International baccalaureate (1 Viewer)

[js5071]

does anyone know the conversion rate for 2008 ?
like how well does it rate in comparision to the UAI?

 

[Mr. Fahrenheit]

i think its IB 32 or 34 thats = to 98.3 = AAA (british) = OP 1 (QLD)

 

[js5071]

mmmm..
someone told me that next yr that a 30 it will equate to about a 70 :S ?!?

 

[S2cookie]

Just basic information for those who don't know

Each subject is marked out of a grade of 7, with each person taking 6 subjects. (=42 marks)
The other 3 marks are for the 'Core' topics which includes:
Extended Essay of 4000 words
Theory of Knowledge (TOK)
Community, Action and Service (CAS)

And the direct conversion means that a person who just scrapes by with a grade 7, will end up having the same ATAR as the person who had very high raw marks.

And no scaling for doing Math Higher, as opposed to Math Studies.
Or doing well in Science as opposed to Arts.

2009 IB Results Conversion Table
For 2010 university admissions* in NSW & ACT, QLD, TAS, VIC and WA

45 - 99.95
44 - 99.90
43 - 99.80
42 - 99.70
41 - 99.30
40 - 98.90
39 - 98.20
38 - 97.50
37 - 96.60
36 - 95.30
35 - 93.90
34 - 92.55
33 - 90.95
32 - 89.05
31 - 86.85
30 - 84.00
29 - 81.30
28 - 79.45
27 - 77.35
26 - 74.95
25 - 72.25
24 - 68.95

 

[Dumbledore]

u can sort of argue there is scaling, e.g u need about a 75% to get a 7 in Maths HL but need 90+ for mandarin ab initio

i did IB for half a year in year 11 and screwed up my language so i dropped, if i didn't have to do a language, i would still be happily doing it.

u have take a maths subject, english subject, 2nd language, humanites, science and an option

the depth they go into each subject is alot further than in the HSC but its alot more work, most subjects go into 1st year uni and the highest maths course even completes 2nd year uni (2 guys in the history of my school have taken this course)
physics has 4u level maths in it, no joke in prelim u do circular motion with the angular velocities etc
english, the lowest lvl level u can choose is above eng ext 1 level, u have tests where u analyse texts in the exam and write essays on them
language, i did mandarin for beginners and it aimed to have u learn basically the whole language by then end of the course, levels above that have u writing essays and short stories in the language

if u cope its rewarding though, most people who don't drop out get >95 UAI(atar now) and u get a lot of experience in all areas