College Discussion - View Single Post - AP vs. IB

jake321 · 03-22-2008, 07:04 PM

I'm in the IB program. I go to an all IB school. Here, we take all HL classes but test HL in only 3, the other 3 we test SL with HL knowledge. Since SL often doesn't get you college credit, a lot of people go take the AP test where they tested SL (knowing HL) and get the credit that way. It's a LOT of work, but it earned the school 1st place on the newsweek rankings. Since I don't have any AP experience Ill speak only of IB. In the end it results in a few going to Harvard each year, but there are a few down sides. The biggest is constantly doing school work. Ill be doing homework/studying between 4-7 hours a day. This time of the year averages about 6. They say it will pay off in the long run, we will see.

03-22-2008, 07:04 PM	#60
jake321 New Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Threads: 3 Posts: 16	I'm in the IB program. I go to an all IB school. Here, we take all HL classes but test HL in only 3, the other 3 we test SL with HL knowledge. Since SL often doesn't get you college credit, a lot of people go take the AP test where they tested SL (knowing HL) and get the credit that way. It's a LOT of work, but it earned the school 1st place on the newsweek rankings. Since I don't have any AP experience Ill speak only of IB. In the end it results in a few going to Harvard each year, but there are a few down sides. The biggest is constantly doing school work. Ill be doing homework/studying between 4-7 hours a day. This time of the year averages about 6. They say it will pay off in the long run, we will see.