Benefit #2: Higher Acceptance Rates at Colleges and Universities

  • 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:

    Acceptance rates for popular colleges and universities

    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