<p>The advice we received from the alumni liaison office was: ideally your senior year you should take the highest level your high school offers in as many of the five core courses that you can--math, english, history, science, and foreign language. My D took APs in 4 of the 5 her senior year and took a very high level (post-AP type) science class. Of course, if you are not going to be able to maintain mostly A's in these classes, make choices accordingly.</p>
<p>D received likely letter and was accepted, so I think the advice was sound.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot, clas84/law87! That sounds like a good plan- I'll try to focus on doing IBs/Aps in all my core classes at the least. Thanks!</p>
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Complete hot air in my opinion, some schools didn't even recognize IB courses and certainly less credit were given to those classes.
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<p>Does UVa give decent credit for IB HL's?</p>
<p>Barrett08, this is taken from UVA's website under "FAQ":</p>
<p>"Does U.Va. recognize the IB diploma?
In general, students who earn scores of 5, 6, or 7 on the IB Higher Level examinations receive credit and place out of lower-level courses. For admission purposes, we assume that students pursuing a full IB diploma are taking the toughest academic program available to them and that, as we say above, is what the Committee on Admission generally wants to see.</p>
<p>More information about IB credits in the College of Arts and Sciences please see: The College of Arts and Sciences IB Policy."</p>
<p>(Link= U.Va</a>. Office of Admission > Frequently Asked Questions > Answers to Questions About Admission )</p>
<p>hopefully that helps! :)</p>
<p>sorry to bump..but..
bump??</p>