<p>She has TOK after school during her junior year. In senior year it is the 7th class.The other 6 classes are IB. (4 are HL)
My impression is that admissions is holistic. They look at the students complete profile.
So if she completed the certificate then they would see she spent two summers where she was selected for university programs. (we didn’t pay for any of these) She could explain on her application that she chose the certificate to pursue career exploration by taking IB electives more aligned with her college major rather than fulfilling IB Diploma requirements. We reside in Northern VA which is extremely academically competitive.
Out of 350 students in her class at least 100 are pursuing the IB diploma. (It was 125 but 25 dropped out) At the same time with so many strong IB diploma candidates the competition for local colleges is fierce. There isn’t really a safety school.(unless you want to go to a 3rd tier school which accepts students that don’t take any college level classes in high school.</p>