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You can be accepted into the one-year Pre-IB programme if

• You live up to the same criteria needed to get accepted into STX.

• You have a high level of knowledge of both spoken and written English and can read relatively difficult academic texts. In certain cases, Pre-IB can be replaced by one year’s study at an English-speaking school.

Before You Apply

IB is a demanding education, both academically and personally. Therefore, it is a good idea to consider the following before you apply:

• Why do you wish to take the Pre-IB-Diploma?

• Can you deal with the high academic demands?

• All teaching and all teaching materials are in English. Are your English skills good enough, both spoken and written?

How do you apply? You must send the following to Grenaa Gymnasium:

• A Pre-IB application form

• A copy of your grades

• An Educational plan

* If you come from a Danish “folkeskole/efterskole” you also have to apply via optagelse.dk

You must state

• that Pre-IB is your first priority.

• which school you wish to go to, in case you don’t get accepted into the IB-Diploma.

*In your educational plan you must describe why you wish to get accepted into pre-IB and your reasons for choosing the international IB-Diploma.

If you do not meet the criteria An individual assessment of qualifications might provide the basis for admission.

Deadline and response The deadline for applications is March 15. In April a letter will be sent to you telling you whether or not you have been accepted. You may also be asked to come to the school and take an entry exam.

What’s the cost of Pre-IB?

Tuition is free, but The Danish Ministry of Education has decided that you may be required to buy teaching materials for up to 2,500 DKR during your time at STX, HF or IB. Grenaa Gymnasium does not use this rule, but in return expects students to buy the calculator recommended by your math teacher.

We also recommend that you buy a laptop because many teachers require you to hand in assignments electronically.

You can be accepted into the IB Diploma programme if you have

• completed pre-IB or the first year of STX with satisfying results. or

• completed a pre-IB level year at an English speaking school abroad with satisfying results or

• have completed 11 years of school of which a major part of it was abroad.

Before You Apply IB is a demanding education, both academically and personally. Therefore, it is a good idea to consider the following before you apply: • Why do you wish to take the IB-Diploma? • Can you deal with the high academic demands? • All teaching and all teaching materials are in English. Are your English skills good enough, both spoken and written?

How do you apply?

Fill in the IB Diploma Application form

and attach the required documents:

• A copy of documentation of your grades ‘

• Your reasons to apply for admission to the IB Diploma

• A reference from your current school

Deadline and response The deadline for applications is March 15.

In April you receive at letter telling you whether or not you have been accepted.

You may also be asked to come to the school and take an entry exam.

What’s the cost of the IB Diploma? Tuition is free, but The Danish Ministry of Education has decided that you may be required to buy teaching materials for up to 2,500 DKR during your time at STX, HF or IB. Grenaa Gymnasium does not use this rule, but in return expects students to buy the calculator recommended by your math teacher.

We also recommend that you buy a laptop because many teachers require you to hand in assignments electronically.

Admission

Applicants that do not qualify for admission according to national standard admission criteria of Bekendtgørelse om optagelse på de gymnasiale uddannelser will be subject to individual assessment of qualifications.

The Head of School assesses any continuous assessment marks, exam results and school references that the candidate might have and conducts an interview and a test in one or more subjects.

STX and HF

Furthermore, any candidates for STX that have not submitted to Folkeskolen’s compulsory final examinations after 9th grade, must take an admission test. Likewise, any candidates for HF that have not submitted to the required exams, must take an admission test.

Pre-IB

Any candidates for the Pre-IB that do not qualify according to the standard admission criteria, and – according to the Head of School’s assessment – who needs admission to an international, English-language upper-secondary programme will be able to complete the IB Diploma programme, is entitled to admission to the Pre-IB if the Head of School finds that the candidate meets these criteria after having been evaluated in an academic interview and test

Credit

Candidates applying for credit that exempts from one or several subjects in the upper secondary programme for which has been applied, will be subject to individual assessment of qualifications. A precondition for this is the Head of School’s assessment that the candidate has ”partly or fully acquired the academic qualifications that are prescribed for the subject/subjects in question, or that the candidate has relevant substitute academic qualifications.” (Bekendtgørelse om de gymnasiale uddannelser.)