UNIVERSITY APPLICATION PROCEDURE FOR IBDP STUDENTS To ensure efficient completion of application documents as required by the university of their choice, IBDP students will observe the following regulations: 1.
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Students approach the DP Coordinator and inform him of their request. They submit electronic and hard copies of the documents for teachers to complete at least one week before the documents are supposed to be mailed. Requests that will not allow the minimum time for completion may be denied. Students check with the Head of Administration (Ms. Camenzind) what the costs of mailing the documents are by their preferred method, e.g. DHL, UPS, etc. and pay the amount to the school. The DP Coordinator distributes appropriate forms to DP teachers. Teachers have one week to complete and return the forms and/or letters of recommendation. The DP Coordinator requests Predicted Grades from the relevant teachers. The DP Coordinator collects Predicted Grades within 2 – 3 days. The DP Coordinator collates all documents and has them mailed to the selected universities. Photocopies of all documents are kept at school. If applicable, students are given the air waybill number so they can track the mailing online.
NOTE: All recommendations, ranking and predicted grades requested by universities are considered confidential and will not be disclosed to students. Please remember that the Predicted G rades r equired b y t he I B w ill b e c ommunicated t o s tudents a fter 1 0th A pril.
ACADEMIC HONESTY It is essential that all Diploma Programme candidates are familiar with the IB academic honesty policy. The following information comes from Academic Honesty: Guidance to Schools published by the IB. The IB defines malpractice as behaviour that results in, or may result in, the candidate or any other candidate gaining an unfair advantage in one or more assessment component. Malpractice includes:
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