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It’s hard to be competitive from IBDP when AP students take 8-10 stem exams alone, and get their results early to add to the application. Probably the same for Caltech or other competitive stem colleges.
[/quote]There's not 8 stem ap exams, at least not without overlapping significant content

Bio
Chem
Physics C (i am not counting meh and e&m twice...)
Calc bc (i am not counting ab and bc twice!!)
Cs A (again... not counting twice)
Enviro
Stats

That's seven, and two of them are weak, one semester college courses

You theoretically take both bio and chem HL but the problem with IB is that the HL courses take two years while AP takes one. [/quote]

Who is counting and what do they count? It’s not like if you took AP Physics 1, and follow up with Physics C, the less rigorous course gets discarded from the transcript. It still helps with the GPA and the strength of schedule.

Considering college credit, Calculus BC is equivalent to two semesters, while Statistics is only one. Both CS classes and Environmental are equivalent to one semester, while Chem and Bio are equivalent to two semesters, imo that’s the real measure.

There are 13 AP exams in math and science, it’s not that rare for MIT aspirants to take 8-10, and many enroll in dual enrollment classes in addition to those.

The point is that for AP students there are numerous opportunities to take rigorous classes early and challenge themselves. So what if there’s some overlap and some are easier than others? They still are better than honors or the SL versions that the IB kid takes.
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[b]MIT doesn't care what other kids at other schools did.[/b] They care about This is what MIT cares about a kid taking the most difficult courses available to them at any given time and excelling in them. This is for the 5 main areas. Read "Applying Sideways", they really do operate as they say.

https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/applying_sideways/

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Of course they care. It’s in the link you provided. How are they going to make up the incoming class if they don’t compare all applicants among themselves?

It’s not a race on who has the most APs but also you need to have a solid stem general education.[/quote]

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