Is getting the IB Diploma worth it?

Jork726
Tue, 08 Feb 2022 04:48:40 +0000

At my high school, instead of being offered AP courses and such, students have the opportunity to get the IB Diploma. It’s pretty stressful, with the Extended Essay, and the Internal Assessments, and External Assessments. Theoretically, this all looks super good to colleges. However, students don’t actually receive their diploma until after they’ve already started attending college, which seems counterintuitive. To me, this begs the question: Is getting the IB diploma even worth the time? It seems like for most US schools, not really. However, I did apply to McGill University, which is in Montreal, and they told me that my acceptance was contingent on me receiving the diploma.

Regardless of anything, I’m still going to get the diploma (I didn’t do all this work for nothing!); I’m just curious what people’s thoughts are.