Pre-IB/MYP
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Hi I'll be starting the IB Diploma next February in Australia, and I would appreciate it if someone could help me with my subject selections. You see, I really want to do a subject like Geography or Economics but people keep advising me to take Double Sciences (Biology and Chemistry) instead. And I'm not really a science-y person. So should I be taking double sciences at HL just to keep my options open for university? So far, I'm stuck between: English A HL/SL Maths SL Japanese B SL Chemistry HL/SL Biology HL/SL Economics HL Geography HL and ESS! ( which i really want to do cause I actually find it interesting ) I'm so confused and the college needs my subject selecti…
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Hi there:) I chose Chinese Lit SL, Maths SL, Econ SL and English B HL, Chem HL and Bio HL, but I'm struggling in Maths SL... I want to go to chemistry field in HK universities and I'm good at chem, but is it OK to switch it to Maths studies? Will it affect my admission to universities? I can definitely get a 7 in maths studies, I mean. Thank you in advance:)
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I decided to make this thread because the other topic was for the Class of 2014. Math HL History HL English HL --> Chemistry HL Economics SL Physics SL French SL Comp Sci. SL How about you?
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My IB journey started yesterday, and already I am noticing something fishy: My French class is EXTREMELY easy. My school's IB program was known as the hardest among the IB schools in the area, and someone I knew who currently attends to grade 10 Pre-IB here told me that last year her French marks were in the 70s, and I know for a fact she was at least my current level last year. However so far my French teacher only started to cover present tense, and when I asked her at what time of the year would we be learning tenses like Subjonctif, Passe Simple and Passe Anterieur she said those tenses are not even in the grade 9 IB curriculum. Is that true? PS My school's IB program…
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Hi, i am meant to be starting ib on Monday morning which is in a few days from now. I have chosen to take HL - Economics, English Lit and Psychology and SL Maths, italian ab and ESS Basically my problem is i really don't want to take ESS as i don't really feel as i will do well nor will i enjoy it. However my college is only offering visual arts SL instead of it. My art skills aren't fantastic but i have heard that my teacher is fantastic, my question is how hard is Visual Arts and should i consider doing it? Thank you for taking the time to read this post
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So up until recently, I fully intended to take Biology HL as my only HL course that I could choose to take. I've never been much of a science person, but as my only other option was Music Theory HL I thought that it would be best to take biology. However, everybody's been telling me that music theory is so much easier than biology, and I was wondering what everybody else thinks? I didn't do super well in pre-IB biology, and I have had music training. I'm no longer in piano, but I did take lessons for five years and took several music theory tests. I didn't do super well on them, but then again I never really studied....taking Music Theory HL would mean that I'd have…
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(I realize I already asked a question like this but I want to rephrase that and clear a few more things up) INFO: I go to school in Alberta, Canada. My high school offers Biology HL, Chemistry SL, English and History HL, Math SL, and Spanish Ab (this is the language I'm taking, though my school offers others). My current schedule does not contain IB Chemistry or Biology which at my school is an all or nothing deal, you either take them both or neither (this is the same with English and History). In pre-IB I managed the sciences with above 80%, is this something I'd be able to keep up if I were to take IB in gr.11 or is this too low? English and History as well as Math a…
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Preparation for HL Maths
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Hi everybody, I'm new here from today. I hope you can help me in order to prepare my IB Programme. I've chosen to do Maths HL and everybody said me that is impossibile, but I'm good at Maths and I chose to try! Now I want to study something before september in order to have an idea of the programme. What can you suggest to study(for Maths HL)?? thank you everybody sorry for the title but I can't change it now!
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Hi everyone! I am new to this website. I am going to the Pre-IB/MYP program this fall! I was just wondering if there are any tips and tricks to really excel this year at school?! I know to not procrastinate but any tips/tricks would be greatly appreciated! (Also supplies needed for MYP would be great!) Thanks
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Im both excited and scared because the internet doesnt make the ib seem easy wbu?
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Does anybody know any good Economics, English, Chemistry and Biology tutors in Melbourne, Australia?
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Hi! I am trying out for the IB program, and I have to take this lengthy exam and fill out an application form. I was wondering if anyone who had to go through the same process could give me some suggestions before the test? Is it true I have to drop all my extracurricular activities when I get into IB? I like having extracurriculars for four days a week. I also like maintaining an 85 average. Is this achievable?
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Hi! The high school in my area is really bad, and I have always dreamt of going to a high school where there is a lot of homework, tests, and all that fun stuff. I researched the different high school programs they offer in my area, and i liked IB the most. The high school i would go to would be Bayview S.S, which had the Pre-IB program too. To get in, you have to do an entrance exam. What should I study? i know they test you in three categories/subjects: math, French, and language, but i don't know what i should study. For example, in French should I focus on verbs or vocabulary?
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So I'll be starting the DP program this month and still feeling a bit unsure about my subject choices. I have chosen: English A SL Maths SL Chinese B SL Chemistry HL Biology HL Economics HL Two subjects that I haven't completed at MYP level will be taken at HL level (Chemistry and Econ)... Advice please? Much appreciated
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In a few months, our school is to host testing for IBDP, which I will be attempting to get into. What I'd like to know is what I need to do to prepare and exactly how hard the test is to be. Also, I'd like to know if you need a 95% average on the previous year to get in, as I've been told by several people. If not, then is there an average you need to achieve to get in? I'd really appreciate any tips at all.
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What if I don't know anything?
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OK guys, I am starting IB this year and I really have no idea how to start studying IB. Anyone whou would like to help please do not hesitate to give me some advices. Thanks!
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Pre IBDP Preparation
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good afternoon students! i'm starting the IB in September and I have some questions: -I'm not very good at English, but I'm going to live in England and I hope to improve my English in 3-4 months It could be difficoult to study for me? (My level is FCE: First Certificate in English) -Do you suggest me to study something before starting my IB: my subjects are: Italian HL, English SL, French SL, Maths HL, Environmental systems and societies SL, Economics HL. thank you for your time and I hope to receive answers soon!!
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Help! Very General Problem
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Hey from the U.S., I'll be a junior doing the IB program in the fall and I have ABSOLUTELY No idea what I'm getting myself into with IB. I am extremely frightened and don't know what to expect. I've been informed about the basics of IB, what it is, how it works, ect. however no one has offered me insight into how hard, time consuming, stressful, the program actually is. I know much of this depends on the students' abilities but could someone provide their own personal experiences with IB? Thank you!
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First time posting Hi, I'm entering the fifth year of my MYP program and aiming for a computer science major at an American college. Recently I've heard that chances of acceptance are improved if people take HL math and physics for any engineerin courses. However, I'm not really all that good at math and haven't tried a hand at physics yet, but I've managed to create three java games in the short time I started learning programming and I'm enjoying the area so far. ...Which brings me to my question(s). Are the chances of college entry still acceptable even if I take SL math and/or physics? (btw, right now there isn't a computer science class available at my school) Also…
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Hi! I'm going to be going into pre-IB in September and I'm wondering if there is any way I can prepare myself a little. Lots of people say that pre isn't actually that hard and that no preparation is necessary, but I am currently stuck in a Facebook-less, YouTube-less, and friend-less country with nothing to do. I've been reading up on cognitive science, but even that gets boring when you do it for four hours straight, so I figured that I would study something that I would be using in the next year. So is there anything that could possibly help? Is there anything that you wish the teachers had spent more time on, or that you wish you had looked up before hand? Were there …
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Hey, I am a Pre-IB student, I am currently working on a group project but we need cross.cultural collaborations, it would be of great help if you took a minute to answer this questionnare http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NVLTNX8 thank youuu
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Are you about to become an IB student or are you considering becoming one? Here is a preview of how IB can look from the inside (watch video). My IB group in Mexico made this video which shows how was IB for us from 2011 to 2013. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy7f1tEF0zw We had a great experience. We became a really united group and we helped ourselves survive the hardest moments. We had fun too.
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Hey guys I'm just wondering if we have to write down a lot of note in pre-IB ? And how important is pre-IB year for the real IB program ? Do we necessary need 2 years of pre-IB ? I will be in pre-IB grade 10 this August
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I plan to take hotel management in my university, but i'm struggle with choosing subjects. i have decided to choose English HL and business and management HL, however, our school does not allow us to choose eco and bm at the same time. So, I'm thinking about science group, which one is beneficial for my specialty? In addition, how about art group....
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I'm going to be doing IB next year, and these are the subjects I chose: English A1 Mandarin B Psychology Biology Mathematics SL Economics I don't have any favourite subjects or subjects that I'm particularly good at, but do you think these are good subjects in general? I'm not very good math and science, is biology good for someone who isn't really good at science? Thanks for your help!
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Hi there! I'm going into IB next year and the courses I have selected I feel pretty good about. Bio HL Literature HL Econ HL Math SL History SL Spanish SL I've been touring universities this summer in order to have a bit better knowledge of where I want to go. When I was touring in the UK, I was told basically you are required to have Math HL in order to go into an economics programme. I am not the best at math. I am in the accelerated math class right now, so I took a quarter of Math SL during my grade 10 year and passed my final exam with a 4- and a 4. I kind of know a little bit more of what to expect now but since I want to go into econ (or business) I'm not sure whe…
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Help! I am going into the IBDP in August and I would like to take the following subjects English Lit HL German L&L SL French B HL Physics HL Maths SL History HL The problem is my school are messing me about. I am the only student who wants to do French so they have said I cannot do it and must find something else. They do not want me to take German L&L as I am not native German and therefore will not manage the course (my teacher feels I will be able to cope, but he is new to the school so has very little sway with the German dept). In English we have a brilliant teacher, but there is a high likelihood he will be replaced with a new one, nice woman but does not en…
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Hi everyone, I have a question regarding choosing subjects. a bunch of my school mates want to not study and subject from group 3 (ITGS, Business, Economy... etc.). instead they want to take two subjects from group 5 (Math and Computer science) and two subjects from group 4 (Physics and maybe chemistry) PLUS two languages (group 1 & 2). So is it possible to not study any subject from group 3?? Will the IB organization allow that?? thanks a lot for the help
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Hey guys, so this is my very first post I need some help since I will attend pre-IB class in the upcoming school year, which is my grade 10. I didn't have pre-IB in grade 9 because my school is new to this I will have these courses : - English HL - French ( I have to take 2 French courses due to the miss out of pre-IB in grade 9) - Science HL - History route 2 - Design studies ( Art) - Math HL and an extra course of Vietnamese .___. My average for grade 9 is A- I am so lost right now, like I have no idea what is going on and what is going to happen next year . Can I have some advice :< Is A- a fine start grade ?
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English A1
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Hello! Is it obligatory to take your mother-tongue language as your subject for group 1? I'm Polish, but I would like to take English Literature instead of Polish Literature, even thougt it might be more challenging. Cheers.
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This is my first post and I'm also very happy to find this site , I believe you can help me a lot while I'm desperate about "What to do". Anyway, I wanna ask you if there is anything to do before the grade 11 and 12. It can be anything to disburden my work in IB.
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I dont know which HL to take. History or Psychology. I've taken history in igcse and i think im pretty good at it. ive never taken psychology before but people say its interesting and similar to history, so basically i might have to put in the same efforts. i wanna know the difference, and which one is easier, because im not a studious person and really scared for the ib. The other subjects im taking are Hindi HL or SL English lang & lit. HL or SL i dont know which one i should take SL or HL, because im good at both. Math Studies or SL (i think its mostly studies because im weak at math.) Biology SL Business & Management HL History/Psychology HL Thanks, if y…
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i'm taking- HL chemistry HL english A1- lit HL history- americas SL anthropology SL spanish (year 2) SL math studies scared for chemistry, really excited for english and anthropology, and mad at the new spanish IA format what about you?
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Would this class choice be good?
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I was wondering if this subject choice would be allowed. English HL History HL Economics HL French SL Math SL Biology SL I am in Grade 9 in Canada. I have also seen that some universities require HL Math for their Economics program. Would HL Economics be a substitute for that?
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Currently I'm planning to do the ib diploma and the classes I signed up for next year(junior year) are, IB English HL IB Spanish HL IB Psych HL IB Bio HL Pre-Calc IB History(20th Century World) SL Honors Chem/Honors Physics(both 1 semester) But what I have been thinking about is dropping Psych down to one year, taking out Honors chem and physics, and doing IB Chem HL. I want this because I want to go to college for something with animals and lots of what I read talks about chem classes and bio so I thought I would try and stay on track. So if I do this my schedule would be, IB English HL IB Spanish HL IB Bio HL IB Chem HL IB History SL Pre-calc IB Psych SL So what I'm w…
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Hi, I know there's a lot of forums on selecting subjects but I've read through most of them and I am still unsure what I should do. I study in Australia and in our school we have to choose 2 SL subjects, 1 anticipated SL subject (complete a SL subject in one year) and 3 HL subjects. So far I have : HL Chinese HL Literature (english A) HL Business & Management Anticipated SL mathematics SL Chemistry SL Biology I am thinking of becoming an English and Mandarin teacher, or a nutritionist if I change my mind, so are these topics suitable? I am okay at English - I usually get Bs but I do enjoy the subject. And also do you think this is a good combination? And will these to…
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Hi, I'm a Canadian student in Grade 10 who's going to be entering the IB program next year. Right now my choices are: HL Economics HL Computer Science HL Math SL History SL English SL Spanish Ab Initio I'm pretty nervous about taking HL Math for the next two years. I have always been a relatively good math student, and I do have a passion for stats. However, I keep on hearing people say how much work that HL Math is. The main problem is that most Canadian schools are fine with me taking SL Math (for commerce, the program I want to go into) as long as I finish my calculus credit during the summer after Grade 12 (as SL Math does not complete the Ontario Calculus credit requ…
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Hi, I'm starting the IB next year and I am kind of torn as to which social science I should pick. Originally I chose Psychology, since I like learning about the mind, there's no names and dates to memorize, and I want to be a researcher or a doctor. But someone told me the stuff we learn in Psychology is pretty much useless unless you want to be a psychologist. My other choice would be geography because I love learning about culture, society, and different regions of the world. It seems like it would be pretty relevant and useful, and definitely fascinating. Which should I take? And while I'm here, what's this I hear about colleges requiring chemistry if you want to be a …
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Hey guys, I made a previous post about this but i've met some people and i've had some change of opinion. OPTIONS English HL Biology HL Hindi (Language B) - HL Econ - SL Psychology - SL Math - SL English HL Biology HL Business & Management HL Hindi (Language B) SL Psychology SL Math SL English HL Biology HL Hindi (Language B) - HL Physics SL Psychology SL Math SL My mind is fixed about certain subjects like Psych, Math, English and Biology Any suggestions are welcomed ! thank you PS - Physics isn't really my forté, in fact i'm really un-interested in it. I'm just considering it because of a promising future. Is it true that you can't score in IB Psych ?
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I need help, ASAP!! Can you guys give me good reasons in whether to take History or Arts? 6 subjects I chose so far: - Physics HL - Geography HL - English HL - German ab initio - Math HL(trying out, highly probable to drop to SL) - History SL/ Art SL I would really appreciate your help! Thanks!
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Hi ib-ers (is that what you call yourselves?) I'm trying out for the IB program in grade 7 at the W G Davis P.S in Ontario and I had a few questions. 1. The IB information presentation says that you have to complete a "Written Response" at the school, so is the "Written Response" supposed to be about yourself or another topic. 2.What can I do to prepare for the entrance exam? Thank you to anyone who can help
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It is compulsory at our school to do a SL subject anticipated - meaning they complete the course one year earlier. I was recommended to do anticipated SL maths, but I'm not sure if it will be too difficult as it means two years of maths learning crammed into one year. Any ideas?
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Hi My first subject choice is : Bosnian HL ( Native language has to be on HL) English HL HIstory HL Economy SL Physics SL Mat SL Is the combination good? Is it hard physics SL, papers in the end? What studies are recommendable after this? THANK YOU IN ADVANCE
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English HL Economics HL / Business & Management HL Psychology HL / History HL Math SL Biology SL / Physics SL Hindi SL Economics - I'm confused about this because i'm taking Math at a standard level .. and B&M offers me a complete theory based course Psychology - I've done History for 2 years for my IGCSEs, thus want something new Biology - I find it way more interesting as compared to Physics I need to submit my choices by the end of the coming week ..
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Would a gr.11 non-IB course be seen by universities? Like the mark?
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So basically, I'm gonna be starting IB in August this year. I want to pursue fashion journalism in college. The sibjects I've chosen are: HL English A literature Psychology Visual Arts SL French ab initio EVSS Math Studies Now, should I take Psychology or history HL? Which is easier? Will either of them help me later? How's my subject combo?
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Hey Guys, I have to choose my subjects for Pre-IB like in the next few day and I am not sure about my choices. I have no idea how hard these subjects are so any feedback should help... So here are the subjects that I was thinking of: Maths HL Physics HL Chemistry HL Business SL/Anticipated French SL English SL Any feedback would help...
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4 HLs?
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Hi, I'm a sophomore going into the IB DP program next year and I'm still deciding what classes I want to take. I've been thinking about taking two HL sciences because I really enjoy science and because I have the room. I'm also seriously considering becoming a doctor. The HLs I'm thinking about are: English HL (required at my school) Visual Arts HL Biology HL Chemistry HL My SLs will be French and Math. I was wondering if I would be able to handle this, and still receive high IB examination grades. I have very good grades right now, and I'm two years ahead in math (I'm not taking math HL because I don't want to). Many of my teachers say I can handle it, but I wanted feed…
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I'm doing IB next year. I haven't taken any preparation classes and I'm trying to work on my time management. These are the subjects I'm planning to take: English HL French HL Drama HL Environmental Science SL Economics SL Math Studies SL Any advice? Thank you!
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