International Baccalaureate

How is IB different than AP

• • AP is a United States program created by the College Board.
  • IB is a worldwide program headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.  IB offers 4 challenging programs worldwide:  
    • Primary Years
    • Middle Years 
    • Career-related      
    • Diploma
  • The IB curriculum is the same throughout the United States and the world.
  • IB focuses on a student’s depth of learning not on preparing a student to take an exam
  • IB courses focus on world perspectives
  • IB courses involve research and written components. (all courses)

  • IB uses multiple assessments to determine a student's IB score. All courses use internal and external assessments.  

  • At RMHS, 
    • All 9th and 10th grade students (w/limited exceptions) participate in the Middle Years Program (MYP)
    • 11th and 12th grade students can choose to participate in the Career-related Program (CP)
    • 11th and 12th grade students can choose to participate in the Diploma Program (DP)
• Official International Baccalaureate Website

Recap: Determining Whether AP vs IB Is a Better Fit for You

Taking either AP or IB classes will look very good on your college applications, as it shows you’re challenging yourself with college-level courses. There’s no real preference or benefit from doing one program or the other, as long as you do well in your chosen courses.

As one admission officer at Northwestern stated, “One qualification (AP vs IB) is not better than another.”

However, you want to make sure that you are doing well in your classes and not overloading. There’s no point in taking 10 AP classes or the IB diploma if you get a low GPA and don’t pass the exams.

(from https://blog.prepscholar.com/whats-better-for-you-ib-or-ap)

–RMHS IB Inclusion Policy
–RMHS IB Póliza de Inclusión

–IBO Access and Inclusion Policy
–Política de acceso e inclusión

–RMHS IB Language Policy
–RMHS IB Política de idiomas

–RMHS IB Admissions Policy
–RMHS IB Política de admisiones

–RMHS Assessment Policy
–RMHS Póliza de Evaluación

–RMHS Academic Honesty and Authenticity Policy
–RMHS Un recurso práctico para la honestidad y autenticidad académicas

–IBO Academic Integrity Policy
–Integridad académica

–Policy Video

–IB Learner Profile
–Perfil de la comunidad de aprendizaje del IB

–Rules for IB World Schools
–Normas para los Colegios del Mundo del IB

IB Diploma Requirements
–Award of the IB Diploma
–Obtención del diploma del IB

Overview of the Career-Related Programme
–English
–Spanish

Parents/Guardians:  After watching the Policy Video and reading/reviewing the important IBO and RMHS policies, please use the following link to complete the Google form indicating your acknowledgment of these important IB documents.

Google Form (English)

Padres/tutores: Después de ver el vídeo de políticas y de leer/revisar las importantes políticas de IBO y RMHS, utilice el siguiente enlace para completar el formulario de Google que indica su reconocimiento de estos importantes documentos del IB.

Formulario de Google (Español)

-Purdue Online Writing Lab MLA
http://bit.ly/MLApurduewritinglab

-Purdue Online Writing Lab APA

http://bit.ly/purdueAPAwritinglab

Additional resources:
–Effective Citing and Referencing
–What is Academic Honesty?