Introduction to IB Diploma Preparation Pathway

WHY CONSIDER TAKING THE

IBDiploma?

Somerset College offers Senior students the opportunity to study the two year International Baccalaureate Diploma course in Years 11 and 12. The IB Diploma Programme is exciting and challenging. If you are a Year 10 student currently achieving an average grade of 5 or better in your subjects, then you will manage the challenges of the IB Diploma.

Taking a subject for two years and working with the same teacher creates continuity and enables deeper learning. The programme provides an excellent preparation for the demands of university.

Noelle Panlilio CLASS OF 2013 (42)

• The Diploma is an excellent

Bachelor Laws (1 st Class Honours) and Bachelor Commerce BOND University, currently studying Master of Law at Cambridge, specialising in International Law

preparation for university and life beyond.

• Students create a truly

personalised Senior pathway for their Diploma. • Students are encouraged to think independently and drive their own learning. • Students are able to engage with people in an increasingly gloablised, rapidly changing world. • Students become more culturally aware and are part of a world learning programme. • Foreign language proficiency is an asset when competing for a career in a globalised economy. • The programme offers academic breadth and depth. • It’s a genuinely international qualification that educates the whole person. • It assesses more than examination techniques. • Students develop excellent time management skills.

Alex Krueger CLASS OF 2020 (42) Aeronautical Engineering at University of Queensland

Nachiket Shah CLASS OF 2016 (43) UC Berkeley School of Economics 2021 admitted into graduate fellowship PHD Economics

Clare Hong CLASS OF 2020 (42) Studying Pure Mathematics at ANU

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