[Ohiogift] IB (Diploma) vs AP

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College Credit Plus, from a family's perspective, is just an update of PSEO, folding in college courses that had been offered at the high school and, in most cases, charged to families.
In CCP, the student is taking real college courses and starting a real college transcript that semester, and the grade will be recorded on that college transcript.  In most courses, the final course grade is based on several assignments, like exams and papers, over the course of 15 weeks.
AP and IB do not have any credit conferred at the time.  Once the student enrolls at a college that awards credit for either program, that college gives credit--no grade--on its transcript.  For AP, at least, earning credit depends on getting a passing score on a single exam that is offered only once a year, in May.
The course options in CCP are virtually limitless, and students can follow their passions and interests or be more practical in their course selection.  There are about 35 AP courses available, with most high schools offering only a fraction of those, although several vendors also offer online AP courses.  I have limited knowledge of IB, but my understanding is that it is a prescribed program of multiple courses with few options.
Students can self-study and take an AP exam; there is no requirement to take an AP *course* to take the exam.

Colleges vary in their acceptance of AP and IB, just as they vary in how or (in very rare cases) if they will transfer credit earned at another college.  For most colleges, prospective students can get a pretty good sense of how AP, IB, or college credits will be accepted by looking at the college's web site.
Costs vary for all of these options too.  For AP, the exam is almost $100.  CCP courses can range from no cost at a public college to open-ended for a private- or home-schooled student at a private college.
HTH,Anneanneflick at yahoo.com

      
    We were told that AP is great for kids wanting to specialize in one area, while IB is a more rigorous version of all classes.  
But now there's college credit plus- how does that compare to either of these programs?
Jen Weber

  
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