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我是美国大学理事部认证的AP教师和IBO认证的IB教师(方向:数学和物理)。严格说来,AP和IB是有很大不同的。IB是为期两年的program,留学生来美国时间短的话,选IB program是相当困难的,因为IB program毕业证书课程要求学生修多达六门不同方向的课程,而每一门课的内容都远比AP课程要广泛。比如说IB数学(高级)要求学生除掌握几乎所有的AP微积分BC的内容外,还包括代数,几何,三角,矢量,矩阵(明年开始删除),概率,统计,参变量,极坐标等。而且考试时间也不同。一门AP考试一次四小时完成。而一门IB考试则有paper 1, paper 2 and paper 3,分在三个不同的时间考。此外,IB还有internal assessment,占总成绩的20% 到25%。最大的不同是IB还有CAS的要求,也就是课外活动的要求, EE和TOK. EE和TOK要求英语写作的水平较高,这也是留学生头疼的。
对了,我们学校是IB学校。也就是说是IBO认证的学校。我们学校提供的IB高级课程包括:数学,物理,化学,生物,英语,历史,西班牙语,法语,美术和音乐。
申请美国名牌大学,有IB或没有IB,影响还是比较大的。有兴趣的家长和学生可以参看我最近在百度的个人空间发的一帖“IB 学校的优势在哪?” http://hi.baidu.com/dongfangyuxiao -
首先明确下,IB只是学校的Program,IB的课程会比一般的课程要难,所以这个是优势。另外一个,开设IB的学校,同样会需要学习AP课,所以这个是不用担心的。2.几门AP课,我觉得,肯定是越多越好,这个是毫无疑问的,能够证明你的学术能力,超前学习的能力,另外,好的标准就是,在学校开设的AP课的数目里面,尽量多修,因为你的GPA以及Ranking是和本校学生横向比较的。选AP的时候,一方面是为了SAT2做准备,如果还没有明确将来专业以及职业发展的话,建议,选择数学,科学(物理化学生物,环境等等,选一门),人文(经济,心理,历史等等),还有外语(这个是最难的,除非之前有很长时间的二外积累)。五月份的AP考试,同时为了6月份SAT2做准备。
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Recently, US colleges have become more familiar with the IB curriculum. Both the IB and the AP are evaluated similarly. Colleges are more interested in how a student has performed within the curriculum of their high school. For example, colleges would like to see a student excel in the harder classes at school, regardless of whether they are studying the IB or AP curriculum. However, the difference comes from getting credits for the courses. Some schools may give less credit for IB than AP since (a) the US colleges don’t know the IB system as well, and (b) students under AP may have more background knowledge that is required by a certain course.
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首先:美国开设IB课程的学校不多,2万多所高中,只有800多所学校,有IB课程。而AP相对比较普遍。此外IB课程,为学生进入大学学习并取得国际学士学位证书做准备。学生获得这个证书后就取得了直接进入英国大学及大多数其他国家大学学习的资格,他们也可能获得最多一年的学分进入美国的大学。所以,如果说普遍程度,在美国可以说AP的接受程度更高一些。
但是,AP课程我不赞同,学AP越多越好。首先学AP是为了证明学生的学习能力,但是本身AP的课程较难,而AP的主要目的是对于很多学生是为了大学转学分。但美国的大学,很多学校最多只接受5门AP的转学分。而随着AP课程过度注重结果,不注重过程,导致很多顶尖大学慢慢不去承认。
对于选择AP课程,首先看你将来的大学申请方向,如果你准备去读理工科的学校,AP数学,或者物理是必要的。所以要因情况而定。
而至于学IB课程如何来选,真的是要看个人情况~ -
IB的难度比AP会大一些,个人感觉IB如果考出成绩好的话比AP有用,AP现在多人考,所以优势不是太大,除非你考一些比较难的科目,但这个对孩子来说如果不是擅长就非必要。
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我认为他们无所谓更看重哪个,IB和AP都只是衡量学生学术程度的一个参考,名校并没有特别的倾向性,对数量也没有规定,当然你读的课程数越多,分数越高,越能体现你的学术能力而已,名校会结合你在整个高中的整体学术表现,而不仅仅是看AP或IB分数,如果你平时考试有很多B,或者甚至有C,即使多考几门AP或IB,名校也不一定青睐。在选择AP的时候要量力而行,根据自己擅长和喜好来。哈佛每年拒绝的学生中有很多人考了7、8门AP,录取的学生中也有人只修过一两门AP。
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Recently American colleges and universities become more familiar with IB system and tend to highly honor this system. if a student can receive a IB diploma, that would certainly be helpful since not all high schools students in IB schools are receiving the diploma. At the same time, it would not hurt if you work on some of AP exams and get high scores since schools with IB tend not to offer AP courses and students can take their own AP tests.
If you are applying very specific majors such engineering or Pre-Med, I would certainly suggest you to take some of additional advanced courses or exams such as AP exams. However, a student can have other options such as specific American college courses through online or summer terms at colleges. The most important thing is to prove that a student is capable to manage a college level of works and that can be shown through various ways such as APs, college courses, internships, research opportunities and other interesting works. -
最近美国高校越来越熟悉IB系统,也很称赞这个系统。如果一个学生可以拿到IB文凭,肯定会有所帮助,因为不是所有的读IB课程的高中学生都能拿到文凭。与此同时,如果你再准备一些AP考试并获得高分,那么会更有优势。因为学校与IB往往不提供AP课程,学生可以自己自学参加AP考试。
如果您申请某些特定专业如工程或医学预科,我一定会建议你参加一些额外的高级课程的学习或是考试,如AP考试。然而,学生可以有其他选择,如通过网络或利用暑期学习某些美国大学课程。最重要的是,通过各种途径,如AP课程,大学的课程,实习,研究机会和其他有意思的工作,能够证明学生能够承受大学课程。 -
The tuition for top independent boarding school in the US is generally around US45-52,000. Some schools, like Phillips Exeter Academy, have large endowments, and they will subsidize the students’ tuition. For example, the tuition at Exeter is US46,000, but the actual cost per student is closer to US55-60,000. The difference in tuition between day and boarding is generally around US10,000.
If you are looking to apply for financial aid or scholarship, you may not want to if you are not a US or Canadian citizen. Although many of the top schools are need blind (which means that they will accept the student before they decide whether to give money to subsidize the tuition), because of the bad economy, it will affect the acceptance rate of your child.
To factor in all the cost of going to a boarding school, it would be:
1. Tuition (room and board is included)
2. Pocket Money
3. Insurance
4. Transportation (plane ticket, buses to the airport, etc.)
5. Books (this should run around US1,000 per year, although I have found that it is generally more, closer to US2-3,000 per year as my children likes to buy books other than school books to read)
6. Room and board during holidays if your child doesn’t go back to China
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