<p>help…I need to decide if I should take the full IB diploma or do a combination of AP and IB classes. If I do the full diploma I will have to change my foreign language so I will have four years of foreign lang. but two different languages. Also math…it will be math studies…I am afraid this is just too easy of an IB diploma</p>
<p>Do what you think is most challenging and best taught of your locally available choices. Fortunately, colleges are aware that the local implementation of high school curricula varies from one high school to another, so no college will penalize you if you choose this or that brand name (AP or IB) over the other as long as your choice makes sense based on your interests and on local realities. It sounds like you’ll be busy either way; enjoy your studies.</p>
<p>Taking math studies won’t hurt you; I did, and it hasn’t hurt me at all in the admissions process. No IB diploma is “easy”, don’t worry. You’ll have more than enough work even with studies, and if you want additional challenges take four HLs, or a 7th subject, or soemthing.</p>
<p>Doing the IB diploma is a fantastic experience. With the diploma, you’ll have to do TOK, CAS, EE and so on. They’re a pain while you’re doing them, but SO worth it! I’ve just graduated with an IB diploma (have yet to know how I did…), and I am incredbily pleased with the education I’ve recieved. If I could go back in time and choose again, I would unhesitatingly do the full IB diploma again.</p>
<p>psychgirl stated my sentimetns exactly. </p>
<p>i just finished the ib diploma (and also don’t know how i did…) and I’m SO glad i did it. I complained through it all, but looking back, i know i got a very good very well rounded education. I learned a whole lot, and also how to link what i learned together.</p>
<p>I’d do it again in a heart beat. </p>
<p>Plus, i think it had a role in distinguishing me on college apps. while colleges won’t penalize you for doing AP over IB, they may give you bonus points for IB because less students do it. </p>
<p>In the end though, you really should do the program with the best teachers. teachers would make or break the deal in my book.</p>
<p>I was in the same boat as you last year. I decided to take a mix of classes (AP/IB) and I think that I will actually end up taking more advanced classes then my friends in full IB. I chose this because of scheduling conflicts at my high school. For instance we are required to take Government Senior year and there is no IB US Gov course, but there is an AP course. I also wouldn’t have been able to write on the school paper if I chose full IB as scheduling conflicts meant that two classes were going to be that same period. This system works for me, but do what ever works for you in the long run. They are both good programs, I think that it just depends on what is available to you and where your interests lie.</p>