That’s true that some (perhaps not many) students’ results have been upgraded, and some students’ results have been downgraded. Many students achieved a good grade at their IA but still got their final result downgraded. It is due to the deficiency of the algorithm system that IB used for this “no exam” exam. All in all, the grades assigned to the students this time are not truly their grades. They don’t reflect the individual’s effort and capability. http://positivelysemidefinite.com/2020/06/160k-students.html?fbclid=IwAR3lXPHP2PgiiKkANWVlUKI0Y4sztgr9qWkim0KGTspUOeym5otLqAADuB8
Yes, those students with their final grades automatically downgraded by the IB special algorithm and missed their uni offers are so poor. IBO owes them an explanation. They should at least make it transparent of how their automatic grading process works.
Here are only a few stories:
Managed to check IBO data:
IBO average diploma point: 29.92 includes results of students not awarded the diploma. Page 5 shows the number of students of each grade