A friend said he was told by Brown admissions during campus visit that acceptance will be contingent on his son’s actual IB scores matching his predicted scores. Is that a new policy?
It seems rather odd especially for a school like Brown. Also not sure if I understand how it can be implemented since IB scores are not released until July.
I’m suspecting he heard incorrectly, particularly if he is a US student whose HS grades are not dependent upon IB scores. Even for those international students whose final grades are dependent upon final IB scores, I highly doubt it would affect an admissions offer unless there were a wide disparity between actual and predicted.
In the same way one does not want to get a final grade of a D, an IB student should not get a 2.
He is international and on an IB Diploma program.
I agree if there is a wide discrepancy between predicted vs. actual, you have a strong case of senioritis and cause to rescind.
Just want to confirm if anyone else has heard of such policy.
OK, then I go back to my original post. I still think there was a “lost in translation” moment. AFAIK, Brown (or colleges at that level) does not offer contingent admissions in the UK sense (although they will reserve the right to rescind for reasons mentioned in the acceptance letter). But no college will rescind an actual 41 vs. predicted 42.
But if anyone has more updated info, I’d be interested to hear.
I know an American student who had this happen at a UK university. It made for some mid summer stress and in her case, required that she deposit at her first choice US school until she had confirmation of IB scores at the required level.
Again, as I said upthread, this is common for UK unis, but the question is for US unis, and Brown in particular.
I’ve only heard of that of there’s a big discrepancy between predicted score and actual score (predicted 37, got 30, this type of thing) in the same way that a student getting Ds and Fs can get rescinded.