NikolaeVarius
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Originally posted by: eLiu
I'm sure it helped me get admitted into college, but I'll be damned if IB or AP were actually useful in any way. College classes are way more rigorous/challenging than high school stuff ever was. I am glad I took the college math classes & AP Physics C though b/c that got me out of a lot of annoying low level, 1 billion student classes.
You were admitted to MIT, so your experience re: the usefulness of AP/IB is probably less representative. I assume you tested out of 18.02, 18.03, and 18.06 - good choice.Originally posted by: eLiu
I'm sure it helped me get admitted into college, but I'll be damned if IB or AP were actually useful in any way. College classes are way more rigorous/challenging than high school stuff ever was. I am glad I took the college math classes & AP Physics C though b/c that got me out of a lot of annoying low level, 1 billion student classes.