| Homeschooldad said it the best.
Upton, one, if you think IB and AP are incomparable then why are YOU comparing them. two, yes IB is an international diploma, which will allow you to go abroad and study in college. do you know what the percentage is of graduating american seniors who will wish to do that? i would guess close or less than 5%. So for the 95% of graduating seniors, who will going to college in the US, would not need an "international" diploma and can benefit more from many many AP classes (8-9 by end of senior year).
As i will repeat myself, IB itself reports that it is "diploma" program (i would say a very very strong HIGH SCHOOL one indeed). << That is on their OWN sponsored website. AP itself reports that is a "college level" program designed to give credits for college courses.
very very strong high school level vs. college level. which is more rigorous? who knows? which one do colleges PREFER (as the original question was)? IMHO, i would go for the COLLEGE courses, because we are trying to get into COLLEGE, rather than the strong high school courses. |