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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid got the IB diploma at Robinson and was very well prepared for the excellent college she went to. I am glad that we live in that school catchment area. [/quote]

Just so you know, your child would have been prepare for that same college if they had taken AP classes. Like the vast majority of the other kids at her school. A strong student in IB would be a strong student in AP and vice versa. [/quote]

Probably, but the programs are different.  Doing the extended essay requirement involves higher level research than what most kids would get in AP classes.[/quote]

Or some would argue less if compare to students taking AP Research or most any of the AP science courses.[/quote]

Exactly.  IB is not more rigorous but it is a lot more pretentious.  But, hey, PP should make sure their kids jump through lots of hoops if they want a special hoop-jumping diploma. [/quote]

AP Research culminates in a 4 to 5K word paper.  Extended Essay IB requires a 20K word paper.  Different levels of depth.[/quote]

To each their own. Most scholars find easier to write longer research papers and much harder to write a strong short research paper where every word has to count.[/quote]

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