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2. 1858 Total Schools 58 PYP 146 MYP 141 DP 141 Canadian Diploma Schools 744 US Diploma Schools 298 PYP 245 MYP 744 DP 25 Georgia Diploma Schools 1* Forsyth Diploma Schools ~ 8 Caribbean Diploma Schools IB World-wide – 3295 schools in 141 countries 3295 From May 2010

3. International Baccalaureate Assessment Pass Rate

4. International Baccalaureate

5. AP or IB, that is the question… • Interdisciplinary • Internally and externally assessed • Grading scale 1-7 • 4 is a “passing” score • Specific curriculum requirements across the disciplines • Develops whole student (CAS, EE, TOK) • Classes stand alone • Externally assessed • Grading scale 1-5 • 3 is a “passing” score • Large selection of classes • Can pick and choose subjects to take by preference • High rigor • Quality point adjustment to GPA • College level coursework/curriculum • Potential college credit • College recognition of challenge

7. Required Content: Math Science History English Foreign Language Theory of Knowledge 6th Subject (see Choices) Outside of Class: Extended Essay C.A.S. Electives: Visual Arts Music Theory Psychology Computer Science Business Design Technology 3rd Language

10. 3 – 4 hours of “activities” a week is MORE than enough to finish up your CAS requirement over the course of your two years in IB

13. “typical” Humanities Schedule Spanish IV or AP Spanish IB Math Studies SL IB Psychology Math 3

14. “typical” Heavy Math/Science Schedule IB Mathematics HL AP Calculus AB/BC 6th Subject: IB Physics IB Biology Spanish IV or AP Spanish IB Spanish SL

15. Math Sequence AP Calc AB/BC (with SL) AP Comp Sci AP Comp Sci AP Comp Sci Calc 3 & 4 GA Tech at SFHS AP Statistics AP Statistics AP Statistics 9th 10th 11th 12th Accel CCGPS Pre-Calculus Accel Analytic Geom B/Adv Alg Accel Math II and/or IB Math HL Students who entered with credit for Accel Coordinate Alg/Analytic Geom A in 8th grade

16. Math Sequence AP Calc AB AP Comp Sci AP Comp Sci AP/IB Comp Sci AP/IB Comp Sci AP Comp Sci IB Math Studies AP Statistics AP Statistics 9th 10th 11th 12th Coord Algebra Analytic Geom Adv Algebra IB Math Studies or AccelCoordAlg/Geom A Accel Analytic Geom B/Adv Alg or or or Students who entered 9th Grade with NO credit for High School Math

17. Scores of 4+ (IB scale is 1-7) can earn credit depending on college/university • Colleges are looking at the following characteristics when they evaluate candidates for admission to their campus: • Rigor of coursework undertaken by the prospective candidate • SAT & ACT Test scores • GPA* • Class Rank • Application Essay • Work/School Activities PLUS: A number of states offer 24 hours of college credit to students who receive the IB Diploma including: Georgia, Florida, Texas, & California among a growing list of others.

18. Colleges SFHS IB Students Have Attended Brigham Young Clemson Converse Cornell Davidson Duke Elon Emory Flagler Florida Florida State Furman George Washington Georgia Southern Harding Illinois Kennesaw State U of Chicago U of Virginia Boston University Loyola Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) University of Alabama-Birmingham University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill University of North Carolina – Wilmington Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia State University North Carolina State College of Charleston Amherst Auburn Baylor Berry Boston College Bowdoin Mercer Notre Dame NYU Oglethorpe Oregon Oxford (at Emory) Presbyterian Randolph-Macon Rhode Island South Carolina Tulane U. of Miami (FL) UCLA Universite de Nantes University of Georgia Vanderbilt Washington College Wofford Wheaton

20. 100182 Any student attending a school out-of-district must provide their own transportation Out-of-District Request Forms are available online at http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us Forms should be completed and turned in to South Forsyth High School no later than December 20th, 2011