<p>AP, IB and any other program that has the potential to offer college credit?</p>
<p>Ok, imo AP is a good program. Good array of subjects, but the way it is taught and administered is a bore. It follows the American style of Teaching to the Test, which annoys me. I feel that this method does little to actually teach the subject and enhance comprehension.</p>
<p>IB(with a little bias) imo is better. Granted I'm in IB, I also take AP. The approach of IB as I've seen has been to teach us in a more conceptual, critical thinking way. I feel that IB has given me better critical thinking skills, but this is just my opinion.</p>
<p>Then there's Camrbridge Program- Nothing needs to be said. It's like a smaller IB program, at least in my state.</p>
<p>AP is harder and more challenging. Also, depending on what the AP is (especially anything to do with history) does not allow for serious critical thinking skills. Some teachers at my school on the other hand (even though teaching AP) promotes these critical thinking skills whether they be incorporated with the AP or “state standards” or just additional, nothing to do with the AP.</p>
<p>Community college: promotes critical thinking (at least in
my philosophy class), but is easier than APs (at least at the community college I go to).</p>
<p>^^ While I agree with what you say, I believe the only reason AP is harder is because they feel like amping the workload for the test. CC is college, not as many grades, but it does require critical thinking.</p>
<p>I’ve taken both AP and IB classes, and I personally prefer the IB classes.</p>
<p>My personal option is that IB tests you on what you know, whereas AP tests you on what you’re supposed to know. I like having choices, and IB gives you the opportunity to show what you’ve learned, not just regurgitate information.</p>
<p>IB sounds really interesting, especially when people say that the math HL is suicide…makes me want to see it for myself. Too bad my school only offers AP.</p>
<p>I’ve heard the same. The CollegeBoard is a business. If making exams that really require nothing but rote memorization and teaching to these exams gets you money, then they’ll do that.</p>
<p>HL math is not suicide.
Further Mathematics SL is.</p>
<p>SL* math scares me. I applied to a school that only has the IB program (if I go I’d probably semi self study APs of similar subjects of the IB subjects I’d be taking) and I am an asian failure in math. There is no telling how the IB will murder me on its normal courses.</p>
<p>I dislike AP because it teaches you solely to the test. Therefore, I took honors classes instead of AP because AP was all about knowing X,Y, and Z rather than actual knowledge. Which KILLED my class rank, but whatever. I still graduated with taking the most AP tests lmao. </p>
<p>AP seems to vary more from school to school. I like our AP program very much.
IB is likely just as good.
I wouldn’t enjoy A-Levels. Yes, they’re very nice, but they are so because one is specializing early, which I would not enjoy.</p>