Help me with my schedule?

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<p>Hey guys, the IB forum isn't replying so I figured I'd post here too :) </p>

<p>I'm a sophomore and deciding my classes for next year. </p>

<p>This is what I originally wanted (but now I'm kind of interested in IB):
AP Calc AB
AP Chemistry
AP Russian
IB English HL
IB History of the Americas HL
Anatomy and Physiology (incredibly hard class at my school) </p>

<p>Senior year:
AP english language (or lit idk)
AP Calc BC
AP Physics
IB Russian HL
AP government/AP Econ (I don't want to do the full 2 years of IB history because I wanted to take these classes)
Student government (maybe... I was going to run for a position like president/vice president) </p>

<p>With IB:
Junior year-
IB English HL
IB History HL
AP calc (the coordinator said I could do this)
AP Chem
AP Russian
IB physics SL</p>

<p>Senior year:
IB English HL
IB history of the Americas HL
IB Russian HL (I'm a non-native speaker but have been studying for 5 years, and I talked to the teacher and they just read books)
IB Math HL
IB Chem SL (only offered senior year)
Free period? Maybe</p>

<p>How does IB help you more than AP?
Which course load do you think will be the best?
And do colleges accept IB credit like AP credit? I've been researching it and it doesn't seem like a lot of them do...
And what can you do with an IB diploma? I have no idea</p>

<p>My dream school is Georgetown, which courseload do you think will help get in? </p>

<p>Note: there are only 2 IB schools in my state, and the other one offers VERY limited IB classes... Does this mean I should do IB? Only 30-40 juniors are in the diploma program (my school has around 2k people)</p>

<p>Thanks so much :)</p>

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<p>AP chem is the equivalent of IB chem HL in most schools, taking a 1-year SL in chemistry senior year after completing the AP in junior year is going to leave you relearning the basics about protons and electrons and whatnot.</p>

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<p>Also to answer your questions: as long as your courses are rigorous, AP vs. IB really doesn’t matter.
The diploma is useful if you’re interested in learning abroad and sometimes for college credits (but AP is also sometimes for college credits and usually more likely to give more).
On that note, credit is usually given for scores of 4 or 5+ (sometimes 6 or even 7) in HLs and it is rare to get credit for SLs.
However, this varies significantly school to school. Also, most schools have a maximum number of credits you can get, so AP vs IB doesn’t matter on that (sometimes).
I’m in IB and I love it, feel free to contact me if you have more questions.</p>

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<p>Thanks so much Becca, that really helps :-)</p>