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[quote=Anonymous]Yes - it does sound strange, but colleges do look favorably on a student in the diploma program even though they won't have their final grades until too late for admission. However, many colleges will give credit for the final scores.

Also, maybe I didn't make it clear -  the kids are getting grades along the way for the work they are doing so there is a transcript. The only grades the colleges don't see before admissions decisions are the final scores. However, colleges really do recognize the difficult work and account for that.

Interestingly also is that some U.S. Colleges are beginning to accept predicted IB scores (NYU is one of them). Essentially, they are working the same way the U.K., Canadian and other schools around the world do - asking the teachers to provide them with a good estimate on how the kids will do on their final exams and then giving conditional offers based on this. It is standard practice for many other countries. The main difference is that NYU is not necessarily as strict as the U.K. schools if the scores are not reached. The admissions counselor told us that they find the teachers are very good with their estimates (and of course look at the transcript that is sent and know the work the student has been doing along the way). He indicated it was a conditional offer in the same way that any student is expected to do well their 2nd semester of senior year - if they bomb the grades after admission the school may take away their offer...students may choose to send in SAT, ACT or predicted IB scores. [/quote]

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