College Discussion - View Single Post - AP vs. IB

tybball08 · 03-22-2008, 05:08 PM

curious, the only reason why you cant self-study for an IB test is because you are not allowed to. you must take the class and you must complete certain assignments in the class that will be factored in your exam score.

Also, yes, IB is INTERNATIONAL. yes, IB is a DIPLOMA program. and it is SOME european countries grant ONE year of UNDERGRADUATE study. not many, not yearS, not GRADUATE. and once again, it is a diploma program, a HIGH SCHOOL diploma program. They may be as rigorous, and if i had something to defeat that statement, i apologize. But even if it is as rigorous, the question was which is BETTER for college admissions, not which is harder, not which is one is for smarter students, not which is better as a whole, but for COLLEGE ADMISSIONS.

i will stand by my statement, which is also proven by your evidence, mainly consisting of international and european relativity, that colleges in the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA would like AP better. sure, international schools would look favorably on IB because it is international. so if the OP wanted to go abroad, by all means go IB. but like most, a very very high percentage of american high school graduating seniors, who will probably go to college inside the US, AP is better for admission chances.

lastly, IB is once again very inflexible. sure, you may be able to orchestra, or band, or drama. But what if you wanted to do all THREE. what if you wanted to do academic decathlon, science olympiad, student government, AND sports. i doubt an IB schedule would accommodate that, through scheduling purposes and time purposes. but guess what, an AP schedule does.

all im saying is that it all depends on the type of person you are. if you do not want to engage yourself in many extracurriculars, do IB, but make sure you also have many AP test scores.

quite frankly, i believe AP is better. it would seem to me that college level courses would be looked higher upon than high school diploma program courses. but then again, People who believe IB is better will believe IB is better. my opinion is mine, your opinion is yours.

03-22-2008, 05:08 PM	#58
tybball08 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Threads: 22 Posts: 142	curious, the only reason why you cant self-study for an IB test is because you are not allowed to. you must take the class and you must complete certain assignments in the class that will be factored in your exam score. Also, yes, IB is INTERNATIONAL. yes, IB is a DIPLOMA program. and it is SOME european countries grant ONE year of UNDERGRADUATE study. not many, not yearS, not GRADUATE. and once again, it is a diploma program, a HIGH SCHOOL diploma program. They may be as rigorous, and if i had something to defeat that statement, i apologize. But even if it is as rigorous, the question was which is BETTER for college admissions, not which is harder, not which is one is for smarter students, not which is better as a whole, but for COLLEGE ADMISSIONS. i will stand by my statement, which is also proven by your evidence, mainly consisting of international and european relativity, that colleges in the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA would like AP better. sure, international schools would look favorably on IB because it is international. so if the OP wanted to go abroad, by all means go IB. but like most, a very very high percentage of american high school graduating seniors, who will probably go to college inside the US, AP is better for admission chances. lastly, IB is once again very inflexible. sure, you may be able to orchestra, or band, or drama. But what if you wanted to do all THREE. what if you wanted to do academic decathlon, science olympiad, student government, AND sports. i doubt an IB schedule would accommodate that, through scheduling purposes and time purposes. but guess what, an AP schedule does. all im saying is that it all depends on the type of person you are. if you do not want to engage yourself in many extracurriculars, do IB, but make sure you also have many AP test scores. quite frankly, i believe AP is better. it would seem to me that college level courses would be looked higher upon than high school diploma program courses. but then again, People who believe IB is better will believe IB is better. my opinion is mine, your opinion is yours.