<p>I am currently enrolled in the IB program and I have heard that Dual Enrollment would be the better way to go. Im in my sophmore year of IB so I haven't officially started my IB classes, but everything has been Pre-IB. I plan on dropping out at the end of this year with 70 community service hours to dual enroll. I was wondering where I would have the most success in getting accepted into a decent college in Florida. Stay in IB or drop out?</p>
<p>Depends UF, then go with IB but if its UCF or anythin ranked lower, IB b a waste of mental space so just go with dual enrollment</p>
<p>Let me be honest, I myself am an IB’er (senior year). I thought it was great, I did so much more than the average AP students (overall, because of the EE, multiple IA’s, CAS) But then I began applying to college. And guess what most admin people said to me? “We do not know much about IB. What is it?” “Is it like AP?” “Well, we only like HL classes.” “We’ll take away your acceptance if you get sub-6 on any exam.” “Being in IB is not a huge factor to our admissions.”</p>
<p>Don’t get me wrong, IB is great at some schools, but those schools are few. Even 2nd tier schools do not care much about us IB’ers. At some places we are sub-par to an AP student. It’s a fulfilling program, and you can learn a lot. I personally love it. I’m just disappointed about how some colleges viewed it. :/</p>
<p>So, if you come from a place where IB is cool then go for it. If not then do dual enrollment.</p>
<p>What’s dual enrollment…?</p>
<p>@ BlackRose101</p>
<p>See thats what I’ve heard, colleges aren’t respecting the credits you get for IB, dual enrollment is nationwide… Im from central Florida so UF or FSU is mainly where I want to enroll at. But if I get a scholorship to anywhere else out of state I’d definitely hop on it.</p>
<p>You just have to be careful with dual-enrollment, because I’ve taken several online courses through my state’s virtual school. These courses have been dual-enrolled through a public university in my state. They’ve been much more challenging than any courses taught at my school, and I’ve worked really hard. Long story short, I’ve just been accepted to Tulane University and the registrar’s office said they won’t accept any dual-enrollment courses that you didn’t take AT a college in a real classroom. Apparently, there are many private universities that do this. It’s sort of disappointing.</p>