IB students to US colleges

tamm

To acdad:

I see your point if you are looking for a shorter route to finish school

2 year IS kinder
6 year primiary
5 year secondary

Total 13 years before going to US college.  I thought about this route too.  However, I have done some research and note that US college actually give credits to IBD students.  I cannot remember which site I was reading, Yale or Hartford.  It said that you can get 7 credits for each subject that you get a certain grade, 5 or something.  So, you can get up to 42 credits after IBD.  Of course, in the US, it is not only the number of credits that matter, but also the right subject.  Assuming that you take the right subjects, you can get upto 42 credits against your college study.  This is more than a year study assuming you take 15 semester units every term.  This will leave you about 2 1/2 year study in the US.  Given the cost of studying in the US, even for CC after taking into account the living cost, going through the IBD may not be a bad choice.

Back in my days, I think I only got 6 units for each AL subject but it already helped me shorten my study time.