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Hello there, I just received my conditional offer to HKU today for the BA: 30 with 3 or 4 in most subjects, and I am a little surprised, as I thought their offers usually ranged in high 30's or low 40's. I heard the competition in Hong Kong, as well as any asian country, is quite ferocious, and I do not find a 30 to be "ferociously" competitive, as this is below the world average for the global grade (which is 33 if I am not mistaken)... I am Canadian, 42 predicted. Thanks!
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Okay, so! Applications for early acceptance is coming out soon for US schools and Canadian schools and I am stuck with a huge problem. How important is math for an undergraduate program in Biology? I took math studies thinking that i'm going to become a pharmacist and that math SL is not really required. However this semester i found out that i am 15% (75% in chem, 90% in bio) better in Biology and it's HL and now want to pursuit a career in Med. am i screwed? all the universities i looked into in Canada that I want like U of T want Math SL or HL. I am good in math and it is too late to switch back to SL, so i am stuck in studies The only reason i switched to studies is …
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I plan to major in Meteorology when I go to college. It's always been a lifelong dream for me to be a meteorologist. If that plan fails, I'm going to major in Accounting, then Law School lol. Edit: Sorry about the typo in the title.
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hey guys... I'm a new member. Is still between sixth and seven to choose what U will be the most suitable for my course. I plan to take mechatronic. to be more specified, I only able to choose U at canada/UK/australia/new zealand. Hence, I hope you all can give me a suggestion and idea to settle my problem...
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I originally started the IB doing both HL physics and maths, unfortunately i found the maths too hard and dropped down to standard level. Does anyone know of any universities (preferably in the UK) that accept you for a physics or physics related course with only SL maths? Thanks, lelony
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Hi. I am studying in the IB Diploma and its not going as swell as I thought it would be. Ive been predicted 30 and I have an SAT score of 1770 plus 8 on the essay. I have applied only to universities in the USA. These include places like: University of Southern California Indiana Bloomigton Texas A and M Baylor University Florida State University DePaul Universiy Fordham University George Washington University University of Miami Bryant Universiy I want to apply for business managementand have been predicted scores of 6 in Business as well as Maths with 5s and 4s for my other subject plus I am predicted 2 bonus points from my TOK and Extended Essay. Also I have played sp…
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Hey guys. I was looking through the entry requirements for King's College Pharmacology program, and it states that for the IB, I need "36 points including HL5 Chemistry and Biology". Just wondering, what do they mean by HL5? The link to their course is here: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/prospectus/undergraduate/entryrequirements/name/pharmacology/alpha/ABC/header_search/ . Thanks!
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I don't understand what transcripts are. So I can't just send them my IB predicted grades, exam marks and final reports? I need my high school marks? But I only have my IB scores. The years before IB...those report cards, I don't even know where I put them. I thought only IB mattered. So what are these and how do I send it to them? Thanks
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Hello! My only dream profession till now was to become a lawyer. I still want to pursue this way and someday work abroad in said field. The thing is, I thought doing the IB couldn't be that much of a harm, but now that I'm getting into the stuff (started half a year ago and I'm aware that it's just getting worse) I'm not even sure if it's going to pay out for me in the end, considering I want to pursue a law-based career BUT study here in Germany. The thing is, people decide to do the IB because they want to study abroad. I don't. I want to study here due to financial reasons. Of course if I would have the chance of studying abroad I would, but even then there is the TOEF…
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Hello I really really want to be a vet and I would just like to know more about the vet schools all around the world- mainly in the uk, usa or australia. ' So I was just wondering if people look down on Australian universities,, and i want the comparisons between vet schools in the us, uk and austarlia. Thanks
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Hi I want to major in architecture but I have not taken physics since year 9 and I am currently not taking it in Ib how essential is it to architecture? And do universities require it beforehand or can it be taught in uni?
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Since I was a kid, I always wanted to be a lawyer. But when I became year 11, I started to get confused. I didn't know whether I would keep pursuing law in the future or even like working in law field... To be honest, I don't think my subjects are even related to law professions. ( I am taking English B HL, Korean HL, Physics HL, Chemistry SL, History SL, Mathematics SL, and ToK) Also, I do not know which major I should take before doing law school later.... Anyone out there who is thinking of pursuing law..?
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Hello science people!! I am in a great dilemma and I was wondering if I could get some advice on: 1) Either taking Physics HL or Biology HL 2) Math SL with getting into med school. I'm already 1/4 through my IB diploma, and I'm currently taking Physics HL, but after this Christmas break I'm thinking of switching to Bio Higher since Physics Higher wants Math Higher. AND MATH HIGHER IS SUICIDE So yeppers, would Math Standard be okay for medicine? Because I'm pretty sure 80% of Physics Higher is Math, and I'm really reluctant into going into Math Higher... any advice?
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So, I am from Hong Kong and I have 2 places to choose from for my university. 1) Hong Kong - HKU 2) Japan - Tokyo U / Tokyo U of Foreign Studies I'm fluent in Chinese (Mandarin/Cantonese), English and knows very basic Japanese. However, in order to apply into Japanese Universities such as Tokyo U (I don't want to enroll into an English taught course) I would need to get a pretty good score in the EJU exam (language proficiency exam for university education), but that's probably impossible because I've never had proper Japanese education and I just self-study it. I can read and listen alright but have no idea how to use proper grammar and stuff to write a proper essay. Any…
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Got a question about needing Math HL to study Economics. I'm in IB1 at the moment and I'm contemplating studying Economics at university. I take Math SL and am fairly confident that I could score 6/7. Will simply not taking HL put me at a disadvantage though? I'm asking 'cause when choosing my courses last year, everybody I spoke to encouraged me to take Math SL if I could score very well there, as opposed to a 4 or 5 at Higher Level. However, now that I'm doing some research, I'm confused as to whether top UK universities only accept applicants who took Math HL or whether it's just helpful. Does anybody know whether top UK universities (Oxbridge, LSE, UCL...) require Mat…
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Hey i want to study architecture after IB, do you know which universities in Europe or the UK are good? and like what the requirements are? all i know about is IE university in spain and thats the top of my list at the moment. I would preferably have the courses in english.
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How many of you are planning to skip a year at university?
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To say I'm not very well-informed about post-high school education is a bit of an understatement. But in general, I know I want to pursue something in the Sciences, so I was wondering which schools were the top for that sort of field.
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Today at school we had our very first Extended Essay seminar and a piece of information that came up towards the end of the seminar was that 'if you want to go into medical school you need to write an Extended Essay related to what you want to do, most likely being Biology.' For a while now I've wanted to do it in Chemistry Looking at how Nitrogen can be absorbed by muscle tissue and the blood under pressure and how that leads to decompression sickness. Meanwhile this idea was contested with a possibility to go on a 4 week Scientific project where I applied to carry out some research to something related to stem cells or DNA. The school told us that this project called th…
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does anyone know that if you take IB ENGLISH B and you still need toefl or ielts to get into uni as an international students in the states.
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So, I'm currently in my last IB year, doing the exams in May 2011. It's pure HELL atm, but whatever after rain comes sunshine. And im thinking of applying to universities in the UK, perhaps London. There is no way i will score over 32 points, i don't have the balls nor patience to do study that hard. You could say I've favored my teenage years over studying, which i don't regret. I like to write, and therefore i was thinking about applying to some English-type Universities, but the only job opportunities i can see after graduating with a major in English is ..Teacher or Author. You seem to be a bunch of high-achieving IB people, i suppose this is your area of expertise. I…
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Hi everyone! I want to do music in university, does anybody know what university has a good music program? Also, how hard is it to get into? Thanks! PS - I live in Canada. But if there are good universities in the states or UK that you can recommend, I'd like to hear about them too!
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Hey guys, I just realised I made a huge mistake in choosing my subjects. I started off choosing the subjects I thought would be fun : English A1 HL Chemistry HL Physics HL Maths SL History SL Chinese B SL But now I realised that I really want to study medicine. Is it possible to get into a decent university studying Pre Med with these subjects? Thanks
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I have two years before I get to a college but its good to start researching from now isn't it(: well here is my thing: I am sure that I want to be in fashion industry in the future so I'm researching about it a lot, I ve heard a new major called 'fashion merchandising' and it sounds like it would suit me great cuz I want to be more on the economic side of fashion and I want to do post graduate on fashion design. Anyway my first idea was to do double major on economics and fashion merchandise but a teacher told me that its impossible cuz theyre at very different edges but I dont think its impossible right? maybe it would be harrd to find a school that has both of the majo…
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What do you guys think about the test? Difficult? Which essay question did you guys choose? I didn't have enough time to finish the section A
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Hello I first want to introduce myself since this is my first post on this forum. I am a IB student in Italy and next year I going to be a senior and i am going to take all of my IB exams (ouch), I have HL- English A1, Italian B, History and SL- Biology, Math SL, and Spanish. Ok now that that's done I just want to share my thoughts about the competition to enter the world's best universities. Well first we need to see the admission policy of these schools and here is where the problems begin. Lets say you are a average white American in a IB school and you want to get into Harvard. This is what happens: (Just for the sake of simplicity lets say they Harvard only gets 100 …
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Now, I wanted to make this thread to attract a very interesting prospect that possibly very few international students have ever envisaged. Note this is not a direct undergraduate program but you may apply to it after your first year of university abroad. Ecole Normale Superieur of Paris is the best university in France and in the top 20 of the World beating University College London, John Hopkins, McGill and many more. If you are interested in taking a pure scientific subject at university or a pure humanity subject at university and want to improve your french whilst having to be 0 fees and get PAYED 1000€ a month ENS in the centre of Paris might be the place to be. T…
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I would like to study Psychology in University, I am currently taking Math Studies. Do you think that this decision will hinder my college acceptances?
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hi i just started with ib 2 weeks back so i'm new to the whole system..... i want to pursue medcine after this.... my HL subjects are bio chem and business and my SL subjects are english hindi and maths.... i'd like to apply to medical universities in singapore, malaysia, australia and UK. i want to know if SATs are recquired or helpfull for the admission process... are we recquired to take any other tests as well? if i want to apply to diff. countries, does that mean that i'd have to take multiple tests for each? please help!!!
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Hi, I'm interested in studying Economics at a Swedish university and I was wondering if there are any Economics programmes taught in English. I might be able to study in Swedish as well since, like all Finns, I studied Swedish for 4 years before the IB and I think my skills are quite good. I know it is very rare in Sweden to have whole undergraduate programmes in English but it would obviously be much easier since I've already been through the IB. Furthermore, the problem with Swedish is that I have no formal qualifications as a proof of my Swedish skills. (Do they arrange some sort of Swedish exams, then?) I could of course attend a pre-university Swedish course if it is…
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I can't decide where to go to university. I like South America, specifically Chile but IB is not fully compatible there so I don't know if this can affect me. I'm not a straight 7 person so I know I can’t make it into Harvard or Cambridge so if I decide to go to the US or Europe I would have to apply to a less prestigious university. I have a European nationality (Italy) as well as the Chilean. Do any of you know which University would be right for me in (English speaking) Europe? Or in Canada or US? Easy to get into with IB diploma?
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Hello, I want to study engineering in the future. I am in year 11 now and my tutor suggests me to read some books about engineering, it may be helpful in the future for example in the interview, so can you please recommand some books? please.
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I'm on my second yeah of IB and have dropped higher math to standard math, since i would get a faster response here, does anyone know a university in Canada or US (not counting UBC) that allows me to apply for a computer science course with me taking SL maths. or is there any other alternative cause Virginia tech replied saying i need higher math to apply, and my sister said for certain uni's they allow pre req courses i can take. so then i would be taking mathematics course while doing computer science. so bottom line question, any university allows me to apply computer science course with my sl math course. or any optional route for me to take like taking pre required …
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Would you ever consider enrolling in an Online or For Profit College? I'm not sure about the popularity of these outside of the U.S. but they are slightly prevalent here. Also, by "For Profit" College, I mean one of those colleges that are owned by companies, and usually those that advertise on T.V. For me, this would be a last resort for my higher education. I'm not saying anything is wrong with these types of schools, but I don't think I could learn primarily by the computer, without direct Professor interaction. I know that these schools provide education to those who could not normally be able to attend a full-time university, and they are wonderful in that aspect.…
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What maths should you choose if you want to be a pharmacist(in the English speaking countries, US,UK,Malaysia,Australia)? And should you also take Bio and Chem HL?
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I just got my IB results online a few days ago, and unfortunately they are worse than expected. Having just passed the diploma with 26 points;;;I failed two subjects; Physics and Geography. I was planning to go to Hong Kong next year to study finance at HKUST (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology). However, I didn't apply to any University yet as I am doing a gap year. 1st Question: How do I apply? What do I need to do? 2nd Question: According to the general requirements for applying to hkust, one needs the IB Diploma. However their so-called "Competitive Score Range and/or additional requirements usually required from entrants" requires 30 points. Should I do …
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I've done a little research and I want to hear from others... I have chosen a few paths, and I want to see which universities people recommend: Conditions: Hong Kong, UK, or Canada I'm getting a 36 for diploma 1, without bonus. (And I think I can still do better) 1, Surveying 2, Engineering (Any type) 3, Geography (Any type) 4, Psychology (Any type) Please help me with my choice of universities
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I've entered the IB thinking that I wanted to study Medicine and become a doctor. I've done some experience and I realize, it's not for me. The problem is: I think I want to do Architecture/Engineering but I'm a year into the IB program with the subjects Bio, Chem, Business at HL and Math, French and Eng at SL. It's too late to take different subjects, but for all the universities I've checked out, I need Physics and/or Math at HL. Does anyone know any universities in Canada/England/America that might take me in for architecture/engineering if I get high grades in the SAT. Also, would taking Physics as a subject test in the SAT mean I could apply to the US for engineering…
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So I have a dilemma. I received my IB results, and they were awful. Most were 2 points below my prediction, and one even 3. I was and am so disappointed in them. Fortunately, I didn't have any offers to meet. But that is part of the dilemma, as I have an unconditional offer to an American university, which is highly ranked [Depending on the program it's ranked from 1st to top 50]. Yet, my want to go to this university is tarnished by mainly my IB results and possibly wanting to retake them in order to improve my scores as I did spend 2 years of my life in this program. This is also important because I am having fears that I (I'm European) will not like college in the Unit…
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I am very interested in computer science, computer engineering, and software engineering. I am going to do one of these things in university, right now I am leaning towards computer engineering. Anybody else interested in these things?
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Hi there. I just need some tips on universities primarily in the UK that offers broad religious studies programmes. See, the parts of religion I am most interested in are often not available. I prefer studying esoterism and historical paganism over the Abrahamic faiths and Buddhism. However, the broader the better. What universities offer this? The one I've found that looks the best is Bath Spa. Thanks in advance, hopefully my search is not in vain. I'm going to act a bit silly and bump my own and very old thread. My questions still apply and any help would be greatly appreciated. ^^
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Hey I REALLY need some help! I would like to study linguistics and/or language(s), but they all want you to have English A1 HL and I can only have English B1 HL,or A2 SL. Does anybody know any university where you can study linguistics (& something - anything, i.e. english, german, spanish, phycology, philosophy...)in English, where they don't insist on English A1?
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Hello, I'm going to enter IB this year and I don't really know what I want to do next in my life. One of the possibilities is Computer Science, do I need Physics to enter that course?
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I found it through the internet, and all comments on it are positive. But no one I actually know or meet seems to know about it... Just wondering if anyone here has? And what they've heard? I come from Mauritius. Life expenses here are very low, but as you can imagine, so is everything else - including income. Here I live a comfortable life, but the prices of universities overseas are sky high to us! I don't think I qualify as a student who'd really deserve a scholarship - I'm aiming for about 35 points realistically. Maybe one or two points less or more. So, I'm probably going to have to take out a student loan, but repayments are super high :/ Where would the best plac…
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I have a mild interest in being an interpreter, but I have a few questions: 1.)What do I have to study in university 2.)how many languages do I need to be able to speak 3.)Which universities are good at..languages I guess? 4.)What subjects should I take in IB 5.)How will I get into a company or firm? Where will I work? It's not totally related to uni, but I just want to know what subject to take in Uni, and which unis are good
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Is Math HL an unwritten rule for applying to medical schools in NUS? Or perhaps, other universities in the world? Please enlighten me.
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So basically, I don't quite understand how universities work...at all, other than at the end of hardcore studying you may end up with a PhD (which is SO useful since I don't exactly want one anyway!). My careers teachers aren't amazingly helpful, being they tell everyone to go to TAFE (which is where you learn to be a builder) and I want to study languages (mainly that of English and German, being i am be studying them ). Does anyone know a good University that offers history of the english language and a german language course?? I believe i want something that offers german of any level (although i'm not expecting to get anything better than a 3 or 4, at best - which is …
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I'm not sure if I understand them. When you apply for university, you apply for your main subject, which is your...major, right? Now, some universities offer minors right? Or do all of them offer minors? If you decide to take a minor, when do you apply for it? Where do you do this? And when you're doing your minor, you'll be studying for this minor course along with your major, right? So when others are studying for one course, you'll have to study for two, which is harder, right? When you graduate, you'll have a bachelor degree in your major AND minor, right? What's the other differences between a major and minor. Advantages of taking a minor course? Cons of it? Thanks
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I do not necessarily care about which university I go to, as long as their Vet. Medicine/Vet. Science department isn't too shabby. However, I understand that math studies doesn't exactly look convincing in your report. If I do math studies and get a 6 or 7, would that be better, or should I do math SL and risk getting a lower overall mark/math mark? I am, in general, talking about the US, UK and Australia/NZ
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If I am going in these directions, would Math SL be preferred? I am absolutely terrible at math. It takes me forever to understand something, then an instant to forget it again. I really don't know if I can do Sl. But since the subjects I'm aiming for are science-related, maybe I need SL, right? Thanks
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