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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You all are still bickering and I’m not sure OP
has even come back.  [/quote]

🤣 OP here. I've been reading but this thread is...a lot

I'm not sure what else to ask other than: why do people keep mentioning the inability to do IB and take extra curriculars. I'm big on the idea that kids should have well rounded school experiences. Is the extra coursework in IB problems so great that kids can't have outside activities. That doesn't sound like a great trade off but I could be misunderstanding.[/quote]

It’s a prescriptive program that wasn’t designed with American HS kids with their own extra-curricular interests in mind.  So some of the requirements take up a lot of time.

I’ll admit I’m biased. We were at an IB school where a lot of kids doing the full IB program were miserable and then resentful when other kids they knew got into the same or better schools. I think you really need to do full IB for its intrinsic value, such as it is, and not expecting some big payoff in terms of college admissions. [/quote]

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IB is not going to help in college admissions, because of its rigidity and a lot of busy work. For academics AP kids can easily take 6-8 core APs outshining the 3 HL classes in the diploma program and as a results they are better prepared for college with a broader knowledge base.

IB kids sink a lot of time in their ToK, CAS, EE, etc, when the other kids load up on rigorous academic classes.[/quote]
“Outshining”  Is this real life? They are both fine programs.  If kids put in an effort in either program, they will likely do well in college.  Again there are so many variables outside of AP vs IB that will impact college readiness and academics. OP-the fact that you are interested and invested in your kids academic path is a bigger factors in said kids outcomes vs whether they do AP vs IB. [/quote]

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