IB scores vs. GPA

AMSC
Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:37:57 +0000

Since the IB diploma is a 2 year program, our transcripts consist of how well we have been doing in our subjects (using the 1-7 IB scale) during that semester. We only have letter grades for TOK (Theory of Knowledge) and the E.E. (extended essay, which is basically a research paper).
However, these transcripts are only there to show our progress and in the end they don’t matter; only our final IB grades appear on our diploma.

According to how well we have been doing so far our teachers have to calculate our predicted grades, in other words what they think we will get in the final exam.

Our school sends the predicted grades but teachers are not allowed to tell us what they are. Although it is sometimes very easy to deduce them (for example when you have been very consistent with your grades), in other cases it is more difficult (for example my math grades were very inconsistent and varied between 5s and 7s so I don’t know what she ended up predicting me).