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[quote=Anonymous]It’s unlikely, but anything is possible. Currently in FCPS, your child can opt to attend the nearest AP or IB high school if they prefer a different program. My kids are at Marshall and know plenty of kids who are assigned to McLean or Madison and chose Marshall for IB, as well as kids who have placed out to McLean or Madison for AP.

What drives your preference for AP?
We were originally hesistant about IB because our oldest is firmly math and science focused and we were worried about college credit. But our oldest is a senior now, and is completing the IB diploma with a significant amount of advanced math, science, and computer science coursework and we have found that credit-for-credit in either AP or IB is fading away at most colleges anyway. Most colleges do not allow you to place out of courses required for your major and strongly advise against placing out of prerequisites because most students with high AP or IB scores are still not prepared for upper level coursework freshman year. We have also found that most of the admissions officers and interviewers my child has met with are very impressed by the IB diploma. [/quote]

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