IB predict grade

CountingDown
Tue, 30 Aug 2011 01:50:06 +0000

parent1986, the IB students now have to pass both EE and TOK…the EE is not quite the blow-off it used to be. I will say, the advice we got was accurate: FOLLOW THE RUBRIC regarding formatting, footnotes, consistent style, etc. A surprising number of points are awarded for knowing HOW to write a research paper vs. the content.

http://bvsd.org/schools/centaurus/library/IB%20EE%20Title%20Page%20Abstract%20and%20Table%20of%20Contents%20Ex/Scoring%20boundaries%20diploma%20matrix%202010.pdf

As for schools giving out predicted scores of 45 (!) if the student has As in IB courses…there were 96 students worldwide who got that perfect score in 2010. Do not assume your student will have a mega score just because he/she does well in class.

Mean score worldwide: 29.55. Get a 40 and you’re at the 96th percentile. Percentage of students who got all three bonus points: 9.47%. Percentage of students who got an A on the TOK: 5.44%. These stats come from the report linked below (mainly pages 38-end).

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S2’s school averaged a 35-36 with a near 100% graduation rate, and that is considered extremely good. Also remember that US students applying to domestic schools do not have to rely on their IB scores for admittance to college. That is not the case in other countries. The stakes are not quite as high, and by the end of senior year, I can tell you my S did not care how he did on most of his IB exams, other than passing them. He was not alone among his classmates in that regard. He took the corresponding AP exams for all of his SLs and two of the HLs where he really wanted a good score, and that strategy worked quite well.