OIB - University Entrance
The OIB and University Entrance
In June 2008 Alan Ackroyd (
Ferney-Voltaire) and
Rob Miller (
Lyon) presented the
baccalauréat and the OIB to British admissions tutors at Kings College, London.
The presentation and the accompanying notes they prepared and used are available in the
OIB Presentations section.
The
OIB Handbook (p12) sums up what bacheliers with the International Option
can bring to British University studies:
'...these fully bilingual students are likely to prove excellent prospects for British universities.
They have something special to offer any department in cultural terms, and they have the advantage
of having received a broad education, including the study of Philosophy. Moreover, they have been
examined in ways that are, in some respects, more demanding than at A-level.'
The OIB is used by many students as a means of entrance to universities in France, the UK, the USA and
Canada. Many of the British sections that teach the OIB also offer counselling to students on applications
to universities in English-speaking countries.
British OIB sections have worked together in the past to present the OIB to universities in several
countries and to explain its demands, its advantages and how it prepares students for higher education.
There is a section in the
OIB Handbook (page 12) for admissions tutors,
and there is also a brief description of the OIB in the
UCAS International Qualifications Guide produced by
UCAS.
Because of such communication and contact over a period of years, many English-speaking universities
now recognize the OIB as an examination of particular academic merit. See, for example, the
US College Board web site which presents the
Advanced Placement - French Baccalauréat
International Option document with a comparison of the OIB and Advanced Placement.
Certain British universities reduce their standard levels of conditional offer based on the French
baccalauréat by half or one point (out of 20) for OIB candidates.
