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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Last week, I went on college tours at NYU and Columbia.  At both sessions, the question of IB vs. AP was asked.  Both admissions officers stated that their school has no preference, and one officer stated that they have many students that apply to the school from outside the US, where IB is more prevalent.  In short, neither school seemed to care which system you came from, as long as you were taking challenging courses.
Regarding whether "credit" will be given for AP and IB courses, both schools stated that high school course work may allow you to enter into higher level courses, but that you still had to take the full number of required hours in order to receive a diploma.  At Columbia, one of the tour guides went further by stating that you had to take all of the first year "core curriculum" regardless of how many AP or IB credits you had.  I think she said something like -- after all, you are coming to Columbia in order to get a degree from Columbia -- not your high school.
PP -- my DD transferred from an AP school to an IB school because she thought that the curriculum better suited her interests[/quote]

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