Looks like good news for new students

OldWell
Wed, 21 Apr 2010 02:26:23 +0000

I was an IB diploma recipient. I also took seven AP tests. SL courses are NOT and should NOT be considered on par with AP credits. I just can’t understand why this is a legislative decision, rather than a school-based decision. Talk about overreach of government…

“This was unfair to those high schools where AP classes were not given, yet the student had a nearly identical syllabus.”

Whether or not a school offers AP equivalents of SL/HL courses does not impact whether or not the SL exam is equivalent to the corresponding AP exam. It simply is not. If your school does not offer AP equivalents to IB courses, take the classes in college. Any school that offers IB is not lacking resources and you are certainly not victims of universities out to get you… You just haven’t shown formidable scores on EQUIVALENT exams.

(This is coming from someone who received the IB diploma and took every corresponding AP test. The HL exams are more difficult than AP tests, for sure. The SL exams are significantly less difficult than the AP counterparts.)