International Student, IB Diploma, Admissions Question

Applying to College
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<p>Hey Guys,</p>

<p>This is my first post on CC. I have been following the site for a while now.</p>

<p>I am a Junior at a non-US school and I have taken the IB Standard Physics exam and, as you may or may not know, IB exam scores come out tomorrow. Even though I am a Full Diploma Candidate, I am only applying to colleges in the US, where final IB scores are not heavily taken into consideration in terms of admissions (or even if they are considered at all). I was wondering if, when I apply later this year/early next year, whether my IB Physics Exam score will be requested by colleges when I send my application. I'm not sure whether I HAVE to send it or if I get the choice.</p>

<p>Can anyone who has any experience in college admissions and the IB please help me out? I'm freaking out because I am not the strongest student in Physics but I don't want an exam from a class that I am less than average at hinder my chances of making a top-flight US school.</p>

<p>Thanks for all the help guys.</p>

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<p>Hola! I’m an IB student.</p>

<p>If you’re using the Common Application, you are not required to tell colleges your IB scores during the admissions process. There’s a section on the Common App for AP and IB scores, but they’re self-reported, so you can choose which scores to self-report. Since IB Physics SL is on your transcript, though, colleges may wonder why you chose not to report that score…but I doubt they’d ask you for them. Not during the admissions process.</p>

<p>After you’ve been admitted, if you want to get credit or placement from you IB scores, you may have to release all of them—including physics SL–to the colleges.</p>

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<p>Hey!</p>

<p>Thank you so much for the answer, it’s exactly what I wanted to hear! I actually did well on my exam (I got a 6, which is surprising) but really, thank you for the answer.</p>