Hi all! I attend a private boarding school in Canada (dual US-Canada national for context) that offers the IBDP but stopped offering any APs the year before I arrived. I applied RD to Barnard College and have been having significant difficulty finding information about how BC regards the IB. My percent average (92.3% both sophomore and junior year, 91% first term senior year) is kinda meh, equivalent to around a 3.8 unweighted (as one very kind user informed me on another forum 
) but the conversion from IB grades (which is how most of our assignments are graded) to my province’s grading system is pretty wonky, which partly accounts for that.
My predicted grades, however, were pretty good (at least compared to what I expected): I was predicted a 42 including bonus points. I also took the most rigorous course load my school allowed, I had to put up a bit of a fight to take 4 HLs instead of 3.
Here’s a breakdown of what my predicteds looked like:
HL English A Language & Literature: 7, HL Biology: 7, HL Psychology:7, HL French A Language & Literature: 6, SL Analysis & Approaches: 6, SL Chemistry: 6, Extended Essay: A, Theory of Knowledge: B (meaning 3/3 bonus points according to the IB matrix)
Essentially my question is if Barnard can look past my GPA given my course rigour and predicted grades, or do they not tend to put a lot of stock into them? I’m hoping they see them as credible, as according to my research IB teachers are held to strict standards for predicted grades to prevent inflation whereas GPA is not standardized in the US and more prone to inflation. I do not know my exact rank but I do know (almost) for certain that I fall in the top 5 out of a class of 77. Sorry if this sounds like I’m just spitting out stats! I’m just very anxious that my GPA will sink me despite my IB results. Any info is much appreciated
Does Barnard overlook anything in favor of something else? No.
Will they look at everything? Yes.
Having said that, they also look in context. Every single American AO knows that most Canadian high schools do not have the rampant grade inflation that their US counterparts have.
If you don’t get in, it won’t be because of grades. Good luck
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Thanks! Good to know that the differences in school systems/grading policies are factored in, it puts me a bit more at ease GPA-wise. Hopefully they also like my ECs/essays/LORs, but (as much as I adore Barnard) I would also be very happy with my match schools.
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