Hi, recently ex-IB student here! My IB class was full of students who committed themselves to multiple extracurriculars. One of my good friends was a three-season athlete, and there were students who played sports and were on the debate team (which took up a lot of time at my school). I personally went into the IB program with show choir taking up most of my extra time. All of us finished the IB, and everyone except for me and another girl went for the full diploma (I had to go the certificate route because of scheduling conflicts my senior year and the other girl just gave up on her EE).
What I’m trying to say is that you can most definitely do IB with multiple extracurriculars and with the SATs and ACTs and other things going on. It really depends on how your school doles out assignments and such, but the Big things for the IBO, such as the IAs, the EE, CAS, and the exams, are more than manageable. If you’d like me to, I can PM you after July 6th when our scores are posted and walk you through what I received and why I received that mark. I probably am not the best to ask for that, since I think I’m facing 5s, but it’s up to you.
As for the classes, it looks as if you’re putting the bulk of your SLs in your junior year. I would recommend spreading them out if at all possible. We took our Math and foreign language SLs in our senior year, and I feel as though that was a lot better than doing them junior year. I didn’t take Psych SL, but my friends who took Psych said that the IA was almost like the EE (a.k.a. hell) and the exam was a lot of memorization of names and studies and dates (also hell). With the AP/IB Euro History, is it one class? Like, for my Math SL, my school didn’t have a separate class for IB Math SL so we had to take AP Calc and do the IA and exam in addition, so I’m wondering if it’s like that. If not, I wouldn’t recommend doing both.
Finally, in response to your title question, I definitely feel like IB was worth it. I may have had a few breakdowns and had to do a lot of work, but I feel as though the IB programme really prepares you for college in a way that the AP program cannot. I don’t think I would’ve gotten into the college/program I did if I hadn’t had the IB. I think that being able to put the fact that I was an IB student on my application played a part in getting me into New York University. Don’t worry about the scores, though. By the time they come out, you’re already accepted and enrolled into whatever university you’ll attend. It’s the dedication that colleges see when you put IB on your application, not the scores.
Good luck!