Pre-IB/MYP
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Here are some brief notes about the more practical aspects of the changes to the IB MYP that are currently foreseen. Although some schools are piloting a few of them this year, the changes are still in the planning stage and have not yet been finally approved. Although the MYP is expanding about 12% per year, there are problems of incompatibility with some national systems, which often have prescribed choices that do not fit with the subject groups of the MYP octagon. And some schools cannot run the MYP because they don't have the resources to teach the 8 groups. Although the octagon will be retained, and many schools will still provide all 8 subject groups, students wi…
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Do students in your school give personal gifts to their MYP teachers in appreciation of their services? In our school, students often give small symbolic gifts (flowers, cards, chocolates, paintings, personal items such as scarves, etc) to popular teachers at Christmas time and/or at the end of the school year. The class representatives also organise collections for the purchase of gift vouchers, and students are free to contribute to these if they wish. In China, it is traditional to give symbolic gifts on the PRC's National Teachers' Day (September 10). I'm sure that most teachers are completely impartial, but I know of one case in Kunming where a teacher actually told …
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The school's given us a list of what we can take and i've chosen these: English A (Lit) SL Arabic B HL Math SL B&M HL ITGS HL Physics SL so what do you think about that? at first i was thinking Physics HL, but guesses its too hard.... what about English A (Lit) SL how hard is it, i think its a new syllabus to many of you would have had the A1 A2 choices i guess this is like A1 SL ? thanks ;D
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In our school, MYP1-3 exams start tomorrow. (MYP4 exams start right after the DP2 exams in May, and MYP5 exams are in January) Good luck to all students who are sitting them!
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I am in MYP. I am planning on taking: English A1 SL Japanese B HL History SL Physics HL Math HL Psychology HL What is your opinion on my chosen courses? Any problems I might run into? How hard will it turn out to be? Please comment, all opinions are wanted and welcomed.
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As you know, the IB programmes are continually reviewed and modified. Recent examples include the new Language subjects, the Group 3 Global Politics pilot, the new World Studies EE option, World Religions SL, and the revised Group 6 courses. A new Group 4 SL Science and Technology course is also being discussed. One of the current issues is the continuum of education through the PYP, MYP and DP programmes, and some of the key challenges for MYP are indicated briefly in the document "IB MYP Perspectives 2011-2014" that I have uploaded to the Files section. Considerably more detail is given in the "Next Chapter" presentation that was made 10 days ago at the Category 1 Works…
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I'm going into the IB dipolma next year, and these are the classes that I'm planning on taking: Math HL, Physics HL, History HL, English HL, Spanish SL, Economics SL I'm not sure if I can handle math and physics at the HL level. How hard are they at HL level? And are my classes manageable?
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Hi again! I have another question, ok in my school I was invited to the IB meeting in school which the teachers think these kids are able to do it and that day i went home sick and missed it! So I missed on how many courses you should take and stuff like that! Anything you guys know! Also! What courses should I take in IB SL and HL? Those that will be helpful for University. Pre-Ib courses I have selected but what courses should I take for medical if I decide to take Ib in 11 and 12? This is what I have thought of so far! French SL or Hl English Sl or Hl Math SL Biology HL? Chem Sl or Hl? Don;t know! So what i mean is in the subjects what Hl and Sl should I tak…
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Hi, I'm a grade 9 student and I'm thinking about going into Pre Ib, I have most courses selected of pre ib but math, last term my math mark was close to an eighty, but unfortunately this term it sort of dropped because of one test. I want to know if I should go in pre ib math and do the whole course, I want to get an Ib diploma but I'm afraid it could be the wrong choice. I want to go into medical, and become a doctor so if i take math studies maybe is that acceptable? And would be ok if a person with a seventies mark go into math pre ib SL? I'm really stressing out about this and the course selection is final next week. Also I have selected courses if i don't take Ib in…
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I currently have 5 HL subjects: English HL Maths HL Physics HL Chemistry HL Economics HL and Spanish ab initio. I will probably keep Economics and English at HL. Which HLs out of Maths, Physics and Chemistry should I drop down to Standard? Would it be unrealistic to do 4 HLs? And what would you find to be the hardest and easiest classes?
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The MYP curriculum octagon well illustrates the programme's 8 subject groups and 5 areas of interaction, but the images provided on the IBO website are at rather low resolution. So in case anyone requires the graphic for his or her documentation or presentations, I've uploaded a higher resolution version to the Pre-IB/MYP Files section.
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Hi, I am currently a Pre-IB student and course registration have been filled in and done with but it's not too late if I change it. I was debating whether to take Business HL or Econ HL, or both, but at last minute I decided that I was going to take HL Econ + HL History instead. I was wondering, if I do decide to pursue Business for a BsC, is IB Business a prerequisite? Or is it fine that I took Econ instead? I'm interested in going to the UK or Australia for University and a major in regards to the Social Sciences: Economics, Business, International Relations, or Political Science. Here are my courses: HL English HL History HL Economics SL Math SL Chemistry SL French Did…
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I was thinking recently about IB recently, and I thought - so many people are talking about the easiest possible choice, however, what's the HARDEST? So, please IBS, give me your suggestions (for the sake of it, let's keep the choices limited to 4 HL's & 2 SL's).
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Hello, i wanted to check how do-able are my subject choices, Im doing: HL: Maths, Chemistry, Biology SL: Arabic B, English A1, Economics Thankss
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Hey, I want to study architecture in Europe. So i decided to go to IB, but i have problem with subjects. polish SL maths HL english HL visual arts HL physics SL and what now ? geo SL or philosophy SL? I really like philosophy, but i think that geo gives me better opputunities, what i should do ?
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hey everyone, I am specifically asking anyone who has 7 subjects, 4 HLs or both: how do you manage to do it? I honestly need tips and tricks because this(my) way, I will not be able to keep it up. currently I have my subjects are the following: Chemistry HL Biology HL English HL German HL History SL Math SL Physics SL so again, what are your experiences?
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Hey there!! I will hopefully start with IB this summer and I'm really happy for that. The problem is that I'm going to school in Costa Rica for 5 months now and I'm afraid of getting lazy about all this school stuff (I don't know whether you can call it school oder not, really). That's why I would like to prepare me somehow for my IB (by the way, my English is getting incredibly bad://). Somebody who started IB after a (lazy)(half) year abroad? Any recommondations? Muchas Graxx
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Hello Everyone, I need yours help, because i don't know what subjects i should choose. I'm from poland so in school that i want go i must take : 1. English HL 2. 2nd subject that i'm certain is Polish SL, because i hate it. so HL isn't for me. 3. Maths HL, i'm afraid of it, but i like mathematics and i feel good in her. and next 3 subjects are the biggest problem for me. 4, Physics SL, 5. Geo HL 6.History HL Is this sequence gives me the opportunity for example law and engineering or sth technical? I thought about architecture and bulding/architectural engineering ? because i have big imagination and i like creating and projecting. but i fear that i change my mind and th…
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which sub is to be taken for architecture IB Math HL or SL
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Hi I'm going into grade 11 and I am not positive about my course selections... I am planning on taking - Group A - English SL Group B - Spanish ab Initio Group C - Geography SL Group D - Physics HL Group E - Math HL Group F - Chem HL Is it worth it to take geography HL instead of SL and does it have any value in post-secondary?
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I currently get 6s and 7s for everything in MYP, so how do you think it would work out [would it?] for me to do 4 highers next year and 2 SL? I'm looking to attend an Ivy League college and doing these highers would keep more options available to me. My careers counsellor says I'm allowed to do 4 HL and 2 SL subjects [i dont particularly want to take a 7th] but I don't know if it would still be possible to maintain a 6s and 7s at HL if I have one more that most people. Did any of you guys take 4 highers or a 7th subejct? If so, how did you find it? I'm considering History HL, English A1 HL, Physics HL and Maths HL, then Dutch A2 SL and Economics SL - do you think that wou…
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I am going into IB next year and I'm not sure what HLs to take. My school makes you take English and History as HLs, so you only get to pick one, or two max. I know I'm going to do four Higher Level classes, and I know I want one of them to be Biology, but I'm torn on the last one. I have to choose between Psychology and Visual Arts. I love art, but for my career I am planning on doing something with psychology/neurology. What would you guys recommend? Thanks!
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Okay, since I'm in grade 6 I always wanted to know that I wanted to become a pilot. I'm now in grade 10 and next year grade 11, but I have to decide what subjects I want to take. I want to become a pilot, but I don't know what subjects to take. Help please! And someone told me that you need a 5/7 for Higher level subjects. If I don't succeed to do so, can I redo the year? Thanks
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I've finally obtained a copy of the latest (August 2008) version of the document "IB MYP: From principles into practice", and uploaded a pdf to the Files section. This is the in-depth practical guide to all aspects of curriculum, assessment, teaching and student learning in the context of the IB MYP. It is the basic document referenced in the individual MYP subject-group guides, and incorporates the earlier publications "Implementation and Development of the Programme (2000)" and "Areas of Interaction (2002)".
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Hey guys! Course selection deadlines for my school are very near and I still haven't decided on some of the courses. So the toss up is between either taking Biology at HL or English Lit. at HL. I have already decided what other courses I would like to take already, however, I'm not so sure about these two courses. I was wondering about which is more challenging, how much the workload is for each course and how difficult it is to score well in both courses. Additionally, I would also like to know the difference between SL and HL in these respective courses. I need a reply soon as the form is supposed to be handed in within the next two to three days. I have strong interest…
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Hey, I'm going to IB next year, and I need help picking my HL classes. I want to major in biology or physics in colleges, but I'm torn over which classes to take. I know I'm going to take HL Bio and HL math, but I don't know if I should take HL physics or HL economics. The reason why I'm not sure about HL physics is that the teacher is supposed to not be so good. Should I take Economics or Physics, or should I just take SL physics.
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Hi guys, So I am currently a 10th grade student at one of the top schools in the US. I have decided to take the IB Diploma Program next year, and was wondering if anyone could give me some advise about my course selection. Right now, I kind of planned my courses like this-- IB English - HL IB Spanish ab inito (Spanish II) IB History: Americas - HL IB Biology HL + Core Physics I IB Math HL (Calculus BC) *Is HL worth it?? or should I just go with SL?? And my school gives the option of either Calculus AB or BC, which should I take, because apparently AB is not a prerequisite of BC* IB Art HL *Is this worth it?? Or should I take Forensics Psychology instead?? That would mean…
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Hi everyone, so I'm now in my final year of the MYP Programme and I heard that there will be tons of assessments sent for moderation. I recently finished a science research essay that will be sent for moderation and I copied quite a lot of stuff from an online essay. I submitted my work through Turnitin.com and surprisingly, the system detected only 10% of plagiarism. Will IB find out that I copied most of my stuff from an online source? Thanks!
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I am currently in 10th grade and I have just chosen my IB classes. HL: -Biology -Chemistry -French SL: -History -English -Math Doubling science was a very last minute decision. I added chemistry in place of psychology (originally it was HL bio, HL psych, HL history, HL french, SL eng, SL math) because I thought that it might be useful if I ever decide to go in a science path. However, I am still very unsure and I actually feel neutral towards science (although I am looking forward to biology). Do you think this was a wise choice? Or is taking 2 HL sciences simply too much? I can always change to: HL: -Chemistry -French -History SL: -Biology -English -Math Unfortunately, I…
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Hi people of the ib diploma, I have to choose my subjects soon and so far I think I want to choose Music HL Biology HL Group 3 subject HL English A Lang&Lit standard Frenach ab initio Math Studies/Standard Thing is, I'm not sure about the group 3 subject or which math I want to take. I'm planning to have a career in psychology, the human mind, or with disabled people and am unsure what the best options might be. I should mention that I'm average at math, but do not enjoy it. Also, the group 3 subjects provided by my school are Economics, Business Management, Environmental Systems & Societies, History, ITGS, and Geography. Thanks for any responses !
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HELLO! i am in the midst of my first year and i'm am doing extremely badly with IB in general. I know at this point it would be stupid to change subjects but i'm seriously worried. these are my scores as they stand for my lastest term grade Bio (HL): 5 Chem (HL): 3 Psychology(HL): 6 Maths (SL): 6 Eng A lang and lit (SL): 5 Mandarian B (SL): 7 (also i'm pretty sure i dun deserve this cause my teacher is taking material and testing us using a abinito TB, she is seriously wasting my time but i think if i were to measure up to real chinese B SL then would probably be a 5) Well, as you can see it is obvious that i suck at chem. For my school we still have a month to change o…
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I wonder whether there are any members interested in discussing IB MYP matters? A search of the forums with the term MYP produced zero(!) results. Does this mean that all members are in DP1 or later? Or are the younger students in schools that offer the IB DP, but not the IB MYP?
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The IBO documents in the files section on this board are a great resource for IB DP students. (Thanks!) Does anyone have any similar IBO documents for IB MYP students?
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hl english hl chinese b hl art hl history sl math sl bio or hl english hl art hl physics hl history sl chinese a math sl regular bio (we have to take a form of bio and history at my school, and we don't have sl physics. also, I would take sl chinese a in the first schedule but that's 7 ib courses.) 1) should I just not take art? I'm interested in photography and stop motion projects but I'm not an incredibly artistic person overall. 2) should I take hl bio instead of physics in the second schedule? thank you!
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Hi/Hola/Hello, I am torn between chosing one of the options below for my IB courses: These are the only 2 choices I have left: option 1: HL - English, History, Biology SL - French, Maths, Chemistry option 2: HL - English, Psychology, Chemistry SL - French, Math, History English HL and Spanish SL, Math SL are fixed and not changable. I have to take History either HL or SL. So the choices are whether to take History and Biology HL or Psychology and Chemistry HL. On one hand I have heard that History HL needs lots of Memorization, has a extra exam paper which requires one to remember previous year History topics and coverage is lot more detailed in History HL than History SL…
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Hello all, I would like to consider myself as a reasonably intelligent person. In the future I hope to become an engineer and is there any point in applying to Oxford or Cambridge with these slightly uncouth choices, Maths HL Physics HL Economics HL Language and Literature SL French Ab Initio SL Design Technology SL Thanks guys
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hi , i need help choosing my IB subjects .I'm in pre now and we are supposed to choose them after christmas ,so i was thinking chemistry HL bio HL english B HL swedish Al SL math SL i'm struggling between Eco HL and psychology HL
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Eh hello! I am about to make my IB subjects choice. I want to study Law after high school and these are the subjects I plan on taking. HL English A1 History Economics SL ESS Maths Swedish B However, I was advised not to take ESS because universities tend to like more traditional subjects. The person told me to take a science subject like Biology or Chemistry, instead of ESS. Furthermore, the same person said that I shouldn't take only humanities subjects at HL but take a science/math subject to balance it because they would develop analytical skills and universities actually like when people have these - mainly because they are considered more rigorous and thus indicat…
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Basically about a week ago I was pretty sure that I was gonna double major in Finance and Computer Science, and thus, I had based my IB subjects on that. However, I recently read about this program allowing you to double major in International Studies and any branch of Business you choose, it completely sounds more like me, as I'm not a huge science fan, so I wanted your opinion in my subject choices that would allow me to do such a program... HL: Spanish A1, English A1, Economics SL: Chemistry, Maths, Business I would also take french lessons as I already took my GCSEs on that... Should I be taking Geography, History or something like that? Because those subjects are som…
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So basically its my first year in IB , my subjects are HL English French Design Technology SL Spanish AB initio Economics Maths Are these good choices ? if i get a good grade in Technology will i do okay? I have heard so many things about it being a bad subject ... I have no idea what to do for uni...can i study something good at university ?
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I'm less than a month away from having to choose my IB subjects for next year, my family and friends are already exhausted from listening to my IB dilemmas, so I decided to see what you guys thought! English A1 HL Spanish A1 HL Maths SL Chemistry SL Business HL Computer Science SL I'm also planning to take a seventh subjects which could be either french (don't wanna lose the knowledge) or theatre (general interest) I also dont know whether to do business or computer science HL... Aaand I'm torn between Biology (easier) or chemistry (more applyable for the future) THANKS IN ADVANCE AND SORRY FOR ALL THE DOUBTS! btw I'm a fairly good student, surely top ten (maybe five) out…
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Good evening, I wanted to ask couple questions about IB subjects choise. I don't really know what I want to study further although at the moment the most believable for me seems studies of politics, maybe+economics and/or philosophy, or history. But I've still kept in mind my previous thought about architecture. I think that I could do the visual arts pretty well (at least I used to do them well) and I have no problems with maths, so, if I choose IB subjects for further studies in architecture, HL Visual Arts (don't really know how the course is built up, it's just a guess) and Maths shouldn't cause any problems. But I'm not any good at experimental sciences (I understo…
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I'm new to this website so I hope I am posting this in the right section. I am starting the IB Diploma course next year, and I just wanted tips for my subject selection. E.g. which subjects require more attention to and are harder, which require more memorising rather than having practical solutions etc. The subjects are: HL Business Management HL English HL Psychology SL Maths SL Physics Ab Initio Italian. Thanks
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Hey, IB Junior here. I am thinking about which classes to take as my 3 HL classes for the IB program. English 3 HL is a required HL at my school and I was thinking Spanish 4 HL (my best class) and then either Economics HL or ITGS HL. I am interested in majoring in business and I like Economics 1 so i think it would be a good choice, but I feel like it could get really confusing in HL. Also my ITGS teacher said that HL ITGS is very similar to the SL course and the only difference in the class is some added material on the exams and an extra paper (dont know if this is correct, please verify). I dont want to take the harder HL classes because I already have to stay up all …
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Hi everyone ! I would love to study something connected with fashion but also business/management in UK of France but I'm completely helpless with the choice of my subjects, do you think the set o Maths, Geography and French HL as well as English A1,Bio/Chem and History SL is fine if I want to pursue a career in the field mentioned above? Also, do you know some top universities which provide such courses? I was thinking about LSE ( management course ) but would love to hear some of your opinions.
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Hello ^^ I'm new, so please bear with me! Next year I'm going to begin IB, taking English A1, German B, Maths, Biology, Chemistry and Psychology at SL. I think I might do Bio, Chem and Psych at HL next year, depending on my grades. Has anybody done similar subjects? What can I expect?
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HL: BIO , ENG, BUSINESS SL: ART, MATH STUDIES, FRENCH I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW WHAT I WANT TO BECOME. SO I TRIED TO TAKE A SUBJECT FOR EVERY POSSIBILITY. so is this subject choices fine? i well im thinking i wanna be in business, maybe like in marketing or something. so are my subject choices fine? or does it make me look like im slacking off or what
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I was thinking about it the other day, and I'm not quite sure if my subjects are well-rounded enough. I am taking: English Lang&Lit HL Spanish B HL Chemistry HL Psychology SL Biology SL Maths SL The problem is that Psychology might be considered a science (depending on how you look at it), which means half of my subjects are science-based, and my curriculum doesn't have much creativeness in it. (But, I'm planning to do photography and some other sort of art out of school for CAS.) I'm not sure how helpful my school would be in advising about this, since I go to a British school and the British curriculum focuses on specialisation, and I am planning to go to a US uni…
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So, we have to start choosing subject combinations for the next year and we were asked to inform the school which ones do we want to take. I don't have much problem with choosing them, but I want to take Chemistry SL as my science. And here comes the problem. My school offers biology and physics as sciences and chemistry as group 6 subject, and my teacher says I should choose either biology or physics. Neither of which I really fancy. I'm quite good at chemistry and my teacher says I would even manage HL. Do you think our IB Coordinator will be willing to let me take Chem? Because I can't even go and talk to her cause she's on a maternity leave...
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