<p>Switch if you want a rigorous high school experience. IB has a lot of extra things like the Extended Essay, Theory of Knowledge, Internal Assessments and other things people have previously listed. If you utilize those extra things then you’ll be pretty prepared for future academic challenges.</p>
<p>Some of the classes you can take in IB cover different things than if you took a AP class in the same subject. I’m currently taking HL Physics and that’s pretty much the equivalent of Physics B… but the HL class is 2 years long… and there is no calculus involved in it. So I’m kinda wasting my time taking this course.</p>
<p>Colleges see AP and IB credit pretty much the same way. Actually, getting college credit using the IB test scores is a lot harder because a lot of the good colleges only accept HL classes and equate a IB 7 to an AP 5 (IB 7’s are a lot harder…). But! You might as well take the AP exam too if you take the IB course so it’s a toss up.</p>
<p>And if you want to take college level math during your senior year at IB just dual enroll at a nearby college.</p>