USA & Canada
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I regularly browse through forums and see other people STATS, therefore I think I am proficient at evaluating the chances you have at attending some of the top universities in the USA. So, if anyone wants me to chance them, please list your stats and also your university list below and I will reply ASAP. I am only able to chance the top universities, such as the ivies, stanford, caltech, mit, rice, georgetown, duke, etc. Please follow this format: (only an example, not mine lol) Background Status: Asian Male Country: Greenland School Type: Small Private Catholic Academics: Scores: SAT I: M800CR800W800 (M=maths, CR=critical reading, W=writing) SAT II: Physics800Chemistry80…
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I've noticed a lot of people are asking about how many point they need to get into some Canadian universities or if their points are good enough. Many of us now people who have been accepted in with certain scores, so let's share? Below is a quick format you should use--just to keep posts easy to read. You can include how many people you know who received a certain score and got in--to add more credibility. You may also include what reps have told you--if specific. University: Program: IB points achieved Concordia University: Bsc. Science - Biochemistry 27 Points mimumum--unknown source McGill University: Biological, Biomedical, and Life Sciences: 42 points (2010) 43 poin…
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Ok. So a today there was at least 2 people asking about American unis and GPAs. If you are an international student you usually don't have a GPA but there is a way to calculate it. The uni I am going to next year in the states has a calculator on their website, but it only good for their school... I think, but I have googled it for all of you. This is the page at my school explaining what a GPA is: http://www.missouristate.edu/registrar/gpa.html this is a link from that same page to their calculator which might provide some help: https://www.ws.missouristate.edu/admissions/gpacalculator/ this is one is for you GPA by semester... to get your cumulative GPA, just take the a…
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ACT or SAT? 1 2
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Hello everyone, I'm in IB1 year and I want to start taking SAT or ACT as well, but I'm not sure which one to take. Since I'm an international student ACT seems easier in terms of vocab but we have a score choice in SAT and that's what confuses me. Any ideas? Or does it make a difference for universities?
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Hey guys. I found this scale online for converting IB scores to GPA: 7 = 4.0 6 = 3.7 5 = 3 4 = 2.3 I was wondering how accurate this is. I've got a GPA of 3.85 according to this (39/42 in my first year finals). Does that sound right? The thing is I'm not sure how this would take into account EE and TOK. If anyone has an 'official' scale to convert IB points to GPA, please let me know.
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Most universities pretty much overlook the IB diploma and only use it for determining credit, espicially in Canada. Anybody know any schools that really like IB diploma students. I know SFU really likes IB students.
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Hey So I'm done with my first year of IB (Grade 11) and received my result for the second semester about an hour ago. Happily or sadly, I've managed to score 37 points (Keep in mind that these points are ONLY for the second semester. My average score for both the semesters is 34/42). Here's the break-up: English (Lang and Lit) SL : 7 French B SL : 5 Math HL : 5 Computer Science HL : 7 Physics HL : 7 Business HL : 6 I have ambivalent feelings towards my scores. Although they seem high, I'm not really sure if I'm cut out to be one of the best or above-average IB students since many I know have scored between 34-38 points and there are a few who have got 39 or above. …
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I'm in Grade 11 IB (aka Year 1) in an Ontario public school and my question is, if I'm getting 70s on my report card, is university going to give me higher marks? I know that the general perception is that your marks decrease by 5-15% as you transition from high school to uni but that I think only applies to the Academic (ie regular high school) program. IB is significantly harder than Academic in my school atleast. My coordinator says that IB is harder than anything you will ever do in your future, but he's probably biased. I've heard that IB is just as hard as first year but then university gets harder. I've hard from separate sources that first-year uni is the hardest …
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Hi all, I am a May 2010 candidate and I will be writing my SAT's soon and I was curious as to what scores fellow IB students got. If it is not too much trouble, can those who wrote their SAT's and got back a mark please share their SAT 1 and SAT 2 scores along with the subject that they took the test in? As well, can you please share which universities in the US you guys applied to? Thanks for your help.
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Hello, does anyone know what IB and SAT scores are needed for Columbia University?
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Ok, im from Canada and whatnot and people are talking about how they want to go to universities in America. Generally, I think that Canadians think that American Universities are better ( they are but....) So, I was wondering if American students think the same or they know any famous Canadian Universities.
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Hey guys, I was just wondering how much significance the IB grade has on the university applications to the US. For example, in my school, some of the teachers are really lazy (because the school does not want to cut them) and thus, it is really hard for the students to ask for help after school/questions about a summative assignment. Furthermore, the teacher that teaches the subject I want to major in the future, does not give a SH*T about his students, as he is long-term contracted with the school and will receive his pay anyways, no matter in what manner he teaches. In conclusion, the question I want to ask is this: Do US Universities care more about a applicant's SAT …
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HI folks, I am currently at my last year of IBDP and am going to take the IB exams in May. I just want to know how many points (overall) that UBC required for admission to Faculty of Arts. I am currently on the range of 28-32 poins, do I have any chance getting in?
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Hey guys, i'll be starting IB next year. What score should I aim for in order to get into the top Canadian universities?
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I'm currently deciding on my course options for IB, and I really want to take math studies. Math has always been my weak point - I pretty much have perfect grades in everything else. I took IGCSE extended math this year (I didn't take core because I did NOT want a C as my highest grade) and I've found it pretty challenging. I'm really interested in the humanities, and for like half my life, I've known that I want to be a psychologist / neuropsychologist. I know I need stats for that, and looking at the math studies curriculum, it's pretty stats intensive (more so, even, than math SL). Would american universities care whether I took math studies? If it helps, I'm intereste…
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Hello, I am in 12 grade at an international school. I am a diploma student but am extremely worried about passing the diploma. The school I go to is located on a small island and only offers the IB program. It's very weird because the school offered one AP course in 10th grade (Spanish). My school is an American school and we have been taught the American system. In 11th grade, we suddenly changed to the IB curriculum and it was a big jump because we were never prepared for it. It was a big change and we couldn't catch up with classes such as math, chem, and physics (mainly because we had teachers that didn't prepare us well and we never did precalculus and jumped to calc…
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regarding their undergrad business program? i heard if i get a predicted of 37-8, then all ill have to do is pass the diploma in the finals for admission. is this true
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Hey guys Just checked MIT's site, but I couldn't find anything about IB. I only found an international applicants section. So the question is, does MIT accept IB results/students?
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Hi guys, I've just found out that American Universities require you to submit a transcript (i.e. the grades you received while studying before the finals) and that this is a rather important document. I thought that only things like the predicted grades and SAT's are the big deal (and of course extracurriculars, but I'm talking about academic achievement right now). The problem with this is that I'm applying to ivies and they probably have applicants with excellent transcripts, but my average results from the first year were little above mediocre: English A: Lang & Lit SL - 6 Finnish B HL - 7 (Finnish B is a really easy subject, so I'm not sure if it even counts) Psyc…
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Would you have a better chance of entering Harvard Uni. if you had relatives who attended and graduated from the same school? or is it all about the grades?
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Hello everyone! I recently got an offer from the university of Toronto but I do not know the conditions of my offer, they said they would mail it to me. but the mail would take 2 weeks to reach me. Did anyone else get an offer from U of T as well, if yes please tell me what conditions they gave you? Please help, I have my exams in 2 weeks and I am not able to study at all!
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I got accepted to UBC Science in both campuses Vancouver and Okanagan. Is there any difference between them? Which one is better?
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Just wondering. For instance, if someone wanted to apply to Harvard for Pre Med, will taking Maths Hl be necessary? Sample schedule: IB Math HL IB Chem HL IB Bio HL IB English HL (no English sl) IB Spanish 3 SL IB History of Americas SL A Junior at my school is doing a schedule like this. Is such a schedule ever even needed for Harvard or any really prestigious university? He claims that he wants to get the max college credit possible, and max out his chances of getting in. I'm just wondering if such a schedule is necessary. I know for a fact that this guy is most likely going to be valedictorian.
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Do uni's consider ib year 11 first term grades? If yes, how important are they in comparison to the second term and year 12 grades?
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thanks guys
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Hey , my goal is to be able to enter one of the ivy leagues in US , mainly because of the 100% scholarship aid they can offer to those who need it . Anyway , besides having an amazing strive and passion and being unique over other , I want to know what else do I need ? I'm currently doing IB and taking my SAT in June so I just want to know what kind of IB scores and SAT scores would it require to enter Harvard , MIT , Princeton , Brown , Cornell , Yale . I know I seem like i'm dreaming huge , but I know anything is possible if one puts enough effort into it .
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Harvard's without doubt the one place that I would absolutely LOVE to go. and considering it's popularity, i was suprised it didn't have a thread. so is there anyone else with plans to go to Harvard? who maybe got accepted already? or plans to apply next year? (and is scared to DEATH of their 7% acceptance rate like I am) Just curious on opinions/thoughts about one of the American Ivies
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McGill asked me to maintain my academic achievements and obtain the diploma. I dropped 6 points so i called them, and they said they will look into it later and inform me. Im applying to mangament by the way. This is what i got HL - 5, 5, 6 SL: English A1 - 4 Spanish Ab Iniitio - 5 Maths SL - 6 Will my offer be revoked or not? Thanks guys
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Hi guys, I'm an international IB student from SE Asia and I was wondering if people have gotten in with low predicted grades to U Waterloo CS and U of Toronto SG CS. Mine is currently at 38/45 points (36/42) but can go up 2 extra points by December if I perform well in sem exams. I should be getting 40/45 (38/42) as I have already shown a lot of improvement (Yes, I messed up grade 11). Anyway, here are my predicted grades by subject (as of NOW): - 7 in HL Physics 6 in HL Math 5 in HL Chem (will defo go to a 6 by December) 7 in SL Economics 6 in SL French …
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MIT Decision 1 2
by ezex- 39 replies
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On December 15th, 2008 at 9PM MIT gave out the answers to all 5000 early action applicants. Of those only about 500 made it and the rest got either rejected or deferred into the next admissions decision in April where another 300 will be selected. Other than being one of the most selecitve colleges in the world and the top 1 in many engineering careers, it is also said to be an amazing place to live in. As of monday, me and a friend became the first ever MIT admitted students in our school's history; we are extremely happy about this. I'd have to say IB in a way helped so thanks to everyone here for everything, I really loved the forums. Of course I won't stop now and ex…
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So my friend recently bought a mathematics internal assessment but now he feels as if he'll be caught, he managed to change quite a few things on his IA but is still worried that he will have his diploma confiscated from him. What do you guys think?
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Ok, so I'm planning to apply to several top-tier universities in the US this year and I'm at a loss at to what to expect from the admission process. I know the importance admission officers give to SATs in the US, but I figured that being from Peru and as many US universities are not very familiar with the education system here, they'd really focus on my SATs...but then I have my IB's - which one will have more weight when they're deciding if I get admitted? I plan to major in anything environmental science-related, maybe with a focus on international policy I'm planning to apply to: Princeton Columbia Dartmouth NYU Johns Hopkins Stanford Course (Predicted) Chemistry HL (…
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Question in topic title. I'd really love to know, thanks in advance!
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I'm taking SAT II math: level 1 in June, and some unis recommend 3 subject tests, some for placement some for admission (Harvard, Georgetown, etc.) , so is it really worth taking 3 subject tests in addition to IB, or 1 + high grades (IB) will suffice? I'm confused! should I take 2 more with IB? IF I were take them which are the easiest to get 800 in? (forget eng lit or any other lang!) ThanQ,,
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If I have already applied to and been accepted into an American University with my IB marks early on in the year (around a 30) before the real IB exams, is it required for me to send the final IB marks from the IBO to the university afterwords? How important is it and if I applied and got accepted with a 30 and my final marks were 28, how much would it impact anything if at all? Thanks for your help.
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Will someone who lets say gets 24 points be eligible to go to university?
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I have my 11th class predicted grades and I take the international baccalaureate. I was just wondering if the canadian unis accept you on the basis of predicted grades and dont care much about your final grade. I have managed to get the following score: Maths HL - 6 Physics HL - 7 Chemistry HL - 7 French ab intio - 6 Economics SL - 6 English SL - 5 Do you think my score is good enough to get into a good uni? Please help!
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Hi I'm new here. I just stumbled across this site and it seems like a good place to ask for advice. My SAT I scores: Total 2090 Math 780 Critical Reading 650 Writing 660 SAT II: Math Level 2 780 Chemistry 760 IB predicted scores (I'm in Year 12; 11th grade): Chemistry HL 6/7 Biology HL 6 Math HL 5/6 Chinese B SL 7 English A1 SL 7 ITGS SL 7 Total ~39/42 ECs: Student council member (consultant position; weird I know) Grade 8 pianist. I've participated in several competitions. Grade 5 piano theory Hobbyist guitarist; I've played 2 shows at my school with a band; one at the school fair, one at a charity gig. Playing guitar is pretty much all I do at home outside of studying.…
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So im applying to some business schools in Canada (Mcgill, Queens, Richard Ivey at the University of Western Ontario) and i heard that they give only uncondtional offers. i have my mock exams coming up in March, but will these be imporatnt for getting admissions to these unis. will they ask for mock exam results? Mcgill asked for my attainment grades from the report for my first term in school. also, are final IB exams that important. thanks
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I'm planning to apply to all the Ivy league this year! I was wondering if anyone want to join me in planning how we should attack the commonapp and get our essays to absolute perfection I feel lonely because I am the only one who is applying to US unis in our school! I need some friends to keep me on track and support each other! Come on~
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I recently finished my IB1 final exams and got a 39/42. Is this score good for Ivy league schools?
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How many points did you/your friend receive, for what program, what campus and what year (how many years ago)! Thanks
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Hey guys, I am currently in my final year of the IB program, I have predicted 39/42 points and I plan on applying to three Canadian universities: University of Toronto, Ryerson University and McGill University. I want to major in International Relations or Political Science depending on what the universities offer. I am applying to Ontario universities through OUAC, does anyone know how the transcripts are supposed to be sent and how that works overall? Also do I include predicted grades in the application? Thank you for your help!
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Risky Essays?
by Guest- 1 reply
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I'm Canadian student who's thinking of applying to Stanford So, I found that essay is a big part of the admission process and that is almost the only opportunity to make me stand out, since I'm not a national level athlete, musician, scientist, etc. Also, people around me said that I'm "unpredictable" and "full of random, useless, dangerous but fun ideas", I feel like my essay will be naturally be very risky if I write about my true self. However, I'm ready to keep the level of creativity relatively low and seal up some of my random thoughts if that will be 'better'. In this case, will it be more helpful to go risky and write down my creative **** or go c…
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Hey! Is anyone here Canadian or applying to Canadian Unis? If so, which ones and why?
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Hi, I'm new to the forum and I've got a one very important question for you all. So basically I have just started the IB, so i'm in the first year of it. My school offers us, three years of IB, which is an extended course with the first year being rather preparatory. These are the subjects I took: ENGLISH A1 HL GERMAN B1 SL HISTORY HL BIOLOGY SL MATH SL GEOGRAPHY HL With all of these subjects I look forward to major in law in the future, preferably in Canada but first I need a BA in a course of my choice. I am considering Social Sciences, excluding Economics. I don't want to do anything connected with Math in the future as I am not good at it big time. I have taken the…
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Help me out please? Background: African American Country: Nigeria and The United States (Maryland) School Type: International School IB Predicted Grades Chemistry HL - 6 Biology HL - 5 English Lang&Lit HL - 6 Economics SL - 4 Spanish AB - 6 Math SL - 6 TOK - B EE (Biology) - B 35 SAT I - M 630 READING AND WRITING 540 SAT II - None (Should I take them) IGCSE's: Chemistry A*, Biology A, Maths A, English Second Language A, ICT A, French A, Physics B, Environmental Management B, Economics B Extracurricular: Attende…
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Hi guys! I have currently finished my first year (well, second if you take into account the pre-IB year) of the IB diploma that I'm doing in Finland. I've recently started thinking about applying into some fancy american universities (or colleges, not sure how you call them there), but then I found out that they could care less about my final exam results when admission is concerned (I'm aware that they give you credit if you do well in your HL subjects, but what I meant is that when they are deciding whether to ADMIT you, they don't take into account the finals results, because they admit you before you graduate from the IB). Now this is a problem, because I haven't be…
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How does UBC and U of T compare to each other, academic wise? I know U of T is better than UBC, but how far is UBC from U of T? If they are very similar I will probably go to UBC - Vancouver as a city is better for me than Toronto as I'll have family nearby. However, if U of T is much better I will of course go to Toronto. I was also accepted in the U of A - how does this compare to U of T and UBC? Thanks!
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I received my IB grades recently and my predicted grades were 27 but I got a 21. Its reaally low and I know it. I also appeared for SAT my score was 1840 (CR: 560 M:700 W:580 Essay:8). I also appeared for SAT Subject test recently and I'm expecting around 650 for Math I and Physics. I used to be a good student in IGCSE though; 2 A*, 5 A and 2 B. When IB started I was under the impression I'll be able to work everything out as the year will progress but apparently, I devoted a lot of time for the Internal Assessments. Hence, the screwed up scores :/ Anyway, now that I've cleared that, I'm looking at the following US colleges: Virginia Tech UMass-Amherst University of Wi…
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I know some people think it is pointless to take a language that they already speak, but I thought if I get a full mark it will look good on my application...or will it? Just it case the language test doesn't help the application, I will still have two other SAT subject test scores to send (physics and math). However I highly extremely doubt that I will do well on my physics SAT. That is why I am wondering if I can still make it to a good college with a perfect Chinese SAT score, even though I am a native speaker. Any ideas?
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