<p>In replied email sent by Cornell, it is said that "Cornell has been a leading university in accepting I.B. students. It is viewed as a rigorous program..." blah blah blah. However, to what extent does Cornell allow lower grades in I.B.?</p>
<p>Also, does Cornell only care about final grades, or term marks as well?</p>
<p>In my experience they could care less for your final grades. I believe you don’t even have to report them if you don’t want to. The only thing that really matters is what goes on your transcript when you apply. Nothing else.</p>
<p>This does not mean you are doing all this work for nothing. Listing those IB courses will certainly help you, specially if you are doing well in them.</p>
<p>but being in an IB program isnt a shoe-in for getting accepted…</p>
<p>Avelez, does that mean Cornell DOES care about final IB grades? :p</p>
<p>Cornell is only a leading university for IB students because its the biggest of the top schools. Successful IB students tend to go to schools where there’s money (i.e. generous state schools, like 3/4 of my IB class) or top 20 schools. Anyway, I know that Cornell has never seen my IB grades nor even cared about them. Being in the IB program, however, can’t hurt from an admissions standpoint.</p>
<p>I can only speak anecdotally, but no one from my high school of 2,500 ever got into Cornell (or any Ivy, ever) until our high school got IB. Now, our high school sends a student to Cornell about every other year (all from the diploma program), as well as other top schools. And when I got to Cornell, I was surprised by how many IB diploma grads were there too. So I think IB allows students at off-the-radar schools a chance to show they can excel in a program that’s widely recognized for its rigor. </p>
<p>You won’t even have your final IB grades until well after you commit (except for the SLs you take as a junior), so of course Cornell doesn’t care. You can, however, get advanced standing based on your HL IB scores, which you can report to Cornell when you arrive in the Fall. This is largely the same for all universities, so I would recommend focusing on those HL exams, since those are the ones that will get you college credit.</p>
<p>What’s considered to be a “high predicted grades”? I think I have 38~41/45 as predicted.</p>
<p>Even for Cornell, I believe that’s very good. I don’t think Cornell even sees your predicted scores, however.</p>
<p>What would be a good predicted mark though? And what were some of your predicted grades for those that were accepted?</p>
<p>I know a person who got in with 39/45ish. For University of British Columbia, it gives out $4000 to anyone with 38/45. Therefore, 38+ would probably be decent.</p>
<p>only one of my teachers shared predicted grades… :[
and cornell definitely does not see predicted grades</p>
<p>For my school, teachers will make special arrangement so that Cornell University will see the predicted grades even if I apply early. In Canada, early admission to colleges depend on the predicted grades.</p>
<p>wow, i didn’t know those predicted grades could be so important…i know that my math teacher didn’t predict our grades until about february, long after apps had been submitted</p>
<p>with anything…cornell wants you to have a solid high school background and show willingness to apply your skills and knowledge…</p>
<p>i know a guy who didnt even graduate high school but still got into cornell…</p>
<p>I think predicted scores are a lot more important for IB students who are attending IB schools outside the U.S. or who are planning to go to college outside the U.S. than they are for American IB students planning to attend American universities.</p>
<p>My daughter is a graduate of a U.S. IB diploma program and a current student at Cornell. Cornell never asked for her predicted scores or her actual scores. The only IB scores she ever gave them were her scores on the two IB SL tests that she took as a junior. I have to assume that she was admitted on the basis of her GPA, SAT and SAT Subject Test scores, essay, and ECs, like everybody else, rather than on the basis of her IB scores.</p>
<p>As afore mentioned, I think for Canadian students, there is a much smaller emphasis on GPA. The major mark that determines their admission would therefore be the predicted IB score.</p>