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IB Diploma Program | Grades 11 and 12

The IB Diploma Program (DP) is the challenging university preparatory curriculum undertaken by all WIS Grades 11 and 12 students. A comprehensive and intellectually stimulating course of study, the DP is recognized by colleges and universities throughout the world. Students select six subjects: English, one or two other languages, and at least one course each in mathematics, experimental science, and social science. Arts courses are also available. Three courses are taken at Higher Level and three at Standard Level, allowing students to pursue advanced work of particular interest.

In addition to the course requirements, IB Diploma candidates must take a Theory of Knowledge course — a critical thinking and philosophy seminar — and engage in an intensive research investigation culminating in a 4,000-word essay. Students also complete a minimum of 60 hours of volunteer community service, choosing the activities and evaluating themselves, as part of a Creativity-Activity-Service component.

At the end of Grade 12, IB Diploma candidates complete a three-week battery of oral and written examinations in all of their Diploma subjects. Exams are prepared and externally graded under the supervision of the International Baccalaureate Organization; high scores may afford graduates university credit for their high school work.

IB DP RESULTS | 2024

34	WIS Average (World 30.3)
94.2%	Four-Year Average Candidate Pass Rate (World 83.7%)
64%	Bilingual Diplomas (World 27%)
5.31	Average Subject Score (World 4.9)
38.3%	WIS Percent 6s and 7s

CLASSES OF 2021-2024 MATRICULATIONS

Canada
McGill University (14) University of British Columbia (3) University of Toronto (11) University of Waterloo (1)
Europe (Non-UK)
Institut d'études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), France (1) Sciences Po-Columbia University Dual BA Program, France (3) Jacobs University, Germany (1) Technological University Dublin, Ireland (1) Trinity College Dublin - The University of Dublin, Ireland (1) Bocconi University, Italy (2) Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands (1) Tilburg University, Netherlands (1) University of Amsterdam, Netherlands (1) IE University, Madrid, Spain (1) IE University, Segovia, Spain (3) Universitat Ramon Llull - La Salle, Spain (1) University of Navarra, Spain (1) École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Vaud, Switzerland (1) University of St. Gallen, Switzerland (1)
United Kingdom
Durham University (2) Goldsmiths, University of London (1) Imperial College London (3) King's College London (1) London College of Fashion (1) Newcastle University (1) University College London (3) University of Bristol (1) University of Cambridge (1) University of Edinburgh (4) University of Sussex (1)
United States
American University (1) Barnard College (5) Boston College (2) Bowdoin College (1) Brown University (3) California Institute of Technology (1) California Institute of the Arts (1) Carleton College (1) Carnegie Mellon University (3) Case Western Reserve University (1) Colby College (1) College of William and Mary (3) Colorado College (1) Columbia University (5) Cornell University (3) Dickinson College (1) Drexel University (1) Emory University (1) The George Washington University (5) Georgetown University (3) Hamilton College (1) Harvard University (3) Haverford College (2) Indiana University at Bloomington (1) James Madison University (1) Johns Hopkins University (1) Lake Forest College (1) Lewis & Clark College (1) Macalester College (3) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1) Morehouse College (1) New York University (4) Northeastern University (7) Northwestern University (2) Oberlin College of Arts & Sciences (3) Occidental College (2) The Ohio State University (1) Pitzer College (1) Pomona College (1) Pratt Institute (1) Princeton University (3) Purdue University (1) Rhode Island School of Design (1) Rice University (1) Rochester Institute of Technology (1) Savannah College of Art & Design (1) Sciences Po - Columbia University Dual BA Program (4) Sewanee, University of the South (1) Spelman College (2) Stanford University (4) Swarthmore College (1) Syracuse University (1) Temple University (1) Tufts University (4) Tulane University (3) University of California, Berkeley (1) University of California, Davis (1) University of California, Los Angeles (4) University of California, Santa Barbara (1) University of Chicago (14) University of Colorado, Boulder (2) University of Maryland, College Park (2) University of Miami (2) University of Michigan (12) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1) University of Pennsylvania (9) University of Pittsburgh (1) University of Rochester (1) University of Southern California (3) University of Vermont (1) University of Virginia (4) University of Virginia - Wise (1) University of Washington (2) University of Wisconsin, Madison (1) Vanderbilt University (2) Virginia Polytechnic Institute (3) Wake Forest University (4) Washington & Lee University (1) Wellesley College (2) Yale University (3)