Does a B average IB Kid Really Have and Advantage?

hwpan888
Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:47:44 +0000

No, you mis-read what I meant IB footballer. I meant that if you get 70% on the exams, you can get a 5 on the AP and a 7 on the IB (regardless of HL or SL)

Also, I am in the IB diploma, and SL is pretty basic. I wouldn’t even put it on par with AP; it is the same difficulty as the SAT II’s. I’ve also taken HL Calculus (a senior course), which is one of the hardest IB courses, and it was pretty easy. I got a 98% on a mock IB exam, when the second highest score was a 80-ish%. Me, a person, who probably will get a 4 on the AP Calculus AB exam.

@masterofpupets: A B average is not terrible, especially if it’s a B+. At Andover, and many other prep schools, a 3.5 almost guarantees admission to a top-15 school. Because colleges understand that it is so much more meaningful than a bs 4.0 gpa that 34.5% of public high school students now have (based on SAT statistics). The same is true for IB.