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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Interesting.. I'm from a country where IB is standard so for me it's the one I know best. In my country, if you're at a school with IB (there are other options too but less academic ones), then you do the whole IB. There's no option to just take some IB classes - everyone gets the IB diploma, that is the point of it. I think it's a great program and I'll be encouraging my kids to do it. [/quote]

I'm sure that would be the case here too, if there weren't AP. But there is, and that's the preferred college preparatory curriculum in this country.  [/quote]

Preferred? By you, yes.

OP, do your own research rather than relying on forums where parents make vast, blanket pronouncements about what every college wants or what every IB or AP school offers.[/quote]

It is easy to confirm that the number of AP exams taken at high schools in NoVa is much higher than the number of IB exams, as well as that the SAT scores at area AP high schools are higher than at the IB schools.  [/quote]

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