AP Euro or IB HOA?

ava78
Sun, 04 Feb 2007 00:56:46 +0000

I’m an IB diploma candidate so I’m in IB HOA HL. I think that they’re pretty much two different classes. If you have any intention of taking some sort of SAT II History, do NOT take IB HOA. IB is an inch wide and a mile deep while AP seems to be more of a mile wide and an inch deep, thus you’re far more prepared for standardized history tests with AP history.

As far as which looks better on college, I would say they’re probably about equal and it really won’t push your admissions decision one way or the other. I will put in my very biased opinion though - I think IB history is more challenging as it is more writing-based and extremley, extremley heavy on the analysis/evaluation of rather specific events. I know a lot of people will disagree with that, but whatever. That’s what I think.

And I think the workload really depends on the teacher. There’s a lot of work in my history class, but I’ve heard from friends in AP history that there’s also a lot of reading in that class. It really depends on the teacher.