<p>I don’t remember it for my daughter, either.</p>
<p>in the interest of honesty, I don’t know waht I was typing…we are in California not Texas–sorry, multi tasking is not always a good thing.</p>
<p>D had finals before the IB testing in most subjects, multiple Bio tests during IB testing (the kids were furious–so was the principal). </p>
<p>Every student in D’s IB class earned their diploma. And kept their grades up for the final transcript, etc. I agree with Marian…the US system is different, has multiple components. It is not a one to one comparison.</p>
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<p>We will not hold that against you. After you, some of the Texans here have yet to return to Texas after spending time on the Western shore. For all I know, TPG might become a regular visitor as well.</p>
<p>Thank you all for your replies. I’m very sorry if I came across sounding as if I was insulting the US college application system, because that was not my intention at all… I am very aware of the fact that the college admission process in the US is much more rigorous, not to mention competitive, than any other country I can think of! My daughter did APs and did all sorts of extracurricular activities on top of keeping up her grades. I have friends whose children went through the IB program where some had applied to schools in the UK, and some to schools in the US; thus our discussion. </p>
<p>Thank you for the link, xiggi.</p>
<p>momalwys - Don’t know if you have another kid applying at some point soon but here is what I figured out.</p>
<p>British schools seem very interested in giving people conditional admissions no matter what the kid’s achievements are, because they don’t want them slacking off. They also seem to think high school grades given by the teachers are totally useless and only want to consider SAT IIs, APs or IBs. So one says they have 10 APs and 4 SAT II scores while applying and mention taking one or two more APs in 12th, they will require a score for those APs, If one mentions they are doing IB, they will require a specific score in some subjects or even a diploma. So it is all upto how you play it, and how much pressure the kid needs in 12th.</p>