<p>I forgot to mention in my previous post, that the top students at my daughter’s school took tons of AP exams (self study and experience from classes that had AP and IB mixed) in addition to participating in the IB Diploma program. The majority of AP scholars from her school were IB diploma students.
I also want to add that I’ve sat in several College seminars the past 4 years (the joint ones with schools like Yale, MIT, Harvard, Columbia, Rice etc.) The subject of IB vs AP always came up. The representatives all said that they like to see that the student took advantage of the most rigorous courses offered at their school. If that’s AP they like to see that and if it’s IB they like to see IB. IB is definitely more commonplace now than it was years ago. I do agree with someone upthread, that finding out what your school markets as their most rigorous program would be beneficial, if that’s a concern.</p>