Do american colleges recognize IB Math studies vs IB Math SL

MYOS1634
Mon, 06 Feb 2017 21:15:14 +0000

They don’t care as long as you have strong HL 's and do well in all six if your IB courses. IB is automatically the most rigorous coursework. The US indeed has a lot of IB schools.
It would only matter if you’re planning on a STEM major but I’m guessing not.
In all other cases you’re better off with Math Studies 6-7 rather than Math SL 4!
American universities do not give credit for either Math Studies SL nor Math SL.
(BTW I did math studies, found it really interesting, and it didn’t hurt me either in admissions or studies. You can show rigor through other subjects - philosophy, two languages, etc.)
I would disagree that it’s 'very easy ’ - it includes a lot of important mathematical concepts as applied to daily life and the contemporary world, and it’s both more challenging and more useful in its design than the basic math classes. It’s a good class to take when you want to keep challenging yourself despite relative inaptitude in math or won’t need more math so learn it for general education but want to focus on advanced skills in other subjects.
Again, it all depends on the rest of your choices.