sakumi Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 HiI'm wondering how everyone's schools convert their IB levels to percentages for Ontario grades. Since I had two 7s in my SLs last year, I only know that 7s get converted to 100%. But for people who got 6s apparently got different percentages, like 90 or 93. Does the conversion depend on your exact marks on the exams or depend on your predicted?Thanks! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneyfaery Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 Not true.7 = 96-1006 = 90-95I forget the rest.... apparently, there's matrix that converts IB grades to percentages based on predicted grades and IA scores. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
__inthemaking Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 It depends on how your school does it.At my school, your translated mark is based on your rank in that class prior to IB exams. For example, if you get a 7 in math SL and you had a 94 in that class BEFORE exams and it was the highest mark in the class, then you would get 100%. The person that got the second highest mark in the class who also scored a 7 on the exam would get a 99% etc. 7 = 96-100%6 = 90-95%5 = 80-89%etc Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmcan Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Does that mean the marks we get in the end for the Ontario High School Diploma is based on the IB marks we get? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
godofib Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Yes, the marks for your Ontario diploma are based on your IB marks since the IB courses that you take are the grade 12 courses that you would have taken in Ontario curriculum if you had not taken IB. So like others previously said, If you get:7 = 96-100%6 = 90-95%5 = 80-89% etc. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KLSmash Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 It's been said that you get the percentage based on what boundary you scored in, but everyone I've talked to who received 7s received 100%, and for 6s they received 95. Maybe it's just my IB co-coordinator that's nice? haha Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneyfaery Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 It's been said that you get the percentage based on what boundary you scored in, but everyone I've talked to who received 7s received 100%, and for 6s they received 95. Maybe it's just my IB co-coordinator that's nice? hahaAn exception: my 7 in bio was converted to a 96. Then again, I'm not at your school. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
idIB Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Your IB Corrdinator is just REALLY nice. For our school, whatever you get between the boundaries is based on what you have before the exam. So, say you got a 7, if you were getting a 95+ it becomes 99-100, if you were getting 90-94, it would be 97-98, etc Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
powa2 Posted July 18, 2009 Report Share Posted July 18, 2009 Yep, that percentage conversion is the same as in British Columbia but I heard in America it's not as forgiving. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KLSmash Posted July 18, 2009 Report Share Posted July 18, 2009 Your IB Corrdinator is just REALLY nice. For our school, whatever you get between the boundaries is based on what you have before the exam. So, say you got a 7, if you were getting a 95+ it becomes 99-100, if you were getting 90-94, it would be 97-98, etcThe only time our coordinator uses the marks we were getting before the exam, is if we bomb the IB exam and have a "valid excuse" (death in family), and so on our transcript, we receive our predicted mark as a final. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
godofib Posted July 18, 2009 Report Share Posted July 18, 2009 Don't you just rewrite the exam if you had a 'valid excuse'? Because I have never heard of anyone receiving their final grade that is just based on a predicted grade. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KLSmash Posted July 18, 2009 Report Share Posted July 18, 2009 Don't you just rewrite the exam if you had a 'valid excuse'? Because I have never heard of anyone receiving their final grade that is just based on a predicted grade.Well, if we bomb the final exam just 'cause ... we didn't study enough or whatever, then we're allowed to rewrite the exam next year (assuming it's one of the two we take in IB1). However, if there was some "valid reason" as to why we did not perform as well as we were expected to, then on the university transcripts, our coordinator said she would use our predicted. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneyfaery Posted July 18, 2009 Report Share Posted July 18, 2009 Don't you just rewrite the exam if you had a 'valid excuse'? Because I have never heard of anyone receiving their final grade that is just based on a predicted grade.Well, if we bomb the final exam just 'cause ... we didn't study enough or whatever, then we're allowed to rewrite the exam next year (assuming it's one of the two we take in IB1). However, if there was some "valid reason" as to why we did not perform as well as we were expected to, then on the university transcripts, our coordinator said she would use our predicted.That seems quite unfair. The only time predicteds are used (generally) is when the IB loses your papers/IAs/something like H1N1 occurs. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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