hector_glz Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 I talk with my IB coordinator and she told me that when they submitt the UCAS application they are going to log in my predicted grades but....I can not know them?!?Then how am I suppose to know to which universities to apply...If i think that I'm getting a 38 and I apply to LSE and me coordinator submitts a 37 predicted grade, then I won't be considered.And the worst part is that I can only apply to 5 univs...I want to apply to univs I know are going to consider me this is not fair...Is the IB forbidding teachers to show students their predicted grades?I'm going to be an international student...don't i get special consideration...to apply to more than 5 univs?thankss Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBStuck Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 i think it is up to the teacher if they show your predicted grades. i only knew two of mine, but i din't want to know what most of mine were. did you talk to your IBC about this? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
__inthemaking Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 That's weird..my IBC showed me all of my predicted grades. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerox Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 i think it just depends on the school, some schools don't want to because they do not what students to try to talk their predicted grades up.On my school i think that everybody gets to know, as you have to walk around and ask the teachers for you predicted or pre-predicted Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindpet Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 It also depends on how you apply. Since I applied as an independent I had to see my predicted grades as I filled out my entire UCAS form. If you get a 'buzz word' from your school I believe they fill out some of the fields for you.Just demand to know your predicted grades or at least ask her if you should bother applying to LSE and mention the lowest boundary. At least that's what I'd do, I wouldn't stand for that kind of crap. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamani Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 I think its upto the your teachers but otherwise, you have the right to know them as it affects your chances in university. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
imaginelifeless Posted August 23, 2008 Report Share Posted August 23, 2008 I talk with my IB coordinator and she told me that when they submitt the UCAS application they are going to log in my predicted grades but....I can not know them?!?Then how am I suppose to know to which universities to apply...If i think that I'm getting a 38 and I apply to LSE and me coordinator submitts a 37 predicted grade, then I won't be considered.And the worst part is that I can only apply to 5 univs...I want to apply to univs I know are going to consider me this is not fair...Is the IB forbidding teachers to show students their predicted grades?I'm going to be an international student...don't i get special consideration...to apply to more than 5 univs?thankssOMG I HAVE THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM AS YOU!!! just that im not applying to LSE. my coordinator absolutely refuses to tell me my total predicted score even though i have a rough idea wht each subject would be like... but i want to know the official predicted cos if the score isnt high enough, i want to withdraw certain applications! well, all my other friends in different IB schools say that they didnt get to know their predicted score either, so im guessing its IBO's policy... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquarius Posted August 23, 2008 Report Share Posted August 23, 2008 (edited) I don't think you're able to apply to more than 5 universities, (There is a case that you're rejected by all 5, then you would be in UCAS extra for the sixth university only)...So make proper choices and make sure you have a insurance look-a-like thereafter. Edited August 23, 2008 by Aquarius Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
desperate girl Posted August 23, 2008 Report Share Posted August 23, 2008 I think IBO should change their policy of not letting the students know abt the predicted grades to at least assure the student that they can get a place in the uni which they have chosen instead of keeping them in a dark and not knowing whether they have act met the requirements or not. I dont see anything wrong with showing the students the predicted grades. I think this would help us boost our confidence even more to work harder to meet the conditional offer. This way, it would benefit both the student and the school. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leia Posted August 23, 2008 Report Share Posted August 23, 2008 Its not an IBO policy, its your school's Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
imaginelifeless Posted August 23, 2008 Report Share Posted August 23, 2008 its just our schools'? really? wow then a lot of schools are mean!!! i have friends in other international schools and schools overseas, they somewhat had an idea of what their predicted grade would be, but they werent allowed to know their actual predicted... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted August 23, 2008 Report Share Posted August 23, 2008 Why would you have a predicted score if you couldnt know it....that makes no sense. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
imaginelifeless Posted August 23, 2008 Report Share Posted August 23, 2008 Why would you have a predicted score if you couldnt know it....that makes no sense.i guess because they dont want us begging/bribing to get a higher score... cos if our final IB grades fall way short of the predicted, the school could get in trouble... actually not much trouble, but the school would definately lose its reputation... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
djshah Posted September 9, 2008 Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 In my school we are allowed to know our total predicted grades out of 45. But not predicteds of each subject. If you want to know predicteds of individual subjects you ask the teacher. Some teachers mention it others dont. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FahaD Posted September 20, 2008 Report Share Posted September 20, 2008 I think its you right to see them, at least that what they say in my schoolit not an IBO rule forbidding you of seeing it, it's your school 'rule' Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vvi Posted September 20, 2008 Report Share Posted September 20, 2008 Everyone is correct, it is NOT an IBO rule. They don't interfere with university applications.My school has a policy on not showing people their predicted grades so that we don't develop a grudge against the teacher, or on the other hand, if the grades predicted are all 6's the school thinks we won't work hard enough to actually achieve them.My school never predicts 7's for people. We are trying to influence this now, because I know many people that are capable of getting 7's in English and History but the highest our teacher's are predicting are 5's or 6's. Sad. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
babakren Posted October 28, 2008 Report Share Posted October 28, 2008 the main reason they wont show the predicted grades according to my IB coordinator is because if we know a certain subject we "think" deserves more points, we will beg the teacher of the subject by bragging and doing any other possible way to convince teachers to change them. This makes the PG inaccurate somehow Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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