Looks like good news for new students

dividebyzero
Sun, 18 Apr 2010 20:47:51 +0000

Apparently Virginia colleges will acknowledge IB Standard Level classes for some college credit, comparing it to AP courses. This will be effective starting 7/1/2010.

source: [LIS > Bill Tracking > SB209 > 2010 session]( Bill Tracking > SB209 > 2010 session”>LIS > Bill Tracking > SB209 > 2010 session)

I hope this means my IB SL Physics score of 6 will help me out :D

A little bit of context: Some schools don’t offer any AP classes, instead they insist on the IB diploma. You can only take 3 or 4 IB Higher Level courses, and the rest Standard Level. In some (all?) Virginia schools, IB Standard Level courses in high school didn’t immediately give you college credit. This was unfair to those high schools where AP classes were not given, yet the student had a nearly identical syllabus.