AP or IB classes?

Well it depends on what colleges look at or accept.

You have to take an exam to get the actual college credit from AP classes and if you dont score high enough you dont get it.

As far as IB classes… I dont know much about them.

But I would say forget about those two choices and sign up for Dual Enrollment at a local college/community college.

If your grades are decent you might be able to do this.

You basically take college classes while in high school in your junior and senior year- you still get all of the credits you need for high school but if you work hard enough you may be able to come out with a 2 year degree by the time you graduate high school and it doesnt cost anything.

Colleges look at both programs as about equal. Some schools don’t offer either, so if your school does have them, you should definitely take advantage of them, but for schools that don’t have them, colleges don’t count against students who don’t take those classes.

I have not taken either classes as I’m only a sophomore in high school, but I’ve heard that the IB program is a killer, and you basically have no life if you decide upon the diploma program. There’s obviously more outside of school work if you choose the IB path, but with both, you still end up taking exams. Personally, I’m going to do the IB program, just because less schools have it and I like taking on a challenge. However, colleges weigh both programs about the same.

The IB program is much harder because you will be taking actually college classes your last 2years. If you feel out of place being the youngest in a room of college students, its not for you. BUT it is better because you will graduated highschool with your AA–and its all FREE!

AP classes you MUST pass the test given at the end of the year to get credit… its a pain in the *** to transer with you to other schools. Also, some colleges only take AP class grades as Cs. (If you get an A in the class in highschool, its only a C in college terms)

IB is better than AP because schools must be accredited to obtain the IB program.

Although I went to a good school that did have an IB program, since I worked so much I didn’t have time for it. I will say this, although it is a bit of a contradiction, the only kids who did IB were the weaker kids. The students with the highest averages didn’t do IB because they were too busy working. In fact, the kids who didn’t do IB did better in university as they have gone to med school, vet school and were accepted to Ivy League schools for graduate degrees.

i was actually in the IB program, and i believe it will help you get ready for college much better than an AP class would. IB is very much like college and has some very helpful opportunities

I never did the IB program as my school didn’t offer it…I took 2 AP classes…one my junior year and one my senior year…senior year I took the test and got a high enough score that it transfered/qualified as the intro class on that subject…the AP classes can be useful because they get some of the generals out of the way…

I liked one AP class better than the other because of the teacher…it’s really personally preference…

Look both programs are great however i advise you to take both programs. I bleieve AP is for the western collees and the ib is for eastern colleges. Also Ib is much harder than ap

im in the ib program and in the program u can take ap classes, and you get a scholarship. i think ib would be easier cause u can take ap classes, but in ib it takes up a lot of ur schdual so u will have to take summerscholl, to get everything to stay in ib.