<p>^^</p>
<p>Yeah, I just came out of my cave and discovered the interwebs and all of their glory with the series of tubes and whatnot. Amazing!</p>
<p>^ where ?</p>
<p>Relaxation > AP/IB.</p>
<p>I’m trying another one..</p>
<p>Torture = Standarized Testing.</p>
<p>^^</p>
<p>You win! Good day, sirs!</p>
<p>Relaxation = No college for you</p>
<p>Personally, I think they are both very rigorous, but IB is harder imo. At my school at least because our Orals, EE, Internal Assesments, Comentaries, etc. are an actual part of your grade. It’s completely different from having mock AP exams because those listed are also considered by IB. Most of the listed are counted as two test grades. It just makes it harder to get a good grade. However, I will say that there are AP classes that are harder than IB.</p>
<p>For example, IB Chemistry SL<AP Chemistry.</p>
<p>This is according to the chemistry teacher at my school.</p>
<p>Do nonrich schools even offer IB?</p>
<p>What’s your definition of a rich school? Our school offers IB and I don’t think it’s a rich school. It’s a public.</p>
<p>What makes you think only rich schools have IB?</p>
<p>where I live, only poor schools have IB. they do it so that they attract smarter kids to the “dumb” schools so that their school test scores and school grade goes up.</p>
<p>Yeah, my school’s pretty trashy and it offers IB (well, and AP, but everyone basically does AP to some extent just to get into college). IB is definately better for attracting students to “bad” schools because it provides intellectual intimacy within a less academic school. AP, when done correctly, I think can be far more rigorous. </p>
<p>See, we can’t really compare IB to AP on these boards because every school does it so differently. I think AP is better when it’s truly rigorous, the curriculum goes beyond what will be tested, and teachers expect a lot of effort and talent from their kids throughout the entire year. However, in my school, AP is basically just a crash course on the exam. The exams may be more rigorous in certain areas than in IB (like chemistry or French) but the classes certainly are not. It’s all about the school.</p>
<p>IB’s great in theory, but I think a lot of teachers have a hard time with the crazy rubrics and the “international” expectations and end up getting a little watered-down in actual content. At least at my school.</p>