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The International Baccalaureate Diploma Program is a pre-university course of study. This means that it is designed to get students ready for the kind of workload that they will face in college or university. To a lesser extent, individual IB courses also have the same goal. This is also Hilton's goal for our college bound students. We want them to be able to feel prepared for the academic rigor of college. This is our first and primary goal for the IB program at Hilton High School. Our three goals for students in the IB program are, in order of importance:
Students are prepared for college level work
Students are competitive applicants to a variety of colleges and universities
Students may be eligible to earn college credit
What about college credit?
Each college sets its own policies about IB credits. Some colleges give credit for both Standard and Higher Level courses; some only give credit for Higher Level. Other colleges give a set amount of credits for achieving the IB diploma with certain criteria met. Hilton High School has no influence over any given college's policy regarding IB.
Here are some credit policy links to frequently attended colleges by Hilton students. Note that I can't promise these are always up to date as colleges may redesign their sites at any time.
SUNY Brockport (under Freshman Admission)
What are the common benefits of getting college credit?
Typically, students either get to skip introductory courses or general education requirements for the appropriate classes. This may set them a little further ahead in the college registration process (many colleges register students in order of how many credits they have achieved) and hopefully allow them a better chance for their choice of classes. College credit can give a student more flexibility in his/her choices while at college.
On occasion, a student may gain enough credit to graduate college early if they plan carefully. However, this is the exception, not the rule. Most college credit does not translate into financial savings later on, because students frequently choose to take a minor, some electives, or ease their workload by taking one less class during a particularly challenging semester. The tuition costs largely remain the same over the course of the college experience unless a student graduates early.
This being said, colleges and universities do value the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program. Please see below for some of the benefits and the attached files that illustrate the value of IB.
Students benefit from higher acceptance rates to colleges (see file below)
IB students tend to outperform their peers on state assessments
IB Diploma students perform better in post-secondary education than their peers
IB Standards are aligned with best practice in education and support effective teaching strategies
IB has a positive impact on the culture of a school