<p>@firefliesdance- thankx ur advice actually means allot to me… And can u please tell me the meaning of IB? 
seriously i dn’t knw what it is… & @quiverfox- Bro i’ve done a C++ course frm NIIT when I was in 10th grade & i’m certified fr that.
Do u think it is gona help me in my selection in any of the big Universities???.. & Is it important to give all the olympiad’s??? or it is okie if i gve only maths. :/…</p>
<p>Apoorv…In the end…Everything is gonna matter…be it in a big or small way…Not too sure about the selection/rigor of the course/how different it is from the normal course,so Its hard to comment on that…What i face about this is the same with admissions…they don’t know how high or low it is to be rated…thats why they safely bet on the competitiveness and awesomeness of the IMO.IPhO, ISEF etc…</p>
<p>and giving olympiads is not like taking ice-cream…wanting to try all the flavours…Find your fav. subject be it M/P/C/Astronomy and work on one till you get to the highest level possible…1 IMO is going to knock off 15 other smaller olympiads…and Im being realistic…depth and not width:)</p>
<p>Cept i don’t agree with sam on Chem…I liked their books a lot :)***Dont hate me for this guys;)</p>
<p>Hmm … I’ve heard that only maths olympiad held’s in India, is that true???.. :/</p>
<p>***…bro…ALL olympiads are held IN india…try NSEP/C/A AND RMO…</p>
<p>@quiver- Honestly though, I think their chemistry is better than their physics. The semi-conductor chapter is written absolutely horribly. While I agree that including it is a bold and welcome move, they really need to make up their mind about how transistors work. </p>
<p>@Apoorv- No. Check this link out. [Welcome</a> to HBCSE - Olympiads ? Olympiads HBCSE](<a href=“http://olympiads.hbcse.tifr.res.in/]Welcome”>http://olympiads.hbcse.tifr.res.in/)</p>
<p>Oh and IB=International Baccalaureate. Hope I spelled that right. It’s sort of the point of this thread.</p>
<p>I like all their books…:)</p>
<p>The CBSE Board is pretty lousy to be honest. The practicals are plain funny, all you have to do is copy down the report from a diligent friend. CBSE English is probably an even bigger joke. It is given almost negligible importance. And make no mistake, while a cramming strategy won’t get you through the JEE, I know for a fact, that the questions in the CBSE Board exam are pretty recycled and even with some mugging up, you can score pretty well. To add to it, authorities are hellbent on bringing IITs and the CBSE closer to each other.
The worst part is that students are split into streams, that just sucks 
Besides, very few CBSE schools even have a good faculty. Even the best CBSE school in Mumbai has C-grade faculty.
And CBSE is (in)famous for having this published in a textbook : “People who eat non veg are cheaters and commit crimes.” LOL, Mother of all the blunders committed. I think this just sums up the entire post.</p>
<p>CBSE = limit application ->0 (academics)</p>
<p>You’d rather join an IB/ISC school, imo.
Yeah, I’m now going to face the wrath of you CBSE lovers :*</p>
<p>Hey I am new here but i have been rigorously working to apply to US colleges,I was in ICSE till class 10 and then changed to CBSE. I will give SAT in October 2013 and SAT subject test in November 2013. Will it be fine or does IB and AP actually give you an edge?</p>
<p>@firefliesdance- Hey I’m new here. Does doing 12th from CBSE ruin or up my chance of acceptance to ivies if I have done 10th from ICSE. Will if be my downfall or I still have some hope</p>
<p>prachi you still have hope for example DPS RK puram is a cbse school and still sends a bunch of students into ivies+Stanford&MIT</p>
<p>Prachi, hey ! Im no expert but I can tell you that a CBSE/ISC school will never take away any of your chances. However, CBSE is better for exams written here in India( JEE and the likes) so if you have that in mind (like me) then CBSE will help you :)</p>
<p>@quiverfox- Thanks. Anybody living in India and coming from an academic family like mine has to prepare for JEE. But I want to focus more on US universities, and it is very difficult because of where I come from. Here, no school even knows how to fill up the commonapp, half the people haven’t even heard of the SATs.It has been very difficult, that is why I joined CC
@savemylife- Thanks, but I don’t live in Delhi so I am a little skeptic. Above because of above reasons, a little confused. It would be great if you could help.</p>
<p>I’m speaking from experience.
CBSE is considerably easier than ISC or IB as it involves little (if any) application as questions are repeated from previous question papers or taken directly from the NCERT textbooks. If you’re preparing for the IITJEE, CBSE is ideal (read: JEE Mains). Besides, this year’s JEE stats clearly show how the normalization formula favours CBSE students. Also, CBSE projects and pracs are too easy.</p>
<p>On the other hand, the IB has a lot of thinking and research involved. Presentations, essays etc. TOK,EE and stuff. Eng is of a good level. This board is very diff from others, since it is “holistic.” (fancy word, right?)</p>
<p>Subject wise (difficulty):
JEE Physics & Chem > IB Physics & Chem HL > CBSE Physics & Chem=AP Physics & Chem.</p>
<p>JEE Math>>> IB Math HL> CBSE Math>AP Calc BC (except Integration & Diffy Eqns where CBSE is unusually tough as compared to IB. JEE Math is AMAZING.)</p>
<p>IB Eng, Eco, Biz> AP Eng, Eco> CBSE Eng, Eco, Biz</p>
<p>Take up CBSE if youre looking at the IITs, it is the best choice.</p>
<p>I do not think what curriculum your school offers is a factor at all. It doesn’t really matter if your school is a CBSE, ICSE or even a state-board affiliated school. What matters is, as the colleges adcoms put it, ‘making best use of the opportunities given to you.’ </p>
<p>Not everyone can afford to go to an IB/AP school. Do you mean to say that they are at a disadvantage compared to their rich counterparts who can? I don’t think so. </p>
<p>I believe in the American system of merit and am sure that a good, well-rounded student will get into a top school in the US irrespective of the school he/her attends or the bank balance of his/her family (Although this is an important factor, it doesn’t come into play at the top universities and most private liberal arts schools).</p>
<p>The BOTTOM LINE IMO: Make best use of the opportunities offered at your school and do what you love. Do not do something because it will help you get into MIT even though you don’t enjoy doing it. The adcoms can see right through this. Even if you do manage to get in on the basis of ECs and awards you really didn’t enjoy, you will not fit in well.</p>
<p>Looking at the results thread on CC of HYMP, I often wonder why many students with 2300+ SAT scores, 4.0 GPAs and stellar ECs are very regularly turned down. I’m beginning to think the reason for this is very simple: lack of passion.</p>
<p>^couldn’t agree more.</p>
<p>Hey, antares went to state syllabus school… Guess what all he ended up doing… :)</p>
<p>Oh and i personally wouldn’t judge a CBSE school by the exam…</p>