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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not sure if this has already been mentioned but something to consider - I heard certain colleges will expect you to have taken the highest level classes offered at your school. So if your child wants to do AP, but not IB, Yorktown might be the better option, if that is something that's going to be important down the line.[/quote]

Is IB considered higher level than AP? [/quote]

By colleges, yes.[/quote]

I guess we can get into a philosophical debate about which is “higher level” but I have also heard that about colleges. I’ve also heard iit depends on the college. [/quote]

I had a discussion with an admissions officer at a LAC about this. She said she expected in a particular subject that the IB class would include more research/writing while the AP was more covering a lot of facts and memorization so they preferred the preparation provided by the IB. That said, my DD has opted to do a mix of AP/IB and regular-level depending on interests rather than do the full IB program because she has ADHD and the work load of the full IB would not have been great for her mental health.[/quote]

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