What Colleges and Universities say about the IB


“IB is well known to us for 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 Program on the transcript.”
Marilyn McGrath Lewis Director of Undergraduate Admissions, Harvard University

“One of the advantages of an 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.”
Christopher Guttentag Director of Undergraduate Admission, Duke University

“Send us prepared students (like those from) IB . It is the ‘best’ high school prep curriculum an American school can offer.”
Marilee Jones, former Director of Undergraduate Admission, MIT

“I have always been a supporter of the International Baccalaureate. It is a thoughtful and genuinely intellectual curriculum with an unusually high degree of integrity and connectedness. There is no other curriculum anywhere that does a superior job of both educating students and inspiring a true and broad-based love of learning.”
William Shain Director of Undergraduate Admissions, Vanderbilt University

“The rigor of IB Diploma requirements meets our recommendation for the strongest high school preparation possible. The Extended Essay echoes William & Mary‘s belief in the value of original research as well as the College’s emphasis on strong writing skills, and the Theory of Knowledge course fosters active and critical learning and is philosophically akin to the goals of our freshman seminar program.
The CAS component answers our call for students who have been exposed to community service and creative endeavors and who understand the importance of developing the whole person. In sum, the IB diploma candidate who has met the challenge successfully receives strong consideration from the William & Mary admission committee.
Allison Jesse, former Associate Dean of Admissions, College of William & Mary

Advanced Placement and IB examinations for most highly selective institutions are the ‘gold standard’ in terms of quality and in terms of predicting success on our campuses.”
Dan Walls, Director of Undergraduate Admissions, Emory University

Students seeking the finest [high school] preparation available for an American college should consider the International Baccalaureate. The IB offers an in_tegrated curriculum that provides students with the skill needed to be world-class scholars and an educa_tional philosophy that prepares them to be first-class citizens. I do not know of a more comprehensive  and appropriate learning model.
Jim Crowder, Director of Admissions, Macalester College

“The IB is a first-rate program, one we are familiar with, and it prepares students well for a university like ours.”
Fred Hargadon, Director of Undergraduate Admissions, Princeton University