Let us hear from you IBers…do you report that this helped you get the fat envelope this year?
<p>I'm not full IB, but I do take 6 IB classes (10 total counting 4 from last yr.) Many of my friends are IBers, and they didn't get the results they wanted. </p>
<p>Many of them ended up getting rejected from state schools and their safety schools.. not to mention georgetown rejected every single applicants from my school this yr (all of them well qualified). Sad.. SAd.. days for IBers these days lol</p>
<p>But if you meant by kids who take IB classes.. well YES! IB classes definitely help kids get fat envelopes xD</p>
<p>I guess it just depends on how strong aplpicant an individual is..</p>
<p>I believe it helped me get into Penn, so yes.<br>
Still, the best help it will give is in the actual preparation for college courses, and that will come in the fall.</p>
<p>Thanks for the responses. I am mainly wondering because of the sharp increase in program availability.....which may give the applicants less of a bump.</p>
<p>There is no bump unless you get 6's or 7s across the chart. Same is with APs...you take 5 or 10 and if you score 5s across...then that is what counts and boosts your app. They could care less that you took the course. Thousands take it.</p>
<p>How would an IB candidate get all exam scores prior to adcom decisions? Help me out on this....as I said I was not IB myself.</p>
<p>My brother thinks it may have helped him get into several selective schools. I'm hoping for the same.</p>
<p>IB is a waste of four years at Rowland High School because of the incompetent IB coordinator.</p>
<p>Not a big bump. It's no better than taking a lor of APs. Years ago it meant something but it has been watered down to just another program.</p>
<p>When do you take you IB Exams? When in the admissions cycle? Does it only help RD?</p>
<p>I guess the adcoms get your grades but not your Diploma Exam Scores. Did all of you go for the diploma??</p>
<p>Some schools request Predicted Grades for IB Tests (these are submitted in April by IB Coordinators to IBO). I am a diploma candidate.</p>
<p>i guess it doesn't help much for UC's: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=46883%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=46883</a></p>
<p>last year there were IB students at my high school who ended up at UC Riverside and whittier college, etc. not exactly what you'd think an IB student would end up at. </p>
<p>i went to the same high school as Laguna</p>
<p>so does this mean IB is useless...?? I`m planning to do the full diploma. Is it a waste? I mean, should I just take a couple of IB courses and devote my time to something else (like extra-curriculars, etc etc) ??</p>
<p>Thanks geminihop for info on predicted scores. That does help explain the format.</p>
<p>japstudent12: i'm guessing you're an international from japan? for internationals, they're worth a lot more since you don't have ap's.</p>
<p>IB program = 11 large envelopes</p>
<p>oh i see, thanks awakendream! i dont live in japan actually, im a japanese living in malaysia lol.
our school doesnt exactly offer ap` s, well, its like the IB and ap classes are combined. so if you take like a bio class, you can sit for both the ap and IB exams in the end....
does it still count? should i just go for ap instead?</p>
<p>Sambouc congrats to you! Are you a diploma candidate? What type of essay topic did you write on?</p>