<p>first off, to be honest, I really don't care what uou think if you aren't in the program... :)</p>
<p>So, those of you who are and have already been accepted/applied to college, how much do you think IB actually helped you? Did the idea of having gone through the program itself help you at all, or a lot?</p>
<p>Any feedback would be very much appreciated :)</p>
<p>I'm also in the IB, and love it! :)</p>
<p>I haven't applied yet, but even so I've already been helped by being in the IB. One university (U Tulsa) waives their application fee for students in the diploma program. Sure, it's only $35, but it's still nice, and it shows that they're really trying to get IBers to apply, which I would guess means being in the IB would be helpful in the rest of the admissions process as well. Also, being in the IB means I'm qualify for the IB scholarships (what I've found so far is is that Eckerd gives $7000/year, and Wittenberg $10000-15000/year). The reactions of gotten from people in admissions when I've mentioned being in the IB have also been very positive, which bodes well.</p>
<p>I think the fact that I took English and French A1 HL when my first language is Swedish may have served as a very small hook, but aside from that I don't know that it made any difference.</p>
<p>One of the concerns that we found is that generally speaking US colleges just aren't all that familiar with IB. For example, most think that HL is better or more difficult than SL when actually it refers to the length of the course; 1 year vs 2 years. Unless you are a full IB diploma candidate, just getting an IB certificate for a few courses or just shy of the diploma does not appear to get you the respect it should. Our experience has been either get the diploma or stick with AP courses.</p>
<p>psychgirl: know of any other schools that give out some nice IB scholarships?</p>
<p>I'm an IB junior :)</p>
<p>Hooray for IB!</p>
<p>My School had kids go to:
Swarthmore
Dartmouth
Vanderbilt
CalTech
Olin
Scripps
Tulane
USC
Whitman
Penn
Duke
UChicago</p>
<p>I think it must have helped!</p>
<p>Sorry if I'm intruding (read the intimidating directive above, yeah), but let me speak for my gf who came from IB to JHU...you've never seen more bada** people than her and her friends :). She says it helped a lot--straight to med school, that's where they're headed.</p>
<p>vaaleainhoinen: no, those are the only ones I know of. I've been meaning to go through the list of IB policies on the IBO website (<a href="http://www.ibo.org/country/US/index.cfm%5B/url%5D">http://www.ibo.org/country/US/index.cfm</a>) to see if I find anymore, but haven't gotten around to that yet..</p>
<p>I haven't applied to college yet, but the past few classes of full IB seniors have been accepted at Stanford, Harvard, Princeton, Cornell, Columbia, UPenn, Duke, and almost all the top LAC's.</p>
<p>vaaleainhoinen: New College of Florida offers an IB scholarship. You have to be nominated for it. I believe they give out either 20 or 40 a year. Talk to your IB coordinator or counselor about it I suppose.</p>