Dillyn is such a deserving candidate--hard-working, caring, inquisitive--she embodies all traits of the IB Learner Profile. Congratulations, Dillyn, and best wishes as you take your next steps!

College: University of Chicago

Extended Essay Topic: To what extent do the scripts of Into the Woods, by Steven Sondheim and James Lapine, and the Disney’s film adaptation of Rob Marshall's Into the Woods differ in exploring the impacts and origins of stereotypes? 

TOK Essay Thesis: When no part of revered knowledge is dependable or applicable in the present, it is deemed fragile. I explored the Arts and the Natural Sciences to evaluate if revered knowledge is more fragile than we expect it to be. Revered knowledge can be fragile in that it fails to apply to different cultures, but, in many situations revered knowledge can be flexible- not fragile- in that it changes to adapt to modern ideas.