<p>Are they graded on a curve?</p>
<p>oh and also here is the schools IB program information: is this good?</p>
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<p>No, they’re graded according to a standard set by the international IBO. They will not be scored by your teacher or any teacher at your school. They’re shipped off to other IB-certified teachers around the world for grading.</p>
<p>I understand that there are only a limited number of 7s given out, too – unlike the Calc BC exam, where 40-45% of the students get 5s.</p>
<p>Can anyone confirm/debunk this?</p>
<p>^ I can’t confirm it with a link or anything, but it’s considered common knowledge amongst the students and faculty at my school. 7s are very rare and they’re graded on a bell curve so that only a few people can get them. I kinda hate this because it means that people will fail regardless of whether or not they all do reasonably well.</p>
<p>So is it a curve/set-pointage hybrid? </p>
<p>And I would really appreciate it if I could get comments on the school’s information I posted as one of the last posts on this page.</p>
<p>My high school had IB and AP being nearly the same, with the main exception being the test taken at the end of the year; IB had some extra work because it’s an all-around curriculum rather than just a rigorous class.</p>
<p>That being said, I would honestly say go for AP. I took several IB tests, though I unfortunately only passed my English IB test. That was a problem, though; IB English at my university would’ve given me credit for either… 101 or 114, I believe. Because I already had credit from dual-credit classes at 101 level, I wound up wasting the money for the test because it wouldn’t apply and I was forced to take 102.</p>
<p>Yeah, our HS has had one of the highest average HL History averages in the world in recent years and there are very few 7s among them.</p>
<p>I did not know they are graded on a curve either. Didn’t know that it was very hard to get 7.
I will bite and compare this schools with the one I know. Ours is larger, generally 80+ in the diploma candidate cathegory. Last year the school had 18 National Merit Semifinalists.
Can’t give you the ACT/SAT score distribution as the school puts all seniors in that chart, not only IB kids. We also have more than double the subjects you can do IB in.
I think that 91.2% receiving IB diploma is very, very good. Our school rate for 2009 was 83%. According to GC the problem is the extended essay - kids are not doing it/completing it, whatever. This summer school is offering a special one week class for seniors devoted completely to the extended essay. The class is supposed to be one week long and each kid will have to pay $25 to attend.
As for the AP exams, schools pass rate is 74.9% (I guess it means 3 and above, correct?)</p>
<p>Your school does not have HL Math, does not have HL in any of the foreign languages and the scores for foreign language exams seem to be mediocre. The only HL offered in science is Biology. Are you Ok with that or would you like to pursue Chemistry of Physics as well? Think about it.</p>
<p>Okay, well the courses offered, I realize, are not the most offered, however they have agreed to allow me to take AP Calc BC Senior year and, in theory, I should be able to take Chemistry or Physics at a local College or at another high school due to some agreement with the schools in the county.</p>