IB Diploma

Junior/Senior Parent

Meeting

October 1, 2014

Agenda for tonight:•Welcome new and returning parents

•The IB Learner Profile

•Discuss components of Diploma Program and Certificate Program

•Update on projects to support candidates

•Discuss Extended Essay

•Touch on college applications and the IB

•Review fees and CAS hours

•Learn about volunteer opportunities

The IB Learner Profile•IB learners strive to be:

•Inquirers

•Knowledgeable

•Thinkers

•Communicators

•Principled

•Open-minded

•Caring

•Risk-takers

•Balanced

•Reflective

How many candidates:

•Class of 2015: 93 diploma, 160 certificate

•Class of 2016: 92 diploma, 160 certificate

•Diploma/Certificate Program serves about half of B-CC’s juniors and seniors

Class of 2014 statistics:

•90% pass rate compared to

82% worldwide and about

75% in the US

IB Diploma Program Requirements

IB Diploma Program RequirementsOne subject in each of the six groups:

English

Second Language

History

Science

Math

Group 6 elective (Group 6, in addition to the arts, may include another science, Psychology, Anthropology, or an additional foreign language)

IB Diploma Program Requirements

Diploma candidates must also complete:

• 150 Creativity-Action-Service (CAS) hours

• An extended essay of 4000 words

• Two semesters of Theory of Knowledge

(1st semester of junior and senior years)

• One semester of Extended Essay/Guided

Research (junior year)

IB Certificate Program

Requirements

Certificate students must meet the

individual requirements for their

specific course or courses, but

do not take ToK, Extended

Essay, complete the extended

essay or the CAS hours.

When do IB students take exams?

• Students take their IB exams in May of

their final year in a particular course of

study. For example, a student studying IB

Environmental Systems this year will take

the exam in May 2015. A student who

completes a course sequence over two

years will take the exam at the end of the

two years.

Higher or Standard Level?

• Diploma candidates must take 3 exams at

Higher Level (after two years of study),

and may take 4 exams. The other 2 – or

3 – exams are taken at Standard Level. At

B-CC, English and History must be taken

at Higher Level.

• No 11th graders may take a HL exam, nor

may they take more than 2 exams as

11th graders

Higher or Standard Level?

• Universities typically award

credit/placement for high scores in

Higher Level exams, but not always

for Standard Level exams

• Check the specific university’s

admissions/registrar’s webpage for

details

Supporting our Candidates #1

Academic help and assistance with skills

are available:

• National Honor Society Tutoring

• Junior/Senior Mentors (seniors receive

CAS hours)

• TAP

• Brown Bag Seminars

Supporting our Candidates #2

Academic help and assistance with skills are available:

• Ongoing assessment calendar at the IB B-CC website to spread out the major assignments and tests

• IB web pages on B-CC website with forms and important information

• Calendar of important dates for students and families

• Suggestions are welcome!

The Extended Essay: Juniors

• 4000 word essay on a topic of their choice

• In March: visit to Bender Library at

American University for orientation and

book borrowing

• Extended essay class second semester

The Extended Essay: Seniors

• Draft of extended essay was due in

June

• Students are currently refining and

reworking

• Final version of essay is due January

8, 2015

The Extended Essay: Juniors

• IB requirements for extended essay

are changing

• Students will complete the extended

essay before the end of the school

year.

• Final version of essay due June 2015

Colleges and the IB #1

• IB Students (certificate and diploma) who sat for an exam in May 2014 as juniors can have their scores reported with their transcripts if they wish (there is a check-off box on the transcript request form)

• Remember to check a university’s policy for awarding advanced standing for satisfactory IB scores

Colleges and the IB #2

• More and more universities are giving

special consideration to IB diploma

candidates in admissions, awarding

credit, and for merit and need-based

aid – including some of our Maryland

state schools, UMCP, UMBC and St.

Mary’s College.

Colleges and the IB #3

• IB Americas completed some research on college acceptance rates among the twenty most popular application choices for IB Diploma students in 2011. The full presentation is on the B-CC IB webpage, but on the next two slides you can see acceptance rates in these schools among IB diploma students and the applicant population at large.

IB Diploma Acceptance rates –

10 most popular schools

• .

01 January

2012

University or collegeIB students

acceptance rateTotal population acceptance rate

IB students vs total population

University of Florida 82% 42% +40%Florida State University 92% 60% +32%

Brown University 18% 9% +9%Stanford University 15% 7% +8%Columbia University 13% 9% +4%

University of California - Berkeley 58% 26% +32%Harvard University 10% 7% +3%

New York University 57% 30% +27%University of Michigan - Ann Arbor 71% 51% +20%

University of Miami 72% 30% +42%

Source: IBDP Graduate Destinations Survey 2011/12 conducted by i-graduate International Insight

Strictly copyright © IGI Services 2011

Colleges and the IB #3

01 January

2012

Source: IBDP Graduate Destinations Survey 2011/12 conducted by i-graduate International Insight

Strictly copyright © IGI Services 2011

University or CollegeIB students

acceptance rateTotal population acceptance rate

IB students vs total population

Cornell University 31% 18% +13%

Duke University 28% 16% +12%

University of Pennsylvania 24% 14% +10%

Yale University 18% 7% +11%

University of Central Florida 90% 47% +43%

Boston University 70% 58% +12%

University of California - Los Angeles 48% 23% +25%

University of Virginia 64% 32% +32%

UNC Chapel Hill 63% 32% +31%

Princeton University 16% 8% +8%

Fees: Diploma Candidates

• $420 for class of 2015, $400 for class of 2016

• Exam fees due October 20, 2014 –payable to BCC-HS IB program

• Please see/call me – or have your student see me – if there are family financial considerations

• Payment memoranda and registration going home next week

Fees: Certificate Candidates

• $160 base registration fee + $110 per exam

• One exam = $270, two exams = $380, etc.

• Candidates should have brought home a registration form for signature

• Payment letter going home next week

• Exam fees due October 20, 2014 – payable by check to B-CC HS and returned to the IB office or mailed back

• Please see me – or have your student see me – if there are family financial considerations

All About CAS:

• CAS is meant to be the IB learner profile in practice, learning leadership, teamwork, reflection, and a sense of who you are in this world.

• Students divide their 150 CAS hours into three areas: Creativity, Action and Service – but learning the skills of the activities they do, and doing a variety of CASactivities is just as important as logging the hours.

More About CAS:

• While students can plan for CAS in advance of beginning the IB diploma program, the opportunities to participate in CAS begin on the first day of 11th grade

• Students document their CAS activities with a self-evaluation form and a reflection activity (essay, pictures, e-mail, etc.).

• Students use an on-line system to complete CAS

Still More About CAS:

• Deadlines for current seniors to turn in summer activities for CAS: October 30

• Deadline for current seniors to turn in all CASdocumentation: March 31, 2015

• Deadline for current juniors to turn in junior year CAS: May 31, 2015

• CAS coordinator, Ms. Stream, will be available to help students with ideas and paperwork

Parent participation: Victoria Pfaff

11th grade, Karen Lippold, 12th

grade

• Parents are expected to participate in one activity each year to support diploma students

• Activities: CAS advisers, volunteer committee, speakers’ bureau, Library field trip chaperones (and other trips), extended essay forum and dessert reception, and IB examination invigilation

• List of activities on pink page

•1.Major IB dates calendar (blue)

2.College Matriculation (pink)

3.Learn to speak IB (green)

4. IB handbooks (on line)

Handouts:

Questions?

Or feel free to e-mail or call if the

question pertains to your student….