The Quarry Lane School's goal is to provide the foundation for tomorrow's global leaders. We foster the growth of our students as they prepare for entrance into the nation's top universities.
These photos are represent the Extended Essay Presentation Night, 2013. These 4000-word essays are researched and written by seniors in our International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme over the course of the junior and senior years and are then evaluated by experts in the field in which they were written.
What College Admission Directors are saying about IB...
“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
“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 if IB courses, and we think the IB curriculum is terrific.”
Christoph Guttentag
Director of Undergraduate Admission
Duke University
“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
What students are saying about IB...
“I feel like the IB program gave me the confidence that I could handle large workloads and demanding academic material. It gave me the confidence to challenge myself in university and elsewhere..."
-IB Diploma Graduate
“My success as a an undergraduate, both in academic and extracurricular setting, was largely due to the time-management and analytical skills developed during my years in IB..."
-IB Diploma Graduate
“...I find that IB's greatest benefit was that it left me with a better understanding of myself: my capabilities, my strengths as well as my weakness. By pushing my boundaries, the program compelled me to strive for a higher degree of excellence and in doing so it fostered within me both academic and personal growth..."
-IB Diploma Graduate
These quotes are from In Their Own Words: Quotes about IBO
What experts are saying about IB...
"When you sign up your child to be in the IB diploma program, you are not signing up to see how many credits they are going to get in their freshman year of college. You are signing up to see how well can we develop critical thinking skills, how well can we educate your child in all facets of education.”
“The IB students on average had a GPA decline of from 3.8 to 3.3, only a 0.5 drop, while AP students dropped 0.8, from 3.9 to 3.1, and regular college prep students lost a whole grade point, from 3.6 to 2.6.”
These quotes are from the Washington Post
University Rate for IB Diploma Students
IB students have a distinct advantage in college admission over their peers. Universities consistently admit students at a higher rate than their non-IB counterparts. In a 2002 survey, over 5,400 IB seniors were asked to report which universities accepted them. Here are some highlights from that survey:
| UNIVERSITY |
NON-IB
ACCEPTANCE |
IB STUDENT
ACCEPTANCE |
| Boston College |
31% |
63% |
| Brown University |
17% |
22% |
| Columbia University |
12% |
19% |
| Cornell University |
29% |
51% |
| Dartmouth University |
21% |
33% |
| Duke University |
23% |
36% |
| Emory University |
42% |
82% |
| Harvard University |
11% |
15% |
| Johns Hopkins University |
35% |
69% |
| MIT |
17% |
26% |
| New York University |
26% |
51% |
| Princeton University |
11% |
14% |
| Stanford University |
13% |
18% |
| Texas A&M |
68% |
83% |
| UC Berkeley |
24% |
53% |
| UCLA |
24% |
47% |
| University of Chicago |
42% |
59% |
| University of Michigan |
49% |
73% |
| UNC Chapel Hill |
35% |
64% |
| University of Notre Dame |
34% |
41% |
| USC |
30% |
72% |
| Vanderbilt University |
37% |
73% |
| Villanova University |
15% |
90% |
| Yale University |
13% |
19% |
What is the International Baccalaureate High School Diploma Programme?
The International Baccalaureate (IB) High School Diploma Programme is a challenging two-year curriculum, primarily aimed at students aged 16 to 19. It leads to a qualification that is widely recognized by the world’s leading universities.
Students learn more than a collection of facts. The Diploma Programme prepares students for university and encourages them to:
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Ask challenging questions
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Learn how to learn
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Develop a strong sense of their own identity and culture
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Develop the ability to communicate with and understand people from other countries and cultures.
The IB Mission Statement and Core Values
Mission Statement
The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.
To this end the organization works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment.
These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.
Core Values
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Motivated by a mission: We aim to create a better world through education
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Partnerships: We achieve our goals by working together
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Quality: We value our reputation for high standards
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Participation: We actively involve our stakeholders
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International mindedness: We embrace diversity
Information courtesy of www.ibo.org
International Baccalaureate Track
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