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[quote=Anonymous]Education is changing, the days of classical education are going away, making room for the specialized learning while loading on as many advanced classes as early as possible. IB is a relic of the times when a “well rounded education”, knowing a bit of everything was the goal. Today there’s more focus on specialization, it’s not enough to be well rounded, you need to prove you’ll be able to handle the rigors of your intended major. Comparatively IB has puts more focus on humanities, which have an accelerating and declining enrollment, literally entire departments are shutting down. Math and science classes in IB are also not very good compared to APs, so that’s another strike against IB. That’s why imo the AP is preferred, it’s more flexible and it’s easier to adapt to the new demands of college admissions. [/quote]
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