Does this carry the same prestige as a National AP scholar award?

hwpan888
Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:40:00 +0000

Okay, I’m an international student, and I decided to take a couple of AP courses for poops and giggles along with my normal full IB courseload. For those who don’t know, the IB is considered at least the equivalent of the AP in terms of a college preparatory class. Unfortunately, one course is 2 years, and I won’t get my results for the IB until July of next year (I will have graduated by then).

So for AP I took the following exams:
AP Calculus BC -5
AP Physics C Mechanics -5
AP Microeconomics -5
AP Physics C Electricity & Magnetism -5
AP English Literature -4

The thing is, I take a lot of courses that are pretty much the same in the IB program.
IB Calculus HL (option in statistics + Abstract Algebra)
IB Physics HL (option in Astrophysics)
IB Chemistry HL (option in medicine)
IB Economics HL
IB English A1 SL
IB Spanish B SL
Theory of Knowledge

I am predicted 7 on all of my IB courses. Would you consider this resume as impressive as that of a national AP scholar?