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<p>Hi. I’ve just finished my diploma november session. I’d say on a subtle level, yes, but in general no. IB is by all means rigorous itself… Maybe it was just my school, but students here have had to prep for SAT while also preparing for all the crazy tests, presentations, etc for IB. But if you manage your time wisely and get things straight, you will have satisfactory scores in both.</p>
<p>SAT questions cover material that is at a typical US 10th-11th grade level, though additional SAT-specific test taking skills are helpful.</p>
<p>However schools in US prefer the SAT score rather than the IB score… I think… How different is the IB math compared to the SAT math( the one with reading and writing) and SAT II math</p>
<p>Please, keep in mind that most of SAT and ACT math is middle school material. Many advanced kids make huge mistake and do not prepare for math. All it needs is to be re-freshed. The math section is the easiest one to improve using customized approach as everybody is different. There some HS problems but very few.</p>
<p>xiggi is absolutely correct. Pick up an SAT prep book, and an ACT prep book, and work through them following his excellent methodology: [Xiggi</a> Advice.PDF](<a href=“File sharing and storage made simple”>Xiggi Advice)</p>
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<p>A student doing well in IB math HL (or any reasonable calculus course) should have no trouble with the actual math on the SAT-R math and SAT-S math 1 or 2, since the material in IB math HL requires a good working knowledge of prerequisite math that is all that is used on the SAT-R and SAT-S math tests.</p>
<p>SAT-specific test-taking techniques can help, though.</p>
<p>I hate to disagree with the above, but plenty of people who “could” do reasonably well on the IB HL or on similar HS subjects could still do poorly on the SAT or Math Subject Tests. And vice versa for that matter. There is nothing magical about the IB. </p>
<p>People with mathematical and testing aptitudes are expected to do well, and this regardless of their HS curriculum. Others can learn to perform better through practice.</p>
<p>Xiggi’s first post #2 is best.</p>
<p>When gifted son was a HS senior taking AP calculus he told me he didn’t have to study for the SAT math 2 test since they were reviewing precalc material that fall (btw- excellent AP courses at his HS, good AP test scores). He did not get as high a score as he should have. For the regular SAT and ACT we made him do some practice tests the previous spring (he had also taken both in middle school for the Midwest Talent Search). He did not have an IB program at his HS. He retook the SAT instead of the math SAT December of senior year (long story)- got 2400 (improved from months before score, had an ACT of 35). </p>
<p>Prep for the SAT? Continued reading and doing the usual HS best level (Honors/AP) courses available at your HS works. Doing practice tests (available for free online) so you are familiar with the format and getting a good night’s sleep. A bathroom trip before the test (that was a math GRE mistake- coffee…).</p>
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<p>Vice-versa is more understandable, since the SAT math tests use less advanced math than any calculus-level math course (IB, AP, A-level, college, or otherwise). But it would be very hard to do well in any calculus-level math course without knowing the less advanced math, including that which is on the SAT, well. It is not that IB is anything magic (it is not), but that a student who does well in that level of math (IB or otherwise) should know the lower levels of math well enough that the math on the SAT is not difficult.</p>
<p>Where such students may need preparation is in SAT-specific test-taking skills, not in the actual math itself.</p>
<p>Oh, I now understand the gist of your post, UCBA. Unless I misread it again, the point is that a student enrolled in an IB HL class should be comfortable with the material tested on the SAT because of his of her prior classes in math. </p>
<p>I apologize for having read as intimating there the IB HL curriculum was beneficial to obtaining a higher score (in the context of the OP query.)</p>
<p>Yes, that is what I meant. The branding of calculus-level math as IB HL, A-level, AP, etc. (or lack thereof) is irrelevant to the fact that a student who does well in such math should know the actual math found on the SAT (though SAT-specific test-taking technique preparation may be helpful).</p>
<p>IB and A-levels best prepare for APs, not the SAT.</p>