<p>"From what I have read on these forums, IB courses seem to be a very large amount of work, even though colleges do not seem to think that they are (overall) much (or any) more advanced than AP courses (based on subject credit and placement they give for AP and IB test scores). "</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.ibo.org/diploma/curriculum/core/[/url]”>500;
<p>There are internal assessment requirements, Theory of Knowledge, extended essay, and CAS that add a lot of work in getting a diploma but outside of internal assessments in the core subjects, the other three areas add a lot of work with very little contribution towards the actual diploma (a total of 3 points for about 2 subjects worth of work).</p>