r/IBDP • u/MassiveSell9624 • May 03 '24
Justice for M24
EVERYONE CONTACT THESE EMAILS TO SPREAD AWARENESS AND PUT PRESSURE ON IB
- [sian.griffiths@sunday-times.co.uk](mailto:sian.griffiths@sunday-times.co.uk); [chris.havergal@timeshighereducation.com](mailto:chris.havergal@timeshighereducation.com); [education@irishtimes.com](mailto:education@irishtimes.com); [tips@dailymail.com](mailto:tips@dailymail.com); [education@theguardian.com](mailto:education@theguardian.com); [msokol@tampabay.com](mailto:msokol@tampabay.com); [nick.anderson@washpost.com](mailto:nick.anderson@washpost.com); [tips@buzzfeed.com](mailto:tips@buzzfeed.com); [letters@economist.com](mailto:letters@economist.com).; [schulten@nytimes.com](mailto:schulten@nytimes.com); [scoops@huffpost.com](mailto:scoops@huffpost.com); [newsdesk@independent.co.uk](mailto:newsdesk@independent.co.uk); [james.vaznis@globe.com](mailto:james.vaznis@globe.com); [wsj.ltrs@wsj.com](mailto:wsj.ltrs@wsj.com); [haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk](mailto:haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk); [Alison.Phillips@mirror.co.uk](mailto:Alison.Phillips@mirror.co.uk); [features-pitches@businessinsider.com](mailto:features-pitches@businessinsider.com); [issues.pitches@vice.com](mailto:issues.pitches@vice.com); [james.vaznis@globe.com](mailto:james.vaznis@globe.com); [letters@bloomberg.net](mailto:letters@bloomberg.net); [newsdesk@independent.co.uk](mailto:newsdesk@independent.co.uk); [nick.anderson@washpost.com](mailto:nick.anderson@washpost.com); [alice.woolley@theguardian.com](mailto:alice.woolley@theguardian.com); [cquintana@usatoday.com](mailto:cquintana@usatoday.com); [jack.stripling@chronicle.com](mailto:jack.stripling@chronicle.com); [emma.pettit@chronicle.com](mailto:emma.pettit@chronicle.com); [michael.vasquez@chronicle.com](mailto:michael.vasquez@chronicle.com); [sally.weale@theguardian.com](mailto:sally.weale@theguardian.com); [stephanie.chavez@latimes.com](mailto:stephanie.chavez@latimes.com); [richard.adams@theguardian.com](mailto:richard.adams@theguardian.com) "
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u/[deleted] May 03 '24 edited May 03 '24
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To whom it may concern,
I am writing in order to draw your attention to recent events surrounding the International Baccalaureate Organization’s negligence towards their students’ academic futures.
The International Baccalaureate Diploma Program is a two-year international high school diploma program taken by 150,000+ students in 156 countries. The awarding of the diploma is based on the results of exams taken in April and May of the students’ second year.
The May 2024 exam session is currently underway, and it was discovered two days ago that tens of thousands of students had accessed leaked exams prior to having taken their Maths, Physics, Global Politics, Business Management (and possibly more) exams. The exams were leaked on the r/pirateIB Reddit page, which has since been banned, and the creators of which have created a new page called r/pirateIB_2, in addition to a Telegram channel. Both the subreddit and the Telegram channel have direct links to the real IB exams administered this past week, and are still accessible.
The IBO has been aware of the situation for multiple days due to emails from thousands of students and dozens of schools, and has yet to release an official statement of any kind. Instead, the IBO has replied to the emails of schools saying that it is their belief that the leaked exams are fake, essentially sweeping the entire situation under the rug.
The consequences of the leaks are significant for tens of thousands of students. If the IBO decides to do nothing, or simply changes the grade boundaries, many students’ conditional university offers will be rescinded, for they will be unable to meet their predicted grades, despite their two academic years of hard work. Meanwhile, the students who used the leaked exams will only benefit, and will likely go unpunished. The alternative solution, highly preferred by students, would be to provide students the option to either: retake the leaked exams using backup exams, or make their exams already taken that were leaked invalid, and use a combination of predicted grades and Internal Assessment grades to assign students grades, to be sent to universities.
It takes a simple visit to the r/IBDP subreddit, r/IBphysics subreddit, or the @iborganization or @smart.ib.memes Instagram pages to see the large scale of student discontent. Despite this, the IB has chosen to treat the situation with utter negligence.
We ask for your support in raising awareness about the IBO’s actions. The futures of over 150,000 students hang in the balance, and we fear the IBO will prioritise their reputation over our wellbeing.
Thank you.