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How to Apply
For information on how to apply to Largo IB and all District Application Programs, visit:
https://www.pcsb.org/Page/32051
Applications open on January 7, 2025.
Who is eligible to apply?
Students who are zoned within the Mid County Application Area are eligible to apply to the Mid County IB Programme at Largo HS.
The following high schools are in the Mid County zone:
- Clearwater High School
- Hollins High School
- Largo High School
- Pinellas Park High School
- Seminole High School
Need to know your student's high school zone? Click Here: Zone School Locator
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Visit our Campus!
The best way to learn about our program is to see it in action. You can visit us at one of the District Application Fairs, come to our Discovery Night, Tour the Campus, or have your student Shadow the program for a day. Our current students tell us that this is the most valuable experience they can have prior to applying. Shadowing is very popular, so book early. Here is information on how you can schedule your experience:
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Hear from our Students!
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See how our students perform in the classroom!
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Why IB?
10 Reasons why the IB Diploma Programme (DP) is ideal preparation for university
- It increases academic opportunity: Research shows that DP graduates are much more likely to be enrolled at op higher education institutions than entrants holding other qualifications*
- IB students care about more than just results:Through creativity, action, service, (CAS) you learn outside the classroom and develop emotionally and ethically as well as intellectually.
- It encourages you to become a confident and independent learner: For example, the extended essay requires independent research through an in-depth study.
- It’s an international qualification: The DP is recognized globally by universities and employers.
- Graduates are globally minded: Language classes encourage an international mindset, key for increasingly globalized societies.
- The IB encourages critical thinking: Learn how to analyze and evaluate issues, generate ideas and consider new perspectives
- DP Students have proven time management skills:Take good study habits and strong time management to further education and the working world.
- It assesses more than examination techniques:Learn to understand, not just memorize facts or topics and prepare for exams.
- Subjects are not taught in isolation: Theory of knowledge (TOK) classes encourage you to make connections between subjects.
- It encourages breadth and depth of learning: You are able to choose courses from six subject groups and study subjects at different levels.
*Based on IB research-IBO Research
Stanford’s Assistant Dean of Admissions on the value of an IB education
As an IB parent and the Assistant Dean of Admission at Stanford University, Debra Von Bargen has firsthand experience working with many IB graduates. As her son began the IB Diploma Programme, she saw him do things he never thought he could do. In her role as the Assistant Dean of Admissions, she is excited to see how a student has taken on the IB and knows that IB students show very high success rates during their first year of university.
Skills to take from the IB diploma:
Skills to take from the IB diploma: Brian Spittle from DePaul University talks about how life skills, including critical thinking and communication, apply across disciplines and are perfect material for applications.Strengthen your university application with guidance from university admissions
Brian Spittle, DePaul University, tells us how students can leverage theory of knowledge (TOK) as part of their application
