<p>MrQWERTY ^^ no! IB is specifically for juniors and seniors to prepare them for college and the tests basically determine whether or not you receive the diploma. You kid could possibly talk to the counselor or whoever helps with schedules and see if during freshman/sophomore year they can do dual credit or AP because with taking the tests I would rather have what I learned fresh on my mind versus 2 years ago or something like that. I have a friend who is probably like your son with math. She just does the assignments really fast or tests and then does some other homework until we start on something else. They make IB for people that are well rounded, you can be excellent in say history, but if you science skills are absolutely terrible, then you will suffer (grade-wise). Oops! IB is getting to me, I can’t write a short post.</p>