<p>I didn't get the IB diploma. Can Columbia find out if i dont send them my scores?</p>
<p>I don’t think so. Sorry you didn’t get it. There’s not much you can do with it at Columbia anyway. We’re not really exempted from any classes, so you’ll be good without it.</p>
<p>haha true. Thanks Pinky.</p>
<p>hi, i’m an IB Diploma student…will that really help my chances while applying to the ivies? I got straight As while in Diploma, but floundered my frosh/soph years…do the ivies really look deeply into diploma?</p>
<p>You were in the same boat as me, BorD. After freshman year I had a 3.3 or so but after junior year I had a 4.0+. If you show an upward trend, I think you should be fine.</p>
<p>No schools in the states really care about the Diploma per se, I would venture to say. They just want to see that you’re taking the most challenging courses, and if IB gives you those challenging courses, all the better.</p>
<p>hang on a second, is that all you have taken? like is your school an IB only school and was admission based on your IB predicted grades? If your high school also issues GPA, and you finished HS with a high GPA you’re fine. You just won’t get any transfer credits unless you have APs. If your school doesn’t have GPA and you were in an IB only program, then not getting the diploma is like failing, you might have your offer rescinded in this case, if Columbia finds out.</p>
<p>i agree with the above…usually these “will my admission be rescinded” threads are idiotic and the answer is a very obvious no but this is very different. </p>
<p>you might be in very grave danger of having your offer of admission rescinded. if you applied to columbia indicating that you expect to earn an IB diploma (whether you wrote it or a counselor wrote it) and you end up not earning it there is a really strong possibility that you haven’t fulfilled what they expected of you before matriculating. At my HS, though we did have grades and the HS furnished its own degree to those who did not get the IB diploma, we were warned that if we were an IB diploma candidate and did not do well enough to get the diploma our admissions offers would probably be rescinded. </p>
<p>i hope this doesn’t happen to you but you should get in touch with your college counselor immediately!</p>
<p>Completely agree with confidentialcoll and shraf. That’s how it works. Recently graduated from an IB only no grades school too and sorry man but this is a little serious. One of my friends had this happen to him. Rescinded offer from UVA.</p>
<p>Around December, when applying to colleges, no one knows whether are not you are going to receive the diploma come July. </p>
<p>Colleges are aware of this, therefore they have you ‘check’ the box which states IB DIPLOMA CANDIDATE. It’s the fact that you’re going for the diploma which means something. It may depend on the college but of all the ones I was accepted to–Stanford, Columbia, Williams, UC Berkeley, UCLA, and Cornell–required my predicted scores when applying.</p>
<p>Unless you guys have been through IB, I’m not sure you should be making these statements because IB is not entirely the same as IB. I got my diploma… been through the process… so I think I know what I’m saying.</p>
<p>The diploma is based upon getting a score of 24 points or more as well as the successful completion of other IB components. Since I must explain it: IB courses are graded on a scale of 1-7 in the same way AP course are graded on a scale of 1-5. A “4” is the passing grade and it is therefore possible for an individual to get his diploma by achieving a “4” in each of his SIX(only) IB courses. </p>
<p>Of course… one can achieve a score of 24+ with a variety of combinations. Thus even if someone does not does not get their diploma… you can credit by performing well on an individual subject. </p>
<p>Ent0py… you have absolutely nothing to be worried about.</p>
<p>pinkyy is right- you can get credit for certain classes. With the Ivys and other higher level schools, I have noticed that they want 6s,7s on HLs.</p>
<p>Some state schools, if you receive the diploma will let you enter with Sophomore Status. Regardless, I would imagine going through IB would certainly help you with Columbia’s core.</p>
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<p>No its a regular high school with an IB program. I finished with a good GPA and got my HS diploma. I guess I’m fine, just no credit. Oh well, all the more opportunities to learn. Thanks everyone.</p>
<p>I realize that the OP’s problem has been figured out, but:</p>
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<p>reread my post smart a$$, i said if you go to an IB only school you better get that diploma, not doing so is like failing. You would have been predicted at least a 37/42 to get into Columbia and if you cannot manage a ~24, that would warrant your offer being rescinded.</p>
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<p>“IB is not the same as IB” what on earth are you saying? Both shraf and I have been through the IB genius, that’s why we’re commenting on it.</p>
<p>confidentialcoll:</p>
<p>Aside from the fact that you’re more than worked up over a post on a college forum, anyone who goes through IB should understand why someone can’t be rescinded for simply failing to attain the IB diploma. Your statement is absurd… that’s what I’m saying.</p>
<p>I reread your post–you didn’t make your point clear initially, so thanks for clarifying in your last post!
However, your argument is still flawed. Whether your school is IB only or not, Columbia does not request predicted scores upon applying for admission–they don’t give if you’re a predicted 24 or 42. </p>
<p>I hardly think a component which was completely disregarded upon admissions would be used to rescind a student later on. Not to undermine the program, but the IB diploma is more of a title than an official accreditation. It’s like being an AP Scholar in the sense that it looks great during high school, but once you’re in college you can’t use it for anything more than credits.</p>
<p>^pinky, you do not know what you are talking about, if we’re talking about an IB only school, admissions would be based on predicted IB scores because that is the best indicator of your academic achievement, if you get far below those predictions in the actual exam, it is like failing and you would be rescinded. It’s analogous to achieving 3.7 through highschool and below 2.0 your final semester. I don’t think you realize how admission works for kids coming from an IB only school. </p>
<p>If your school just happens to offer the IB as an option, then it’s a different story and like a certification, but we are no longer discussing this.</p>
<p>I was worked up because you first asserted that I was not qualified to answer the question and then you were wrong about it.</p>
<p>confidentialcoll: I’m tired of this… speak to an admissions officer. That’s where I got my information from.</p>
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My school only submits predicted IB grades. I don’t think they can “not care” about predicted marks.</p>
<p>Columbia requests final grades don’t they? (I was certainly asked for mine) My only grades were final IB grades. I don’t see how you can get around it unless you get another non-IB set of grades.</p>
Sorry to revive an old post but I was curious - I am an IB international student who got into one of the ivies…however, after getting my results a couple of days ago I found out that i got 33/45 compared to my predicted of 40/45… should i be worried?..I hope am not being an annoying “will i get rescinded?” person
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