<p>he is in his 2nd year of University!</p>
<p>A guy in my school is applying EA to Stanford with IB.</p>
<p>he has predicted 45/45... 1530 SATs and 800/800/800 SAT Iis</p>
<p>a 7 in math HL is very possible. Our teacher is excellent and we've had 7s in the past. From what she's said I'm on track.
97% accuracy seems wrong though . . . I don't think any exam has that tough of a marking.</p>
<p>I think you need 7s in most of if not all of your subjects to have a chance. The valedictorian in my high school got 10As from HKCEE (Hong Kong version of GCSE) but got rejected. How hard to get 10As in Hong Kong? Only about 10 people out of 100000+ candidates each year because the grading standard is so harsh that A grades make up only 3% of the letter grades (compare 15-20% in England) in each subject. I know 2 people that got 3As on HKCEE and one went on to get all As on A-level in England while the other graduated from INSEAD.</p>
<p>I'm glad someone started this thread, i'm taking IB and i was wondering how other people were doing with that. my predicted grades are</p>
<p>english HL - 7
eco HL - 7
maths HL - 6/7</p>
<p>phys SL - 6
art SL - 7
french SL - 7</p>
<p>yeah, higher maths is supposed to be pretty hard, but it all depends on your teacher, i guess. as for our CAS, we don't have any time limits, which is convenient cos there's not a lot of forms to be filled out :) otherwise, i also took 7 IGCSEs and got all As or A*s, but i'm in the low 1400 range for my SATs so i'm not too confident... >_<</p>
<p>one question:</p>
<p>can i predict my own IB grades?!</p>
<p>no, your teachers do it</p>
<p>What are my chances?</p>
<p>Higher History - 7
Higher english - 6/7 not sure what I'm predicted
Higher Chemistry - 6/7</p>
<p>Standard Economics - 7
Maths Methods - 7
French B Standard - 6 predicted I'm pretty sure but I'm getting a 5 at the mo</p>
<p>I'm applying for international relations/history</p>
<p>Also, my SAT scores were 1420 (highest composite score)</p>
<p>hey there! just wondering if anyone would mind giving a little help. Im about to pick my IB subjects, but im in quite a lot of confusion cause i still dont know what to pick :S. the subjects that i like the most are (in that order):
Psychology
Biology
Design and Technology
History
Chemistry</p>
<p>(apart from taking obligatory english, spanish and maths. so from the list above i have to choose 3)</p>
<p>I was planning to choose the 1st three, cause those are the ones that i love. and my career options are psychology, sociology, anthropology or marketing and design. BUT. ive been asking around, and found out that most universities "love" history, chem and physics. is that true? and that people who make these subjects on higher level have more chances to entering universities. do you think it would be suicidal not to choose any natural science and do design and technology instead? would it crush my opportunities of getting into a good university?
PLEASE HELP! i have also reasearched in some webpages and found that some universities only care about the SAT score, but give 'credit' for higher level IB courses. but, what is credit?</p>
<p>thanks a lot :D:D:D</p>
<p>What people find difficult may be due to their lack of experience in a certain subject/genre of studying.</p>
<p>And in terms of the physics teacher, why didn't you just work on some major individual research (as I'm doing in physics, myself). I'm not trying to belittle you, but the admissions offices doesn't like the concept of excuses.</p>
<p>Via the SATs: Harvard, e.g., has often declined applicants who had perfect SAT scores, due to their dislike in terms of unbalanced ideologies of the students (e.g. the students did nothing but study). If you have a broad range of excellent extracurricular activities, with high grades (not necessarily perfect), you have a chance at the Ivies.</p>
<p>In regards to college credit: IB courses are usually, but not always, disregarded for college credit (not including ToK, which usually is awarded credit).</p>
<p>Essentially, getting into an Ivy League College is a very difficult affair, tending to depend on the student's adaptability in over-exerting themselves. If you aren't sure if you can get into an Ivy, add some ECs, organize your studying time more efficiently and keep on a positive attitude.</p>
<p>I am not including one of my IB test scores because it's not that great lol</p>
<p>Pick whatever subjects you want. I suggest taking the ones you're interested in as the HL tests so it'll be easier.</p>
<p>IB is a very very small part of your application in college admissions, and it really doesn't matter what subjects you do it in. Stanford doesn't even give credit for any IB exams.</p>
<p>^Nope.</p>
<p>i got credit for math :). it says on my transcript.</p>
<p>and a guy i know got credit for biology.</p>
<p>Next year, I choose IB courses. </p>
<p>I am planning on taking dp but I heard that </p>
<p>college doesn’t really pay attention to whether the student took DP or not…</p>
<p>Would I get some disadvantage on admission if I take Certificate? ( In other words, do universities prefer dp students MUCH more than certifiacte students?)</p>
<p>Isn’t the question more of the rigor of the course load? Whether or not you choose to go the route of a diploma you are going to have to aim for the toughest possible course load.</p>
<p>lol, no to get a 7 in Math HL you just need to score +80%. But the problem is that getting that score is insanely hard. In my school only 4 people had gotten 7 in Math HL in the school’s history.</p>
<p>I’m doing the IB as well and I have a question…
What grades appear on your IB transcript? Are you predicted grades all that adcoms need, or do they get to look at internal assessments as well?
The reason I’m asking is that 90% of the time, my internal assessments are basically grades that the teachers think will show where you stand as an IB candidate. We dont take actual tests that often, if ever.
So basically how much emphasis do admission boards put on internal assessments, and do they appear on your transcript?</p>
<p>Yeah I’m taking IB :)</p>
<p>IB kid here. It sucks!</p>