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[quote=Anonymous]I don't have any problem with the IB program in and of itself; what I have a problem with is posters insisting that the IB program is more rigorous than AP and requires more writing.  The AP English and social studies classes at schools I've worked in required plenty of writing.  I'm not going to say they require more than IB, but they certainly do not require less.  The writing required in an IB science class is ONE lab report (the IA).  Do you think honors and AP science classes don't require at least one lab report?  Of course they do.

If you have a student who is going to take a number of advanced courses either roughly equal to or less than what is required for the IB diploma, the programs may be of similar rigor.  However, the most advanced students are held back by the IB diploma.  The limit of six subjects makes it impossible to take advanced-level courses in, say, music and computer science.  Or biology, chemistry, and psychology.  A student in an AP program could take these combinations of classes (and still take advanced courses in all the core subjects as well).

The fact that you are not allowed to take HL exams unless you are a senior is also problematic.  Students who are on track to take IB Math HL in 11th grade either have to slow down so they take it in 12th grade, or take the class in 11th grade but delay the exam to 12th grade, neither of which is desirable. [/quote]

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