IB Diploma Advantage?

[Shahein]

<p>Our school pays for the IB exams… Which is a massive blessing. We have an extremely small IB program but a large AP program… It does not pay for AP exams.</p>

<p>I and my parents paid for my AP exams.</p>

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@legendofmax

I think it is easier for AP kids to do well because they don’t have IB to “take advantage of” and they just have to study for a few tests, take them, and that’s it. With IB you HAVE to take the class, take the tests, do the essays and oral presentations, do the internal assessments, do TOK/EE/CAS, etc. It’s much more intensive.

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<p>Just for the record, I didn’t question whether you said IB was harder. I questioned your assertion that IB somehow limits its students. The IB curriculum frequently overlaps with AP. If you feel your testing options are limited, take some extra ones.</p>