What happens if I quit IB?

Z.Exodus2008
Sun, 13 Feb 2011 01:00:52 +0000

IB at my school is just…ridiculous.

I definitely realize that IB is supposed to be ridiculous. However, I promise that it’s more than the “usual ridiculous” at my school. Why? They established the programme only three years ago, and I must say, they do not know how to run it. At all. We’ve had multiple advisor switches (e.g. the original EE, CAS, and ToK coordinators were all replaced by non-IB teachers between my junior and senior years). What’s resulted is a crazy backup of deadlines.

To give you an idea…

…all of the internal assessments, barring two of them, are being done senior year.
…the EE was barely even mentioned before senior year.
…the ToK presentation and the ToK essay were both assigned senior year. This semester of senior year, I might add. (I could honestly claim that I have not learned a single thing from ToK because neither of the two ToK “teachers” knew what they were doing.)
…we have official IB textbooks in only two classes. Both of which are riddled with errors.

I’m honestly a bit at my wit’s end.

What will colleges think if I ultimately do not receive my IB diploma?

I’ve been taking corresponding AP exams for all of my IB courses, not to mention self-studying extra AP exams. My GPA and class rank will not be affected. In truth, I’ll probably complete all components needed for the diploma except for action credit. Which is unfortunate. But I’m not even convinced that I still care, unless colleges would rescind admissions.

(Plus, the colleges I’ve applied to don’t even grant credit for IB.)