<p>Will a 5 on an IB standard level history exam look bad on my application? What is an IB 5 equivalent to in terms of AP grades?</p>
<p>I’ll just take a wild guess here 
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<p>IB/AP</p>
<p>7/5
5-6/4
4/3
2-3/2
1/1</p>
<p>Does that look reasonable? There wasn’t an equivalency table that I could find.</p>
<p>Since it is very hard to get a 7 on an IB test in some subjects more than others and the results change from year to year, a 5 is not horrible. According to last years graph a 5 was given to 31 percent of the students but only 16 percent got 6’s and only 3 percent got 7’s. </p>
<p>Most colleges do not award college credit for sl level IB classes. Those that do are usually not tier 1 schools but those that due award credit for sl classes will count a 5 and award credit. You need to check each college for their policy. </p>
<p>Starting on page 28 are the results for each test from last year.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.ibo.org/facts/statbulletin/dpstats/documents/May2010Statisticalbulletin.pdf[/url]”>500;
<p>Thanks for answering momof3greatgirls (thanks for the link, too) and CantConcentrate.</p>
<p>AP tests are different in their range of scores. For example about 50% of Calculus AB test takers score a 5 but only 20% of chemistry test takers score a 5.
On an easy test:
6-7=5
5-6=4
4 (lowest “passing” grade) = 3
etc etc</p>
<p>On a harder test,
7=5
5-6=4
4=3</p>
<p>AP tests are different in their range of scores. For example about 50% of Calculus AB test takers score a 5 but only 20% of chemistry test takers score a 5.
On an easy test:
6-7=5
5-6=4
4 (lowest “passing” grade) = 3
etc etc</p>
<p>On a harder test,
7=5
5-6=4
4=3</p>