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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most US schools don’t understand how to teach IB, and most US colleges don’t understand what it takes to get high IB scores. It’s not like getting a 5/5 on an AP exam. Because of this, my kids are going the AP route. AP courses have a higher chance class of being well taught and colleges like seeing 4s and 5s, which is perfectly doable for studious kids.
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IB teacher here. I’m clearly biased, but I really disagree with your statement. My students’ scores suggest I’m doing well teaching the course. I feel pretty confident that US teachers can handle IB. I attend annual trainings and I am regularly impressed by the teachers I meet. Over the years we have formed various cohorts to share resources, what worked / didn’t, insights on scores, etc.

My own children will be going the IB route because I appreciate the emphasis IB places on depth of study.

As for colleges, you can no longer say colleges prefer AP over IB, etc. So many schools are going in different directions now and there isn’t a clear trend to follow. [b]Take AP or IB for the rigorous course load, not just because they can potentially give you college credits. [/b][/quote]

New poster. Parent of student who earned an IB diploma in 2019. Just coming here to +1 this post above, especially the bold. There is a strong focus on this forum re: getting college credits for AP and IB. College credits are fine, but since different colleges have different policies re: credits, it's better to focus on what the student learns and the experience the student gains in study skills and advanced writing and research skills. (For either AP or IB.) We emphasized with our DC that IB might not translate to even a single credit when DC got to college, but that IB was an excellent educatio in a style that worked well for DC, and that's what mattered. Now, with DC about to enter senior year of college, DC has said all along that doing the IB diploma track was great preparation for college, both in terms of thinking critically and being undaunted by writing assigments of any length (due to IB's focus on writing). DC did get some kind of credit but it must be pretty telling that I can't even remember what subject or how much credit.[/quote]

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