<p>like the full IB? like will that help my chances of getting in if I have this? I have to go to a meeting next week where I need to tell them yay or nay. so lemme know! or if you know if any of the other Ivys like it lemme know too! thanks in advanced!</p>
<p>BUMP! ahhh i'm dying to know!</p>
<p>What is IB?</p>
<p>For admissions, it certainly helps to show the rigorous courseload is there.</p>
<p>For placement...not so much. You need a 7 in four different HL subjects to qualify for advanced standing...much harder than 5s in AP exams that add up to eight semesters of coursework.</p>
<p>Harvard prefers that you have taken the most rigorous courseload possible. Whether that's full IB or a rigorous AP schedule doesn't matter.</p>
<p>woot! full ib 4 mi. is anyone doing the full IB? and that applied to harvard?</p>
<p>In my two Ds' cases, "most rigorous" meant taking the three or four APs available at their school and supplementing them with joint enrollment coursework at the local state college. H admissions seems to do an excellent job of evaluating individual applications individually and considering the student's available resources.</p>
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<p>I can add to what Northstarmom has said that Harvard admission officers have specifically said at public meetings that Harvard doesn't have a systematic preference for IB, say, over AP courses. I know many local examples of students admitted to Harvard who took dual-enrollment college courses, as gadad mentioned. Find a locally appropriate challenging opportunity for yourself, and do your best in it. Harvard can see beyond the brand names of the different programs. </p>
<p>Good luck in your applications.</p>
<p>okay and one last thing, for the full IB you only need to take one Foreign Language test, but I have two languages that I can take the test on, spanish and french. spanish is much stronger so i'm gonna take that but i want to know that they can see the french too. ideas?</p>
<p>any1? please?</p>
<p>You don't need to take the test to prove you know French. Harvard's application asks what languages you're proficient in outside of English (which you label with R, W, S for reading, writing, and/or speaking). Unless you want to be a linguist, I don't see how taking french will "improve" your chances anywhere, although saying you like to study french as a hobby (like I did with german) isn't a bad idea.</p>