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<p>Thanks alot! :D</p>
<p>Wonderful discussion guys, thanks. </p>
<p>Upon the advise of an uncle I took SAT, 3 SAT II sub tests and ACT. I did ICSE until 10th and now i am doing state board. I did not find SAT II very hard, I think the JEE prep came in handy. From my experience, SAT math requires familiarity with the use of graphing Calculator. Math is my strongest subject, thanks to the absence of Graphing Calc I have my lowest scores in Math! I mean less than English!</p>
<p>No, as I said in another post, the CBSE curriculum is not as rigorous as the AP program [academically] in some subjects (like Math or Biology).</p>
<p>I differ.
I don’t live in India, but my dad does give me CBSE exams so I can measure myself against my relatives, who do live in India. Here’s how I see it:
AP Calculus BC > CBSE Calculus [no power series, Euler’s method, etc.]
AP Physics C > CBSE Physics [no Maxwell equations and integral form for Gauss’ law, etc.]
AP Biology >>> CBSE Biology [not as much microbiology when you compare the textbooks]
AP Chemistry <<<< CBSE Chemistry (like you said)
Also, keep in mind that AP courses are one-year courses, while the CBSE courses are two-year. You can take college level courses after the AP ones, and you can take AP courses in whatever grade you want as long as you qualify (me and some of my friends did BC in 9th grade).</p>
<p>The type of questions in the CBSE tests are different from the AP ones.</p>
<p>Agreed with Calc BC being more difficult than CBSE Maths. I don’t agree with your comparison of Physics C and CBSE Physics. I’ve taken both exams and for me, CBSE Physics easily trumps Physics C in difficulty. Can’t say about Biology, I’m not inclined in that direction of study :p</p>
<p>^Exactly. We do have Maxwell equations and integral form for Gauss’ law!</p>
<p>^^Not that it’s needed, but I second that!</p>
<p>I don’t know if I am repeating myself here, but the only advantage of APID or IBDP I can see over the CBSE Diploma is that the latter are much more recognizable in the sense that they can provide admissions officers with a tangible memory of what they once did and hence these systems are better understood.</p>
<p>Also, AP and IB tests provide students with lots of credits.</p>
<p>If only they provided credits for CBSE … college would be 2 years shorter for us :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Some colleges do give credit for CBSE/ISC marks.</p>
<p>Duke gives it for Physics/Chemistry/Math/Bio/Comp Sci if you get 85+ in your board paper.</p>
<p>Oh I didn’t know that!</p>
<p>On a side note, tastycles, I know your identity IRL. But you know mine as well. So nothing can be made out of this.</p>
<p>Really, Tastycles? Wow, thats great! :D</p>
<p>Suddenly I am intrested in Duke… ;)</p>
<p>Duke’s the exception, not the rule though. Ivies/MIT/Stanford/UC’s/CMU/GTech, all don’t give credit for CBSE/ISC.</p>
<p>I didn’t know about the CBSE Physics syllabus, then.</p>
<p>But just to add, does CBSE have any Statistics other than the binomial distribution? I’ve never seen anything else on your math exams.</p>
<p>And what’s the APID?</p>
<p>Advanced Placement International Diploma</p>
<p>hey i m currently in 10 grade and aspire to get a bachelors in economics(preferably) or commerce IN INDIA(preferably from delhi university)
BUT
want to get a management degree from abroad should i go in for IB Diploma course???</p>
<p>I think you should continue with CBSE since you don’t want to do undergrad from states.
I am not sure, but DU doesn’t recognize the IBs.</p>
<p>IBDP is recognized by Indian Universities including DU. The following link has all the details.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.ibo.org/ibap/universityrecognition/documents/guide_university_recognition_india_apr11.pdf[/url]”>500;
<p>"Checklist of Application Package to be given to students
seeking admission to colleges in INDIA
• A letter from the IB Coordinator/Principal or College Counselor stating the date
for the release of results requesting them to accept the application on
Predicted grades and past performance.<br>
• Recognition statement from Association of Indian Universities (AIU)
• Transcripts including past performance in Grade 10 & 11, predicted grades
from the school and percentage equivalence.
• Grades to Percentage Equivalence document from IBO
• Copy of the University Recognition statement from the website or hardcopy if
available
• Character Certificate
• Transfer certificate from School
• Migration Certificate and South Asian Transcript from IBO, when available. </p>
<p>IB Grade to Marks Scheme
IB Grade Indian Equivalent Marks
From To
7 96 100
6 83 95
5 70 82
4 56 69
3 41 55
2 21 40
1 1 20’‘’‘’</p>