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If she does the IB Diploma and then wants an Indian college, what changes in practice?

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Our elder daughter finishes MYP this year and the school wants a decision on the Diploma by the end of the month. The default assumption at school is that DP students go abroad. We haven't decided that at all, and she's leaning towards staying in India for undergrad. If your child went this way: do Indian universities treat the Diploma like class 12 boards, is there extra paperwork, and is it harder to prepare for entrance exams alongside? Not looking for an IB vs CBSE debate, only the practical side.

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  • misty_thread_6768

    Sorry, small doubt from my side. I teach in a small school and we only hear the name. Is IB only in the big international schools? Is it very different from CBSE for small classes also?

  • plum_parrot_8178

    I'm on the faculty side at a university here, so this is from admissions, not as an IB parent. IB students apply like anyone else, but they usually need an equivalence certificate from the Association of Indian Universities, and the timing can be tight because final IB results come out in July. Ask the school's counsellor how past students handled that gap. The entrance exams themselves don't care about the board, but coaching schedules follow the CBSE syllabus order, so she'd be doing some of it on her own.

    • linen_fern_8341

      Does that July result clash with engineering counselling? Our neighbour's son was already doing JoSAA rounds in June last year.

    • teal_sandal_2724

      I'd add one practical step. Ask for the list of where the last two DP batches went, by university, not just the highlights. If nearly all went abroad, the counsellor may not have done the Indian paperwork often, and it's better to know that now than in July.

    • linen_notebook_4905

      the AIU part is real. my cousin's daughter needed it for a delhi college two years ago. the college wanted the certificate before its deadline and her results weren't out yet. it worked out, barely. start the paperwork early

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