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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]AP classes are more likely to get you college credits with no hassle. The kids we know who have graduated from an IB school have had to do a good amount of leg work to get IB classes counted for credit at colleges. If you go IB, keep all of the syllabi you have and as much of the course work as you can because there are a good number of schools that want to see that before giving credit. There is a list of colleges that accept IB on the FCPS IB page, take a look there. If your kid is not thinking about attending one of those colleges AND you want them to get some college credits under their belt, then go AP.

Also, keep in mind that they take their IB tests senior year if they are going to the diploma. I have not heard of anyone splitting Math applications the way you have it, normally they take the Math applications over two years and then chose a different math senior year. Math Application is supposed to cover Calculus so I am not sure that they will let you take that class and AP Calc, if they do, take BC. Most kids who are ahead in math with skip Calc AB, take BC, and then take multivariate and linear algebra as seniors.

We chose pupil placement over IB because of the headaches our neighbors have had. [/quote]

Are you saying that when a college lists the IB test scores that lead to credit, the colleges are then refusing to give the credit listed on their website without additional documentation?[/quote]

The schools on that list are good for accepting IB courses. Schools not on that list might not be as easy to get credit for. We have four friends whose kids took IB classes in the last few years who have struggled to get college credit. The kids had to bring syllabi and course work to demonstrate that the work was at a college class level. There are an awful lot of schools not on that list.

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What colleges wouldn’t give IB credit? 
No issues at UVA. Va Tech even more generous - they give credit for just even taking TOK. [/quote]

UVA is on the list that takes IB easily. Many schools do not. It is a niche program in the US. Schools will give credit but students have to be ready to jump through hops to get it. Most kids at the IB schools are not going to get into UVA and VT because the two schools are not going to take more then a few kids from each HS.

I know people are protective of IB but it is not known through out the country. The questions posted just this week show how little people know about the program. MS Counselors don’t understand the program well enough to give good advice on foreign languages. The slides i saw from one of the IB schools presentations this week were confusing. The parents I know with kids at IB schools are regularly talking about how the program is confusing. [/quote]

Do you even have anything to base this on? I have seen the school’s data that about 2/3 of the IB diploma candidates get in to UVA. Mine didn’t, but was admitted to VT’s honors college. They ended up choosing another state flagship.  They got 21 credits for the IB classes they completed. [/quote]

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