IB Programs

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone is going APs. AP classes are ubiquitous across the good ole US of A.

Unless you’re a gullible parent looking for that elusive edge in college admissions and fall for the marketing ploy of well rounded education, global citizen.

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IB gets a lot of hate on DCUM.

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IB students also take AP classes. Both can be done.

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Anonymous wrote:BCC parent here. Our college counselor said go for AP for strongest applications and that the top 20 have difficulty figuring out what to do with IB applicants. AP may be a scam like past posters say but it is the way it works.

BCC parent here. Our kid did full IB and it was a good experience for itself and also had good success woth college admissions.

If it’s really true a college counsellor said T20 colleges “don’t know what to do” with IB DP candidates then that says more about tue college counselor than IB.

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Anonymous wrote:IB gets a lot of hate on DCUM.

I think there’s one or two really vocal detractors.

My senior has really enjoyed the IB diploma program (non-magnet), and hated the format of the APs they’ve taken.

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Anonymous wrote:IB gets a lot of hate on DCUM.

I think there’s one or two really vocal detractors.

My senior has really enjoyed the IB diploma program (non-magnet), and hated the format of the APs they’ve taken.

Who show up on almost every thread related to IB

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Anonymous wrote:BCC parent here. Our college counselor said go for AP for strongest applications and that the top 20 have difficulty figuring out what to do with IB applicants. AP may be a scam like past posters say but it is the way it works.

BCC parent here. Our kid did full IB and it was a good experience for itself and also had good success woth college admissions.

If it’s really true a college counsellor said T20 colleges “don’t know what to do” with IB DP candidates then that says more about tue college counselor than IB.

Speaking of BCC.

You know IB Math is crap when the first year of the Math HL AA is … AP Calculus BC! I wonder why.

Also, no IB Chemistry at higher level offered.

If you want to do STEM, go full AP don’t waste your time with IB busy work like art, theory of knowledge, creativity activities and extended essay.

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Anonymous wrote:BCC parent here. Our college counselor said go for AP for strongest applications and that the top 20 have difficulty figuring out what to do with IB applicants. AP may be a scam like past posters say but it is the way it works.

BCC parent here. Our kid did full IB and it was a good experience for itself and also had good success woth college admissions.

If it’s really true a college counsellor said T20 colleges “don’t know what to do” with IB DP candidates then that says more about tue college counselor than IB.

Speaking of BCC.

You know IB Math is crap when the first year of the Math HL AA is … AP Calculus BC! I wonder why.

Also, no IB Chemistry at higher level offered.

If you want to do STEM, go full AP don’t waste your time with IB busy work like art, theory of knowledge, creativity activities and extended essay.

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I mean I don’t really disagree that if you are a stem-focused kid then the DP might not be for you but even assuming you are right that IB and AP math curricula overlap, I’m not sure why that indicates IB is crap?

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Not all courses the higher level, whether that be in San Francisco or at the UN school in Geneva.

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Anonymous wrote:BCC parent here. Our college counselor said go for AP for strongest applications and that the top 20 have difficulty figuring out what to do with IB applicants. AP may be a scam like past posters say but it is the way it works.

BCC parent here. Our kid did full IB and it was a good experience for itself and also had good success woth college admissions.

If it’s really true a college counsellor said T20 colleges “don’t know what to do” with IB DP candidates then that says more about tue college counselor than IB.

Speaking of BCC.

You know IB Math is crap when the first year of the Math HL AA is … AP Calculus BC! I wonder why.

Also, no IB Chemistry at higher level offered.

If you want to do STEM, go full AP don’t waste your time with IB busy work like art, theory of knowledge, creativity activities and extended essay.

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I mean I don’t really disagree that if you are a stem-focused kid then the DP might not be for you but even assuming you are right that IB and AP math curricula overlap, I’m not sure why that indicates IB is crap?

What does it indicate to you? Virtually every decent IB program like RMIB makes AP Calculus BC a prerequisite.

If IB Math prepares students well, there would be no motivation to change to Calculus BC.

But since IB math is not very good and many incoming students are accelerated in math, it makes most sense to keep them on the AP path and do IB Math in 12th grade only because it’s required for the diploma.

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Anonymous wrote:Not all courses the higher level, whether that be in San Francisco or at the UN school in Geneva.

Or go to the average high school that offers AP calculus, stats, physics, chemistry, bio and computer science.

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Anonymous wrote:BCC parent here. Our college counselor said go for AP for strongest applications and that the top 20 have difficulty figuring out what to do with IB applicants. AP may be a scam like past posters say but it is the way it works.

BCC parent here. Our kid did full IB and it was a good experience for itself and also had good success woth college admissions.

If it’s really true a college counsellor said T20 colleges “don’t know what to do” with IB DP candidates then that says more about tue college counselor than IB.

Speaking of BCC.

You know IB Math is crap when the first year of the Math HL AA is … AP Calculus BC! I wonder why.

Also, no IB Chemistry at higher level offered.

If you want to do STEM, go full AP don’t waste your time with IB busy work like art, theory of knowledge, creativity activities and extended essay.

.

I mean I don’t really disagree that if you are a stem-focused kid then the DP might not be for you but even assuming you are right that IB and AP math curricula overlap, I’m not sure why that indicates IB is crap?

What does it indicate to you? Virtually every decent IB program like RMIB makes AP Calculus BC a prerequisite.

If IB Math prepares students well, there would be no motivation to change to Calculus BC.

But since IB math is not very good and many incoming students are accelerated in math, it makes most sense to keep them on the AP path and do IB Math in 12th grade only because it’s required for the diploma.

I have no idea what you are trying to say but if you think everyone should take BC calculus in 10th grade then I’m not that interested

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Anonymous wrote:BCC parent here. Our college counselor said go for AP for strongest applications and that the top 20 have difficulty figuring out what to do with IB applicants. AP may be a scam like past posters say but it is the way it works.

BCC parent here. Our kid did full IB and it was a good experience for itself and also had good success woth college admissions.

If it’s really true a college counsellor said T20 colleges “don’t know what to do” with IB DP candidates then that says more about tue college counselor than IB.

Speaking of BCC.

You know IB Math is crap when the first year of the Math HL AA is … AP Calculus BC! I wonder why.

Also, no IB Chemistry at higher level offered.

If you want to do STEM, go full AP don’t waste your time with IB busy work like art, theory of knowledge, creativity activities and extended essay.

.

I mean I don’t really disagree that if you are a stem-focused kid then the DP might not be for you but even assuming you are right that IB and AP math curricula overlap, I’m not sure why that indicates IB is crap?

What does it indicate to you? Virtually every decent IB program like RMIB makes AP Calculus BC a prerequisite.

If IB Math prepares students well, there would be no motivation to change to Calculus BC.

But since IB math is not very good and many incoming students are accelerated in math, it makes most sense to keep them on the AP path and do IB Math in 12th grade only because it’s required for the diploma.

I have no idea what you are trying to say but if you think everyone should take BC calculus in 10th grade then I’m not that interested

Let me clarify it for you. At BCC, the IB Math consists of one year of AP Calculus BC, and one year of IB Math HL, instead of the typical two years of IB Math HL.

Interested or not, at BCC you can’t do IB Math HL without taking AP calculus BC. That’s because the IB curriculum is lacking and needs to be supplemented.

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Anonymous wrote:BCC parent here. Our college counselor said go for AP for strongest applications and that the top 20 have difficulty figuring out what to do with IB applicants. AP may be a scam like past posters say but it is the way it works.

BCC parent here. Our kid did full IB and it was a good experience for itself and also had good success woth college admissions.

If it’s really true a college counsellor said T20 colleges “don’t know what to do” with IB DP candidates then that says more about tue college counselor than IB.

Speaking of BCC.

You know IB Math is crap when the first year of the Math HL AA is … AP Calculus BC! I wonder why.

Also, no IB Chemistry at higher level offered.

If you want to do STEM, go full AP don’t waste your time with IB busy work like art, theory of knowledge, creativity activities and extended essay.

.

I mean I don’t really disagree that if you are a stem-focused kid then the DP might not be for you but even assuming you are right that IB and AP math curricula overlap, I’m not sure why that indicates IB is crap?

What does it indicate to you? Virtually every decent IB program like RMIB makes AP Calculus BC a prerequisite.

If IB Math prepares students well, there would be no motivation to change to Calculus BC.

But since IB math is not very good and many incoming students are accelerated in math, it makes most sense to keep them on the AP path and do IB Math in 12th grade only because it’s required for the diploma.

I have no idea what you are trying to say but if you think everyone should take BC calculus in 10th grade then I’m not that interested

Let me clarify it for you. At BCC, the IB Math consists of one year of AP Calculus BC, and one year of IB Math HL, instead of the typical two years of IB Math HL.

Interested or not, at BCC you can’t do IB Math HL without taking AP calculus BC. That’s because the IB curriculum is lacking and needs to be supplemented.

What is in a "typical" 2 years of IB math HL?
Which MCP HS offers the typical 2 years of IB Math course?
Why do people only talk about one HS's IB program (in this case, BCC)?