<p>Ok my school has both IB and AP classes avaliable. They claim that they are able to fully prepare you for both the IB and AP exams by taking only 1 class. For example: (These are just 2 examples of many)
We have a class called AP/IB SL Biology which supposedly prepares you not only for the IB SL exam but also thee AP Biology exam. They set this up so that people can take IB Biology SL for the diploma program but can also be awarded college credit through the AP Exam (Because most SL exams don't award college credit). However, they also do other things with HL courses such as having a single class that spans 2 years called IB Physics HL/ AP Physics which is suppose to prepare you for the HL Physics exam as well as thee AP Physics B exam and thee AP Physics C (not sure which one) exam. In this case they would encourage you to take all the exams avaliable because they claim that you would possibly be awarded 9 credit hours by a university. 3 physics credits and 6 elective credits. This list goes on and on with almost all of the IB classes having a corresponding AP exam avaliable. My questions are:
1. Do you think they are able to fully prepare you for both exams and if so, is it even possible to cover all the material for both exams (all 3 in the physics case and math case) over the course of 1 or 2 years (1 year for SL 2 Years for HL)?
2. If this is possible would a University really award 3 hours of college credit for an AP Exam in Physics (for example) as well as 3 hours of elective credit for the IB Physics HL exam?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance! Btw I'm a freshman and will be transferring to this school next year to pursue the IB Diploma.</p>