Amelia High School
International Baccalaureate
World School
• “I never would have had the confidence or the
work ethic to take these courses without the IB
Programme
• Had you told me as a high school freshman or
even as an IB senior that I would present at an
academic conference I wouldn’t have believed
you.
• The work I did in those years made this
accomplishment possible, and I’m forever
grateful to the IB Programme and to my
amazing teachers for preparing me to achieve
things I never dreamed of.”
- Taylor Olmstead (Class of 2011)
• “Without IB I honestly do not think I would have
started college off so smoothly. I did not have the
panic attack that everyone else had when the
professor said, “There will be no study guides in
this class, your notes are your study guide.”
• Do not drop out of IB because it sounds like a lot
of work. It is a lot of work, but guess what kids,
college is even more work and you can’t just drop
everything because it’s hard. Do your four years
and I promise it will pay off after graduation”
- Shalee Rogney (Class of 2012)
• “As a graduate student pursuing a PhD in
chemistry, this program has given me the most
essential tool of all: the ability and creativity to
think on my own.”
• “The structure and fundamental values that push
high school students past their potential afforded
me with the foundation to develop myself as both
a scientist and person.”
• “IB has created a curiosity that permanently
resides within me and the effects it has had on my
life continues to be more than I could ever
imagine.”
- Erin Hancock (Class of 2011)
• “I can say without hesitation that the International
Baccalaureate (IB) Program as Amelia High School was the
most profound educational experience I have had in my life.”
• “The IB program demanded students to think critically both
as independent scholars and as a team, created an
environment where challenging your peers to be their best
was an everyday occurrence, and developed a close-knit
group of productive citizens which I have yet to see in any
other education setting.”
• “Because of the IB curriculum, students are forced to think
critically about the work they put forward.”
• “We were conditioned to tackle a task that we couldn’t just
answer by regurgitating something we saw in a book. We
had to connect the dots, we had to build the logical case for
our argument”
- Dan Stultz (Class of 2008 )
• “This ability to critically think was undoubtedly an
advantage in college, as a majority of my
undergraduate peers were still developing this
skill. Additionally, because of the rigor of the IB
curriculum, I personally received credit at Ohio State
for coursework I completed in high school and was
admitted to the Scholars Program at Ohio State.”
• “For me, one of the IB’s programs most important
features is that it creates an environment of academic
responsibility among peers.”
• “The IB program goes further to create a close-knit
group of leaders that are passionate about making their
community better.”
- Dan Stultz
Division of Graduate Medical Sciences
• “Being a part of IB was a life changing experience. It
prepared me for college in many ways and provided me
with a significant amount of college credit. IB
challenged me in ways that prepared me for college
and helped me learn concepts and material that some
of my fellow college classmates had not learned”
• “A lot of the material in the freshman classes was a
review from [IB classes in] high school making it
easier to adjust to the fast-pace of college”
• “All of the teachers in IB were entirely devoted to
teaching their students and preparing them for college.
They took the time to get to know them on a personal
level and were always willing to help when needed.”
- Christina Ahting (Class of 2011)
Biomedical Engineering '16
University of Cincinnati
• “The IB program was the reason I chose to go to Amelia
High School instead of going to a private school. I can
honestly say that was one of the hardest and best
decisions I have ever made. The IB program helped me
in so many ways that it would be hard to list all the
benefits I gained from the program.”
• “The program challenges you so that you are beyond
ready for college, so much so that I felt as if my first
year of college was easy. I received college credit for
taking HL Biology. Even the classes I did not receive
college credit for were easy for me when I took it in
college and most of it was a review.
• “I believe that the IB program played a vital role in
helping me get in to the University of Cincinnati’s
College of Pharmacy. My interviewers were extremely
impressed with the IB program when I explained it to
them and were surprised and amazed about having
done a drug chemistry section in my high school
chemistry class.”
- Maria Kling (Class of
)
• “Not only having the academic benefit, there was also the
benefit of having an IB family. All of the students in the
program want to succeed and do well and it is a wonderful
atmosphere to have where everyone cares for each other
and want to learn.”
• “The teachers who teach in the program are truly the best
and really care for their students and want to see us
succeed.”
• “Having taken HL Chemistry and HL Biology in the IB
program helped immensely in getting into pharmacy school
by preparing me in these subjects and reassuring that my
dream was to be in the medical field and pharmacy school.”
- Maria Kling (Class of 2013)
• IB teaches students to be independent learners, hard
workers, that failing once is not the end of the world, and
sometimes things are more important than chilling on
the weekend.
• In IB you have to learn to think and develop your ideas in
every class, and this skill will be essential throughout
your life.
• “Let me start out by saying that IB helped me prepare for college
A LOT!”
• “IB really did help me learn how to study, manage time, and
handle heavy workloads. A lot of things change when you get to
college, and this can be a source of stress. Having a bunch of
classes also weighing you down with work was never on my mind
because I was used to it. To be honest, some of the hardest
assignments I had to do were in IB.”
• “IB gave me a lot of important skills, prepared me mentally and
academically for a difficult field.”
• “You may find IB tedious and annoying, but trust me, the classes
you are in are very high quality, and will benefit you for not just
freshman year, but the rest of your academic career.”
-
Kelsey McHenry (Class of 2011)
Computer Science Major, Ohio State University
• “ The International Baccalaureate (IB) program at what was
Amelia high school had a profound impact on my life at the
time and I can still feel the effects today.”
• “The critical thinking and creative writing skills that were
enforced in IB really opened up many doors.”
• “…of the all the math and science classes I needed to take
none taught me a concept I was completely foreign to me. I
already had an in depth understanding of the material in many
classes not directly related to electrical engineering or
computer science. This allowed me to be significantly less
stressed than my peers.”
• “I would qualify myself as a successful graduate of IB but that
doesn’t mean much because I don’t think I know an
unsuccessful graduate of IB.”
- Christopher Andrews (Class of 2010)
Other Student and University
Testimonials…
• http://www.ibo.org/en/universityadmission/ib-recognition-resources-anddocument-library/