<p>I didn't take pre-IB in grade 10 but i was recommended by teachers/ib coordinator to go into it. te only thing im really worried about is IB French cause i didn't take french since grade 9 and that was a joke. will it be easy to pick up? or will it screw me over?</p>
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<p>julie</p>
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<p>i wouldnt worry too much about french. if you're worried about the test, i got a 4 and i havent taken french 4 yet. bombed my oral too. as for the class, youll probably do fine.</p>
<p>A 4 in IB french isn't that great...
Isn't it graded out of 7?</p>
<p>i have the same problem as julie. I'm going to IB next year, but I'm afraid i'll get like a 2 in french. I absolutely suck at languages. If i fail french first term I'll just change to chinese though, so that's good.</p>
<p>Most people at my school take a mix of APs and IBs, like me, and they're doing pretty well. If you're bad at the languages, then take the regular course and go rigorous on all the others.</p>
<p>When I visited colleges with my sons, who were in IB programs, the question often came up about how IB was regarded. The admissions officers at places that included Johns Hopkins, U North Carolina, Duke all said that they were impressed by students who took a rigorous curriculum, whether that was IB or AP.</p>
<p>I never saw any evidence that IB was regarded more highly than a rigorous AP curriculum.</p>
<p>During my time as an alum interviewer for Harvard, I've also seen that IB doesn't seem to confer any admission advantage over AP. In fact, in my area, the students in recent years who've gotten into Harvard have had AP intensive coursework.</p>
<p>IB students theoretically could stand out if they did something innovative for their extended essays, but from what I've seen at least in my area, they seem to take the easy way out and not do original research.</p>
<p>Well I'm headed to Harvard and I was an IB student. Though I did also take AP Chem, APES, and AP Calc. I always enjoyed my IB classes much more. I felt like I was doing real college level work. Plus TOK is a great class.</p>
<p>I recently got into the IB program after having been an "AP kid" and I must say the IB program is much harder. The classes are a lot more critical thinking and writing based instead of multiple choice heavy. For example, for US history, the final IB exam consists of three essays whereas the final AP exam is 50% multiple choice.</p>
<p>S2 is a rising junior at a competitive entry IB program. He loves it, though he works like a dog at times. Like zoomermom's D is doing, he'll take the APs in addition to the SL exams in math and FL so he gets the option of college credit. He has also taken three APs over freshman and soph years. He's also going to take AP Eng Comp so he has an English score on record for college apps, and may self-study Comparative Gov't.</p>
<p>You don't have to go test crazy doing both IB and AP, but since S2 doesn't have a clear choice of college or major yet, and he wants to do at least a semester abroad (and possibly stay a while longer), he is trying to maximize his credit opportunities so he can still graduate in four years/do a double major/travel, etc.</p>
<p>We visited a public liberal arts college recently that is actively seeking IB students and gives generous credit and IB scholarships. They clearly value the IB experience!</p>