<p>What qualifications do you need to get into IB program (like grades, test, etc)
Also is it hard to get a 6 or 7 on an IB test.</p>
<p>Thanks in Advance!!!</p>
<p>It depends on your school. At some schools you have to apply to get into the IB program or maintain some minimum statistics, but at some other schools (such as my own), you can just sign up for it.</p>
<p>Basically at my school, it's not too difficult to get into the program.</p>
<p>If you have a C average then you are in and can take any IB classes you want.</p>
<p>IB Diploma Program is actually pretty difficult (3 HL, 3 SL, Extended Essay, TOK, CAS, etc.)</p>
<p>6 and 7's are pretty difficult but if you know your material you should be fine. The scores for this past May's tests are coming out in a week and I think I got a 6 or 7 on my French and Economics exams, but I don't know about Math...</p>
<p>It depends on the school - some schools are laxed and let kids in and others have an application process to get into the program. That's influenced by the popularity of IB in your area. </p>
<p>In response to your second question - yes and no. </p>
<p>SL exams are definitely standard in difficulty and in scope of material. I took math and spanish sl and they were two of the easiest standardized tests I've ever taken. </p>
<p>unlike AP exams, which is graded on a 5 point scale, IB tests are a 7 point scale. that means you have to do better (much better, actually) to get a perfect score, and better than you would on AP to get a 6 in comparison to a 4. </p>
<p>HL exams are, for most subjects, significantly harder than their SL-counterparts. HL math covers part of calc III, while SL goes up to calc I. You're expected to know more material in more depth, such as more options to be tested on in the sciences. </p>
<p>For college credit, don't rely on IB to get you all the college credit you may want. Take AP for that. Assuming you're a strong student, it'll be way easier for you to get a 5 on an AP exam than the HL IB exam covering the same subject area.</p>
<p>unlike AP exams, which is graded on a 5 point scale, IB tests are a 7 point scale. that means you have to do better (much better, actually) to get a perfect score, and better than you would on AP to get a 6 in comparison to a 4.</p>
<p>That's like saying it's harder to get a perfect score on the SAT than the ACT simply because the former is scored out of more points. Very faulty logic.</p>
<p>Hmm as a fellow IB-er, it is difficult to get a 7. If you try your very very best, I would say, it is pretty difficult to avoid getting a 6 (unless the subject is ultra-hard like history, further mathematics, etc) </p>
<p>the workload is insane though. I just finished one year and i was about to lose my mind.</p>
<p>Not really. If 3 is passing in both IB and AP, the grade brackets are going to be smaller in IB, making it harder to get top scores. </p>
<p>The workload can get really really bad. The weeks when all the IAs are due by the IBO or I was getting seriously 6 hours of homework a night were awful. But the workload eases up for most of the year, but at certain times (about once every nine weeks) there's a wave of work that'll make you want to go crazy.</p>
<p>AND as a side note, if you get all 'passing' 3s in IB diploma, you fail. </p>
<p>You can get all 4s and still fail to get the diploma.</p>
<p>thanks guys but how do you get an IB diploma. and what's the difference than the others</p>
<p>what's "the others"? If you mean from a regular diploma...well, this one has IB written on it. Shows you've passed the IB program.</p>
<p>You get an IB diploma by obtaining a minimum culminative score between your six subject areas' exams.</p>
<p>To get an IB diploma you have to do more than get a minimum amount of points in your six subjects - you must also take a course in Theory of Knowlege (which involves an oral presentation and a 1,500 word essay), write an Extended Essay (4,000 words) and do Creativity, Action, Service (for 150 hours). So the diploma is quite different from simply taking six IB subjects, which you can also do and get certificates for those. </p>
<p>As the others have said, getting into the program varies from school to school. I had to take tests in mathematics and English, and have an interview.</p>
<p>Is it hard to get a 6 or 7? I can answer that next week! :) Depends on the subjects, too. For example, very few people worldwide get 7s in English A1. The grade boundries can sound very low in some subjects, such as in economics, where one only needs around 75% or so to get a 7. That also tells you something about the level of difficulty, since not all that many people manage that! </p>
<p>The IB rocks!</p>
<p>The requirements are something like a minimum of 12 points in your HL courses, with an overall minimum of 24 points, plus of course the satisfactory completion of CAS, TOK, EE.</p>
<p>Thanks guys,
Another question...Should I take IB program or stick with AP? Is it really worth it going through all that work?</p>
<p>If it is worth it or not depends on what you want. If you're only interested in getting into a college and getting credit, then you might as well stick with AP. If you want an intense, rewarding high school experience, then (provided the quality of the teachers is the same or better than the AP) go with the IB. </p>
<p>I've graduated from the IB and feel that doing the diploma program was one of the best decisions of my life. I've always loved learning, but not really been that fond of school. The IB courses I took were challenging enough to be really interesting, so I worked, and consequently I think I've done better than I would have in another program where I was less stimulated. Of course there is a lot of memorization and such in the IB, but compared to what my non-IB friends have had, I have had a lot less rigidity; the IB wants you to think for yourself and so you're given some lee-way. As long as you put forth a well thought out, logical and convincing argument, you'll get points - people can come to totally opposite conclusions and still both do well, provided they came to those conclusions in a good way. THis is something I've really appreciated about the IB. </p>
<p>Yes, it is a lot of work. I've cursed the IBO many a time. I've also had so much fun during my two diploma years, though, and I'd much rather put a lot of work into something that I found worthwhile, than less work into something that felt unnecessary or useless. Personally I think the IB is great, and definitly worht it!</p>
<p>bump 10char</p>
<p>Wait so if you get 4's on every exam you take, you STILL dont have enough points for IB Diploma?</p>
<p>this will probs sound silly, but what is IB? this does not exist at my school. i think?</p>