US Education system!
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Re: US Education system!
The IB Diploma is a two year course.
The IB programme itself can be started in JK ( primary years program) followed by the middle years programme
There are also subject specific certificates that can be taken in place of the entire diploma.
The IB programme itself can be started in JK ( primary years program) followed by the middle years programme
There are also subject specific certificates that can be taken in place of the entire diploma.
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Re: US Education system!
- High school course load, grades and GPA (Grade Point Average)
- Letters of recommendation from high school counselors and teachers
- Standardized test scores (SAT and/or ACT)
- The student's application essay(s)
- Extracurricular activities (sports, music, etc)
- Race or ethnicity (for purposes of diversity)
- Student's geographic location (for purposes of diversity; to satisfy legal requirements on number of "in state" versus "out of state" students)
- Gender
- Whether the student is the first in their family (including parents) to attend college
High school students can even take college level courses (e.g. AP = Advanced Placement) and transfer those credits to college.
So it's a lot more complex than just looking at grades and test scores. Grades and test scores are obviously important but they are by no means the only factors. I have 2 kids in college and I know for a fact that kids with better grades & test scores are often rejected in favor of kids with weaker grades & test scores because of other factors such as those mentioned above.
Last edited by MarylandNed; Sep 8th 2014 at 1:53 pm.
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As others have said, the US system is different. US colleges look at a variety of factors when assessing admission applications. This is nowhere near an exhaustive list:
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- Whether the student is the first in their family (including parents) to attend college
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- Whether the student is the first in their family (including parents) to attend college
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Re: US Education system!
I am a British expat and have lived in Texas for the last 13 years. I left school in the UK at 16 after completing my GCSEs. When I applied to college here in Texas I had to have my GCSEs evaluated by an evaluating agency and they were evaluated at the equivalent of a US high school diploma (my GCSEs were nothing special - 1 B, 6 Cs and the rest lower grades). I also had to take the ACT (Texas colleges generally prefer the ACT over the SAT). Texas is also an awesome homeschooling state as well as allows dual enrollment of community college and high school. The US and UK school systems are completely different so I tell you the above things for a reason. What I would do with your daughter is either homeschool her and then have her take CLEPs (college level subject specific exams) to gain college credit while doing homeschool "high school" or look for an early college high school. In early college high schools students pursue an Associate's degree while attending high school so when they graduate at the end of grade 12 they graduate with a high school diploma *and* an Associate's degree. I'm sure a high school would transfer in credit from the GCSEs for at least grades 9 and 10.