Good Broward County High Schools

<p>Does anyone know of any Broward county high school that is really good? When I say good I mean a lot of students going to Ivy league colleges such as Harvard, Yale, etc. I am Considering Deerfield Beach High School because of its IB program. Could anyone also tell me anything about the IB program as well?Thank you.</p>

<p>hey Im from Broward Cty. and went to Nova High School. Nova gets a lot of ppl into good schools every year. From my year, theres ppl. at UPenn, Duke, Brown, Northwestern, etc... In the past, there have been ppl who have gone to other Ivies and top schools as well. I also know that Taravella H.S. (in Coral Springs) and Stoneman Douglas (in Parkland) have a good number of graduates at top schools as well.</p>

<p>Could anyone tell me about Deerfield Beach High or any other schools in Broward that have the IB program (Boyd Anderson, Miramar). Also, which high school is better in terms of getting more people into Ivies, Taravella of Stoneman Douglas?</p>

<p>You can usually obtain a list of where kids go from a given high school...ask for a copy of their profile from the college counselor office.</p>

<p>I cannot comment on Broward County Schools but I can answer any questions you may have in reference to IB in general (but not specific to the school in question). I am in my 7th year of IB so I feel very qualified to address your inquiries. </p>

<p>As far as the number of graduates going to Ivy League schools from Deerfield Beach H.S.; your best source is their guidance dept. They will be able to tell you where their graduates were accepted.</p>

<p>For IB; the best source again is the school in question, an Internet search or <a href="http://www.IBO.org%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.IBO.org&lt;/a> other than me of course!</p>

<p>The state of Florida is big on IB; their public universities will accept anyone with a full IB diploma and I believe give full rides as well (if you have a certain gpa to go along with the diploma).</p>

<p>As far as colleges go outside of the state of Florida. Some colleges give preference to IB diploma candidates and some not. The IBO also has stats on top tier colleges and the acceptance rate of IB students compared to the 'general poplulation'. At some schools, the acceptance rate is double (MIT and The Naval Academy come to mind as admitting a lot of IB kids). However, keep these STATS in perspective because most IB diploma candidates are of high caliber and alot of them are also foreigners which of course may be a factor in the higher admit rates. Of further note is the fact that IB kids grades when going to colleges have less of a drop in average versus AP kids. This is a fact and that may be why 'some' colleges value IB kids a little more. </p>

<p>Besides your personal project, you extended essay and load of reading assignments you have to complete over the summers; you also have to complete a certain number of hours in community service (which is not a problem because most people do it anyway). But, the cc hours have to come from different areas. In other words, they cannot all come from volunteering with your church. This is good, because it encourages people to help others outside of their religous affiliation, girl scouts or whatever. They want people to be well rounded. The bad thing is that it is hard to put on your resume for college that you had consistent cc with the same organization year after year. Because of the requirements of the IB program; it is difficult to devote yourself in depth to just one cause. </p>

<p>In IB; you are evaluated on not only getting the answer right, but how you arrive at the answer. They want to develop 'great thinkers' not people who are good at memorizing. Tests are subjective.</p>

<p>In my opinion, IB kids are a little different. Although IB is big on theatre arts and it is a requirement (hard class mind you); most of the kids in my IB class are also heavily involved in drama and very talented as well. Most of them would also fall in to the "nerdy" category too. But not your average math and science geek; more like the well-rounded nerdy type. There are exceptions of course, me being one of them! Also, most IB kids couldn't give a hoot about wearing the latest designer clothes, as they seem not to care about superficial things. Overall, they are very down to earth. They are good kids though, not getting in to trouble or anything and they are also highly regarded at my school (over the AP kids). At least this is my experience at my school and I am certain it will vary from school to school. </p>

<p>I am only giving you my personal and qualified insight of IB (so far I have not seen anyone else on cc with 7 years of IB under their belt). I am in no way saying IB is better than AP, but it IS different. </p>

<p>If IB is offered to you; then I would take it because not everyone has that opportunity. Colleges ask your g.c. if "the student took the most challenging courses available to them" and if you take IB; the answer would be yes. At my school, since both IB and AP are offered; if a student takes AP courses and not enroll in the IB program, the g.c. will NOT indicate that the student took the most challenging courses 'available' to him or her.</p>

<p>go to pinecrest or university school...</p>

<p>Pinecrest would probably be number one (but i don't think they have IB only AP) along with University school
most of the catholic highschools have large ap programs
NOVA gifted program is great from what i hear (i was considering it but didn't go because it's very far from where i live bus rides can be REALLY long from what my friends tell me)
Taravella and stoneman douglas have strong ap programs too
like the previous poster said IB is well respected in florida and basically you need to narrow it down between private/parochial school, IB school, or public school with AP's
i know people that go to most of these schools so i could talk to them after you specify more? i don't know off hand the numbers of people going to top schools but pinecrest is by far the most people i saw their graduation list lying around at Kinkos and it had at least 25 - 30 people going to high ranked schools</p>

<p>School grades tend to have slight coorelation with the quality of non-magnet schools, in my experience (from Seminole County). Here's the data for Broward county: <a href="http://www.browardschools.com/schools/fcat/high.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.browardschools.com/schools/fcat/high.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Also, I've noticed that schools with strong math programs tend to be better schools overall. I know that Stoneman Douglas and JP Taravella fit that description....</p>

<p>Go to Stoneman Douglas or Pinecrest.</p>

<p>University School and North Broward Prep only have mediocre ivy acceptances (percentage-wise)</p>

<p>Taravella has gone downhill in the last 10 years.</p>

<p>Anything else?</p>

<p>Okay, right now I am considering Deerfield Beach, Stoneman Douglas, and Nova. Any suggestions?</p>

<p>two of those schools on your list have restricted enrollment - for Stoneman Douglas, which is a normal, "home" high school, you have to live within their boundary lines to attend - namely have to live in northwestern Coral Springs/Parkland area. For Nova, its a lottery admissions process which means theres no guarantee you'll gain placement into the school cuz its random...the only school there which u can directly apply for and gain admission based on credentials is deerfield beach, since it is a magnet school</p>

<p>What about in terms of the schools themselves</p>

<p>Which school is better, Stoneman Douglas or Nova?</p>

<p>Benjamin School? I know of this school from a friend who went there.</p>

<p>In terms of programs, IVY acceptances, etc.</p>

<p>You have a much better chance of getting into an ivy if you go to a school that doesn't send many kids to them. At those that do you'll have much more competition.</p>

<p>Yeah, but if I go to a school that doesn't send many kids to ivies, then I don't have that good of a chance of getting in.</p>