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Reply to "why do people prefer AP schools to IB?"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote]We had kids at both AP and IB schools in FCPS and much preferred the environment and experience at the AP school. Not because it was higher SES, although it was, but because all the students were treated well, unlike at the IB school where the handful of IB diploma candidates were put on a pedestal and everyone else (the vast majority of the students) was second-class. [/quote] I don't think it is deliberate, but the nature of the IB program encourages an insular group of kids. With the flexibility of AP, there is not the isolation that you find with IB. Especially in the large schools, there is such a vast choice of AP courses from which to choose. Since most of the IB schools are smaller, the IB choices are more limiting and, especially for those pursuing the diploma program, isolating from the rest of the school. [/quote]
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