Grade 12IB Parent Night
A Brief Program Overview
Students are taking, or have completed,a course from the 6 areas below
CAS
Creativity, Action, Service
IB cares about the education of the wholestudent
50 hours required in each area, a minimum of3 activities per area, and must meet CASLearning Outcomes
Students meet with their CAS Counsellors
Recording of hours through ManageBac
Great question for your child: “How manyhours of CAS do you have left to do?”
Theory of Knowledge
Course is complete, extensions taking place inother classes
2 major components: the presentation andessay
Essay to be completed this year, presentationcompleted last year
Essay questions are out on ManageBac
Great question for your child: “What questionwere you thinking of doing for ToK?”
Extended Essay
Students should have begun working on this lastyear
3500-4000 word paper on a topic of theirchoosing…can be from any discipline that theyare in
First draft of the extended essay is due Sept. 30th
Students should be accessing their supervisor
Final draft will be due October 31st
Great question for your child: “How far along areyou on your extended essay?|
This year’s courses…
•IB2 goes fast…students are finished IBclasses in April
•Final IB assignments are being done andare due at different points in the year,usually late February or early March
•Added significance and pressurebecause of university applications
•IB exams take place from May 2nd – 22ndat Carleton University
Exams and IB Fees
The IB Annual Fee and Volunteer sheet willgo home the first week of October
Students will register for exams in mid-October
One-time exam registration fee of $175 (ifthey did not take an exam last year) +$120 per exam taken
Exam fees are normally collected inJanuary
IB Marks and What They Mean
Percentage grades reported to universityare based on IB Predicted Grades
The established conversions acrossOntario are as follows:
7 = 96-100%; 6 = 90-95%; 5 = 80-89%;
4 = 70-79%; 3 = 60-69%; 2 = 50-59%
1 = Failing Condition
Component gradeboundaries
Grade:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Mark range:
0 - 2
3 - 5
6 - 7
8 - 10
11 - 13
14 - 16
17 - 20
Grade:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Mark range:
0 - 5
6 - 10
11 - 13
14 - 17
18 - 21
22 - 25
26 - 30
Grade:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Mark range:
0-4
5-8
9-10
11-13
14-16
17-19
20-25
Applying to University
Students can start applying to university inearly December once OUAC numbers comeout
Anyone applying out of province needs to doso directly to the university itself, not throughOUAC
All IB students apply to university with 2 sets ofcredentials: their IB predicted scores and theirOSSD percentage marks
Talk to them early about universityapplications
What Universities Want…
What universities want (6 X 4U/M courses withsome pre-requisites)
Engineering: ENG4U, SCH4U, SPH4U, MHF4U,MCV4U, + 1 other
Sciences: ENG4U, 2 of 3 Sciences, MHF4U,MCV4U, + 1 other
Commerce: ENG4U, MHF4U, MCV4U, + 3other
Liberal Arts: ENG4U, + 5 others
Many IB students have 8 + 4U and 4M marksto choose from
Visit university sessions
ManageBac
an electronic community meant to quicklyconnect teachers, students, and parents
Parents are able to see what their child joins,aiding them in assisting their child at home
Please ask your child’s subject teacher aboutit if the course is not appearing
Questions?