The Student Room Group
Reply 1
Peter The Magnificient
This affects all students that will apply to university in sweden. The news came two days ago and it is kinda shocking dont you think? Its good for people (like me) that got over 38 points on mocks, but it is cruel for those that didnt know this before the mocks and got lower than 38.

What do you think?

So what's the purpose of the actual IB exams then?
Basically it is because swedish kids have to send in their final grades in june and we are gretting our exam results in july. The government doesnt want to do all the paperwork in july so they decided its ok with predicted grades. Its against the ideology of IB, and it good for some people andbad for others. The most interesting thing is that if you got predicted for example 35, and get a 27 on the exam, you still apply with 35 points, and the teachers can be persuaded to set a higher predicted grade coz IB doesnt forbid a teacher setting a much higher predicted grade than applicable. Its the government lazyness:smile:
Reply 3
I understand what they're trying to do. Does this mean that the actual IB grades are useless as far as local uni admissions are concerned?
Reply 4
Ah. That would just be like expanding the policy they've been using for home students the last 20 years to encompass IB students. Of course it's crap but what could you expect, honestly...? The Swedish official stance on university admissions is "the more arbitrary, the fairer" - I mean, what would be the fairness in admitting students according to their academic achievements? Surely, the ballot box is much more preferable. :rolleyes:

Peter, could you please post a link...?! I'm very interested in this matter. Maybe I will even write a letter. :wink:
Knogle
I understand what they're trying to do. Does this mean that the actual IB grades are useless as far as local uni admissions are concerned?


Yeah. But as far as Im concerned its good for me so i wouldnt object. But thinking of my less fortunate classmates perhaps it needs some reevaluation.

Tangsiujie: Its basically the Verket för Högskoleantagning (VHS) that posted the info. I dont have a link, but i will check it up tomorrow as the whole message is posted on the infor board at school. If you are swedish or know swedish, try search on www.vhs.se
Reply 6
...Hm..thats why our coordinator wants to meet us this monday to discuss university applications again :hmmmm2: Ive heard rumours about it, but i guess its official now...so you mean that if we apply with our predicted grades now, and the application is successful, it doesnt matter what grades we get in the very end?

...I kinda like this:biggrin:
Me too1 Especially when one can use a place at Karolinska Medical as insurance if you totally mess the exams up lol
Yeah but lots of places do that as well I think. My friend got admitted to Harvard unconditionally so really her IB grade doesn't matter any more. But that's kind of different I guess. She got straight 7 for two years running so theres not much chance of her flunking IB
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Reply 10
Peter The Magnificient
Me too1 Especially when one can use a place at Karolinska Medical as insurance if you totally mess the exams up lol


True true..:smile:

But do you know if the tok and ee extra points will be included as one applies to the unis here?
Reply 11
HMSChocolate
Yeah but lots of places do that as well I think. My friend got admitted to Harvard unconditionally so really her IB grade doesn't matter any more. But that's kind of different I guess. She got straight 7 for two years running so theres not much chance of her flunking IB


For the U.S. I believe that most of the universities, and for sure all of the more prestigious ones like Harvard, Princeton, Yale, etc., admit you unconditionally based on your predicted marks. I think this is because they want to do the paperwork and complete it as soon as possible, and not have to reevaluate applicants a second time around when the finals come in. I mean this girl in my IB year got unconditional acceptance into Columbia engineering, and basically now she can slack off!! T.T
Reply 12
I B.S.
For the U.S. I believe that most of the universities, and for sure all of the more prestigious ones like Harvard, Princeton, Yale, etc., admit you unconditionally based on your predicted marks. I think this is because they want to do the paperwork and complete it as soon as possible, and not have to reevaluate applicants a second time around when the finals come in. I mean this girl in my IB year got unconditional acceptance into Columbia engineering, and basically now she can slack off!! T.T


That's right. In the US all schools admit you unconditionally and only use your IB scores for placement in advanced courses or whatever.