I. About AP
AP advanced
The abbreviation of Placement, which is generally translated into American college preparatory course in Chinese. AP class is equivalent to the difficulty of college courses. Some international high schools offer their own AP courses, but only in universities.
The AP exam organized by board can be directly recognized by most schools.
The AP exam was given by the university.
The annual examination organized by the board of directors is held in May every year. If you can't go to the examination room temporarily, there will be a make-up exam. If you find that your grades are not satisfactory after the exam, you can cancel your grades before mid-June. The exam results will come out in early July and will be sent home. The score is 1-5, of which 4-5 is a very good grade, and most universities may give credits directly. However, some top universities only accept 5 points for some of the 3 1 AP courses. Theoretically, students can complete the AP course of 3 1 in a few years.
The AP exam in American high schools has 22 subjects and 37 courses. It mainly includes art history, biology, calculus AB, calculus BC, chemistry, computer A, computer AB, economics (macroeconomics), economics (microeconomics), English, British and American literature, environmental science, European history, French, French literature, German, American government and politics, government and politics (writing), human geography, Latin, Latin literature and music theory. Spanish, Spanish literature, statistics, art works (painting), art works (two-dimensional design), art works (three-dimensional design), American history, world history, Chinese, etc.
Summarize the advantages of AP testing:
1. can help improve GPA.
Because the content of AP course is at the university level, the weighted score of AP course is higher than that of honor course in high school. If the A in the regular class is 4, the A in the honor class is 4.5, and the A in the AP is 5. So, if you do well in AP class, you can improve your GPA. However, it is not easy for AP to get an A.
2. Improve your learning ability.
According to statistics, high school students with excellent AP test scores will have better performance and development in their future university studies.
It can save time and money to avoid taking the same courses in college.
Some students who take many AP courses can even graduate one year ahead of schedule. It costs thousands of dollars to take a college course, while it costs only 82 dollars to take the AP exam.
You can also show your strength and potential to the admissions officer at the same time.
University admissions officers are very concerned about whether the applicant is willing to choose more difficult courses and whether he likes challenges. According to statistics, although some famous universities such as Harvard and Yale do not require AP, according to statistics, applicants provide AP courses with an average of 4.67 to make themselves more competitive, which shows that AP is also an exam to prove their strength.
Second, about IB.
IB course is called International Bachelor Degree Diploma.
Program (IB course for short) is a course designed by the International Diploma Organization for senior high school students.
1 Introduction. international baccalaureate diploma programme
IB courses are divided into standard difficulty courses (SL/ standard level) and more challenging and difficult courses (HL/ higher).
IB requires students to take at least six courses+theoretical knowledge, and at least three of these six courses are HL. In addition to the academic requirements for students, choose IB.
Diploma students should complete 150 hours of social practice (CAS hours) within two years. A
In the level stage, each student is generally required to choose three courses, and excellent students can choose four or more courses, or at least two courses.
IB courses are distributed in six basic disciplines, namely:
1) language, students' mother tongue learning.
2) Language, other modern languages except mother tongue.
3) Humanities, including history, geography, economy, philosophy, psychology, etc.
4) Experimental science, including physics, chemistry, biology and environmental engineering.
5) Mathematics, including advanced, intermediate and elementary mathematics.
6) Fine arts and elective courses, including art design, music, drama art, etc.
Students should study science and humanities. All students participating in the diploma program must choose one course in these six subject groups to study. Each course is divided into advanced courses and general courses.
In addition to learning the above six areas of knowledge, IB must also complete important activities:
1) Innovation, Action and Service (CAS). This course encourages students to cultivate their sympathy, social responsibility and teamwork spirit by participating in school cultural and sports activities, social activities and voluntary services.
2) the theory of knowledge (TOK),
Knowledge theory is an interdisciplinary course, which teaches students to think and analyze problems from subjective and objective, positive and negative perspectives. Reflect on your knowledge and experience gained in school and society, so as to find a suitable learning method in your study as soon as possible.
3) write a paper (AnExtended
Essay), IB course requires students to combine their own learning knowledge with research methods, choose their own courses of interest at will, and conduct independent research for nine months under the guidance of tutors. Write a 4000-word research paper according to the writing requirements of university academic papers. By writing papers, students' independent thinking ability, information gathering ability and writing ability of organizing articles are cultivated.
High school IB lasts for four years. The first two years are called former IB, and the last two years are called IB. Without the Pre-IB of the previous two years, it is impossible to enter the formal IB. Many students in IB class drop out of school, but few transfer in.
2.IB cultivates students' deep learning and inquiry ability.
The syllabus of class IB is more advanced than that of ordinary high schools. IB students need a lot of reading and writing, reading a few profound books, writing more than 30 pages of comments and so on. After entering IB school, the education level of students is equivalent to that of private schools, such as small class teaching, more opportunities for communication between teachers and students, high level of teachers, extra funds, and like-minded students who like learning and research. Once students have been trained for a long time, it will be much easier for them to go to college.
3.IB is conducive to improving the competitiveness of applications.
IB has its own scoring system, and 45 points is the highest score. The score of each IB course is 1-7, with the highest score of 7 and 4 as passing. TOK\CAS courses and papers (indispensable) are awarded 3 points, so the score is 45 points. If the IB score is above 37, you will have the opportunity to transfer the whole freshman credit. Students applying for Ivy League schools generally have a score of 40 or above.
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Before graduating from senior year, there will be an IB exam in May and June, and you have to pass the average score to get the IB diploma in July and August. However, it may be too late to apply for a university at this time. A few months ago, this university issued an admission notice. But don't think IB is useless, it may offset some college courses. Moreover, American universities see that you are an IB system course when applying, and the recognition of your high school and your high school transcripts has greatly increased. At this point, you have an advantage over ordinary students in ordinary high schools in China.
It is even more difficult for American universities to evaluate the achievements of those schools. After all, the standards of high schools in China are different from those in Britain, America and other countries. Good universities hope that applicants can challenge themselves and try to take the most difficult courses in high school, so if IB is not offered in high school, it is enough to study AP after class. If the school itself offers IB, it is suggested to do it as much as possible, which is of great benefit to improve competitiveness, improve admission opportunities and enhance the adaptability to universities in the future.
What parents and comrades need to pay special attention to is that IB is a school-run project. If the child's high school does not offer IB, the child can't learn IB. We should adhere to the teaching method of four-year academic system. So I want to remind parents that if you want your children to take IB courses, if you want them to improve the difficulty of high school study and enhance their competitiveness in the future, then when you choose a high school for your children for the first time, you should ask whether the school offers IB courses.
Third, the difference between IB and AP
Similar to IB, there are AP courses, which are introduced in another article. Interested parties can pay attention to it. One of the differences between IB and AP is that IB must be in school, and AP can take the unified exam in May by itself. The other is that IB research includes AP, but the other way around. For example, in the last two years of IB, you can choose AP.
Calculus ab, Ap Calculus BC, Ap English, Ap French and so on. After each academic year, I will go to college in May.
Board's AP exam, the AP class is over after the exam, but IB has to continue.