<p>Here are some links to college application forms that ask for AP scores: </p>
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<p>I have too. There is no GENERAL answer to that question. The local details of how the program is implemented, and how well prepared the teachers are to provide a program according to brand-name standards, trump the systematic brand-name differences between AP and IB. Find out LOCAL details about the programs in the high schools you are able to choose, and choose according to what fits your child. </p>
<p>In my town, students from AP high schools fare as well as students from IB high schools in getting into HYPS, which is the standard that some high school students on College Confidential use to evaluate high school programs. You can ask this question at college information sessions </p>
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<p>and see how much college admission officers really care about this issue, as such. Or you can just do what is right for your own child. </p>
<p>My oldest son started taking AP tests as a ninth grader. He’s due to take some more as a tenth grader. The AP program is explicitly a flexible program with a lot of access to homeschoolers and self-studiers of all kinds, not tied to attendance at particular schools. That’s a feature that makes it the best fit for some learners.</p>