<p>im a bit confused on how the gpa system works. do they add 1 extra point if you take honors or ap classes?</p>
<p>Depends on who calculates it (i.e. what college or high school), but in most cases, yes.</p>
<p>at my school they add only a .5 extra to your gpa for ap classes. so the max one can probably hit is a 4.3 (sheesh talk about those hittin 4.6 and what not haha)</p>
<p>the extra points added when your take ap/honor classes.... is this done after senior year? during the application process?</p>
<p>My Daughter is a senior in the IB program which is one step above AP.<br>
AP is generally on a 5.0 scale and IB is a 6.0.
Not all your classes are on the increase scale. For example, Speech or PE or regular classes on a 4.0 scale. Your Core subject are generally on the higher scale.</p>
<p>So, my Daughter has a 4.67 and is 23rd in her class of 530. There is no way you can ever reach a 5.0</p>
<p>first off AP and IB are counted the same, none is higher than the other. what school actually offers a +2.0 gpa to IB classes?? thats insane. at my school we only get a +.5 for every class we take AP. talk about grade inflation...</p>
<p>The IB program requires alot more than just AP. To receive a full IB Diploma, you have to take at least an extra year (at higher standards) of all core subjects. You must take at least 4 years of an additional language. You must have at least 2 years of a 6th subject. You must turn in an extended essay (short theses). And you must complete 150 hours of CAS (basically, specific types of community service). Your junior & senior years are taught pretty much at college level. And then you have to test either high level or low level in all your subjects.</p>
<p>If you graduate full IB, you can enter any Texas state university like UT or A&M as a sophmore. Other private universities will at least give you credit for your testing scores. My Daughter has already tested out of 6 classes with her lower level tests and will be taking her higher level tests in May.
Here is a link to the IB site
<a href="http://www.ibo.org/diploma/%5B/url%5D">http://www.ibo.org/diploma/</a></p>
<p>I've never heard of IB. My school must be too cheap to have that program..</p>
<p>1 IB Higher Level = 1 AP
in terms of college credit</p>
<p>you get no college credit whatsoever for IB Standard level subjects</p>
<p>IB requires a lot more work, especially with writing essays. AP emphasizes understanding and analysis.</p>
<p>OK, I get what IB is, but what does it stand for?</p>
<p>International Baccalaureate</p>
<p>Oh, thanks. That was my second guess! ;-)</p>
<p>Replying to a previous post:</p>
<p>It is not true that standard level means nothing. Standard level is actually closer to the level of the AP tests in some subjects, and is sometimes accepted by itself for credit.</p>
<p>At baylor and SMU, the standard level classes are accepted up to a certain point, such as you have to make a 5 out of 7 opposed to a 4 of 7 higher level. 4 being generally passing, like a 3 of 5 on AP exams.
it all depends on the college the child attends and how well they can argue for their grades.</p>
<p>Since most IB course teachers require the student to keep very specific records of the curriculum in case the over-seas examiner needs to check the teacher's work, this is fairly easy to do and most colleges will give credit for the class (provided the teacher holds to the international standards).
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<p>Basically the differences in AP and IB isn't which is better, it's which is more widely accepted. Almost all colleges and universities accept AP. Not all know what IB is. AP takes a narrow approach and teaches one or two or three aspects VERY well. An AP calculus course, for example, has no equal in IB. And since AP is made by the people who write the SAT, it's very credible.</p>
<p>IB on the other hand is not widely known by most colleges, but it teaches the students to be broader-minded. It teaches many different aspects of a topic, which is why there is a general math class and not calculus or statistics or anything specialized. The IB diploma also requires the students take a philosophy course to broaden the thinking of the student and holds it to a level of work that is above AP, which is why the grade points are higher. IB teaches a lifestyle and universal/international thinking rather than a curriculum.</p>
<p>I hope this helps!</p>
<p>in my school, honors are 4.5 max (at A, 3.5 at B, and so on), while APs are 5.0 max (4.0 at B, 3.0 at C, so on)</p>
<p>however, gym drags a gpa down. i think the max i've ever seen is a 4.9 for one year (underclassmen years willd rag people down however; 9th and 10th grade, no APs are offered in my school.</p>
<p>in my school, both AP and IB classes are given 6.0 weight. this past junior year, i had a 5.8 gpa. Overall, i have a 5.2 w and a 3.8 unweighted. (and yea, thats cuz of required things like PE and health) </p>
<p>IB is a comprehensive program - APs are just classes. i've taken both and i know that IB builds a very collegiate experience while AP just gives u a lot of (well applied) work. </p>
<p>IB is known very well by all the top colleges, no worries. we're an odd but lovable bunch of nerds :D</p>
<p>Will a college share how they recalc GPA?</p>
<p>Just a word of advice. Apply for the Honors College where ever you are going. Yea, it might be a little harder, but you will have the same environment as IB is to high school. You will still be in that tight little group of "nerds" that you are used to. Good luck!</p>
<p>At my school they add on .08 points for each honors course, and .24 points for each AP course. These are added on, not averaged in. All classes (regular, honors, and ap) are on a 4.0 scale. They average those to get your unweighted GPA. Then they add points to your unweighted to get your weighted. Last year the top seniors had like 6.7s. After my jr year I have a 5.75.</p>
<p>at my daughters school they add .5 for honors class and 1.5 for AP classes</p>
<p>I'm in IB and we get weighted on a 5.0 scale :] YAY. Haha but it is SOOOO hard and SOOO stressfull (sp) and I pretty much nave NO social life, so I better be accepted into a good college haha :]]</p>