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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No idea why these IB boosters keep saying those who strongly prefer AP must not be familiar with IB. A lot of us either have first-hand experience with IB or did our homework. IB is a niche program not tailored to the needs of American students.

And it’s obvious from the fact that the top schools in FCPS are AP and that FCPS ceased converting AP schools to IB over a decade ago that the IB implementation in FCPS has been a failure.  It would be far more sensible to convert the IB schools back to AP.  [/quote]

It’s obvious also from IB classes getting less college credit compared to AP ones. IB SL classes are a joke, same as Theory of knowledge and CAS.

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Why are SL classes a joke? Are they not in depth?  What is your experience with them? Not arguing, trying to understand IB better.[/quote]

IB SL classes generally don’t get any college credit. So if you’re set on taking an advanced class a la carte, it makes most sense to take the AP class instead.[/quote]

Or take IB HL (higher level) classes. AP isn’t your only option for college credit. 
[/quote] 3-4 HL classes vs 0-15 AP classes? Not exactly a good substitute.[/quote]

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