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Hey Guys! I have a bit of an issue now; both my Spanish ab inito teacher and my anthropology teacher for IB have left my school and as my school is in Bosnia-Herzegovina, it is really hard for the school to find replacements which probably means for at least the next semester, I won't have teachers for those subjects. This means I will fall behind completely; Spanish ab initio I already find hard because I don't have clear notes and anthropology is so vague and ambiguous and our last teacher had no experience in the IB thus does anyone have any notes or anything that could help me or my class mates from dying a slow death??? Thank You!!!
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Hey, ...You want to hear from an IB alumnus... ...and I just got my diploma (May 2018)... ...I think that we can do simbiosis and be friends! Contact me and we can communicate the way you want (phone, video chat, text messages...) I want to practice my English (advanced), mon Français (upper intermediate) und mein Deutsch (pre-intermediate) speaking skills... I already speak fluently (not so fluently in German) and won't confuse you. I WON'T ASK FOR MONEY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I PROMISE. A bit about IB and me: -I did the IB as a little complement to the Spanish homologue studies (and a lot of more things). Hence, my marks are not at the…
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Hello everyone! I'm an IB coordinator and teacher, and I'd like to better understand the writing habits and techniques of students who are or have been successful in the IB DP. As an experienced professional in the IB DP, I do have my opinions on the matter, but I'd like to hear from students. If you'd like, please respond by answering honestly the following questions. Thanks! What was your overall score in the IB? Please describe your workflow (research, writing, rewriting, etc.) for the many IB writing tasks. Please describe one or more successful writing techniques (paragraph structure, analytical structures, etc.) that you liked to use and produce…
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Hi !! I´m about to start the IB Diploma Programme soon, and I´d like to be prepared. The courses that I would be taking are Swedish A SL, English B HL, Psychology HL, Bussiness and Management HL, Math Studies HL, ESS SL. It would be helpful if you could provide me with some resources, like IB youtube teachers for the Bussiness, Math, Psychology, and ESS, maybe some tips. It would seriously help me out, as I'm about to die from anxiety because everybody says IB is hell, and I just want to be prepared i guess . // Marcelina
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Since the past few weeks I’ve been searching for the best IBDP textbooks for Physics(hl),maths(hl), comp science(hl) , eco , fre and chem. Please suggest some good textbooks for the IBDP course.
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Hi everyone, I've been looking online for some IB help for the summer. Does anyone know any good IB summer courses? Thanks in advance!
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So I am planning to be taking a veterinary course in the future, which means that I will need to take at least HL Bio and SL Chem. The subjects I have chose to do so far are HL Biology, HL Geography, HL Literature, SL Chemistry, SL Japanese and SL Maths. The reason I am worried is because the entry requirements for courses similar to veterinary sciences (from the universities that I am interested in) don't need HL English. This means that I could possibly just change to SL Lit and HL Chem. My question is, is 2 HL sciences too hard? Should I just stick to SL Chem and HL Bio or change to HL Bio and HL Chem, moving my English course from HL to SL. I feel like doing HL …
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As of right now, I have two really great topics, one greater than the other, for my Math EE and Math HL IA. Since I was looking for topics, I decided to research for both together but now I don't know what to assign with the stronger topic.
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hey guys, I want to self study organic chemistry in advance before the school year starts, so I will have a basic understanding of the topic before our teacher goes through it. I was just wondering how hard it would be to do so, and what are the most challenging parts of Topic 10 Sl+HL overall? Thank you!
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Hi! I'm starting the DP in a few weeks, and made the lazy mistake of picking my courses without giving it much thought, not realizing how important it was. Currently the subjects I'm taking are: History HL, Biology HL, English language and literature HL Visual arts SL, Danish literature A SL, Maths studies So because I tend to overthink, I've started to worry that these courses aren't "competetive" enough. At IGCSE I was quite a competent student (but we'll see how the DP knocks that out of me :/ ) so I will (hopefully) be aiming for a pretty good university. I've been looking into doing something like history, english literature, or international r…
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Hello, everyone! I'm planning on taking Math, Chemistry, and Physics for my HL courses, but I feel a bit lost as to what I want to pursue as a career after university and such. Out of the three subjects, I'm very interested in math (more so than the other two subjects), so at some point, I considered being a math teacher when I'm older, but other people have also suggested that engineering could also be a reasonable choice for me. There are so many types of engineering though, and I don't really know the difference between them. I don't know what I should be doing. So, I just wanted to ask which careers the combination of math/chemistry/physics HL would be usefu…
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Hello everyone! I am wondering if the social programs of IB is going to help me make more friends as I am bored and believe that there is a majority of extroverted people that are in IB. By the way, I don't want to take the academic part of IB as I am too lazy.
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I am starting my ib programme in a few weeks and I was curious as I want to perceive my career in economics London school of Economics is heard to be an excellent place .I just wanted to know what subjects and how many points are required to get into London school of economics .
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I wrote my ib exam in the month of may and I scored 21. I'm doing my retest in november for the subject bm (hl) and english (hl). I scored a 4 in my bm IA and a my total grade for bm was 4. I really desperately need a 6 in my bm papers. Can anyone help me out for the papers please? Suggest me online websites for notes and videos which will help me out in bm? Also are the papers tougher in november?
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Hey guys, Anyone have any tips for the Reading section for the ACT. Or any tips in general for the overall exam (like what formulas we need to know or common mistakes on the English section). Reading is my worst part, I don’t know how to improve from the practice exams. Thanks in advance
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Anyone watching the Pakistan elections right now? What's your opinion on it? As I watch...I have one word: INTENSE
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Hi, I’m going to start IB next month and I need all the advice I can get from my seniors, especially regarding the subjects I’ll be taking up. Note: none of the subjects are fixed, I may change them later Group 1: English A SL Group 2: German or French ab initio SL (which one should I take up?) Group 3: History SL Group 4: Physics HL Group 5: Maths HL Group 6: Computer science HL or Chemistry HL (which one should I take up??) What I’ll be studying in university/undergrad: Computer science OR Computer engineering. Please advice me on my subjects, and what I can do to prepare myself in the month before I start IB. Thanks.
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So I got a level 5 on my sl chem exam, with a mark or 86%. I retaking grade 12 chem in summer school to bump up into the 90%s. Do American universities (specifically California, like UCLA) care if I retake the course. Will the accept the higher mark. CAUSE I READ SOMETHING ONLINE... and they said they don’t accept the retaken mark if it’s already higher than a C for a-g courses. WHAT DO THEY MEAN BY a-g courses??? (UCLA website image below) I’m confused if I should drop the summer school course and keep my current mark or bump it up if it benefits me. btw... I don’t live in America, so will that also affect the outlook on retakes a course during…
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I'm not full I.B, but I.B English is killing me. The ever heightening mountain of work makes me feel like I'm suffocating. Plus my personal life makes things rough, too. My mom has cancer, my childhood friend died the summer before my junior year, and I feel like I'm falling apart. Most of my friends have either had to leave I.B because of the horrible strain it has caused them, or are just as stressed as me. This program makes me miserable but I can't quit. Sometimes I wish I could just die in my sleep so I won't have to deal with the stress anymore. I can't even get a job to try and save up for college because of the workload and Theatre. I just want a little less on my…
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So my ibdp started and we were introduced to economics and business management. I wanna do space as my career( what in space I will have to research shortly) and I will be taking physics, chem/Cs (or both), maths hl and French and English sl. my question here is should I be taking economics or business management in my IBDP?. I have previously done economics and I’m pretty good at it. Moreover, I wanted to know which out of these I must take to pursue space as my career. I would be looking at the uni requirements in some time also.
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Hey guys, so my ibdp program started today and I came to know a little about the program. The problem is I wanna pursue space and my career and I need to take Computer science and chemistry as far as I know. What I have thought and that HL- maths, computer science, physics Sl- French, English, Chemistry, Economics the teachers are asking me only to take 6 subjects cuz it would be a burden. So how do I contact universities fast and who do I ask and what do I drop?????
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Hi, I've heard some people talk about the Irregular Diploma recently, and I've never heard of it before. Does anyone know what it is, how it works and all that? Is it worse/better than the normal Diploma? Thanks in advance?
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Good afternoon dear IB survivors. Recently I began asking myself questions: "Can you find a qualified job after IB without university education?" and "What is the level of education IB Diploma is? Is Baccalaureate considered a bachelor at least partly?". These are really confusing questions to me and this needs to be discussed. There can be a situation in life where it is not possible to enter university you planned to apply to or where you just need to take a gap year. Is it possible to find a job having just IB Diploma? IB is considered to be at higher stage than more common High School Diploma, then how higher is it and is it enough for a qualified job?
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Hi, Does anyone have tips on how to effectively structure your TOK presentation conclusion? I'm having difficulties as my question is quite broad so I'm not really sure what I should include in my conclusion. This is my question: What is the role of emotion and language in obtaining our knowledge?
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Just started summer break, and IBY1 went by very quickly for me. I am now very nervous for the second year of IB, as many teachers have told me that the first semester will be extremely difficult and challenging. If anyone has their own personal experiences and thoughts on the second year of IB, please let me know!
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Okay so I'm in 10th grade going into JR year after this summer and I'm doing the IB obvi these classes are set - HL - PSYC and SL - Mandarin and Lang & Lit Now I'm deciding between where to place math (ive always been good at math getting A's but last year I didn't pay much attention and barely got an A (also my school doesnt have A-'s so i wouldve gotten a B+)) Then after that I have to decide where to place chem and if i should take bio or physics (still in limbo are chem, bio or physics and math ) - HOW hard are these classes I took AP US history and got a 4 (would've gotten a 5 but messed up the formatting on the test leavi…
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Hi I just got my IB grades and it is really ****ed up. I got 11 points on my HL's, which means I am not passing. The problem is the marks I am missing in my HL subjects to reach the next grade boundaries are a lot, 8 marks minimum. So, I am wondering what is the maximum marks someone has gone up by? Because 8 or 9 marks more sounds kind off unrealistic.
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Hi I was one point away from the diploma and one point away from the upper boundary of Spanish ab initio. Should I attempt to rescore the grade? thank you
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Hi, I got 32/34 in my EE, but I'M NOT GOING TO STUDY ABROAD and my IB score is not that high (36). However, my EE is closely related to my university studies. My question is: does that 32/34 really matter, or only the A? (Because lots of people get an A, so...) Is there any place where I can get any investigation summer course or something? Present my EE to any contest? Perhaps something in the future? Thank you guys!
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Hey, I need help finding a research question for my Global Politics Extended Essay. I want to write about 9/11 but I have no Idea of what to write about or what to do. My supervisor is new to IB and doesn't know anything about the program or anything and I'm starting to get really worried. I just need help finding or a little guidance to find a narrow research question related to 9/11, please.
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I got my ib results today and I am thinking of remarking my DT SL and maths SL papers. DT SL: 5 marks away from a 7, is this difficult to change? maths SL: 1 mark away from a 7, is maths too subjective for remarking? Personally I would really like to see my marks go up as I have spent so much time and effort, but I am a bit confused about whether I should remark them or not. Really appreciate your help!!!!!!!!!!!!
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So I got my exam results today and I have 30 points. I am considering to remark my exams but would really appreciate your thoughts. Below are the subjects I am considering to send off to remark: English A, LangLit HL: I am 3 marks away from a higher grade and 10 marks away from the lower grade. Business & Management, HL: I am 3 marks away from a higher grade and 9 marks away from the lower grade. Economics HL: I am 4 marks away from a higher grade and 8 marks away from the lower grade. Environmental Systems & Societies: I am 4 marks away from a higher grade and 8 marks away from the lower grade. Do you think it's worth it …
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As far as I'm concerned, this word essentially means to take another's work and say that you did the work, e.g. you stole Mona Lisa and say you painted it yesterday What happens if you put your work into public domain, or license it under CC? (So you don't own your work anymore) What if you save your browsing history when you are writing your essay and bulk-cite them? What if you put everything you need into works cited but not footnotes or intext citations? P.S. I'm currently in the last year of Pre-IB. Edit: I have an essay due recently. My teacher is going to use turnitin. Plagiarism won't matter too much yet because I'm in Pre-IB, right? Edit: In the situa…
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HELLO , IT IS PRETTY URGENT I AM DOING THE IB certificate with 4 subjects yet I have troubles dealing with geography HL and math studies, in other words, I need more year to deal with the syllabus In addition to this I want to add 2 subjects. I am done with year 1 of IB and about to go to year 2 and I am 18. I don't really want anyone to tell me to drop IB because I have no choice. so is there anyone who have the IB regulations for repeating one year ?? please if someone has pass it
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I am planning on how to organise my time over summer, and I will be trying to complete my psychology and maths IA, along with my Extended Essay draft as well. Aside from this, I want to allocate some time for studying, as I feel that I need to revise for all my subjects, however I feel that this would be quite difficult to do so as I don't think I will be able to properly revise for all 6 of my subjects. Does anyone have any tips on studying over summer in preparation for the second year of IB? thank you.
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Hi guys. Currently I'm doing year 1 of IB. However, for some personal reasons, I'm moving to another country and the new school requires me to retake year 1 IB. So my questions are: • Is it normal to to retake one year of IB? Because I saw some people changed school and some of them had to retake half year only. I don't mind doing one more year of IB btw. • If I retake one year of IB, is there any case that it would affect my university application? For example the university doesn't accept me because I retook year 1 of IB. (I would like to study university in Singapore). • Is there anything I should know or notice before I apply to the new IB school? (Old year 1…
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Hi Everyone This is the first time I actually write something public on this website so hopefully you guys can help me. I just finished year 1 of IB Diploma. Let me just give you my marks so far. English literature A HL 72 Biology HL 93 Econ HL 96 Math Sl 100 Chem Sl 90 SSST Sl 86 For EE and CAS i think on the verge of A and B depends on how I finish it up in summer. Anyways as u can see my English mark is relatively low. My writing is not strong so I knew getting a high mark woukd be difficult. But, i was expecting at least low 80s. I want to know based on the marks now how much will it convert to in IB scale. And wil…
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Hi, any tips on how I could start studying and using my summer vacation to get things done? yes, I will get some of my IA's and EE done, but I mean for the subjects? what should I do?
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yo!! I'm stella and I will be going into grade 9 this fall. I am doing the IB program and I'm kinda nervous about the initial shock of classes. does anyone have any tips or things they wish they knew as first-time IB students?
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What are the best books to study IB. I am currently using the Oxford books for all my subjects. Are these books enough?
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hi, i finished my first year of IB and to be honest my marks weren't that good. I need to improve my predicted grade during the first 2 months of my 2nd year for universities. Is this possible? Thank you
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Hi! I'm currently in 10th grade and summer break just began. Over the break, I wanted to get a head start in economics, history, math, and chemistry. Would there be any specific website or videos that would help me learn the best? Also could you please suggest which textbook would be best to study which subject?
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Hi, i was wondering whether it would be possible to self teach myself topic 9 and topic 10 for chemistry HL over summer, so I have a good understanding of it when I return (i struggle a lot in chemistry so always need a lot of advance preparation) Any tips on doing so? Thanks!
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Hello there, 😕 Also when I find a topic I worry about what maths I am going to use and how to represent them (what to write about, how to write it, what to explore and etc.). I am a person that likes to know the plan first then act. What should I do when I have to decide between two topics because that is the most annoying that can happen to me for all my other IAs. Looking forward to hear from you! Thanks!!
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my tok presentation is next week, and I have nearly finished writing the script for it. However, I'm not really sure if it meets the TOK requirements. I feel that much of what I am saying is scenario based, and although I do have research supporting my KQ, claims, SKQ etc, I feel that I'm not using enough TOK language or vocabulary, or have things that would make a good TOK presentation? (if that makes sense) if anyone has any tips on refining your TOK presentation and getting a good grade, please let me know! THanks
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Hi! I am a sophomore going to take full IB diploma programme this year. Classes I chose are Math SL, Biology SL, Spanish SL, English lang-lit HL, Economics HL, and Music HL. My school offers study hall, but I chose an elective class which is concert band. (I really love music, and playing instruments) I am going to take concert band only junior year but still worried if it's a right choice. I had course selection a few weeks ago, but I think I can still change courses and ask for study hall. What do you guys think about my choice? Is it better to have study hall or can I still take concert band? Thanks!
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I'm almost done with year one of IB and am just about to start summer. I want to use this summer to study wisely but the amount of content is so overwhelming in addition to having to come up with IA plans. My weaknesses include biology, chemistry and math (all mock predictions of 5). I want to boost my grade to 7's but so far I've only been getting, at most, B's and have remained within this range without boosting to the A range no matter how much I try. How can I improve? What can I do within this summer to prepare for senior year and get better? Any tips on studying/experience with your summers? (pls dont tell me to "enjoy" my summer bc I'm literally on the verge of fal…
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I am currently in grade 10 and choosing my IB subjects. So far I've chosen - Economics HL - English A lang & Lit HL - German B HL - Math SL - Biology SL - French B/History/Psychology I am interested in doing a business/economics orientated in college and will most likely be applying to a college in the Netherlands or in the UK. I find all 3 subjects very interesting but think that if i would choose history or psychology I would be able to score higher than when choosing French. However it is known to be helpful to know many languages when doing something business orientated. What do you recommend?
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My summer holidays will be starting in around a month's time, and i am looking for tips on how to use this summer effectively? Also, I haven't done any IAs yet in my first year of IB (I will have maths, psych and chemistry to do in the second year), so I'm just wondering how I can prepare for this during summer. If anyone also has experience in what IB year 1 is like compared to IB year 2, please let me know! Thank you
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I'm doing horrible in math SL, my counsellor came to see me recently and told me it was best to drop to math studies. I only took math SL because I had biology and chemistry but now that I know that I do not want to do sciences in the future (chem kills me and bio is so complex), I know I want nothing to do with sciences or math in the future. I want to do something to do with literature or law or design. Would dropping to math studies be the right choice? Is law or deisgn related to math at all? Current subjects: HL biology, global politics, english SL math, chemistry, spanish ab initio
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