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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Eh, disagree with the prior posters. Yale considers these all equal: AP, de and IB[/quote]

They do not consider them equal.  Student effort matters and is recognized accordingly.  
The more competitive the university the more stringent their criteria.  At yale, even an AP score of 5 in AP Chemistry, AP CS A, Physics 1 or 2, Macro/micro, etc... dont mean a thing. For that matter a 4 in AP English Lang and AP Lit is ignored.

They only consider a 5 in AP US history, AP English Lang, Lit,  4 or 5 in World Language, 5 in Physics C, 4 o 5 in Calc BC.

https://catalog.yale.edu/ycps/table-of-acceleration-credit/
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OP is not asking about course credit, they are asking about the perception of rigor. [/quote]

Perception of rigor will be with AP.

Fair or not, there's a perception that a community college environment is not going to be as rigorous as a high school AP environment. Plus AP is standardized so it's easier to compare.

DE works for particular situations, but it does not give an edge over AP generally. Plus, there's the time and the hassle of commuting. Unless the high school is really weak with the AP offerings, don't think it's worth it. [/quote]

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