Benefit #2: Higher Acceptance Rates at Colleges and Universities
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Because IB DP graduates are so well prepared for college work, universities reward full IB Diploma students in admissions. No one is ever assured of getting accepted to any university, but acceptance rates tend to be higher for IB DP graduates than for other students:
These specific figures are from 2011, but the overall trend holds today. Here's a video from an associate dean of admissions at Stanford University talking about the value of an IB Education. She reports that, "when we see an IB student's application, we light up." Participating in the IB Diploma Program helps set you apart from other high school students.
Our IB cohort graduates from Central attend a wide range of colleges and universities. Our Class of 2022 full IB Diploma and IB Scholar with Distinction students have gone on to study at the following schools:
Augsburg University
Agnes Scott College
Carleton College
Colorado College
Emory University
George Washington University
Georgetown University
Gustavus Adolphus College (x2)
Illinois Institute of Technology
Iowa State University
Lawrence University
Lewis and Clark College
Loyola University, Chicago (x3)
Loyola University, New Orleans
Massachusetts Maritime Academy
McGill University
Michigan State University
Middlebury College
Minneapolis College of Art and Design (x2)
Minneapolis Community and Technical College
Montana State University (x2)
New York University
Northwestern University, St Paul
Oregon State University
Pomona College
St. Catherine University
St. Olaf College
Stanford University (x2)
Swarthmore College (x2)
Trinity College
University of British Columbia
University of Minnesota, Duluth
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (x8)
University of Oregon, Eugene
University of Virginia
University of Washington, Seattle
University of Wisconsin, Madison (x6)
Warren Wilson College
Washington University in St Louis
Whitman College