So here is the deal. I go to a fairly decent public school, I think the average SAT is somewhere around 1200. The only thing is, the average SAT for the IB students, me being one of them, is around 1350. First, this makes the non IB students look better do to a skewed average SAT that really represents the IB kid’s accomplishments. Also, it makes the IB kids appear less accomplished even though the kids in IB are doing quite well. Question: Will colleges be able to realize this at all? How helpful is it to be in IB? Sorry, I am kinda havign a hard time explaining myself. Basically the IB kids may not have as strong of GPAs due to the difficulty of the classes but this can’t be seen by schools is my concern and the proof is the SAT scores.
<p>isehockey15: I'm not sure I understand your reasoning here. But I do know that at every information session at every school we visited, the same statement was made...something like.."we want you to have taken the toughest course curriculum your high school offers." And in most cases, that would be the IB program. More and more schools know about the rigor of the IB curriculum and what that entails, and they recognize it. I think it's worth it.</p>