<p>Hey, i'm a sophomore and starting next year i'm going for the IB Diploma. Will this help my chances at Yale? If so, how exactly- can it count towards course credits?</p>
<p>Hi, I'm an IB Diploma student. I don't know if it will help your chances at Yale. I mean, it will show them that you are taking a rigorous course of study, but I don't know if it goes any more than that. About course credit, I think the Yale admissions website (<a href="http://www.yale.edu/admit%5B/url%5D">www.yale.edu/admit</a>) has something about it, although I'm not sure.</p>
<p>I don't know about how it will help your chances, but do the program because it is great! You'll be incredibly stressed out at times, but I'm towards the end of the program now, and I'm glad I did it.</p>
<p>I'm in IB and I applied to Yale, I hope it helps, though a lot of people have told me that IB didn't do anything for them in terms of admissions, but then again, i don't know how they would know that.</p>
<p>Definitely do it, if you think you can handle the workload!</p>
<p>+Yale (and all top schools) says that they want to see you take the hardest courses you can in HS. I'm assuming that this is the IB Diploma programme at your school.</p>
<p>+Scores of 6 or 6 on higher level tests are eligible for credit, I think.</p>
<p>+Even if being a Diploma Candidate does not help admissions (and like I said, I believe it does), it's still worth it. The Diploma courseload and the skills it teaches, like college library research, will prepare you for college academics.</p>
<p>the International Baccalaureate Programme is not a guarantee into the college of your choice, but of course nothing ever is!!! :P But it shows that you are the taking the most rigorous courseload available, so at least you are competitive, everything else is up to you! I agree with garou that its worth it though, i did a college summer program and IB helped me to cope with the work, APs aren't quite the same, no IA's, EA's or Extended Essays there...my school had a girl get into Yale two years ago...it's that other Big Ivy that we haven't been able to crack yet...</p>
<p>Does anyone know if a bilingual diploma (in my case, English/French) makes you stand out in admissions?</p>
<p>it sure doesnt hurt :D</p>
<p>I agree with slicmlic2001 there :)</p>
<p>I think IB definitely helps in the admissions game. As davidrune put it way back in December when EA decisions came out, IB may be the backdoor into Yale's heart... or something along those lines. Last year three students got into Yale from my school, and all three were in IB. I got in this year, and I'm in IB. Also, on a semi-related note, we've had at least a dozen or so students apply to Rice early or interim. Out of the five or six that got in, all but one were in IB, and the one that wasn't in IB was our salutatorian with a 1590.</p>
<p>To echo others, taking IB shows that you are making the most of the educational opportunities that you have available. As far as preparation goes, those endless IAs and the EE may be a pain now, but you'll enter college knowing how to write heavy research papers, which not every college freshman knows how to do.</p>
<p>well said llamapyjamas...how well established is Ib at your school?</p>
<p>What geminihop says about doing APs not being the same as doing IB is right. With AP, it could just be a random hodgepodge of subjects, but with IB (Diploma), it's a very complete, integrated curriculum. And TOK is an awesome class, that is, if you have a decent teacher. Do it!</p>
<p>I personally think IB at my school does extremely well. Last year I think something like 23/24 candidates get their diplomas, and four or five people who broke 40 points. We also get more freedom than some other IB students at other schools. HL WAS and English are required, but the rest are our choice. EE can be on anything we want, and we got to choose from all ten TOK prompts. I've heard that some schools require EEs to be in a certain subject and only let their students choose between two TOK prompts.</p>
<p>hmmmm...that would be ridiculous if we were limited like that on the TOK and EE! My school has only had IB for about 5-6 years now...but IB students probably only make up about 10% of my school</p>
<p>In our school, about 10% are diploma candidates, and about 50% are certificate candidates for at least one subject.</p>
<p>I go to an all-IB school, and we have no limitations outside of the basic diploma requirements (one subject from groups 1-5 plus one elective). I didn't know that some schools had mandatory HLs until I came to CC ... I feel lucky.</p>
<p>the 10% (which at this point may have grown due to the massive influx of freshman) are IB Diploma candidates and Min. 3 certificate candidates (we have some that take 1 or 2 but rare...they often take the class but not the test)</p>
<p>A requirement for my school's IB courses is that you must take the IB test at the end of the year. Otherwise, people would just take IB just for college, and then seniors wouldn't take their IB tests in may, after they've gotten into college. </p>
<p>Actually, I thought that a requirement for the IB Diploma was that you take a minimum of 3 HL courses and 3 SL courses, at least one for each subject (history, A1, foreign language, math, science, arts) in addition to EE, CAS, whatever. If anyone takes 6 SL courses, for example, she/he would only get 6 ind. certificates, not a diploma.</p>
<p>suburbian: one can take IB classes at my school, not take the test, and not have the distinction of IB on their transcript (I do not include them in my "10%"), but still technically be taking "IB" Classes</p>
<p>suburbian -- Yes, but I included that in the "basic diploma requirements" ... what I meant was that specific subjects aren't required.</p>