You won't like the answer, but

Aug 29, 2015
6:38:10am

BYUtiful

in my experience (not personal, but via people we've known well), BYU does not recognize the IB nor give it extra weight and does NOT look at weighted GPA. You're better off having your child do better in non weighted/IB classes.

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BYUtiful

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The BYU admissions dilemma...

Fdnman

8/29/15 5:58am

Did your oldest get in? If your kids do that well in hard classes 30+ shouldn't

Flyingdolphin

8/29/15 6:04am

He is submitting his papers this fall. 3.6 GPA and 30 ACT.

Fdnman

8/29/15 6:11am

Is the rest of his application well-rounded? Activities/service/leadership?

IGlowInTheDark

8/29/15 6:16am

Many community activities, not much school extracurricular...

Fdnman

8/29/15 6:23am

I don't think you have much to worry about.

kccougar

8/29/15 6:26am

Helicopter Parenting

Tsisquan

8/29/15 7:00am

Good stuff...no basis in reality, but good stuff.

Fdnman

8/29/15 8:12am

I think he will have a strong resume

kccougar

8/29/15 6:25am

Is there still time to boost that ACT score?

korihor

8/29/15 7:36am

Very good point...hard to argue it is the tough school if you don't get

Fdnman

8/29/15 8:14am

You won't like the answer, but

BYUtiful

8/29/15 6:38am

While BYU does not offer the same credit for an IB diploma that some schools do

kccougar

8/29/15 6:44am

If it was me would definitely play the game

cougfanz

8/29/15 6:39am

After some long discussion with BYU admissions, I learned

EV94305

8/29/15 6:40am

Fairfax County?

Remigius

8/29/15 6:41am

Yep

Fdnman

8/29/15 8:15am

Do you live outside of Utah?

WJCougar

8/29/15 7:13am

I grew up in the Utah schools and most of my relatives...yes he has a better

Fdnman

8/29/15 8:22am

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cvd6262

8/29/15 7:19am

"oriental" - FWIW - "Asian" is BY FAR the preferred reference

HarlemCoug

8/29/15 8:06am

Though if I had my preferences, I would have addressed it as Chinese heritage

TaiJuan

8/29/15 8:14am

I apologize if my vernacular has offended. I have nothing but the highest

Fdnman

8/29/15 8:24am

Now I am confused. Are you suggesting your kid got outperformed because kids

TaiJuan

8/29/15 8:27am

Yep, you are confused. I am saying that the Chinese class specifically was

Fdnman

8/29/15 8:34am

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Fdnman

8/29/15 8:36am

GPA is an extremely soft indicator of performance

sidsie716

8/29/15 8:20am

Back in the 90s, BYU had rankings of every high school and used that to weight

Byron McNertney

8/29/15 8:35am

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cvd6262

8/29/15 8:41am

Sorry to high-jack your thread. Can you still get into BYU during Spring or

SD-Y-FAN

8/29/15 8:44am

I am not arguing that my kids are all American scholars...I understand they

Fdnman

8/29/15 8:44am

I would balance it;

Archaea

8/29/15 8:57am

Anecdotal evidence suggests his ACT score is most important.

CosmoK

8/29/15 9:16am

This exact question was recently asked to BYU admissions advisor

byu1

8/29/15 9:16am

What if the skills you learn in AP classis improve your ACT by 3 points?

CosmoK

8/29/15 9:24am

There may not be a correlation. I didn't take a ton of AP classes and was able

cougarnerd

8/29/15 9:43am

To this point...my son flat out stated that he didn't learn a blasted thing

Fdnman

8/29/15 10:01am

The fact that the class sounded useless should be the most important thing, no?

CosmoK

8/29/15 10:14am

And I would still disagree

kccougar

8/29/15 12:43pm

i can confirm this and to me it's a dilemma

run26

8/29/15 3:46pm

Easy classes, straight A's. Every single time. I promise.

Sherlock

8/29/15 1:44pm

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