<p>Yea I know...American universities only use ur IB grades for placement in advanced/honors classes or for university credit...but not really for admission purposes...your high school GPA is more important I'd say...</p>
<p>Getting a 29 in IB and getting into the imperial college is AMAZING...I mean it's pretty hard to get into that college even with a 35/36.</p>
<p>Oh yea, and the reason why you probably got rejected by those two schools is that they're state-sponsored...so they do have a quota and admit over 70% of their students from in-state (not even US out of state)...you would probably get into a lot of the good private universities with that score.</p>
<p>And you're right about the IB not being given as much recognition as it should...it really is the hardest program out there...I think it's harder than the AP..not sure though..but I heard that it is..and it's definitely harder than the A-levels...so yea, it's a shame we have to go through such hard work and it's not as recognized as some other programs out there...first year university will be easy though :D</p>
<p>Yes, first year university will be like high school junior and senior year... lol</p>
<p>I regret not applying to england, I could have probably gotten into some decent college. (because I also qualified for british math olympics team) Oh well, guess I will just have to work hard now and hope for a transfer into good US university!</p>
<p>haha..wish you all the best anonamous! Australia's not bad at all...I've never been there but it sounds like such a cool, fun, and relaxing place to live!</p>
<p>I was predicted 40+ points and I'm getting almost no credit. I really wish I had applied to England just to see where I could have gotten in. It's kind of annoying that I worked really hard for 2 years but get almost no credit in college, while a lot of AP kids who probably did half the work I did load up on the credit. It seems kind of unfair. But then again the US seems quite biased towards the IB.</p>
<p>Maybe in the end readiness for college is a good thing. Right now it doesn't look so appealing. All I can think about is the endless amount of time spend on my Extended Essay, various Courseworks and my TOK essay.</p>
<p>Well a lot of first year university students who took IB say that university is a breeze for them and it was such a smooth transition...so I guess that is a really good thing if you think about it.... other than that, you're right...the countless hours doing IA's, EE, CAS, TOK, etc is just too much stress if it won't count THAT much at the end...I guess we'll see the worthiness of IB after our first year of university</p>
<p>i tested environmental systems last year and got a 5 without studying and sleeping most days in class. finished english, history, and math this year. i'm studying like hell for chemistry and just gonna wing spanish X_X</p>
<p>I thought paper 3 was incredibly easy relative to paper 2 and especially paper 1. Maybe it's just my keen sense of abstract algebra lol.</p>
<p>Edit: Yeah IB was pretty worthless in terms of admission to top schools but in terms of 'readiness' I definetly hear from previous IBers that they excelled over their AP counterparts and other students during the first year. So, possibly if you didn't make the top school transfering could be much easier down the road.</p>
<p>I did sets, groups, and relations. The only thing I wasn't sure about was how to prove closure for the very last one. Also I forgot to put my answers in exact form for the first one as well but besides that I'm pretty sure I got the rest of the marks.</p>
<p>Also my EE was economics: what market model does the NHL employ. I think it was a good idea at the time, but since it is being sent to Singapore I don't think they understand the importance of sports to the economy so I'm not expecting such a high mark on that.</p>
<p>I heard that in the IB Program you have a really tough course load and that projects are common. Is English a really tough course where grammar is stressed? Just wondering.....</p>