<p>I keep hearing people talking about their "predicted grades." I'm in IB and I'm wondering how they "predict their grades." Would someone please elaborate?</p>
<p>For my school, we either take a practice IB test and the teacher uses this grade as the predicted grade or the teacher just sees how you did in the class throughout the year and predicts your grade from that.</p>
<p>Okay, but from what I understand some people put their IB predicted grades in their college apps? Is that a good idea?</p>
<p>Since official IB results come out in July (far after university acceptances), IB students generally (in my experience) submit their predicted grades to colleges for admission.
Usually this acceptance is conditional; it is valid unless there is a significant negative discrepancy between the applicant's predicted grade and actual grade.
So I'm not sure if it matters whether or not it is a "good idea" because it is basically the only way to get accepted into university for the fall after exams are taken. </p>
<p>If this is not what you were asking, could you clarify your question please?</p>
<p>I only submitted IB grades for tests that I took (which was 1).</p>
<p>for IB projects and stuff, the teachers grade it initially, then it gets sent overseas to be graded officially. the official graders may or may not change your grade depending on the average grades that the teacher gives out. whatever the teacher gives you is your "predicted grade".. (at least that's how it is in math studies)</p>
<p>As I understand it, predicted IB scores are a big deal in Europe, and admission to universities are often contingent on the actual IB scores being suggiciently close to the predicted score. I have not heard of US colleges taking a similar approach--they will rather rely on your standardized test scores, and on your actual high school grades through the first part of your senior year.</p>
<p>^^</p>
<p>Oooh, yeah, that makes sense. I'm in Canada and predicted grades are everything here. I guess in America it's different.</p>