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@Comp_J
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 • 5 years ago •
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How are IB MYP courses weighted by colleges?

In an IB school, I took IB MYP classes in freshman and junior year. In junior and senior year, I take IB DP courses (which are weighted like AP courses). I have not seen a sure answer on how IB MYP classes are weighted by colleges. They are definitely easier than AP courses, but I do not know how much harder they are compared to normal courses.

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[🎤 AUTHOR]@Comp_J4 months ago [edited]

ANSWER: Having graduated from HS and gotten into a T20 university, IBMYP classes are worthless compared to IBDP and AP classes. If we look at Stanford's external test credit chart ( studentservices.stanford.edu/my-academics/earn-my-degree/undergraduate-degree-progress/test-transfer-credit/external-test-0 ) as a good proxy for class importance, notice all IB classes listed are DP classes with a test. Thus if you have a choice between MYP classes and AP/IBDP classes, always pick AP/IBDP.

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@Jemazzu
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 • 4 months ago

Did you ever get the answer to this question? How did your school weight the IB MYP classes on your transcript?

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[🎤 AUTHOR]@Comp_J4 months ago [edited]

IBMYP classes are unfortunately kinda shit. Because they don't have a test associated with them like IBDP, most colleges do not consider them equal to AP classes like IBDP classes are. I would personally recommend taking AP or IBDP classes if you can instead of IBMYP classes.

@Jemazzu4 months ago [edited]

I don’t think that’s true. To earn an IB MYP certificate there are very specific criteria including a personalized project over two year. So far all the admission counselors have been very impressed that she’ll have both IB MYP certificate and IB dp

[🎤 AUTHOR]@Comp_J4 months ago [edited]

I see, congrats on the certificate then. My high school didn't give out MYP certificates, so MYP classes there were kinda pointless. My point still stands on a per-class basis though. MYP classes do not give credit in college like AP and IBDP classes do, so once you've taken enough MYP classes to get the MYP certificate, you should switch to maxxing out your AP/IBDP classes. This approach of deliberately swapping MYP classes to all AP classes got my sibling into Stanford.

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@complicated
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 • 5 years ago

It really depends on the college. All the colleges weigh the GPAs differently. Some actually take APs and IBs together and weigh them the exact same... (Like UCs). I would advise you to check out their websites or search up "Reddit [college name] IB courses" and get more details

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@Jemazzu4 months ago

Thank you!

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