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[quote] I wouldn't be so sure, but I'd like that poster to elaborate on the claim that IB grading is biased against American students and will pull down their GPAs. I don't understand that, as I understand IB courses get weighted the same extra 1.0 as AP courses. If he/she is referring to the grading of IB exams, that's a different point, but it wouldn't have any impact on a student's GPA. [/quote]

I am that PP. Thank you for not slamming me as the others have.

Regarding GPAs, yes, the IB courses are weighted the same as AP courses, but the structure of the IB grading system pretty much ensures that students will not receive the equivalent of an A as easily as a student in a comparable AP course would. The bar for an "8" or "10" on the IB scale can be very high. (And no, I am not suggesting that AP is any less rigorous, it's just different).

Regarding the bias against American students, you rightly discerned that I was referring to IB exam/project grading. This is work that is shipped off to IB evaluators in other countries for grading to see how it fares against IB cohorts locally. There is most definitely a bias in certain localities against the American IB students. And yes, it can affect the student's GPA, because that feedback is supposed to be folded into the student's grade.

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