<p>I’m not aiming for Ivy, but a top private university. I heard the IB exams were extremely hard and a 7 is almost unheard of. Is this true?</p>
<p>For the most part, yes. In HL math the rate for a 7 is less than 10%. It’s Hard.</p>
<p>English HL rate for a 7 is 8%. It tells you of the difficulty of the exams. These are stats for 2009, btw.</p>
<p>Oh Wow! And colleges only like 6-7s? Wow that’s near impossible to do for each exam. What types of grades ans scores would be necessary to get into a top Non-Ivy private school?</p>
<p>What type Private universities are we talking about here?</p>
<p>your IB scores for your sr year come in AFTER you choose a college in what not. I can easily say that for a top non-ivy private, the best grades and scores you can get is best.</p>
<p>Oolonn - Your statements are very contradictory. You say you are bored, your classes are easy. Then you say the AP exams look too hard so you are not going to take them. There have been 44 posts here with people trying to educate you. The reality is EVERY school deals with IB in a different way. The only people that can really give you specific answers are in your school. I suggest you review all the questions & answers here with your IB counselor. There is probably a document outlining the curriculum too. That is where you are going to get the best answers.</p>
<p>Oh wow MIThopeful! I guess that means my SL scores are pretty important then. My dream is to get into one of the private universities in the top 25 of U.S. News & Rankings.</p>
<p>FlMathMom - I don’t feel like I am being challenged enough currently in high school, but the AP exam would be a stretch for me. Also, my lack of experience with the AP exams confuses a little about the test. I tried looking at some AP tests, particularly the Euro History one, and it seems too hard for, especially the Document Based Questions, which I have not really been exposed to. My lack of reading comprehension skills also account for that. I don’t really want to self-study an easy AP such as Psychology because I want to study something I’m interested in. I might just lightly self-study some subjects just to keep me busy and increase my knowledge, but I won’t take the AP test. I guess the only problem right now is to do something productive in my free time. My IB coordinator can’t really help that, and this thread makes me understand the IB curriculum. Also, I have been asking some juniors about the program, so I’m good there. Thanks though, for the tip.</p>
<p>Give me some specific names, here.</p>
<p>My dream colleges are like Northwestern, Rice, Duke, etc.</p>
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<li><p>Northwestern IB policy: [AP/IB</a> Credit Recognition - Undergraduate Advising – Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University](<a href=“http://www.weinberg.northwestern.edu/advising/freshmen/credit/apcredit.html]AP/IB”>http://www.weinberg.northwestern.edu/advising/freshmen/credit/apcredit.html) All HLs</p></li>
<li><p>Rice(Aunt’s Alma mater): [IB</a> Credit | Office of the Registrar | Rice University](<a href=“http://registrar.rice.edu/students/ib_credit/]IB”>International Baccalaureate (IB) Credit | Office of the Registrar | Rice University) Even stuffer. All HL, with 6’s or 7’s required.</p></li>
<li><p>Here’s Duke: [Duke</a> University | Trinity College of Arts & Sciences : Academic requirements](<a href=“http://trinity.duke.edu/academic-requirements?p=ap-ipc-and-pmc-credit#IPC]Duke”>http://trinity.duke.edu/academic-requirements?p=ap-ipc-and-pmc-credit#IPC) All HL’s.</p></li>
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<p>Thanks so much MIThopeful! I’ll look into that for some more colleges. I guess the colleges I listed weren’t my dream colleges, but goals. But seriously, thank you so much for the help!</p>
<p>As an IB Senior, I recommend [IB</a> Survival](<a href=“http://www.ibsurvival.com%5DIB”>http://www.ibsurvival.com)</p>
<p>If you want to study something, and you lack reading comprehension skills, study Philosophy. It is the building block of the entire program.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>@mithopeful: try looking at average scores, not just percentages of 7’s. since these tests are on curves, it’s more valuable to look at averages (5 or above generally denotes easy tests, except in languages). but you’re right that 7’s are very rare, except in math sl, physics sl, languages etc</p>
<p>@oolon: don’t worry too much! the ‘ib policies’ only apply to when you want credit, not for applying. also, only some tests will be counted (core credits?) for each school. for example, you can only get credit for ap lang, lit, or ib eng hl for my state public.
also, if you need to prep for ap’s, go and get review books for your subject. you’d probably need the prep since your class isn’t precisely ap. </p>
<p>ib math sl = calc ab for my school
ib math hl = calc bc plus diff eq, taylors, etc
fm only applies for people who take hl their junior year typically. it’s not that rewarding, since the topics are pretty hard and is only a sl subject.</p>
<p>The average scores of those generally fall into the mid 4’s-5 range.</p>
<p>of which? i know mandarin b sl is 6.5-ish
you’re right that math, phys are 4-5 ish average.</p>
<p>Using the statistical bulletin from May and Nov 2009… I took a look at them from different group perspectives.</p>
<p>Mandarin b in May 2009 was a 6.09.</p>
<p>May 2009 Av. Group 1 Score: 4.89</p>
<p>Group 2 Avg: 5.12</p>
<p>Group 3 Avg: 4.67</p>
<p>Group 4 Avg: 4.21 The Highest one out of this set was Design Technology HL with a 4.97</p>
<p>Group 5 Avg: 4.5 Avg</p>
<p>Group 6: 4.64</p>
<p>In general…the language b subjects had higher scores.</p>
<p>There’s the statistical bulletin for IB <a href=“http://www.ibo.org/facts/statbulletin/dpstats/documents/May2009Statisticalbulletin.pdf[/url]”>500;