| Well, UVa will look at how difficult your course load is compared to the rest of the students in your school and your entire district.
I'm not sure how IB classes compare to AP classes in terms of difficulty, but I would think that 3 IB's and 1 AP or more per year would be a pretty competitive load for applying to UVa.
I ended up taking 9 AP's total (3 as a junior, 6 as a senior), but I believe that is 2 or 3 more than average for accepted students. My GPA was very low my freshman year of high school, but I believe that the large number of honors and AP's I took (along with increasing my GPA after that year) saved my application.
Just keep in mind that admissions would prefer to see that you've challenged yourself even if those grades aren't straight A's, instead of taking easy classes to pull up your GPA. |