IB Imperial Offers

G104 - MSci in Maths with a year abroad

38 with a 66 in HL maths and physics

although one of my classmates got an offer for mech eng requiring 38 with 77 in HL maths and SL further maths, which was ridiculous..

i also very much enjoyed rubbing it in his face..

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BJH1412

cjsk

G104 - MSci in Maths with a year abroad

38 with a 66 in HL maths and physics

although one of my classmates got an offer for mech eng requiring 38 with 77 in HL maths and SL further maths, which was ridiculous..

i also very much enjoyed rubbing it in his face..

how can you be predicted up to 47 points? isnt the IB out of 45? (i havent got a clue how it works. im in the stupid french bac)

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I take a 7th subject (SL Further Maths), which brings my possible total up to 52

just so you know, the IB is graded out of 7 in 6 subjects, plus a possible 3 "bonus points", which depend on your scores on your extended essay and theory of knowledge course..

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OP

cjsk

G104 - MSci in Maths with a year abroad

although one of my classmates got an offer for mech eng requiring 38 with 77 in HL maths and SL further maths, which was ridiculous..

i also very much enjoyed rubbing it in his face..

Ekhm. Is this classmate you refer to Fumi, by any chance? :smile:

Yes yes. I know this because it's Kasia. Hello! *waves*

I would love to move this thread, really, except A) I don't know how to! and B) isn't it more relevant to Imperial... I don't care what IB offers people got from other universities, quite frankly haha.

Also, I also don't think it's true that most people overseas do A levels. IB's becoming increasingly popular (if you can call a system popular) and most countries have their own national systems.
To go a little off-track, I read a bbc article recently which claimed that almost 40% of students taking A levels got A's. Is that a little high, or is it just me? It also said that only 10-20% of IB students get 7's.

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The_Luvbster

Ekhm. Is this classmate you refer to Fumi, by any chance? :smile:

Yes yes. I know this because it's Kasia. Hello! *waves*

heeeeeeello Kasia, it's Carlos!

and no, it was Pierre.. I think Fumi got an offer of 38, but i'm not sure

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cjsk

heeeeeeello Kasia, it's Carlos!

and no, it was Pierre.. I think Fumi got an offer of 38, but i'm not sure

Looking at the flag and the initials, it hit me that it was probably you :p:

Are Pierre and Fumi accepting their offers do you know?

Anyone doing IB accepted for biology by any chance? Just curious to see whether they raised the bar (from a 36 to a 38) just for me or for most other applicants too.

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s.e.r.e.n.e

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For each content subject A levels tend to study it deeper and the questions ask tends to be tougher. However, there is serious grade inflation happening for A levels but the AEA (advanced extension award) is getting it fixed.

Students from Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and all those commonwealth countries tend to offer A levels.

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spencer11111

For each content subject A levels tend to study it deeper and the questions ask tends to be tougher. However, there is serious grade inflation happening for A levels but the AEA (advanced extension award) is getting it fixed.

Students from Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and all those commonwealth countries tend to offer A levels.

Well, for many subjects we use A levels textbooks and mostly we cover the same material as they do (maybe we go into a little less depth, but not significantly less). Bear in mind we have to do six subjects, not three (or however many most A level students do), and have to take care of CAS hours, the extended essay, AND TOK.

Aaaaalso, some top Singaporean schools have introduced the IB... ACS and SJI for instance. :smile:

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lol i did FM SL too but i was not really good at it. for the offer i got last year (as far as i remember) it was 38/45 (excluding FM), 7 in maths HL, 6,6 in phy,chem HLs

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spencer11111

For each content subject A levels tend to study it deeper and the questions ask tends to be tougher. However, there is serious grade inflation happening for A levels but the AEA (advanced extension award) is getting it fixed.

Students from Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and all those commonwealth countries tend to offer A levels.

forgive my ignorance is hk one of the commonwealth countries? btw there are a few schools in hk doing the IB now

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euanovsky

lol i did FM SL too but i was not really good at it. for the offer i got last year (as far as i remember) it was 38/45 (excluding FM), 7 in maths HL, 6,6 in phy,chem HLs

HOW did you manage to get a 7 in Higher Math? Judging by the fact that you're currently studying it, you're most probably amazing at it... what on earth did you do to get so good? (excluding natural ability of course, that's a bit hard to pick up overnight :p:

) Lots of past paper questions? Theory? Personally, HL Math is the bane of my existance and I would give so much to be able to go back in time and un-take it :smile:

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-Aimee-

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euanovsky, how come your offer was higher than the typical?

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The_Luvbster

HOW did you manage to get a 7 in Higher Math? Judging by the fact that you're currently studying it, you're most probably amazing at it... what on earth did you do to get so good? (excluding natural ability of course, that's a bit hard to pick up overnight :p:

) Lots of past paper questions? Theory? Personally, HL Math is the bane of my existance and I would give so much to be able to go back in time and un-take it :smile:

well...um

you may find doing past paper helps!! :wink:

i only did two years though

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aimee_22

euanovsky, how come your offer was higher than the typical?

um was that high? i thought thats the normal offer, like 38/45, 7,6,6 in HLs

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the standard offer from the faculty of maths is a 38 with a 66 in HL, 6 in maths, and a 6 in another relevant subject (usu. physics)

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