| If you want to pick and choose individual courses, I think APs are better than taking individual IB courses.
Many colleges do not give credit or advanced placement for IB Standard Level courses. They often do give credit or advanced placement for IB Higher Level courses, but a student who is taking only one or a few IB courses might find an HL course inordinately difficult, both because the content is sometimes more extensive and sophisticated than that of an AP course in the same subject and because the IB style of doing things takes some getting used to.
In general, I like IB only as a program for those who are aiming for the full IB diploma, not as a source of individual advanced courses. AP is better suited for the latter. |