What happens if I quit IB?

dheldreth
Wed, 23 Feb 2011 21:35:20 +0000

Z.exodus2008, I don’t know if you are still checking this thread, but if so, I would encourage you to stick it out and try to get the CAS & other requirements done. You are a senior, so you really have made it most of the way. I’ve been teaching HL Biology for 10years, and I know from experience that right now is an all time low for IB students, exactly because all the IAs, CAS, & the EE are due soon. Experienced schools spread out deadlines over the 2 years, but it takes a while to work out the kinks in a program. Colleges probably won’t mind if you don’t complete IB requirements as long as your class schedule doesn’t change. Usually you only have to explain if your final transcript looks significantly different than what you said you’d be taking your senior year. So I’m encouraging you to not quit not because I think it would adversely affect your admissions at this point, but I think you will look back & be glad that you took on a difficult challenge and saw it through. We have about 180 students who have earned the diploma over the past 9 years. They know they are a group that has done something difficult and special, and as they went on to college, they enjoyed meeting students from all over the US and the world who were in this elite group. The group that contains the students who quit before making the finish line is much larger, and they certainly don’t have the same feeling of accomplishment.

In addition to being an IB teacher, I am also an IB diploma parent X 2, so I look at this from several perspectives. I wish you the best of luck.