<p>Specifically at Harvard, do college admissions officers weigh AP students or IB students more?</p>
<p>According to this article, Harvard weighs them equally.</p>
<p>[Guidance</a> Office: Answers From Harvard’s Dean, Part 2 - NYTimes.com](<a href=“http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/11/harvarddean-part2/]Guidance”>Guidance Office: Answers From Harvard's Dean, Part 2 - The New York Times)</p>
<p>We have found that the best predictors at Harvard are Advanced Placement tests and International Baccalaureate Exams, closely followed by the College Board subject tests. High school grades are next in predictive power, followed by the SAT and ACT. The writing tests of the SAT and ACT have predictive power similar to the subject tests.</p>
<p>That being said, many articles can be found about whether one is more valuable (or difficult) than the other. Here’s one article: <a href=“http://voices.washingtonpost.com/class-struggle/2010/05/ap_vs_ib--choosing_sides.html[/url]”>http://voices.washingtonpost.com/class-struggle/2010/05/ap_vs_ib--choosing_sides.html</a></p>
<p>Although they are weighed similarly in most cases, I from experience know that Full IB seems to require more from its students than AP. You have to do an extended essay, Internal Assessments, and CAS on top of the numerous tests you take in May. The one disadvantage of IB is that you are unable to take classes before Junior year and that is where AP should come in. I know my school sends several kids to Ivy’s and at least one is admitted to Harvard each year and it is a full IB school. Whereas other schools in my district do AP and do not have the same consistent success although stats wise the schools are similar. :)</p>
<p>IB curriculums are usually more rigorous, other than in physics and possibly math.</p>
<p>A young man was admitted to Harvard from my SS’s school that offers both IB and AP. He took the AP route over IB.</p>
<p>Thank you for the links. They are really helpful!</p>