<p>I was wondering if anyone knew the acceptance rate of full IB diploma (not international) candidates to Dartmouth, or how Dartmouth generally view the IB program? I have noticed that in general Cornell and Dartmouth inparticular seem to admit an especially large number of IB kids, is this at all true?</p>
<p>Well I'm an IB diploma candidate and I got a likely letter (in the 2nd round I think). I would be surprised if it gave more of an advantage than any other accelerated program like AP, but who knows.</p>
<p>Almost everyone at Dartmouth did either AP or IB or both. By "almost", I mean everyone I've ever met so far here.</p>
<p>Unless your school doesn't offer AP courses (or courses at or above AP level) or IB courses,
AP courses (or at least taking AP tests) or IB courses are almost a requirement for applying to Dartmouth,</p>
<p>Yeah, I'm an IB diploma candidate (though I also took two or so APs) and I was accepted early. I think it might be telling that on the facebook group Dartmouth '11, one of the related groups is Victims of International Baccalaureate (: ha</p>
<p>To be honest, I think (some) admissions offices like IB because, unlike AP, IB curriculum is pretty standardized. The requirements IB diploma candidates have to fulfill apply to all, from the internal assessments to the Extended Essay to the end-of-year IB tests to the CAS hours, etc. I'm not saying that all AP programs are inferior to IB, I'm just saying that some schools (like the ones in my district) do label classes 'AP' when in reality they barely cover basic material. I would imagine that it's more difficult for an admissions officer to gauge quality from school to school, whereas with IB, all students complete at least a minimum amount of work at a certain level. </p>
<p>On a more concrete note- my dad, who's an alum, had dinner with one of the traveling admissions officers for Dartmouth about two years ago (I think she's since then left the office), and she said that the admissions office most certainly does NOT penalize IB students--they regard IB as a rigorous course of high school study.</p>