<p>we are moving to a new place and have to choose between two IB schools: A, with both IB and many AP programs; B, a newly established international school with IB and some AP courses; my question is:</p>
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<li>how to compare two IB programs in different schools? </li>
<li>which one seems better, A or B?</li>
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<p>tks for your help!</p>
<p>Ask for information about diploma rates for both schools. How were the teachers at school B prepared to teach IB courses? What courses have been offered at each school in the past year? What courses are they planning to offer next year?</p>
<p>thank you, this is very helpful</p>
<p>Just as an addendum to Mom2M’s post, my biggest piece of advice is to ALWAYS pick the option with the most selection of courses in general and/or the courses you like, with emphasis on the latter. Our school has 0 choice, with the exception of the fact that if you’ve taken two years of Art already, you can get into IB Art HL, which means you can’t take IB Biology HL (our school only lets us do 3 HLs), and you have to jump through hoops ad infinitum to get the IB ES&S that you were forced into to count as a lab science so that you can graduate.</p>
<p><em>Sigh</em> So, just make sure you’re taking classes you like. That makes the whole experience a lot easier, since you’re not wasting time with Chemistry if your heart was set on Biology, or something like that.</p>
<p>School A. Don’t go to newly established international schools - they haven’t really built their reputations and some universities may not recognize new schools. Choose the school with the more selections. IB D can be very limiting if a student chooses courses that he/she may not like during the 2nd year.</p>