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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC's HL IB exam took 14 full pages of writing. DC also took AP exam too but, at least for my DC, it was MUCH simpler and shorter analysis/writing than HL IB exam. Still got a 5. Waiting on IB score. One data point. [/quote]

Holy cow!! 14-pages? That's longer than papers I wrote in college!!  [/quote]

[b]I would not have been one paper.  It was one exam that probably had two questions with multiple sub-parts.  Not that hard to fill up an essay booklet under the circumstances. [/b]

From what I've seen, the IB social studies exams give students more choice in selecting which topics to write about, whereas the AP exams include more questions designed to test substantive knowledge and don't provide students as many essay choices.  The AP format requires the student to master the subject-matter for the entire course; the IB exams rewards students who immerse themselves in a particular topic, but also allows them to blow off other parts of a course.   [/quote]

Did you take the test too?[/quote]

Sample tests are routinely made available by the IBO and the College Board.  [/quote]

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