<p>I am hopefully going to receive an IB diploma, so I was wondering what experience those of you who also received one had in transferring of credits in college, admissions, and getting advanced/sophomore standing.</p>
<p>I haven't gotten my IB Diploma yet, but some of my scores qualify me for college credit. Do a search- most schools post their IB/AP credits. If IB credit is not specifically mentioned (although AP almost always is), most colleges consider IB 6=AP 4 and IB 7=AP 5. I don't know what schools you're interested in, but here's Harvard's</a> advanced standing policy as an example. You'll only get credit for HL exams.</p>
<p>I had a 35 on the IB (6's in ibh history, ibh french, ibs econ, ibs english; 5's in ibh bio, and ibs math methods; 1 point for tok), and I got 3 credits - one from each of my highers - from Haverford College. It didn't give me advanced standing, or anything like that, but technically I could lighten up my courseload if i wanted to (we need four credits a semester to be on track to graduate in 4 years). They also don't count towards distribution requirements. I don't know what kind of schools you're looking into, what your scores are predicted to look like, or what you want out of your IB credits (I know i'm not going to take 3 classes a semester cause it seems like kind of a waste of money...), but Barnard gave my friend a year's worth of credits for her 36, so if that's what you want, check that out. hope this helps.</p>
<p>i'm hoping to get out of college math, but i don't know if that would be possible since it's SL and math is kind of weak for me. i'm also hoping it could place me at a higher german level. hmm i don't know if i will do quite as well as you, but i think i'll definitely have a 30+. that's awesome you got some credits though. i'm hoping i can get some also.</p>
<p>bottom line is compared to an AP student taking the same number of tests, you will get completely shafted.</p>
<p>Most top colleges only give credit for HLs, which is completely ridiculous. And, most top colleges only give credits for 6s or 7s (sometimes 5s) on those. The percentage of students who score a 4 or 5 on an AP test is WAY higher than the percentage that will score a 6 or 7 on an IB test. If you include 5s, AP still wins by a fairly significant amount. This is because APs are not bell curved, while IBs are.</p>
<p>I got 0 credits for IB, though I only studied like 6 hours combined for my 6 tests. I did successfully get the diploma.</p>
<p>Some schools however, (I know FSU is one) will give you sophomore standing for getting the diploma.</p>
<p>Agree with soccerguy on lack of credit for SLs. It doesn't seem right. At USC my son received 6 general education credits for each of his 3 HLs. APs only get 4 credits. Plus they gave him 2 credits for receiving above a 30 on his IB exams and 4 credits for his Spanish AP. So he entered as a freshman with 24 credits.</p>
<p>If students complete the full IB diploma, many US schools give a full years credit for scores above 30. In that case, then credit is given for both SL and HL classes as well as TOK and EE. In researching schools, that needs to be taken into consideration if it is important to a diploma candidate.</p>