– you take the IB classes at your high school.

– you graduate with an IB Diploma and high school diploma(not an associates degree).

I’m sure you’ll do fine in IB. You could even do partial IB instead of full IB if you change your mind.

Here’s what I got off of my former high school’s website (http://west.slc.k12.ut.us/pages/academics/ib/IBindex.htm):

Pre-IB and IB Curricula

The Pre-IB course of study is offered to students in 9th and 10th grades as preparation for the two-year IB Program in 11th and 12th grades. Pre-IB students take English, a foreign language, social studies, science, and mathematics. The IBO defines the IB student as one who is in either 11th or 12th grade. Thus, it is in the last two years of high school that students prepare specifically for the IB examinations and diploma requirements. Courses in the junior and senior years continue to stress content, writing skills, critical thinking, and the application of concepts in the six subject groups and in a Theory of Knowledge course, which stimulates critical reflection upon the knowledge and experience gained inside and outside the classroom.

IB Diploma Requirements

To be eligible for the IB Diploma, students must meet the following requirements:

~ Complete course work and IB examination requirements in three higher-level disciplines and in three standard-level disciplines selected from the six subject areas listed above.

~Write an extended essay (4,000 words) in one of the IB subject areas.

~Complete the Theory of Knowledge course.

~Complete 150 hours of creativity, action, and community service activities.

Good luck 🙂