RAAAAAAGE @ High Imperial Offer (IB)

The highest non-Oxbridge offer I have seen was 38 IB points. Yet for Imperial they're offering me 39 IB points for Computing (G400). UCL gave me a paltry 34.

For the record, 39 IB points is like getting 5 A's in A-level (atleast I think that is the UCAS tariff). I applied with my predicted 40, which means that I actually have to work in school now :/

Ouch...

I heard Imperial will have the highest entry requirements from next year... An entrance exam and they will be including the new A*... Quite a few people got AAAA offers this year...

Reply 3

briefspare

Surely you would rather a high offer than no offer at all?

Reply 4

yodude888

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OP stop bitching. My friend's offer is 39, with 776 at HL - 7 in Maths and Physics.

Reply 5

AccidentProne

I got an high offer too. 96/100.
It's probably because of my high predicted grades.
My teacher put 100/100 because Cambridge considers applicants with those predicted grades. (although in the end they gave me a 95/100 offer)
Asking to non-uk students - and italians in particular - for their predicted grades is pretty pointless because:
a) We don't get predicted grades.
b) Our final exams are much like a lottery.

They should rely more on end-of-year results and other stuff.

Reply 6

sadhukar

OP

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yodude888

OP stop bitching. My friend's offer is 39, with 776 at HL - 7 in Maths and Physics.

Ouch >.>

Reply 7

Rite

Rainfaery had an offer of 40 with 776 and 5 for phys with theoretical...

But that's life, I guess.

Reply 8

aKarma

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I bet everyone taking IB is regretting it now :tongue:

Muhahahahah and all

Reply 9

Rite

aKarma

I bet everyone taking IB is regretting it now :tongue:

Muhahahahah and all

Reply 10

Roundabout

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Check this LSE offer out:
http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showpost.php?p=15593557&postcount=1964

got an offer yesterday for economics: conditional - 43 points in IB and 776 in highers (7 in Maths HL)

Reply 11

Swayum

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Roundabout

Check this LSE offer out:
http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showpost.php?p=15593557&postcount=1964

Isn't it fair enough if you've been predicted to get that high/higher? I mean sure, it's unfair in the sense that it's a harder offer than A-Levels, but if you think it's too hard to achieve, you should ask your prediction to be lowered, shouldn't you?

Reply 12

Roundabout

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Swayum

Isn't it fair enough if you've been predicted to get that high/higher? I mean sure, it's unfair in the sense that it's a harder offer than A-Levels, but if you think it's too hard to achieve, you should ask your prediction to be lowered, shouldn't you?

Well such high IB offers would be justified if people with predicted AAAAAAA at A-level would also be asked to achieve AAAAAA.

Reply 13

Swayum

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Roundabout

Well such high IB offers would be justified if people with predicted AAAAAAA at A-level would also be asked to achieve AAAAAA.

Correct me if I'm wrong but, by asking for more points, they're not making you do more subjects are they? They just want a higher standard, which is different to wanting people to do more subjects. I would have no objection to A-Level students being asked, say, 88% in a certain subject, if predicted 90% (obviously things don't work this way, but just hypothetically).

Reply 14

Mithra

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Swayum

Correct me if I'm wrong but, by asking for more points, they're not making you do more subjects are they? They just want a higher standard, which is different to wanting people to do more subjects. I would have no objection to A-Level students being asked, say, 88% in a certain subject, if predicted 90% (obviously things don't work this way, but just hypothetically).

O rly?

People have got offers for 90%+ in several subjects in A-level from Cambridge this year! :eek3:

Reply 15

Rite

Swayum

Correct me if I'm wrong but, by asking for more points, they're not making you do more subjects are they? They just want a higher standard, which is different to wanting people to do more subjects. I would have no objection to A-Level students being asked, say, 88% in a certain subject, if predicted 90% (obviously things don't work this way, but just hypothetically).

Tbh LSE and ICL are competitive unis. Ppl don't seem to realise that :s-smilie:

Especially for courses that don't have interviews, high offers are needed to ween ppl out! If A-levelers could have higher reqs, they'd get them. If you want, you could say that it's not the IB reqs that are the problem, but A-level grade inflation that is.

Reply 16

Haz313

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Get over it. Instead of wasting time posting about an OFFER you got, make more use of it and actually study to make sure that you don't miss out on it. Jeeze.

Reply 17

adilmorrison

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Rite

Tbh LSE and ICL are competitive unis. Ppl don't seem to realise that :s-smilie:

Especially for courses that don't have interviews, high offers are needed to ween ppl out! If A-levelers could have higher reqs, they'd get them. If you want, you could say that it's not the IB reqs that are the problem, but A-level grade inflation that is.