problems with IB and grades in 9th grade

neoconty
Fri, 25 Feb 2011 04:11:02 +0000

Hi I am an international student living abroad and I am in 11th grade. I am taking IB course and for my mid-term grades, i got the average of 6.

Math SL -> 6
English SL ->6
Economics HL -> 5
Art HL -> 6
Biology HL -> 6
Spanish Ib ->7

I am really stressed about my grades because I know that most IVY league universties prefer all 7s… Unfortunately in my school and especially in the subjs I take like bio and art, it’s reallly hard to get 7s…

I am planning to improve my grades like below:

Math SL -> 6 ->7
English SL ->6
Economics HL -> 5 ->6
Art HL -> 6 ->7
Biology HL -> 6 ->7
Spanish Ib ->7

Do you think Princeton along with other IVY league sqls will consider my grades good enough to get into their sqls?

Also, because i am a foreigner student who started learning English when I first came to this international school, my grades in 9th grade (the 1st year i had) were pretty bad. ( I think i even got one 4 or 3 for physics) However, during grade 10 and 11, I got honor roll all the time.

Do you think the grades i got in 9th grade matter a lot? :(

Thank youu
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