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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wasn't so sure about IB, but the amount of writing makes it highly rigorous, almost too much. DS was very well prepared for college and said that it was easier than HS. 100% acceptance rate for colleges where he applied. Only big drawback was that he had earned a lot fewer college credits than we had expected.[/quote]Yeah, it's funny. My IB kid had a more demanding HS experience and was better prepared for college, but my AP kid started college with ~twice as many credits. (If I had a third kid, I'd go IB if they could handle it.)[/quote]
NP here and didn’t read the whole thread, so this might have already been addressed.

At my kid’s magnet IB program, most IB students also take the equivalent AP tests (self-study for any differences) to maximize college credit options. However, unless they are going to a public school, it might not really matter. Many private schools don’t accept a lot of AP/IB credit. Complete the IBDP for the experience and rigorous education. Take the AP tests to keep college credit options open, but don’t expect to use them at all schools.[/quote]

Colleges will generally give the same credit for IB HL courses as to the AP equivalents. IB SL courses don’t get that much credit because they don’t raise to that level, not because colleges favor AP.

Self studying for AP classes while taking IB is not as easy as it is claimed. It works for some classes, but it will be a disaster for others like math and physics. Doing that for IB SL classes is ill advised. Go the AP route if you want college credit.[/quote]
My kid took ib physics only and self studied for both ap and ib exams. Got a 5 on ap.

The reason why some ib exams aren't given credit in college is because some of these classes  go very in depth on certain subjects and don't cover enough breadth.  Like ib history will cover two or three global  events in depth whereas ap world covers more content but only surface  level.

I've had one kid take ib history and another take ap world [/quote]

What AP Physics did he self study for? IB HL Physics is Algebra based, while AP Physics C is calculus based, and goes in more depth because it’s focused on a few subtopics (mechanics, electromagnetism). Either way, it’s not easy to self study for AP while taking IB, but it may work for a small subset of hardworking, motivated students.

AP Physics 1&2 is also algebra based, but it doesn’t count for much for stem majors.

If we’re talking about an introductory history course, it makes more sense to me to cover more content on the surface than go deep on a few topics.[/quote]

I’ve heard of extreme cases of IB students chasing the AP credit at RMIB, where they take both courses IB Physics HL [b]and[/b] AP Physics C, not just the AP exam. I get that IB HL Physics may not be a good preparation for AP Physics C, but what a waste of time to take both.[/quote]
I'm the PP with the DC who took AP/IB physics exam.

DC took IB physics HL then self studied for Physics C Mech.    They did not take the AP class.  Scored a 5 on AP, and 6 on IB. They got credit for both for two physics courses in college.

Yes, they were at RMIB, and a lot of those kids self study for multiple AP exams.   All together, DC had 58 credits going in.  31 AP credits and 27 for IBs.

This is not an outlier for RMIB kids; they take a lot of AP classes, in conjunction to their IB courses. The path includes taking AP courses starting 9th grade.[/quote]

I don’t know what’s up with the IB crowd that makes them so prone to exaggerations and lying by omission, at this point I’d take everything an IB supporter says with a fistful of salt.

Lady, your kid didn’t have 58 credits going in. Thats because you can’t double count the AP and IB credits. For example, colleges won’t give credit for both AP and IB Physics, just for one of them.

I bet that there was a lot of overlap in your count, between IB and AP in Calculus, Physics, Computer Science, and maybe English.

So nowhere close to 58 credits.[/quote]

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