A worldwide survey conducted recently for International Baccalaureate showed acceptance rates for top universities in the United States. Students with an IB education averaged far better acceptance rates to 20 of the nation's most elite universities than non-IB students.
Marlyn McGrath Lewis, dean of admissions at Harvard University commented on the influence of IB on university acceptance. “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. GPA is not nearly as important a factor in university admission as the IB Diploma. If a student has to choose, choose the Diploma over protecting the GPA.”
Notre Dame has been an International Baccalaureate school since 2007.
Among the study findings:
– The average acceptance rate of IB students into university/college is 22 percentage points higher than the average acceptance rate of the total population.
– The acceptance rate of IB students into Ivy League institutions (Princeton, Yale, Brown, Harvard, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, University of Pennsylvania) is between 3 and 13 percentage points higher compared to the total population acceptance rate.
The study, released in 2012, was conducted by i-graduate, a UK-based research consultancy and released in 2012. IB worked with i-graduate on the global survey, which involved thousands of IB Diploma Programme students in IB World Schools from Australia, Canada, India, Mexico, Spain, the UK and the US.
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About Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy
Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy is a private, Catholic, independent, coeducational day school located in Oakland County. The school's upper division enrolls students in grades nine through twelve and has been named one of the nation's best 50 Catholic high schools (Acton Institute) four times since 2005. Notre Dame's middle and lower divisions enroll students in jr. kindergarten through grade eight. All three divisions are International Baccalaureate "World Schools." NDPMA is conducted by the Marist Fathers and Brothers and is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States and the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement. For more on Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy, visit the school's home page at www.ndpma.org.