<p>I'm going to be doing my 11th & 12 grade now, and have no idea whether to do A levels or IBDP...I love to learn new things, and from that perspective, IBDP is fitting, but if i take A levels, I plan to take 8 subjects...considering this, which board should I opt for?? And which is more rigorous... (Keep in mind, a levels means 8 subjects), Also, which one will an Ivy league prefer, 8 subjected A level, or IBDP??
I'd really appreciate the help!! (Have been going beserk! :P)</p>
<p>Oh and my EC’s include art & piano, plus i do social work independently, so CAS wont matter much in IBDP (tho i havent taken part in any sports)</p>
<p>I went IBDP and I can assure you that 6 IB classes plus ToK and Extended Essay are equal to 8 A-Levels or 8 AP classes in terms of rigor. Just stay away from the “soft” courses (IB Math Studies SL comes to mind). As far as I know, colleges don’t prefer one over the other.</p>
<p>oh ok, thanks 
But does IBDP leave you time to pursue other things??</p>
<p>As an IB student myself I must say that I am biased towards saying that the IB program is much (MUCH) better!!</p>
<p>TOK, EE and all those IA’S = more than AP can ever give you.
The only bad side is that full IB does not leave many people room for fun classes or non-IB classes… </p>
<p>IB forces you to do a bunch a stuff that is really good in the long run. My BFF does AP and loves it but she doed not get the well roundedness that IB gives.</p>
<p>So IB all the way!!!</p>
<p>and ouch! I love my math studies class. Math studies sl is meant for people who have no plans of studying a math or science in college. So if you want to do jounralism, law, history, a language, art (maybe…), then do not take an HL or reg math sl class.</p>