Enrollment in International Baccalaureate (IB) programs is booming and College admissions counselors love seeing IB courses on a student's transcripts. What's the catch? Well, many colleges are not granting college credit for one-year IB courses even though they are akin to the one-year Advanced Placement, or AP, courses which do come with credit. Moreover, some students can get credit for passing tests after a two-year IB course, but that credit is equivalent to one year in AP.
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