IB DON'T take Chinese B HL

Ononma

Interest topic.  My daughter is in IB school since Year 1 and her Chinese teacher told me my daughter will take Chinese B in IB exam.  As far as I know most of the student in her school will also take Chinese B.  But will it only affect the Chance to enter local U in HK?

caa

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Which school is your daughter studying?

FS

"However, it is not possible to know whether someone failed in an application because of this. More, most universities would not tell you why you failed."

The reason is a student with same or even higher PG with Chinese B HL do not receive a Conditional Offer. The school counselor had shown some samples that two students with same core subjects and applied the same course of a U.

FS

"However, it is not possible to know whether someone failed in an application because of this. More, most universities would not tell you why you failed."

The reason is a student with same or even higher PG with Chinese B HL do not receive a Conditional Offer. The school counselor had shown some samples that two students with same core subjects and applied the same course of a U.

caa

FS 發表於 14-12-2 18:33

It would shed more light if the table also listed what major the students were each applying. What would happen if student F had put Chinese B SL like how students A to D treated French B?

FS

I remember that they all applied Major Economics other than I.C. for this table.

poonseelai

請問全是Chinese students 嗎？看來有興趣報讀LSE的Chinese students要特別留意

ANChan59

poonseelai 發表於 14-12-3 07:53
請問全是Chinese students 嗎？看來有興趣報讀LSE的Chinese students要特別留意

如果中文B SL又如何，因為三個HL 都夠 挑戰性了。

caa

I guess UK uni don't take chinese (whether A or B) into account hence that student didn't have sufficient (at least 3 to be comparable to A level) HL subjects.

poonseelai

caa 發表於 14-12-3 10:07
I guess UK uni don't take chinese (whether A or B) into account hence that student didn't have suffi ...

Student E took 3 HL subjects and French AB also got rejected.  Did these schools have interviews as well?

Artie

caa 發表於 14-12-3 10:07
I guess UK uni don't take chinese (whether A or B) into account hence that student didn't have suffi ...

Exactly what I thought.

Universities would focus on which the 3 HL subjects are. So putting Chinese B (or Chinese A) as one of the HL subjects is not really going to help. I think if that student had chosen English A, Physics or Chemistry as one of the HL instead, things would be different.

On the other hand, I am surprised why none were taking English A HL, especially they are all applying to economics major in top universities. I have always thought a lot of programs do care about the english language standard and thus putting English A as one of the HL would help.

Artie

nintendo 發表於 14-11-25 09:52
I have heard that some unis (or some popular programs) do not prefer ab initio. So it is best to ch ...

Looks like ab initio really is not a preferred subject.

caa

Artie 發表於 14-12-3 11:56
Looks like ab initio really is not a preferred subject.

How does ab compare to gcse? If much easier, taking ab means that student wouldn't have another modern language as UK students normally do

Artie

caa 發表於 14-12-3 13:11
How does ab compare to gcse? If much easier, taking ab means that student wouldn't have another mode ...

Ab initio is a beginner level course.
I think most students should have learnt 2 languages. It is just that they probably do not have the confident to study that language in Language B level. And so they choose to take a completely new language, hoping to get a higher grade easier. May be that is why some universities do not like it?

caa

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Just noticed that those 2 US universities gave CO. I thought US universities would not give conditional offers and confirmed offers would be given out v early well in advance of IB results release.
Would you mind sharing which secondary school made this table of info? Or could you pm me?

kingkongdaddy

I heard that only very few US universities considered IB, they will only look at SAT, Is it true?

Artie

kingkongdaddy 發表於 14-12-3 17:32
I heard that only very few US universities considered IB, they will only look at SAT, Is it true?

Who gave you this wrong piece of information?IBDP is a high school curriculum. SAT is a standard test.
These are two different things we are talking about.
No matter what curriculum you are from, you need to take SAT (or similar tests like ACT) to apply to US universities. Few universities do not ask for SAT.

FS

The main messages from School Counsellor in choosing subjects are :-

a.        The structure and workload of IB course is designed to be tough. The student should face the challenge. Do not try to take some easy subjects with a view to get higher total score. It is useless and will have bad impression to the University Admission officer especially famous University in UK and USA.

b.  To choose Language B at Ab initio level is not advisable.

c.        If you are a Chinese, do not choose Chinese B not matter SL or HL. If you want to take Chinese, you should take Chinese A and get a bilingual diploma. In fact, European language B is much much more popular.

HKTHK

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It is interesting that you seem to phrase it as a choice.  I do wonder how much of it is a choice.  Unless someone went to a local school previously, has extensive tutoring or is really talented in languages, is it really possible for someone who started in an IS to take Chinese A?

caa

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It would be much more helpful if you can share which school the School Counselor is in for readers to judge how valid the opinion is