<p>I'm a sophomore right now, making good grades (generally 90s+) in my current classes (APHG, AP Lang, IB Math SL 1, etc) and I'm planning on going the full IB route.</p>
<p>If I do this, and complete all classes and pass all standardized IB tests, I'll receive an IB diploma, which should look good to colleges, and if I don't get the diploma, taking upwards of 12 IB classes doesn't hurt either.</p>
<p>So, next year I'll be taking...</p>
<p>IB Chemistry
IB Math SL 2
IB English HL 1
IB Spanish 1
AP US History
AP Psychology
IB Theory of Knowledge</p>
<p>Do you think this course-load will kill me next year?</p>
<p>Oh my gosh. haha, now I know I will definitely go down a pit when I send my college applications with you. xD
Sorry if this is sounds stupid, but what is IB? Is it like college leveled courses? Sorry, my school doesn’t have this, so I don’t know :3
I’m only taking 3 AP’s next year, and I’m already whining about it haha
You seem really smart, considering you only get grades in the A range.
SO, this schedule shouldn’t be too bad, right?
But I mean…nobody in my school is THIS smart. Guaranteed. The maximum we could possibly take are about 5-6 AP’s in a year…and one of them could be Harvard extension.
But that’s it!
GOOD LUCK!! :D</p>
<p>IB is International Baccalaureate. It’s basically the same level as AP, but AP is considered to be more recognized in the United States, whereas IB is recognized internationally. I’ve noticed that in AP classes you learn “a little bit about a lot” and in IB classes you learn “a lot about a little,” meaning in IB classes, you have only a few topics that you talk about and you learn extensively about those topics. In AP classes, there is a huge range of topics, and you only briefly cover those topics.</p>
<p>Don’t disqualify yourself too soon, I’m definitely not as smart as you think I am. I do pretty well in those classes (mid B’s to A’s), but I’m only like top 5% in my class. Our valedictorian started this IB program his Sophomore year, and made 98, 99, 100s in everything.</p>
<p>Apush and Psych both are memorization (not too sure about Psych), so depending on how good you are at that would require a mid-high time commitment. Math and Chem both would be medium time req. if you’re good at them. English and Spanish depends on your teacher, and I dunno what TOK is.</p>
<p>Out of the classes you listed, I took Chemistry, APUSH, and possibly Math (I do not know what SL stands for). In my school, APUSH was a lot of memorization, but the teacher gave us a lot of work, so it was easy. Still, APUSH was more time consuming than Chemistry.</p>
<p>Chemistry requires more thinking, but we get less work in that.</p>
<p>How overworked you will be depends on how you are with subjects such as that. I hate anything involving math, but I am extremely good at it, so AP Chemistry and AP Calculus BC are very easy for me.</p>
<p>SL means standard level. I know that our Math SL 1 is an advanced pre-calculus, but I’m not quite sure what the SL 2 class teaches. I believe it’s an even more in depth version of pre-calc, or an actual calc class.</p>
<p>I should do fine in IB Math, Psych, APUSH (if it’s taught the same way as APHG) and Theory of Knowledge (ToK is pretty much the core class for the IB Program where you learn the methodology behind learning and education and that sort of thing, and I think it’s mostly centered around an essay you have to write and score incredibly high on to graduate with an IB Diploma)</p>
haha