College Discussion - View Single Post - AP vs. IB

FellowCCViewer · 03-22-2008, 10:17 AM

Colleges prefer high scores.
Also consider that IB SL does NOT count for college credit. And they're also two year courses. the EE (hours and hours of researching/essay writing), TOK (philosophy), CAS (which you're doing anyway) are almost neglected.

IMO, taking the full IB (minimum 3 IB HL [and 3 IB SL]) is like taking 12 APs - they're essentially 6 advanced classes per year.
I'd prefer AP. But 50% of the reason is because my school doesn't offer it.

03-22-2008, 10:17 AM	#51
FellowCCViewer Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: It depends >-┐ Berkeley <--------------┘ Gender: Male Threads: 74 Posts: 1,372	Colleges prefer high scores. Also consider that IB SL does NOT count for college credit. And they're also two year courses. the EE (hours and hours of researching/essay writing), TOK (philosophy), CAS (which you're doing anyway) are almost neglected. IMO, taking the full IB (minimum 3 IB HL [and 3 IB SL]) is like taking 12 APs - they're essentially 6 advanced classes per year. I'd prefer AP. But 50% of the reason is because my school doesn't offer it. Last edited by FellowCCViewer : 03-22-2008 at 10:25 AM. Reason: typo + slow internet