College Discussion - View Single Post - AP vs. IB

kutibah · 04-09-2008, 12:10 AM

IB in my opinion is "harder" for two reasons:

1. IB requires MUCH more work than just taking classes (Diploma program)

2. IB requires more material to be retained and taught for tests. For example, IB expects students to know about 80-90% of the material for the IB Biology HL exam while the AP Biology exam you are only expected to know about 40-50% of the material.

04-09-2008, 12:10 AM	#98
kutibah Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: UCLA Threads: 77 Posts: 603	IB in my opinion is "harder" for two reasons: 1. IB requires MUCH more work than just taking classes (Diploma program) 2. IB requires more material to be retained and taught for tests. For example, IB expects students to know about 80-90% of the material for the IB Biology HL exam while the AP Biology exam you are only expected to know about 40-50% of the material.