Does anyone know the approximate percentiles for a given IB score (out of 42 or 54)?

For example, on the SAT the College Board has stats from each year that give a good approximation to your percentile based on your combined SAT score. I was wondering if anyone knew if any such information is available for IB? I've always wondered "how good" a 40 is compared to a 35 or a 45, and it would be cool to compare my marks with others once I receive them (no point in a great mark when everyone else got it too, right?).

Reply 1

coll_dood

OP

45*, not 54 in thread title

Reply 2

Kongo

Im also interested in this. The only info i could find is that less than 1% of all students get 45 points, this seems kinda high though (unless it its way less than 1%). We have ~50+ students per year, that would mean 1 person every second year should get a 45. Our school defenetally isnt that good :O

Reply 3

HMSChocolate

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Statistics from M06 exams can be seen here: http://www.ibo.org/facts/statbulletin/documents/DiplomaProgrammestatisticalbulletinMay2006.pdf

Reply 4

IB-Seed

Why bother? Just know that a very small percentage scores above 40 as compared to the total candidates. When IBO last checked, it was ~3%.

Reply 5

HMSChocolate

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Kongo

Im also interested in this. The only info i could find is that less than 1% of all students get 45 points, this seems kinda high though (unless it its way less than 1%). We have ~50+ students per year, that would mean 1 person every second year should get a 45. Our school defenetally isnt that good :O

Percentage for 45 is somewhere along the line of 0.03% actually

Reply 6

metaphysical

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~ 3%?

Cambridge are such ****heads, they expect me to be in that THREE percent. Way to go.

*Metaphysical stares at the heaps of books and papers around her*

Reply 7

IB-Seed

There are too many people in the IB who aren't made for it, thereby lowering the average grades. That 3% infact is pretty large. A 40+ is easily manageable if your interested enough in the IB. Me, I like the whole concept. It's more of a system to manipulate than an education to me. I want a 43 atleast :P

Reply 8

IB-Seed

HMSChocolate

Percentage for 45 is somewhere along the line of 0.03% actually

Where did you get this statistic from?

Reply 9

Kongo

I think she is off by a decimal place, if you look at that pdf it and calculate a bit you will see that 0.28 % of all candidates who take the diploma obtain 45 points. Is your offer for cambridge for 45 points??

Reply 10

HMSChocolate

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IB-Seed

Where did you get this statistic from?

Can't remember. Wait...here actually. Someone said it once (I think dangle)

Reply 11

Latin127

IB-Seed

There are too many people in the IB who aren't made for it, thereby lowering the average grades.

I think that is possibly true but do you have any evidence for that?

I think what IS true is thaqt the vast majority of IBers appear to be from the US (and Canada), and many US schools will concentrate on SATs and let IB go a bit.

In Canada, many IB schools kids get their university conditional offers long before sitting the final IB and these uni offers are based on conversions to local exam systems from earlier IB predicted marks, hence the tendancy of the uni to simply say as far as IB is concerned, just pass the diploma...so kids ease up on the throttle. There are alot of bright kids in the US (and Canada) who are sitting IB, but the need to get 6s and 7s just aint there. This is why you'll get silly sounding lowball "offers" from major N Americal unis. They've already assessed you in other ways.....Can't speak for the UK though....but not alot of IBers over there.