IB Diploma
Students in Grades 11 and 12 follow a two-year college preparatory programme designed for students who seek to enter higher education in American or European universities.
Students select an individually tailored learning programme that includes a Mother Tongue language (English, French, or Russian), a Second Language (English, Spanish, French, Russian or a self-taught language of their choosing), a Humanities subject, a Science subject, Mathematics, and an Arts subject or an Elective subject. Students also participate in a Theory of Knowledge class, undertake a range of extra-curricular activities including community service and complete a 4,000-word research essay.
Based on their performance, interests and needs, students may work toward the full IB Diploma Programme, a selection of IB Certificates and/or the PSI High School Graduation Certificate. All three tracks allow students to qualify for a PSI High School Diploma as long as they satisfy the requirements for graduation. Students who have fulfilled these will be awarded a PSI High School Diploma, equivalent to a North American style High School Diploma and therefore valid for admission to universities that require such a qualification.
The IB Diploma option is the most demanding of the three tracks in terms of student motivation and commitment, class and independent study time, study skills and application.
Through the IB Certificate option, students can put together a range of courses that are externally examined. There is more flexibility than in the IB Diploma option regarding the number and levels of courses studied.
The PSI Graduation option includes the same flexibility as the IB Certificate option, and is designed to allow students to receive a High School Diploma without sitting any external examinations.
It is important that the admission requirements of colleges and universities are taken into account when deciding which track is the most suitable.
PSI students have been accepted into the following universities since 2008:
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Canada |
United Kingdom |
United States |
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McGill University |
Cambridge University |
Berkley College |
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McMaster University |
Durham University |
Boston College |
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University of British Columbia |
Goldsmiths College, London |
Boston University |
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University of Guelph |
Imperial College, London |
Carnegie Mellon University |
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University of Toronto |
Keele University |
Duke University |
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King’s College, London |
Emporia State University |
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Glasgow University |
Fordham University |
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University of York |
George Mason University |
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University of Edinburgh |
John Hopkins University |
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University of London SOAS |
Texas Christian University |
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City University, London |
University of Kansas |
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Warwick University |
University of Vermont |
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Europe |
Ukraine |
Other Countries |
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Central European University, Budapest |
Shevchenko University |
Roberts College, Istanbul |
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Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam Haute Ecole de Commerce University of Maastricht |
Wisconsin International University |
University of Pretoria, South Africa |
Useful Links
This site provides the updated information on all that is relevant to PSI DP courses.
Parents:
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G11 and G12 Students:
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