1. Douglas County’s International Baccalaureate

2. What is I.B.?
The International Baccalaureate Program is the most comprehensively rigorous curriculum available in Douglas County.
It is also recognized throughout the world as the principal leader in the area of international study and education.

3. What Students Think?
“If you allow it to, IB can be the extra push you need to become the best possible version of yourself. It helps you look past the football games you may miss or the fun you could be having and leads you to focus on the benefits of hard work and a quality education. It’s an opportunity to grow. That’s what IB is to me.”
- Rachel Owart
“A rigorous program that makes kids want to tear their hair out, but we keep at it because we know in the end, we’ll be set for our future plans in life and be some of the most well-rounded students in the world.”
- Korey Brown
“An amazing program that challenges your cognitive skills and helps build reliable study habits.”
- Sierra Pounds
“A family”
- Lydia Sewell
“It’s college in High School.”
- Emily Johnston

4. IB Learners are….. Inquirers Knowledgeable Critical Thinkers
Communicators
Risk-takers
Principled
Caring
Open-minded
Well-balanced
Reflective

5. Who Can Do It?
Anyone!
IB is for highly motivated academic students who are not afraid of being challenged.

6. What About Extracurricular Involvement?
Most IB students are involved in at least one extracurricular activity.
They are active members in band, chorus, theater, sports, and academic clubs.
We are proud to be part of Douglas County High School!

7. Why Be In IB?

8. IB Diploma students have higher SAT scores
IB conducted surveys of students on their acceptance rates to various colleges and universities and their scores on the SAT, ACT and AP exams. IB North America received responses from 6,392 candidates from 131 schools in 29 states.
The mean score of 1309 was significantly higher than the average score of the total population (1026). Diploma candidates’ mean score was even higher than the mean score obtained by Certificate candidates.

9. Great Results
Increased college acceptance rates for International Baccalaureate diploma candidates
Here are some results and statistics from colleges around the nation:

10. Courses Taken

11. Freshman Year PIB Math 1 PIB British Literature PIB Physics
PIB American Government
PIB French 2 or PIB Spanish 2

12. Sophomore Year PIB Math 2 PIB American Literature
PIB Chemistry or Biology (your choice)
PIB World History
PIB French 3 or Spanish 3
Your choice to prepare for sixth subject

13. Junior Year IB Math 3 IB English HL IB Chemistry or Biology SL
IB French 4 SL or Spanish 4 SL
IB Theory of Knowledge (TOK)
IB Sixth Subject:
Another Foreign Language
Art
IB Economics

14. Important Dates Group 4 Project IB Art Show IB Exams:
Junior Year: Foreign Language
Senior Year: Math, English, Science, and Sixth Subject

15. Senior Year (continuation of Junior Year)
IB Math 4
IB English HL
IB Biology HL
IB Chemistry SL or Biology SL
IB French 5 or Spanish 5 SL (your choice)
IB Theory of Knowledge
IB Sixth Subject

16. College Acceptance Rates
College Name
Overall Acceptance Rate
IB Overall Acceptance Rate
Boston College
32.0%
51.1%
Boston University
58.0%
76.3%
Brigham Young University
30.0%
96.3%
Clemson University
52.0%
84.7%
Cornell University
29.0%
47.0%

17. College Name
Overall Acceptance Rate
IB Overall Acceptance Rate
Davidson College
34.0%
67.9%
Duke University
25.0%
36.2%
Emory University
42.0%
76.6%
Florida State University
70.0%
92.9%
Georgia Institute of Technology
59.0%
79.4%

18. Overall Acceptance Rate IB Overall Acceptance Rate
College Name
Overall Acceptance Rate
IB Overall Acceptance Rate
Harvard University
11.0%
12.5%
Howard University
56.0%
92.9%
Marquette University
83.0%
100.0%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
16.0%
23.1%
New York University
33.0%
47.0%

19. Ohio State University 74.0% 97.2% Purdue University 76.0% 96.4%
College Name
Overall Acceptance Rate
IB Overall Acceptance Rate
Ohio State University
74.0%
97.2%
Purdue University
76.0%
96.4%
Spelman College
44.0%
85.3%
Texas A&M University
68.0%
86.5%
Tulane University
56.0%
90.5%

20. Overall Acceptance Rate IB Overall Acceptance Rate
College Name
Overall Acceptance Rate
IB Overall Acceptance Rate
United States Air Force Academy
17.0%
40.6%
United States Naval Academy
12.0%
43.8%
University of Florida
58.0%
88.4%
University of Georgia
65.0%
93.5%
University of Miami
44.0%
86.9%

21. Overall Acceptance Rate IB Overall Acceptance Rate
College Name
Overall Acceptance Rate
IB Overall Acceptance Rate
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
35.0%
57.8%
Vanderbilt University
46.0%
61.4%
Wake Forest University
41.0%
63.9%
Wesleyan University
28.0%
50.0%
Yale University
13.0%
14.3%

22. What Colleges Say About IB…

23. Director of Undergraduate Admission Duke University
“One of the advantages of the IB curriculum is its structure and quality. It is a coordinated program, well established, well known and well respected. We know the quality of IB courses, and we think the IB curriculum is terrific.”
Christophe Guttentag
Director of Undergraduate Admission
Duke University

24. “IB is well known to us for its excellent preparations
“IB is well known to us for its excellent preparations. Success in an IB program correlates well with success at Harvard. We are always pleased to see the credentials of the IB Diploma Programme on the transcript.”
Marilyn McGrath Lewis
Director of Undergraduate Admission
Harvard University

25. “Send us prepared students a la IB
“Send us prepared students a la IB. . . It is the ‘best’ high school prep curriculum an American school can offer.”
Marilee Jones
Director of Undergraduate Admission
Massachusetts Institute of Technology