Academic Results & Placement

The Option International du Baccalauréat  (OIB) is a special version of the French Baccalaureate created by French educational authorities in 1985, in cooperation with various other countries, including the United States. It requires intensive preparation of 40–60 hours per week during the last two years of high school (Première/11th and Terminale/12th). To obtain this international version of the Baccalaureate, students must pass rigorous oral and written examinations in language/literature and history/geography in the language of the cooperating country in addition to the standard French baccalauréat exams.

In the case of the American version of the OIB, examiners are approved by the Franco-American (Fulbright) Commission, with authority delegated by the College Board (creators of the SAT and Advanced Placement exams). 

All American Section Terminale students take the OIB. Students obtain their final score based on a weighted average of all grades on the various disciplines tested through written and oral examinations. S/he passes when this overall score is at least 10 on a 0–20 scale. Each year in France about 80% of all Terminale students pass their academic Baccalaureate examinations.