<p>Some colleges require 3-4 years Foreign Laug, do you have enough credits?</p>
<p>Lasma: I feel like I could be sitting in on something that is my passion, rather than something I just have to take bc of IB. “not liking” a class is not a problem…I don’t like English and it is my weakest subject, but bc my teacher is good and actually teaches, I can stand the class. In my school you are required 3 years of a language. If you take Italian 1 & 2 honors, you are forced into ib 1 junior year…last year there were 28 kids in my class, this year 2 kids willingly signed up & 2 others (myself included) only did it for the diploma. She is such a terrible teacher, she puts kids on the spot in the class and truly makes my life miserable. My parents told me to drop the diploma last year bc of Italian and now that I found out that calc is running that period, it just solidified my justification for the dropping the diploma.</p>
<p>^^ Well, of course, do what you want, and understand that doors to some colleges will shut as a result. Putting up with a bad teacher seems a small price to pay, but it’s your life.</p>
<p>Using the word “bad” is a complete understatement. The only reason why she isn’t fired is because of tenure -_- the fact that only ~4 kids EACH year take her class for IB 2 is just a true telling of how “bad” she is. In the Spanish IB Class only 3 kids dropped it, 27 to 24, because a 4th year of a language isn’t required; more kids take IB Mandarin 2 than IB Italian 2, and there are about 60 kids that start with Italian and 10-12 that start with Mandarin…</p>
<p>& I honestly don’t think dropping the diploma will “shut” doors for me…If a college is willing to accept me, they will regardless of the diploma or not.</p>
<p>S2’s school required five years of Spanish to take the SL exam. Had to have completed at year of FL in middle school to even get into the program.</p>
<p>That’s crazy…I didn’t even take Italian until high school.</p>
<p>Dropping the IB won’t “shut” all that many doors. If you really need the Calculus, and you still have time to change classes, go for it.</p>
<p>I teach ESL to adults, and I know that there are many different teaching philosophies and methodologies out there for teaching second languages. For students to succeed, they need solid motivation and they need to be in an environment that favors their particular learning styles. If your Italian teacher and her methodology aren’t a good match for you, it will be a waste of both your time and hers. I fully agree that you have better ways to spend your time.</p>
<p>Thank you:) someone finally understands my situation.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, if you’re ever applying to the Ivies, it is probable that they won’t accept the Italian class issue. Among many things, they want to see you challenge yourself; whether that means working your way through a class with a “bad” teacher, by overcoming it with methods that will make you successful. They will definitely be curious as to why you dropped IB, and I don’t think that they will accept your reason. Besides, there will be students who have persevered through IB.</p>
<p>I suppose that’s why they call them “selective”.</p>
<p>Actually…if I drop Italian, it will come up as “College Italian” so…the colleges really won’t know…but I’m wondering if the Diploma has any advantage? Because statistics really don’t prove there to be a significant weight</p>
<p>You’ve already made your decision, and you finally got someone to agree with you. You say IB has no value when it comes to college admissions. So go ahead and drop it.</p>
<p>That’s not what I’m saying at all. In my school, the ib diploma was first given to the class of 2010; in the last two years, NO ONE has made any top 50 schools…yes no one. In the two years before that we had kids get accepted into harvard, Princeton, dartmouth, Cornell x2, brown, upenn, nd, jhu, georgetown, you see my point…</p>
<p>The 2008 vally got into 7 of the 8 ivies with APs, the 2009 one went to NYU full ride, the 2010 one (full diploma) went to bing, & this year the vally and sal went to st. Joes and Iona respectively & they took ibs</p>
<p>hey, do any of you guys know what IB score i should have to be able to get into Boston University or Eugene Lang ?</p>
<p>LasMa: btw, I ended up not dropping it.</p>
<p>I’m glad to hear it. I don’t know of any college students who did IB and now regret it. Hope you have a great year (despite your Italian teacher 
) and good luck with college apps!</p>
<p>Thank you! I ended up just doing AP Calculus Independent Study on top of my already ridiculous schedule x_X bye bye social life.</p>