Are my chances of going to a school outside of the US highly diminished without IB?

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<p>My school does not offer an IB track-- actually, to my knowledge, only 1 school in my state offers IB.. . .</p>

<p>Does the IB significantly affect admissions to schools outside of the US? (ie. Canadian schools. . .?) Are my chances significantly diminished without IB?</p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>If you want to go to a Canadian schools ( I am from Canada) and if you are from the US, you don’t really need the IB… Canadian schools, for the most part, especially schools like Mcgill, Queens, UofT etc. understand the American system.</p>

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<p>Oh, awesome.</p>

<p>Okay thank you! :)</p>

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<p>Yeah, I live in Canada and they don’t care that much about IB as long as you do well in whatever classes you are taking. My friend who was in full IB got into McGill, but so did my friend who had never taken an IB class. Both had good grades. So there you go.</p>

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<p>Lots of American kids go overseas for college: Check out University of Richmond in London, University of Bath (in…) and St. Andrews in Scotland. There are others too. And you don’t need an IB to do it-they recruit American kids so they know how to handle the diploma.</p>

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<p>Canada and the U.S. practically have an exchange program- so many people switch countries to study.</p>

<p>Don’t worry!</p>

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<p>I wouldn’t think so. Most other countries are familiar with different gradings, and besides, in most places only super elite (in the financial sense) schools offer IB. </p>

<p>You’re probably not interested in studying in Australia, but there might be some others out there who are. I know that the Australian National University accepts SAT scores, and to be considered for a full international scholarship you need at least a 2330 to be considered… which is a lot better than the requirement of 99.90 (2330 equates to around 99.30 or 99.40) for domestic students. </p>

<p>Good luck looking overseas though :)</p>

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<p>British universities are very familiar with what AP tests mean and can use those as a basis for an admission decision. So IB is not strictly necessary. I have every reason to believe that the same is true in most English-speaking countries (many of which do not have college admission any more selective than the United States, anyway).</p>

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<p>I was a little worried, but you’ve all relieved me! Thank you! :)</p>