IB Diploma worth it for admissions?

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There is an older document on the IBO website that seems to indicate IB Dip candidates have a better acceptance percentage at schools.

That being said, it’s very old, relatively speaking, and there are probably all sorts of statistical issues that come into play that I am not smart enough to identify. But, from my D23 who is pursuing it, I think it does help on admissions. But is it a silver bullet? Doubtful.

Personally speaking, I wouldn’t recommend my child pursue the IB Dip for the sake of admissions as it’s too much of a cr@pshoot as to how it affects odds. I had started a thread on the specific issue of how helpful the IB program is for doing well in college (not on admissions). The general consensus was that it was helpful for doing well at college/university.

ETA: Here’s the thread I started that I was referring to:

How well does the IB Diploma program prepare you for university?

For anyone who has completed the IB Diploma program, did you feel that it prepared you well for college/university. I had previously asked a question in this sub-forum about the “Theory of Knowledge” course, which I find fascinating. If something like this had been around years ago when I was in high school, and with several decades of perspective, I would have jumped at the chance to take a course like this. I didn’t get any responses to that, which is fine. My question now is broader. ToK is just one example, but overall, was the IB Dip program worth it, for higher ed or even life in general? If it did help, were there any particular areas where it did like writing skills, analytic skills, more knowledge generally? All thoughts welcome. Or, if anyone has any cites to articles/studies on this, it would be great to post them here. Thanks in advance.