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how do IB grades compare to grades out of 100%?

my old school used to grade everything out of 100%, and my english teacher gave me a grade out of 100% for my world literature 1 assignment.
i changed schools this year, though, and my new teacher graded it from 1-7 like in the IB.
how do you convert grades from percentages to IB grades? or, specifically for the world lit?

Reply 1

trm90

It varies class, there are grade boundaries on the TSR wiki though.

Reply 2

IB-more

You generally don't. There's no concrete way to switch it over. BTW, was your old school an American school? American schools are the only ones I know of that grade on the percent scale.

Reply 3

Afterglow

It varies between each assessment although I have HEARD (don't quote me on this :p:

) that somewhere around 80-90% is 7. I mean if you look at May 2006 English HL world lit, then getting 85%-100% meant a 7.Of course, these varies between subject, year, level and assessment.

Reply 4

andy_cole2

2bh this is one of the stupidest questions, its bitch enough to compare a level to IB let alone to percentage scale :p:

you could look at grade boundaries for percentage stuff i spose...

Reply 5

Enter Sandman

The grade boundaries in percentage usually depend on what subject it is - plus annoyingly enough it changes every year I think, maybe depending on the level of competition worldwide...as Afterglow said though, generally the minimum for a 7 is said to be 85%...to get the rest of the grade boundaries just subtract 15 each time, e.g. for a 6 it'll be 70 %, for a 5 it'll be 55%...though as I said, the difference doesn't always have to be 15 either, everything keeps changing.

Reply 6

talespirit

There is a set grade boundary for the IB each year that they try have as a base...but they would change when the exam comes out(depending on how well ppl do world wide). Some subjects such as English/languages have a bigger 5-6 margin than lets say math...I've only managed to memorize the 6 n 7 boundaries...but its something like this

Humanities(History, econ): 75%+ = 7
English: (21+/25)84%+ = 7
(18/25)72% = 6
Maths SL: 90% (stupid, i know), 75% =6, 60%=5, 45% = 4
Maths Studies/ and HL: 85%
Science: 80% or 85% not sure

Reply 7

username85555

talespirit

Maths Studies/ and HL: 85%

are you sure about this one? my school's grade boundaries matches mostly with yours apart from this one...I've heard 78% is a 7 in HL whilst in Studies it's something crazy high, around 97% I think.

Reply 8

talespirit

97% is just unreal...it is possible that HL is 78% but that is probably the adjusted boundary. I'm thinking the boundary that the IB set during the school year (for predictions) and the ones used in the final exams are different, and those they set before are just nice round factors of 5 numbers ^^.

Reply 9

416_Man

In Canada:

7 = 95 - 99
6 = 90 - 94
5 = 80 - 89
4 = 70 - 79
3 = 60 - 69
2 = 50 - 59
1 = fail.

Reply 10

mankoosho

I've heard 78% is a 7 in HL whilst in Studies it's something crazy high, around 97% I think.

No way.

78 for studies is too low, but 97 is too too high

its around 85 and up for a 7

Reply 11

Airbomb

for my school.. a 93 is a 7, 83 a 6, 73 a 5, 63 a 4... anything below it...a fail!

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