<p>Schools vary as to their response to the IB. Many think it's great and it gives you a leg up in admissions--others don't quite get it and see it as nothing special; equivalent to APs, which it is not since it is a comprehensive learning program.</p>
<p>Florida's schools love IBs and if your son was to get an IB diploma UF or FSU might give him near sophmore status. They also give credit for standard levels. Most schools don't although they should.</p>
<p>My son entered the University of Southern California two years ago with a bilingual IB diploma. While the IB gives you a leg up for admissions at USC they don't give you great advanced credit. There are few IB courses that they match directly to USC courses. They will, however, give you lots of general education credits. HL courses, no credit is given for SL courses at USC, count four six general education credits. AP only count for four. My son entered USC with 18 credits for his IB, plus two credits for getting an IB diploma, plus he received four credits for his AP score in Spanish. In his school it is standard for all the students to take AP exams in their language because most of the students have been studying it since kindergarden. </p>
<p>The websites at most schools have a section on how they treat IBs so take a look and good luck.</p>