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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you want to know how popular it is vs AP, look at the number of kids getting the IB diploma vs the number of kids taking AP classes in neighboring pyramids. My guess is that it’s not at all popular[/quote]

In 2022, 854 kids at Robinson took an IB class out of 2497 kids as of June 2022. Thats 34% of the population taking IB classes.

At Lake Braddock, 861 kids took an AP class out of 2796 kids total. That's 31% of kids taking AP classes. Full IB diploma is irrelevant. How many AP kids did the full AP Capstone with Seminar and AP Research?[/quote]

IB posters try to foist their own AP equivalent on AP schools to suggest what they think should be considered comparable to an IB diploma.  The advantage of AP is that it isn’t such an exercise of jumping through a set of hoops established by a group in Geneva.  You design your own schedule and can take more advanced courses in a particular area, or fewer, depending on your strengths and interests.

The particular AP classes mentioned by PP - AP Seminar and AP Research - are by no means necessary to take to end up with a schedule that may be as rigorous as, if not more rigorous than, a schedule for IB diploma.  Don’t fall for their crap. [/quote]

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