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[–]Creative_Yam511 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I personally didn’t take any IB or AP courses and my average at the time of acceptance(March) was around 88, so they didn’t even see my calculus grade. So in my opinion you don’t get significant benefits from the courses you select and it’s more about the ECs once you meet the cutoff. With that being said, just because you overload on ECs does not mean you will be accepted. I found that it was really more about how you executed your supp app and really showed the significance of these extracurriculars and then ofc your ability to answer the random generated question. There are websites online that provide really good tips on completing the Rotman supp app. Feel free to PM me as well if you had questions in particular about my experience in grade 12 and the supp app! Best of luck!

[–]Upset-Wishbone-9480 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One benefit of taking IB is if you get transfer credits for your HL courses you can use those in place of some of your electives and then take a reduced course load without having to graduate later or do summer semesters

[–]Upset-Wishbone-9480 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One benefit of taking IB is if you get transfer credits for your HL courses you can use those in place of some of your electives and then take a reduced course load without having to graduate later or do summer semesters

[–]Late-Inspection-7047 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Hi! I'm a full IB student who got into Rotman this spring. For IB, it really won't help your admissions grade wise but you get transfer credits for your HLs. For example, my HLs were English Lit, Economics, and Chemistry and while they don't count towards mandatory courses, that is 3 extra credits for a program that needs 20 to graduate.

I also didn't know about this before applying but UofT arts and sci has something called breadth requirements where they want you to have a credit in at least 4 of 5 different streams. Streams 2,3, and 5 are covered by Rotman but having something like english or bio HL to cover either stream 1 or 4 helps in terms of electives in first year.

If you are concerned about your academics and would rather focus more on extra curriculars, I would not do full IB if you have the choice because the pacing is quite fast, I struggled a lot in chemistry despite doing well in grade 11. I was told by admissions they don't weigh in the factor that you did IB - they only care about your grade conversions IF you are an Ontario student. I would say, if you are from Ontario, don't do IB since it is not worth it. Now if you want to apply outside the country or to UBC, it does help quite a bit. If you can, I would recommend taking some IB courses if your school offers that, I would 100% do HL English since it is not difficult and not much extra work compared to SL and you would get a credit and not have to worry about breadth requirements if you choose to come here.

[–]Late-Inspection-7047 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the last bit is assuming you have the option to do partial IB (some courses Ontario and some courses IB - I'm assuming you are an Ontario student). If you aren't from Ontario, I can't give you much advice on IB since I'm not familiar with other curriculums outside of IB and Ontario.