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Thanks for your sharing of the IB Program.
As we know, the US education program is based on the liberal art style education. The cornerstones of a liberal art education is the flexibility to offer students to compose of their own learning program out of a number of electives. The purpose is to give them an opportunity to explore different subjects according to their interest and ability.
Most US high school would offer AP courses on traditional subjects such as Phy Chem Bio Maths (Calculus) World History, US History, English Language, foreign languages, Economics etc and some non-traditional subjects such as Psychology, Music, 2D Art, 3D Art etc.The Collegeboard offers about 30 AP subjects examination.
The standard of an AP examination is more or less the same as AL or IB levels. So the AP results are well recognised by the colleges in the world (including the 8 local universities) for admission purpose.
Most of the US high schools would offer 2 or 3 levels on a particular subjects. If you are strong in Maths, you may take the AP Calculus, even in Grade 10. If you are weak in Maths, you may take Advanced Algebra or Geometry (at ordinary level) in Grade 10. By doing, you may explore and understand your strength and interest in a particular subjects.
Some students in an US school may have strength in Physics, Economics, History but weakness in Languages. In that case, they need to take AP Physics, Economics and History and take other subjects at ordinary or honor level, not necessarily on AP level.
If you have good ability to handle your studies, you can take AP subjects in Grade 9 or Grade 10. At the end of the day, you can have 8 to 10 AP results to support your application for colleges. If you apply to an US colleges, AP results is one of the factors they would consider in the admission process. They would also consider your SAT scores, GPA, activities, leadership or other special talents.
If you apply to British or local universities, they would focus more on your AP results although they would consider SAT, GPA etc.
Given the high school fees of HKIS (the highest among the international schools in Hong Kong as far as I know), they could offer about 25 AP programs to the students. They could offer a wide range of activities as other international schools may offer. In other words, they offer a number of opportunities for the students to explore their interest, ECA or leadership skills along side with the academic education. If the kids can make use of the opportunities, they could present a very strong application when they apply for colleges.
If you read their profiles, you may find that about 30 to 40 percent of their graduation class each year are admitted to very good colleges in the world. However, I have to say that half of its students hold US passport (which are crucial when you apply for US colleges).
Lastly, I have to caution that likely other international schools or local schools in Hong Kong, there were a number of scandals of abuse of drug or sex reported in newspaper in the past few years.
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