Baltimore City College, colloquially referred to as "City College", "City", "The Castle on the Hill", its initials of "B.C.C.", and derisively by rival Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, The Dump on the Hump, is a Baltimore City Public School with both "International Baccalaureate World School" and "Advanced Placement" programs. The magnet school's curriculum features the "IB Middle Years Programme" and the "IB Diploma Programme" and emphasizes study in the classics, humanities, social studies and the liberal arts. Founded in 1839, The Baltimore City College is one of the oldest public college-preparatory magnet schools in the United States. Admission to City College is competitive. Applicants from Baltimore City and the five suburban counties in the surrounding metropolitan area are evaluated for admission using a combination of academic grades and standardized test scores. City College admits fewer than 20 percent of students who apply for matriculation, and its college acceptance rate is 99 percent.