Hi people, I have an urgent concern about my term 1 grade… So I am an IB student and have been predicted 7 in my mandarin A and a B in TOK. However, in the first term grade 12 I only got 6 in Mandarin and 5 in TOK (we use 1-7 grading scale for term mark). I found out afterwards from my mandarin teacher that had I got 1 more mark on any of my assignments, I would have got 7 for term 1. I am very worried about my chance right now. Also, does TOK term grade affect my chance to get in? My TOK teacher is really strict and my writing can barely satisfy him… Anyone any suggestions for me?
@c777123 thanks!
WHAT’S UP PEOPLES?? NORTHWESTERN ED REJECT OVER HERE. I just applied to Brown now, and coincidentally, just watched Star Wars - it was awesome btw. Hopefully we get in. Good luck guys - we’ll need that s***!
@McKilla99 just finished my Northwestern essay coincidentally.
Thanks y’all!!
Do they accept January test scores? Because while my SAT is good (2320), subject tests are so bad - 710 in Math2 and 610 in Chem
@McKilla99 I’m pretty sure they take January scores!
So I was deferred from UChicago too, but I really really have my fingers crossed because Brown is probably my top choice.
@girlvscollege My top choice is UChicago lol - I applied RD for it, then comes Brown, then Cornell
mine is Harvard (lol yeah not getting my hopes up) UPenn/Brown. They are about the same at this point 
@tuty143 Harvard huh? I thought about applying there, but didn’t want another rejection lol. Good luck man, hopefully you get in - hopefully we all get in where we want.
I applied in late November but I still haven’t received access to the portal? should I call them?
@holayola Yeah, give them a call or send an email
@McKilla99 I applied early action but got deferred. At least its not a rejection but I’m not holding out much hope.
these word limits tho…
@icrievrytiem when I was narrowing it down, I had to cut out just 1 word…and it took me an hour because I couldn’t decide lol
Deferred Columbia, MIT, Caltech, and UChicago joining the thread…
@Aldnoah I would work on getting that Mandarin grade up to a 7 if I were you, be it through studying harder or appealing for that 1 extra mark. Although I’m sure the admissions people understand that your teachers are going to predict you at a slightly higher level than what you’re achieving right now, the dip from 7 predicted to 6 in your term 1 grades isn’t exactly what they want to see. Don’t worry too much about TOK though, it only counts for half of your 3 bonus points and a B predicted is about the same as a 5 anyways.
@graceann A deferral from the likes of Caltech and MiT shows that you’re an extremely competitive applicant. Chill, I got rejected from Northwestern ED lol
I’m surprisingly having fun writing Brown’s short answers. I much prefer them to an additional 500 word essay like some schools require lol.
Lol have fun with the supplements, I finished those up in August then waited three months because of waiting for teacher recs and struggling with Common App’s essay. So good luck to y’all.