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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Given the IB tends to lean more towards the Humanities, I would say plumping out a resume with say AP Physics, or AP Chem is not a bad idea if your student has strengths in those subjects and wants to pursue a pure science or medical degree. That would be my only suggestion. Otherwise I would say stick with the IB as it stands.

The other thing of course is where the IB is being taught. If kid is at RMIB then you know they're getting a good coverage, if at BCC however where you can pick and choose from IB subjects, mix it up and not get a full diploma, I would say it's more likely you'd need to add in APs. [/quote]

IB doesn't lean towards the humanities.  IB Chem HL is significantly harder than AP Chem--my kid passed the AP Chem exam with a 5 after just the first part of IB Chem (it's 2 years).[/quote]

Yes but did your kid take HL Chem and HL Physics and HL Bio and HL Psych? Most IB kids don't, and STEMy IB kids take AP classes  to round it out.

Also you don't know how your kid would have scored on IB Chem exam after first year. [/quote]

Both SL and HL IB courses received credit at the colleges my kid was interested and both SL and HL receive the same weighted credit as AP for HS GPA.  They took HL Chem and HL Bio--they did AP Physics their sophomore year before the IB diploma began. Not interested in psychology, but could have taken that.  SL courses seem equivalent to AP, HL have more lab-time.  That's the best part about IB science in my opinion -- there are a lot more labs and research projects.

Not sure why you think it matters how my kid would have scored on IB chem after first year--probably poorly since they only had 1/2 the content at that point.  They got a 7 the second year.   [/quote]

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