Transcripts / Grades
IB Diploma student transcripts with Anticipated Grades are sent to university admissions offices in February.
Official grades are awarded by the International Baccalaureate Organization in July and sent online to universities designated by the student and to each IB Diploma student. The universities make both admission and scholarship decisions on the Anticipated Grades provided by the IB teachers in February.
The final official 1–7 grades sent in July to universities to confirm those decisions.
Students actually have two IB transcripts; one based on the anticipated IB 1–7 grades with a score of points out of a possible 45 and the other a transcript with converted grades, which is IB 1–7 grades converted to a percentage.
The Conversion Scale is an official Nova Scotia scale consistent with similar conversion scales used in other provinces in Canada.
Nova Scotia Conversion Scale
IB grades are converted to percentage grades on student transcripts to university.
For 1–7 Grades on IB Courses: 7 = 99–100 6 = 92–98 5 = 84–91 4 = 77–83 3 = 70–76 2 = 50–69 1 = Failing Grade |
For Theory of Knowledge and Extended Essay: A = 96–100 B = 91–95 C = 80–90 D = 70–79 E = Failure |