Why Should A Student Consider IB?
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An extremely rigorous pre-university course of study for high school students.
- Recognized internationally by some of the finest universities in the world.
- A liberal arts curriculum incorporating humanities, mathematics, and sciences.
- Requires minimum of four years of study in six academic areas: math, science, literature, language, history, and an elective.
- Designed as a world class curriculum.
- Allows students to study at higher levels in their strongest content areas.
- Focuses on oral expression as well as written for evaluation and assessment.
- End of course testing is not objective multiple-choice testing program; every part involves written expression -- math, science, world languages, included.
- Designed for highly motivated students; likewise designed for highly motivated teachers.
- Offers opportunities for advanced standing in colleges and college course credits based on test scores.
- Curriculum taught from a global perspective incorporating the best educational elements from around the world.
- Faculty trained and retrained in IB curriculum by International Baccalaureate North America.
- Curriculum reviewed and revised every five years.
- Specific syllabi used for each course with required topics for study.
- Requires students to be involved in interdisciplinary activities, projects, and research.
- Required Theory of Knowledge course designed to stimulate critical thinking and reflection upon the knowledge acquired in the classroom and outside the classroom.
- Required Extended Essay, 4000 word research paper based on student's special interest and scholarly pursuits.
- Required CAS (Creativity, Action, Service) program involving 150 hours of creative service activity.
- Assists students interested in getting good scholarships.
- Assists students in gaining admission to America's Ivy League schools - see how many times IB is mentioned on the applications of Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown, Dartmouth, etc.
- Students arrive at college prepared for college work and are, therefore, less susceptible to the "sticker shock" most college freshman experience.
- Gives students a level of confidence that ordinary curriculum does not give.