<p>I live in Canada, and I was just wondering if anyone knows the difference between IB and AP classes? the schools up here don't offer AP, at least not in Alberta where I live, so I take most IB classes (except for English and Physics, so I have IB Bio, Calc, Chem, and Social)
I don't know a lot about the discrepancies between the 2 (IB and AP) so if anyone could clear that up for me that would be great.. thanks :)</p>
<p>There pretty much held on the same weight and Im not too familair with the IB curriculum but are you a degree candidate or whatever?</p>
<p>no i dropped full IB so I'm not a diploma candidate but I am a certificate candidate (which means you just took partial IB) so I will write the Chem and Math IB exams this May and the other 2 next year..</p>
<p>Omgosh, I live in Alberta! haha</p>
<p>I believe IB and AP are held in the same regard, but for IB to really count for something, I'm quite sure you have to do the diploma programme, which is all 6 groups, CAS, TOK and EE. I think you can write AP exams after you take 30/35, but nobody I know has tried that. :S</p>
<p>I believe AP has more breadth and covers more material at a faster pace, seeing how people can do 1 AP course per year, IB is more in depth but doesn't cover as much group except in HL. SL can be done in 1 year, and HL usually 2. Only HL courses can be considered for credit in most universities though. For credit most schools want AP's of 4 or 5, and IB's of 6 and 7. Also AP marks are entirely test based, whereas IB marks are ~80% based on tests, and ~20% based on assignments (Internal Assessment).</p>
<p>Hope this helps.</p>
<p>yeah I think i screwed myself over a bit by dropping full IB... UGH!
:( :(
where in Alberta?! I'm in calgary</p>