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First Year University Experience of IB Graduates IB Conference of the Americas San Antonio, Texas July 2011 Michael Bluhm Associate Director, Undergraduate Admissions

Overview About UBC • IB student enrolment at UBC • IB student experience at UBC • IB student performance at UBC •

The University of British Columbia Campuses in Vancouver and Kelowna, BC, Canada • Over 50,000 students • Global citizenship, service learning, and • integrated/interdisciplinary first-year programs Highly competitive admission; 88% mean entrance average • Admission based on academic information and (increasingly) • broad-based admission criteria Top post – sec destination of IB transcripts in the world • Approx. 10% of direct-entry applicants are IB Diploma •

Vancouver, British Columbia

UBC Vancouver Campus

Kelowna, British Columbia

UBC Okanagan Campus

IB Student Enrolment at UBC

IB student enrolment at UBC 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 applicants 948 1268 1543 1929 2501 2295 2711 admits 703 1012 1257 1460 1756 1935 2252 registrants 261 387 462 562 670 676 800 applicant 79 88 87 98 117 108 108 nationalities registrant 37 45 55 53 68 61 68 nationalities

Origin of first-year IB registrants at UBC, 2011 Asia-Pacific 27% Americas 59% Africa/Europe/ Middle East 14%

Compare to non-IB registrant origin, 2011 Asia- Asia- Africa/Eu Pacific Pacific rope/Mi 15% 27% ddle East 3% Africa/E urope/M Americas iddle Americas 59% East 82% 14% Non-IB IB

Enrolment by program, 2011 50% 45% 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% non-IB 15% IB 10% 5% 0%

IB Student Experience at UBC

First year experience: what IB students have to say • New to UBC Survey • National Survey of Student Engagement

New to UBC (NUBC) • Measures characteristics and expectations of incoming UBC students • Measures how expectations change after first semester • Survey questions developed specifically for UBC’s learning environment and strategic plan • Overall response rate of 64.2% achieved for direct entrants

NUBC responses • Respondents rated their ability in the following areas on a 6 point scale (very poor, poor, fair, good, very good, excellent) • Results displayed show % of respondents who rated “very good” or “excellent” • Results displayed are those with statistically significant effect sizes, 2009 (Vancouver campus only)

NUBC – start of 1 st semester SKILL/ABILITY IB Non-IB Research skills 35% 9% Library skills 24% 9% Ability to read and comprehend academic material 43% 21% Ability to prepare and make a presentation 47% 22% Analytical and critical thinking skills 38% 21% Ability to be clear and effective when writing 40% 20% Ability to take personal social responsibility 55% 47% Ability to work as a team member 50% 40% Ability to motivate and lead others toward a goal (leadership skills) 38% 28% Ability to speak clearly and effectively in English 72% 60% Quantitative (mathematical and statistical) skills 31% 27% Ability to appreciate racial and ethnic diversity 76% 63%

NUBC – end of 1 st semester Skill/Ability IB Non-IB Library skills 48% 27% Research skills 53% 37% Ability to prepare and make a presentation 43% 29% Ability to read and comprehend academic material 62% 43% Analytical and critical thinking skills 51% 41% Quantitative (mathematical and statistical) skills 34% 31% Ability to appreciate cultural and global diversity 84% 72% Ability to take personal social responsibility 65% 58% Ability to be clear and effective when writing 46% 37% Ability to understand and appreciate aboriginal cultures 32% 38% Ability to speak clearly and effectively in English 77% 66%

NUBC – first semester experience “I am able to balance my academic time and my non- academic time.” IB Non-IB 61% 55%

NUBC – first semester experience In which of the following activities have you participated in at UBC? IB non-IB participate in a conference 24% 19% student leadership activities 30% 16% research with a faculty member 7% 5% volunteer work 54% 30% community service as part of a class 12% 9% student government 6% 3% political activities (e.g. local, municipal, provincial, federal other than 9% 4% student government) tutoring or teaching other students (paid or voluntary) 21% 11% attend special lectures 38% 29% join an intramural team 15% 15% mentoring programs (student to student, alumni to student) 11% 8% student club or organization 63% 46%

National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) • More than 1,200 institutions in Canada and US, since 1999 with approximately 450,000 first and senior year respondents in 2008 • 125+ questions and 5 composite engagement benchmarks • http://nsse.iub.edu • Results displayed are for 2008, UBC Vancouver campus only

NSSE 2008 – How do IB students stand out? IB Non-IB I plan to… …work on a research project with a 39.7% 30.8% faculty member outside of course or program requirements

NSSE 2008 – How do IB students stand out? IB Non-IB I plan to… 59.9% 48.8% …study abroad .

NSSE 2008 – How do IB students stand out? IB Non-IB I plan to… …do a practicum, internship, field 75.4% 68.5% experience, co-op experience, or clinical assignment.

IB Student Performance at UBC

Academic performance research Began with study of accuracy of anticipated grades • (2004 – 2007) Identified systemic causes for differences between • anticipated vs final IB grades Impetus for regressional analysis to calibrate IB • anticipated grades with BC high school grades, based on first-year performance at UBC Resulted in new scale used in UBC admissions • which recognises more students on lower end of IB scale

Using a linear regression to predict first-year performance 90 Predicted first-year performance at 85 80 75 UBC (%) 70 65 60 55 50 24 27 30 33 36 39 42 45 IB Anticipated Diploma Scores

Mapping IB performance to BC high school, 2003 - 2006 Anticipated IB Diploma grades Spring BC 12 admission averages 90 90 Predicted first-year performance at Predicted first-year performance at 85 85 80 80 75 75 UBC (%) UBC (%) 70 70 65 65 60 60 55 55 50 50 24 27 30 33 36 39 42 45 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 BC sec school Spring admission avg. IB Anticipated Diploma Scores (%)

Revised calibration for IB and BC high school grades Previous Revised 45 IB anticipated diploma scores 40 35 30 25 20 75 80 85 90 95 100 BC secondary school spring admission average (%)

Revised: IB Diploma scores calibrated to % old scale: IB 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 % 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 C+ to A range new scale: IB 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 % 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 B+ to A range

Implications IB diploma holders typically perform at the same or • higher level as B-average high school students at UBC An IB Diploma student with an anticipated score of • 29 is expected to perform at the same level as an A-average high school student at UBC

Summary A growing pool of research exists regarding IB • graduates in higher education. IB graduates tend to be better prepared to adjust • to the academic environment of higher education. IB graduates tend to pursue and be involved in the • kinds of experiences valued by many institutions. IB graduates at all levels tend to perform well • academically.

Questions? Michael Bluhm Associate Director, Undergraduate Admissions The University of British Columbia email: michael.bluhm@ubc.ca phone: 604.822.9489