<p>Hi, my French daughter is attending Smith in the Fall. does anyone know whether the french Baccalaureat corresponds to any APs? (did I get that right?) She wants to major in art history. How good is Smith in that field? Should she plan on taking classes outside smith. I have gathered that SMITH students can take classes in 4 other colleges</p>
<p>Salut!</p>
<p>Here is the information from the Smith website:</p>
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International Baccalaureate and Other Diploma Programs</p>
<p>Credit may be awarded for the International Baccalaureate and 13th year programs outside the United States. The registrar, upon review of the final results, determines the amount of credit.
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<p>At most colleges that award Advanced Placement credits and Advanced Standing (i.e., sophomore standing), the Bac is the same as the IB. After your daughter's passed her bac, she should send a copy of her diploma to the Smith registrar. </p>
<p>Smith is part of the Five College consortium (including Amherst, Mt Holyoke, Umass-Amherst and Hampshire College) which allows students from one college to take classes at another. </p>
<p>Hope this helps.
marite (holder of a bac philo from many many years ago)</p>
<p>thank you. Vous </p>
<p>Marite, are u French? Do u have a kid going to college this year?</p>
<p>^. Not anymore. Yes, at Harvard.
^^It's very different from hypokhagne, but I believe it's a good idea to experience American college life (I did). Smith is a great school.</p>
<p>Thanks again, and congrats for your kid. My D applied since 2 of her grandparents actually met at Harvard/Radcliffe, but she didn't deserve to go as her SAT scores were abysmal. She thought an "odd number" was a weird number in the maths test, never having seen a maths question in English before!</p>