<p>Could anyone clarify the main roles of IB for me ? I see many high school students spend summer studying for this but I'm not sure what it is for.</p>
<p>boom boom boom</p>
<p>what do you mean the main roles? Like the purpose of the IB program?</p>
<p>summer? IB? i dunno... unless you mean the EE</p>
<p>What? I don't understand what you are asking. I am an IB student, so I can help if you word your question better.</p>
<p>the purpose of IB...is to make u suffer like hell. lol. if ur a ib diploma candidate dat is.</p>
<p>^
Well put, sir.</p>
<p>lol I mean some students are studying IB programs. I don't know what the benefits of those programs are .</p>
<p>colleges view IB really highly as they recognize not only its rigor, but also the vast amount of IB students having success in college. It is an advantage but it is hard..</p>
<p>^ Don't scare him. It is really not all that hard, once you get used to it.</p>
<p>omg there are lots of things in the US :|
I'm sorry about confusing you guys. I'm from Asia so I know very little about these :/
When should a student start taking IB courses ?? and how long do they take ? I checked on wiki but I don't know the back stage of success :)</p>
<p>^ You should take them your Junior and Senior years. I recommend shooting for the IB Diploma, which has requirements. I would list them, but you can find them on Wikipedia. Anyways, each class is a year long, but some are two parts, like IB Biology, IB Math, IB HOA, ect. In fact, most of them are two years long. There are extra things you have to do to get the IB Diploma, like community service, essays, ect.</p>
<p>well that's hard work.
Can a student both go to high school and take IB courses during the summer, or just either ? Dang nobody told me about IB :(</p>
<p>^ I don't think you can take them over the summer. You can always just take a couple IB classes and a couple AP classes, that would be fine also.</p>
<p>If IB's not offered to you, don't seek it out. It's a good program to take if you don't aren't "well-lopsided" in your academic interest, and colleges appreciate it but don't <em>expect</em> it. Don't worry! It's just a program you take for two years of high school, and it's very hard to self-study (I actually don't even think it's possible).</p>
<p>oh my school is pretty small that's why there are only a few competitive courses.</p>
<p>IB is not like AP--whereas AP courses are self-contained, IB is an overall program with a coordinated curriculum and other requirements, leading to an IB diploma. While you can take IB courses without pursuing an IB diploma, that's not typical (at least in the US). There are plenty of old threads here discussing the merits of the IB diploma program vs. AP courses, with proponents of both. The bottom line, in my opinion, is that IB is an excellent program, if it is well delivered by the particular school.</p>