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Sydney school breaks IB record with top marks for 10 students
By Jordan Baker
January 3, 2022 — 5.58pm
For a few months, International Baccalaureate diploma students feared they might not be able to do their exams. Unlike the HSC, the IB diploma is sat by students across the globe so cannot be postponed due to COVID-19 outbreaks in a few Australian states.
The uncertainty added extra stress to an already-difficult preparation, which involved more than a term in lockdown. And yet, despite the hurdles, MLC School in Burwood in Sydney’s inner west, set a state record, with 10 of its 49 IB students achieving a perfect score of 45. This equates to an ATAR of 99.95.
“It’s very surprising - it’s so good,” said Montana Cominos, who was among those achieving a top score.“[The fate of the exam] was very shaky at certain points. And no one can deny how difficult it is to work at home, you’re not really motivated. We were all feeling that.
“But by the time we got to the final exams, we were all really excited.”
Usually, International Baccalaureate marks arrive more than a fortnight after the HSC. This year, the IB results came first, after COVID-19 concerns delayed the Higher School Certificate marking process by more than a month.
“The wait for the results this year didn’t feel as long because the HSC girls didn’t get theirs first,” Ms Cominos said. “It’s almost as though they came too soon.”
Across Australia, 2644 students sat IB diploma exams in the November session for schools in the southern hemisphere. Their average mark was 37 out of 40, with a pass rate of 98 per cent. More than 875 students achieved a score above 40, which equates to an ATAR of more than 97.9.
About 1.1 per cent of candidates in the session achieved a perfect score, and the global average was 32.37. In many cases over the past two years, COVID-19 outbreaks have forced some countries to cancel IB exams. In those cases, assessment marks are used to determine results.
MLC’s head of senior school, Neil Scotney, said he was thrilled for the girls and their families. “With such incredible dislocation and doubt over the past two years, I would’ve been happy if they all simply passed,” he said. “They have gone above and beyond to achieve these results.”
At Trinity Grammar, which has the biggest IB cohort in NSW with 111 candidates, seven students achieved 45 and 11 were awarded 44. “While these are outstanding results, they should not be the only measure of success – far more valuable is to look at the men of character that our boys have become,” headmaster Tim Bowden said.
Four students at Newington achieved top marks, as did three at St Paul’s Grammar School, one at Ravenswood, and two at Redlands. Two students at St Andrew’s Cathedral, Gemma Gardiner and Dylan Nguyen, also got scores of 45, and 14 per cent of the school’s cohort achieved an ATAR above 99.
Redlands, which has offered the diploma for more than 30 years, also had one set of twins and another set of siblings sitting the IB examinations. Emily Barrelle, 18, and Natalie Watson achieved scores of 44, or an ATAR of 99.75. Their brothers - both James - scored 42, which equates to an ATAR of 99.1.
The Watsons - who were born 11 months apart, but are in the same year at school - have received offers from universities in the United Kingdom to study anthropology and international relations.
Like many of their classmates, Emily and James Barrelle accepted early offers from the Australian National University. “We’re going to the same college but hopefully not the same hallway,” Ms Barrelle. “We’ve lived together our entire life; university is a time to become more independent and find out what your main interests are.”
Unlike other states, the IB diploma is only available to NSW students at private schools.
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MLC 10个，Trinity 7个，NEWINGTON 4个。
看这个IB官网，2021年全球IB平均成绩排名前100名的学校：https://ib-schools.com/league-tables/global-top-ib-schools
全球前100名澳洲只有两个学校上榜，澳洲IB平均分最高是悉尼的女校MLC和悉尼男校Newington College，一个全球排名37，一个全球排名49。不知道为何Trinity Grammar没上榜?难道因为考试人数太多，平均分被拉下来了？
另外，文章底下有评论，说不是所有45分的IB满分成绩可以转换成ATAR 99.95满分。这个不太明白，要怎么选择课程才能无损转换。
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Not all IB scores of 45 get a 99.95 ATAR any more. It depends on what IB subjects are done, only if the “harder” subjects are taken does a 45 yield 99.95.
正常情况下，IB和ATAR的分数对应如下表:
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这届孩子真牛，太不容易了，手动点赞！
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牛娃
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我家闺女明年会进MLC 7年级，希望她也能好好努力。
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昆州也破纪录了，qasmt四个满分，19个44分。往年一般一个满分。6-7个44分。
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这种考试全澳没几个人考，没啥竞争。属于投机取巧。真正的实力是靠在大量竞争者中脱颖而出，而不是这种鲜有人考的科目。 当然，子非鱼，焉知鱼之乐。在三个人的考试中名列第一也是第一，在三万人的考试中名列第一也是第一，有这个味就行了。
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. There were 2,156 students in Singapore who sat their IB exams in November 2021; they are among over 16,880 graduates worldwide who have successfully completed and been awarded the qualifications.
The average score of Singapore students was 40.6 points, higher than the global average of 32.37 and above last year's Singapore average of 38.35 points.
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这个考试跟vce不同，不是按比例算的
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可是常青藤，牛津剑桥好像认这个，不认hsc，vce啥的
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这个考试是和全球孩子一起竞争，更有说服力吧？
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申请英美名校，IB高分的话确实更有竞争力。
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IB成绩国际通行，就是教育成本高
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呵呵。怎么可能呢。。？？
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等于MLC一年有10个Atar 99.95 这个比那个千年老大James Ruse还多...
居然有人说Burwood不是学区
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男生咋办？
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私校和公校没啥可比性吧，学区不都是指公校的么
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内西也是IB牛校聚集的地方
Trinity Grammar 前年 5个Atar 99.95
https://www.trinity.nsw.edu.au/2 ... aureate-ib-diploma/
Newington College 去年 4个Atar 99.95
https://www.newington.nsw.edu.au/results/
这就是资本的力量
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对于中学来说，私校区比精英中学的区更像学区，因为精英要考试才能进去。
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私校和精英中学都没学区的概念啊，全NSW的学生都可以申请啊
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MLC确实是个好学校
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不一定谁都知道，尤其是很多家长只会看HSC排名，很大一部分根本没听说过IB。
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对啊，去年这届高三全澳才只有两千多人考IB，占考生人群比率基本可以忽略不计。
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看来考IB比做4U数学的人数还少。
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HSC 好像也可以“投机取巧"拿到高分。
但是看以后大学要报的是什么专业吧，相信有的专业是会对高考科目有具体要求的。
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排名100名内的两所中学都在悉尼
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IB 新加坡是最好的。
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美国很少接受这个，英国也可以用VCE申请。曾经有VCE TOP进MIT和Princeton，那位Princeton小孩学金融数学，MIT小孩是软件架构。当然两位都有拿过奖牌
VCE去英国的也不少
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所以排名换成HSC合适 高分多
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