WUSTL + IB ? true love

eleph
Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:19:09 +0000

I was an IBer! My school made us take the AP exams too, which is the only way I got credit…
I can kind of understand why, even though it is harder, IB History doesn’t count. Unlike AP classes which have a very specific curriculum for their subject matter, when you take the IB history exam, you can choose your essay topics from quite a long list, so almost every school’s IB History prep is different from any others.
Also, with the Math HL, you could pass it with only one semester of calc, as long as you chose the non-calc higher level options (ie, statistics) on Paper 2. So, they can’t really judiciously give everyone calc 2 credit since the exam doesn’t really say explicitly if you took the calc 2 option.

I know, it’s frustrating. But IB is really a cool program, and I think you’ll find that even if it doesn’t get you credit (a lot of my IB friends here at WashU didn’t take APs), you’re already working at a college-level, and it prepares you in a way for taking college level classes. Also it’s a good conversation point. Our non-IB friends are still amazed that we haven’t exhausted that conversation topic. Best of luck on all your exams! : )