<p>Does Penn think highly of it? What was the admission rate of IB students to Penn?</p>
<p>I cannot answer that but the numbers of Prep Schools kids here is probably quite public......look for PapaChicken.</p>
<p>I go to a Public IB high school</p>
<p>Also, What effect can the Admission rep. have on your admission? besides guidence</p>
<p>The question I would ask at your school is this: How many kids who begin the IB program.....get the diiploma. What is the drop out rate? What are the scores on the exam and how many diplomas compared to exams? This will help you to determine the quality of both the program and the students in your classes whom you are in competition with.</p>
<p>You need to understand that an admission rep is just that: influence.</p>
<p>last year like 80% got diploma (45 people in it)</p>
<p>and those 45 students entered the program 2 years ago? How many entered? How long has your school had the IB program? What % of the school is in it? Does your school limit the number of enrollees?</p>
<p>yes they entered when they were Juniors...about 45-50 enter by application process(I think everyone who applies gets in)..04' was when the 1st IB class graduated..45/718 in junior class</p>
<p>OK so it is a NEW progam, small and you don't have much data to compare. The best thing you can ask is how many IBs applied during the history of the program and how many were accepted, deferred, rejected. That is your best information.</p>
<p>Thanks! :)</p>
<p>I take it you are in the IB and you are interested in applying to PENN. Is that right?</p>
<p>How much a school loves the IB is really hard to figure out!! To save myself the trouble, I just looked for schools who made it quite obvious that they'll wet their pants for an IB diploma student. :)</p>
<p>How many drop-outs really depends on the school. Some schools most kids drop out. At my school, about half dropped out. At other schools, dropping out is not an option. So... Ya know.</p>
<p>I have never heard that dropping IB was NOT AN OPTION? I mean if the school is total IB then a student transfers and many times that is just what happens.</p>
<p>Yeah, if the school is total IB you can't drop it at that school. You'd have to go to another one.</p>
<p>My school kind of makes me mad. The counselours think they know everything so they like to tell us that AP english and IB english are the exact same thing. So if you want to drop IB english you have to take REGULARS. What bull. Which is part of the reason why I am still a full diploma candidate.</p>
<p>The hard sell.......you had the IB chance so we won't give you access to another course.......the old chop to the knees approach. It is pitiful isn't it.</p>
<p>yea..hazmat</p>
<p>I go to a private HS where 98% of students complete the IB Diploma and the other 2% do IB Certificate. We've had a 35% acceptance rate to Penn over the past five years.</p>
<p>Nice.</p>
<p>My school has had three graduating classes and 100% passing so far (average class is about 35 people). The reason is that they make the classes so absurdly hard that passing it means your almost guarenteed a four. Compared to my AP classes, a 95 in AP was comparable to an 85 in IB difficulty wise, but weighted points are the same =(.</p>
<p>Three students applied ED to Penn this year from my daughter's IB program (top 50 ranked public high school). Two were accepted. Another dozen or so applied RD, so we'll see.</p>
<p>how much influence does an admission rep. have on your admissions?</p>
<p>the thing with many IB students, IMO, is that they have a good chance of admission at various universities not only becuase of the program but the skills that people who excel at such a program (if it is done correctly) might have. They might bring these skills into their ECs and obtain leadership roles and they might apply their study skills to standardized testing and excel at those aswell.</p>