I joined IB in the 10th grade (so I could be in the same school with my sister who is a year younger), and I received the diploma. I took about 5 of the AP tests, and all of the IB ones. I chose IB becaues it was the closest I could get to a European education (which, up until the tertiary level of schooling, is generally superior an American one). I had 42 credit hours by the time I started college. I graduated with a dual major and a minor a semester early. I would definitely say that IB prepares students very well for college, if for no other reason than you learn how to write essays very well (it's not all multiple choice based like AP tends to be).
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