did not take the AP and IB classes offered at their school compared to the the 3.9 GPA of someone who took them. We have extensive files about your school’s curriculum and course offerings. So we will know that you opted to take the less rigorous academic workload and factor that in. That being said, this applies to the most selective universities that can reject 4.0 non-IB candidates. Less selective universities would snatch them up. If you are aiming for the top and want to push yourself, and can handle it, you should take the most rigorous academic classes offered at your school.