anyone taking IB diploma? Options

[LittleLulu]

about two months ago, i had an epiphany ( i know i spelled that wrong but w/e) about my education.

....MY SCHOOL ONLY OFFERS AP IN GRADE 12!!!!!!! how AWFUL** is that?!?

and the only things they have it in is Studio arts, and..english lit. Chem, Phys, and Bio, for the past few years have not opened class due to the lack of enrollment.

Hence i decided to transferr to a different highschool next year. Going for Richmond High because they offer IB ( International Baccalaureate), which is probably the best thing i can do if i want to go to University in the U.S. ( i live in Canada).

im feeling so depressed and scared..and just generally bummed out from all the research i've done on college admissions...

[*tweeak*]

IB dimploma students have to take 1 course from each of the 6 groups
-Language A1
-Language B ( including some over 50 languages?)
-Individuals and Societies -( business and management, economics, geography, history, history of the americas, history of the islamic world, information technology in a global society, philosophy, psychology, and social anthropology)
-Experimental Sciences. ( bio, chem, phys, environmental science, design tech,)
-Mathematics ( mathematic applications, mathematic methods, mathematics)
-Arts and Electives ( visual arts, music, theatre arts)

plus TOK , CAS, and a 4000 word extended essay as part of the requirement.

you can substitute a course from the first 5 groups for the 6th one.  get it?

the reason why i say IB is  a good for giving me a push, is simply because i know for a fact that i have a tendency to get lazy at times, unless i'm required to do something i don't normally do it.

And lastly, excuse me, but i'm rather taken back by hearing that i "stuggle" with English. I'm also rather curious about your opinion, does a minor typing error count as struggling with English? 'Cause if so, then i could say the exact same thing for you, couldn't i?

Ok, if you say so. It works differently for us. What is CAS, by the way?

It's great if you think you can do it, seriously, it requires more self-motivation than anything. I agree with Robbi on this well.

I was by no means implying that typos equal an inability to fluently speak English. However, you yourself said you just got out of ESOL, which means you've just learned English, yes? All I'm trying to say is that many extremely literate, smart native English speakers have a difficult time with IB, even from a language arts perspective alone. In all seriousness, grammar and spelling count for a lot, along with actual content of course, and in IB, no one will take how long you've spoken English into consideration.

[LittleLulu]

Ok, if you say so. It works differently for us. What is CAS, by the way?

It's great if you think you can do it, seriously, it requires more self-motivation than anything. I agree with Robbi on this well.

I was by no means implying that typos equal an inability to fluently speak English. However, you yourself said you just got out of ESOL, which means you've just learned English, yes? All I'm trying to say is that many extremely literate, smart native English speakers have a difficult time with IB, even from a language arts perspective alone. In all seriousness, grammar and spelling count for a lot, along with actual content of course, and in IB, no one will take how long you've spoken English into consideration.

CAS stands for Creativity, Action, Service.

ESL, as in Enlgish as Second Language..i'm not familiar with what ESOL stands for

anyways, the only reason i had to go through ESL testings is because i studied in china for 5 years. Through my first testing in grade 7, i got 5/5 on speaking, 5/5 on reading and 4.5 on writing. but they insisted on saying i was in level 4...seriously, how mean! ( level 5 basically means you don't need ESL at all, you take all the regular courses as any other student would.)..they eventually put me in level 5 by grade 8, seeing as how i had 98 in English.

The most ironic thing was, in grade 9, i took Spanish and got the highest mark in my class, even though i was an ESL student. I felt so evil inside.

aannnnyyhooo....enough with me rambling on.

have a happy holiday guys! ( and girls of course)