<p>Hi, I'm new to the whole idea of ib points and college credits. I'm going to be attending ucla next year as a pre-Econ major and am currently finishing my ib diploma. I checked out ucla's website to see what my ib points would be worth and i found out that I would get 8 credits for each higher level subject. Is a credit the same as a unit? Also, if I get a sufficiently high score on my economics exam, will that mean that I won't have to do some of the Econ major pre-requisites?</p>
<p>IB will do you no good. it will only count as “unassigned units”. you will not pass out of any classes iwth AP/IB credit.</p>
<p>sorry, i did it too…</p>
<p>Alright thanks. So basically, it’ll just mean more units towards graduating?</p>
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Actually, you would pass out of Econ 1 with a sufficient AP Microeconomics score and Econ 2 with a sufficient Macroeconomics score. Look to the “Tile/Course#” column to find the corresponding UCLA course that would be waived.</p>
<p>[AP</a> Credit - College of Letters and Science - UCLA Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/APCreditLS.htm]AP”>http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/APCreditLS.htm)</p>
<p>Unfortunately, IB credit in Economics is no good for fulfilling any Econ requirements here at UCLA.
[IB</a> Credit - College of Letters and Science - UCLA Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/Prospect/IBCreditLS.htm]IB”>http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/Prospect/IBCreditLS.htm)</p>
<p>You could always take the AP exam at your own discretion without taking the course in high school; however, I believe its too late to enroll now.</p>
<p>Ah! Damn, my school only does the ib diploma. Oh well, thanks. I guess I could just ace those classes.</p>
<p>IB is so useless in terms of requirements. You will definitely curse the hours you spent studying for HL/SL exams that don’t even get you credit. </p>
<p>But since IB is so much more intense than AP, college will feel like a breeze compared to high school. It’s awesome.</p>
<p>Haha really? Because I’ve heard graduates of my school saying that college is actually easier than the ib. Ah, that is a huge relief.</p>