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meaning I want to enter a school in America or an ivey school in America (Harvard etc) and Im from Ontario. In the end, both IB and non-IB students take the SATs. If I'm wrong please correct me
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Curiousx wrote:meaning I want to enter a school in America or an ivey school in America (Harvard etc) and Im from Ontario. In the end, both IB and non-IB students take the SATs. If I'm wrong please correct me Yes, it most definitely helps. The SAT isn't the deciding factor (as Ivy league universities will (this is unofficial) not look at your application if you have a score below 2200+). Almost everybody that applies to Ivy league universities has a really high SAT score. They look at other things besides that. On Harvard's website it says something like you have to take the most rigorous curriculum you can. So yeah, it definitely helps.
University of Waterloo - Mathematics/Chartered Accountancy '13 All you UWaterloo haters will go to hell. Say "Hi" to Katy Perry for me.
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I didn't apply to the States so I'm not too clear on what they say about IB, but it helps A LOT in many Canadian universities. If you take Diploma it helps in admissions (as in, you use your IB grades instead of your regular grades when applying) and if you take Certificate you can use certain courses to fill University level credits.
However, all the people who got accepted to Ivy League schools that I know of are in IB. Who knows if this is because all the smart people are in IB (which isn't true) or if IB gives you an edge.
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Not only will it help with admissions but it also helps you understand the course material better.
I got my IB Diploma, and using my predicted grades I got unconditional acceptance to the U of A. I also have a bunch of useful transfer credit and my first year courses were in large part review. So definitely helpful in Canadian universities. And because it's an internationally recognized program, it will help in most other universities as well. Keeps your options open.
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karla wrote:Not only will it help with admissions but it also helps you understand the course material better.
I got my IB Diploma, and using my predicted grades I got unconditional acceptance to the U of A. I also have a bunch of useful transfer credit and my first year courses were in large part review. So definitely helpful in Canadian universities. And because it's an internationally recognized program, it will help in most other universities as well. Keeps your options open. IB was hard as hell and it definitely put me at an disadvantage for university applications (being Certificate, I couldn't use my IB for admissions and my regular marks weren't as good as it could have been had I in regular, so I didn't get any admissions advantage), but i LOVED my time there. Learned so much stuff (I think in my two years, more than I could have ever imagined learning), as well as the depth of material is different. It was fun to be challenged and learn things that regular curriculum wouldn't even touch on. Everybody in university right now who used to be in IB tells me that it makes you so well prepared that it's ridiculous. I know that if I accepted U of C's offer instead of UWO i would only have to take 3.0/5.0 since i get so many transfer credits.
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From what I've heard, IB is a good program that surrounds you with good classmates. Even if you didn't get the diploma, you have shown that you possess certain qualities such as initiative and diligence. It'd look good on the supplementary, I suppose. And you also get university credits.
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IB was amazing, I learned some really wicked stuff. I thought the history curriculum I learned in IB was WAY more interesting than the stupid social studies curriculum that most of the Alberta students learn. Plus I really enjoyed writing my extended essay. I wrote it on the Battle of Hong Kong in WWII, and then when I was done my history teacher discovered an essay contest on that exact topic! So I wrote it for school and won $200. The people in my classes were intelligent and cared about school and we had amazing teachers. I am way better off now in university because of it.
University of Alberta - Mechanical Engineering '11
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