I recently went on a college tour to Northeastern University in Boston and fell in love with the school. Compared to all the previous colleges I have visited, Northeastern is definitely at the top of my list and may even be my number one choice. I know that this school is very selective and I’ve seen seemingly perfect candidates with high scores and great ECs get rejected. But on a few of the forums I’ve viewed I saw people who were in the IB program get in with mediocre grades/scores and limited ECs. I know that college admissions are looking for smart, well rounded individuals, so does Northeastern specifically favor IB students a little more since it shows an international mindset with regards to the coop program and internships that can be taken abroad? Can any accepted students who were in the IB program confirm that they may have had a slight advantage because of the rigor and global mindset offered from IB?
There’s no way any admitted student can tell you if IB gives you an advantage. You’re right that IB tends to emphasize a lot of the things northeastern likes, but I wouldn’t count on it giving you any leg up over students who did similar activities and had a comparable rigor of courses. (I also did IB, so I know the program.)