Do Universities in USA give admission priority to IB or AP or A level grads?

Question

My daughter did her IB and was valedictorian, but although that hard work got her into a great university, they didn't give her any transfer credits inspite of her excellent score. I am keen to know what US univerisities prefer? Not keen to let my younger child do the rigorous IB if US universities are not so impressed by it.

Answer 1

The more selective colleges and universities will look not only at your daughter's grades, but also on the difficulty of course work. They would much rather take someone with As and Bs in honors and AP classes than straight As in regular classes.

I didn't realize the IB program was still around - I thought they were fazing it out when I was in high school (late 80s).

Most of the colleges I know of will give course credit for AP courses, if the score on the AP exam is high enough. "High enough" varies from one school to another. At the school where I teach (a "selective" state college) we accept an AP score of 3 or above (out of 5). I went to MIT, they only accept 5s. My husband spent a year at Harvey Mudd in California, they don't accept any AP credit, but that school's actually harder to get into than MIT.

You could always call up a few universities and ask them. Admissions departments are quite used to taking calls from parents. They may also have the information on their websites.

Answer 2

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