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General discussion about IB that are not subject specific.
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Just throwing this out there, because I see a lot of questions and a lot of wishy-washy answers about this... Your score in certain subjects is made up of components that are internally assessed and externally moderated Addition: some components, like your World Literature essay(s), ToK essay, and of course Extended Essay, are not moderated but assessed (i.e. all sent off) [thanks for lynyrd and imopotato for pointing out that the WL is not moderated] For others, like your IOC, Mathematics portfolios, Science Lab Reports, Economics Portfolio, (and so on), your teacher sends out a "representative" sample The size of this sample depends on the number of students in your cl…
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Here are a list of IB official teacher support materials for various subjects, and proved to be invaluable for me while doing my internal assessments (and also external assessment for theatre) for all subjects as it provides many exemplars both good and bad. I couldn't find the TSM for economics though... (Thanks Vioh) Comment below if you have any other teacher support material (2016) so I can add it below: Theory of Knowledge - https://ibpublishing.ibo.org/server2/rest/app/tsm.xql?doc=d_0_tokxx_tsm_1305_1_e∂=5&chapter=2&mode=moderator Theatre - https://ibpublishing.ibo.org/server2/rest/app/tsm.xql?doc=d_6_theat_tsm_1408_1_e∂=1&chapter=1 Physics - https://i…
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Having done the IB I know full well it's not just me who has time management/procrastination issues, so hopefully other people will find this useful (should there be an answer xP). I've never actually gone as far as a timetable before, but I feel it has become necessary because I genuinely suck at doing anything decent with my time unless forced Does anybody know of some free software which I can use to make myself a daily timetable a la computer? Thanks in advance!
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I just moved to a school with IB, I'm currently a Sophomore in Pre-IB, with a few IB and AP classes. Taking IB Pre-Calculus and it's not that bad at all. I'm a straight A student. What's the difference between Higher Level and Standard Level, what requirements are needed to be in a HL class? Does IB have any requirements as to which classes are HL and which are SL? What's the final requirement for the IB Diploma? I just feel so lost when people try explaining it to me. Thanks for any help ^.^
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Sup people of the IB. I found a short guide that I wrote a while ago that deals with stress and procrastination. I'll add more to it later (the irony but it is late ) so hopefully it's helpful. There's more to come if I remember Stress Firstly stress at school is mainly caused by lack of organisation. So sorting that out could half or even eliminate your 'i want to rip the hair out of my head' feeling! How to organise work: Invest in a folder if you write notes with a note book and use folder separators to make things easier. This makes losing notes a lot less likely because they are in a named folder. Plus it makes you feel really professional If you're feeling …
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As we may have known, the IBDP course is available for examinations in English, French and Spanish. Which language are/were you doing IBDP course in? Is/was your school only offering that language type of course? Any interest in doing the IBDP in another language? I am doing IBDP in English. I think all IB schools in Indonesia offer their courses in English it would be great if we had it in Bahasa Indonesia but I guess I'll still prefer the English course because it will help me to improve my English and prepare me to study abroad What about you guys?
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Menu Lc's Guide to Writing an Essay! HMSChocolate's At-a-Glance Guide to the Logical Academic Argument Plagiarism, Academic Dishonesty and How to Avoid Them Frequently Asked Questions About Essay-Writing and IB Essays Julie's "The 6+1 Writing Trait System" VIP Only: Downloadable PDF supplement documents on writing skills. See also this thread for guide about Extended Essay Looking for help/advice with referencing and citations? Click Here! Lc's Guide to Writing an Essay! Well, I've been correcting a few world lit essays and TOK essays.. and I've noticed that most of what is discussed is amazing! And I find myself correcting the structure of the essay itself rath…
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There are many threads around this giant forum that offer help, tips, advice, places to ask questions and get answer etc. etc. but like I said, it's a giant forum and finding them all, or finding the very one YOU need can be difficult. So here's a quick list of some awesome threads that you can use to help you with anything you might need. General IB Awesomeness 1. How To Not Fail at Writing Essays - READ THIS. Don't start your first essay without reading this. It's amazing, you just don't know it yet. 2. Citing The Sources - READ THIS TOO. If you do not cite right, it's plagiarism. Plagiarism =Fails and possible kick from the IB Programme. 3. Cutting…
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Okay, lots of questions pop up such as 'what do I need to pass?' or 'will I fail if I get a 2?' and nobody knows all of the exact criteria and conditions so here is a list as published by the IB: The IB diploma will be awarded to a candidate whose total score is 24, 25, 26 or 27 points, provided all the following requirements have been met:a. Numeric grades have been awarded in all six subjects registered for the IB diploma. b. All CAS requirements have been met.c. Grades A (highest) to E (lowest) have been awarded for both theory of knowledge and an extended essay, with a grade of at least D in one of them.d. There is no grade 1 in any subject.e. There is no grade 2 at h…
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OK, so there are people who are asking for things such as "Give me an RQ" or along those lines. This thread is kind of like a super doc that will tell you the do's and the don'ts in terms of courtesy, asking for help etc. What we can help with! a) We can help narrow or broaden an RQ b) We can comment on how to improve an RQ c) We can help with explaining citations etc d) We can help explain what you have to do in an assessment. e) Tell you if an article is OK or not for an Econ IA. What we can't do! a) Give you an RQ b) Do your work for you c) Tell you a fail proof formula for a 7 (its not possible!) d) Allow you to discuss papers before 24 hours are up. IB rules. …
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These are a few recommendations for how to prevent and manage stress. You can skip to the sections you want below. Introduction Techniques Meditation Schedule time off Have regular breaks Plan your work Clean yourself Manage expectations Eat properly Exercise Have fun with friends Summary Introduction These are some brief thoughts about how to manage stress throughout the IB exam period and in general. I welcome anyone and everyone to share the techniques they use to manage stress. Firstly, if you want to effectively reduce the amount of stress you feel with your workload, managing your time properly will help cut down on the level of stress you feel when working. So …
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Jump to Frequently Asked Question About the International Baccalaureate General IB Downloads Here are some useful files for IB students. Download is available to all members. If you want to donate and contribute files to our archive, please see this announcement or this FAQ section. Syllabi Diploma Statistics Other IBO documents Useful links to get you through IB Some advice to new IB students Note: Please don't take this starter pack for your bible. It's a guide. The extent that this can apply to individuals will vary, because different schools run IB differently. Enjoy your IB! You'll only get stressed if you leave things too late. The more you hate it, the more it…
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Hey there everyone, I am now moving to grade 11 and ill need to pick my IB subjects. I need some help. To begin with, i want to pursue a career and get a job as a Software Dev. Ill also look into having my own buisness that i have ideas for. The Universities im looking to get into are: Rutgers University NJ NUS Singapore SUTD Singapore New York University NY Some of them just dont show the subject requirements for CS. Ive tried looking for so long but theres nothing there for IB. For my IGCSE i got good grades in Physics, CS, Maths, and Biology. However after taking a look at IB Physics and Maths AA,…
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I am into aircrafts and want to study aircraft engineering in university. Do you know any universities has aircraft engineering bachelor program????
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What does the IB mean exactly when they say an essay should have "spatial emphasis"? What is the definition of spatial emphasis in regards to geography ee?
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Hello, I am 16 years old and just moved to Dubai this summer. I started the first year of the IB Diploma Programme in September, over here. I am struggling at school because of the new environment. The class sizes are huge, and I'm having problems settling in, even though it's been two months since school started. I spoke to my parents about changing schools, and they were extremely understanding, even though I was the one who chose to go to this school. However, we looked for every possible IB school in Dubai, and were unsuccessful. Either the schools didn't offer the subjects I wanted to take, The class sizes were too big there as well, or they weren't taking anymore st…
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Hello! I have recently just joined a private school which is an ib curricular high school and since I am not really familiar with the ib stuff, I wanted to know if anyone could just tell me their honest opinion on the courses I am planning on taking and some questions I have For my courses (I will be in grade 11 after this summer) I am planning on choosing these. English A: Language and Literature (HL) Spanish ab initio (SL) Psychology (HL) (I do not have any prior knowledge in psychology but I am very interested...) Biology or Computer Science (SL) or maybe (HL) Mathematics applications (SL) Music (HL) or (SL) I believe …
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I am applying to St. Robert’s high school which is an IB school in Toronto in November and I have a few different answers about what is on it after asking around. Is it just Math and English or is French included? And how hard is it? If anyone goes there or has even gone to an IB school in Canada and has a sense of what it is on could help me out that would be great 👍🏼
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I'm a sophomore currently doing the IB regional program at my school (I'm enrolled in the full DP program junior and senior year) but I'm really indecisive if I should go through with it or not. I'm planning on going to college to study in the engineering field, but I feel like the program won't be that beneficial to me in the future. I also don't really have a good understanding of what I'm getting myself into, and I feel like I'm about to give up my life outside of school for this diploma that I'm not even guaranteed. Any advice?
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I am currently in my first year of IBDP and I need to choose my HLs soon. I am interested in sciences so I wanted to do HL for biology, chemistry and psychology, but would that be too much content to memorise? Would it be better if to do english HL instead? Thanks.
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So I'm going to start the DP in August 2022 (taking M24), and I wanted some advice for my subject selections. Intended Major: Physics in a US University Subjects Physics HL Maths AA HL Geography HL Chem SL English Language & Literature SL Mandarin B SL I took Geo as a filler HL, and Chem because my university required one year of all 3 highschool sciences, and I took Bio in MYP
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Heyyy so since Im done with my maths exams (M22)I am planning on selling my revision village account to someone. Let me know if you're interested! Im selling it for $70USD but that price is negotiable. Its a gold account so there's no expiry date.(on the website there is my but you can just email them to extend it for free) Its really useful and really helped me with my exams. (especially the videos explaining past paper answers). Soooo let me know
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Hi, I am wondering how to teach mixed HL and SL classes with DP Biology. The timetable has 7 lessons per 2-week cycle. HL students go to all 7 and SL students go to 5. Bearing in mind the SL content is required to do the more in-depth HL content I don't see how I can structure this. At some point, at the beginning of the first cycle of the year, I am going to have to teach HL content. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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how do you start preparing for mocks one month before they happen? i still have upcoming tests for each subject so it's hard to find time for mock preparation. any tips pls?
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Hi, I'd be really grateful if you could complete this survey for my ESS IA (individual investigation). It's about fast fashion awareness and consumption. Link to survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfRb7jU-EYK49aseXA708Hs5AJFPmxYk_MVMfpjzf4V0YY6xA/viewform?usp=sf_link Thank you for helping me out!
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Hi Everybody, my names Sam. And I am a proud IB graduate of 41 points and a prospective student of the University of York to read Economics (BSc). My exams (M21) were cancelled so my grades essentially came down to the quality of my IA's and I'm lucky that I did really well on all of them. I helped out a lot of people in my school with their IA's too and gave them feedback on how to improve and I can honestly say I helped improve quite a few of the final grades of my peers. I then started offering my help as a service and started spreading my services online by asking friends to tell other friends and I feel I've done quite a bit of good there too. With another year of Co…
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Should my math IA score be put into my normal class grade? My bio IA grade is exempt
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Hi, I was wondering what grade and points I need for my Tok essay to pass TOK overall because my teacher gave me an E on the Tok exhibition which I couldn’t understand why. I already submitted my tok essay but I’m not confident at all about the essay.
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does anyone struggle with studying for ESS i find it so so so boring and my teacher is just the worst and so i dont know anything, if anyone has some tips u could give me pls feel free 😩😩😩
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Hi I am a rising Grade 11 and I have a question I have to pick either Geo or Econ but I really can't choose one. For Geo Sl, I heard that it is REALLY easy (compared to Econ Sl, geo contents are cooler) so I want to do Geo for IB, but the problem is, our geo teacher is hell (according to Grade 12s). The geo teacher is so bad (she gives them bad grades) that the subject for Grade 11s has been abolished. For econ sl, I heard that it is do-able but the problem is I really have no basic knowledge in Econ. I might not even have an interest in econ. And also the econ teacher is very nice in our school. What do you guys recommend? Go for geo even if th…
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I'm currently gathering data for my Math IA. My survey is anonymous and only contains two questions about your GPA and Wordle score. If you get the chance to fill it out or send it to your Wordle playing friends, that would be amazing! Thanks everyone. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeFQrsejTs4bk7PhDaq8wxMmT2LeeWp5hB6nSIo2ls8NNFoEA/viewform
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I'm currently gathering data for my Math IA. My survey is anonymous and only contains two questions about your GPA and Wordle score. If you get the chance to fill it out or send it to your Wordle playing friends, that would be amazing! Thanks everyone. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeFQrsejTs4bk7PhDaq8wxMmT2LeeWp5hB6nSIo2ls8NNFoEA/viewform
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Hi! from the beginning of the year I've been taking Ib visual arts. Its the most interesting class and I really like it. However, its really time consuming and I found myself in situations that I dont have time to take care of myself and have time for other activities. The workload is so much. I really like doing it and the outcome is really good however I am not sure if the cost of taking this class is worth it. After these couple of months i understood that even though i love art and creating art myself, i dont like doing it under so much stress and deadlines, so now im not quite sure if i want to pursue it as a career. However, i am and always will be an artistic …
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So I'm in ib dp1, take chem hl, eng A sl, german ab initio sl, physics sl, math aa hl, history hl and music (as a 7th subject just for myself). And I feel like I'm failing ib. I'm good with I'm not rly good at my subjects but I'm sure I can pull them up if I try harder. The thing is PHYSICS. I got 1 on my last test ( and usually get low grades such as 3). Idk what to do. I thought I still have time to improve before next year and then realised that I will need predicted grades in the beginning of next year for my uni application. So if I start now will they give me good ones? Overall what do u think bout it? Also the thing is technically I can drop phys and c…
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So I am starting my first year of the IB diploma program this September and I am stuck on course selection. Like the title says, I want to get into finance/business in university and I want to enroll into the best courses while not having an excruciating combination. My current selection: Business and Management HL ITGS HL English A Lit HL Math SL Chem SL French B SL The problem with the school that I will be attending next year is that they do not have the complete selection of courses that other schools have so I can't take courses like economics or environmental sciences which is a bummer. I also have some additional questions: 1. Would taking English HL be too difficu…
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I am a (potential) new student for the IB program @VPCI (I am torn between an offer from Crescent School and IB @VPCI). But, hypothetically, if I were to go to IB @VPCI, how much spare time would I have to participate in co-curriculars, contests, clubs, AP classes, etc. I'm just curious so that I can definitely decide on which school I should go to. Edit: The extracurriculars @VPCI look pretty nice, so that messes up my ability to make a definite choice even more... There's also "myths" of people saying that there's no time for sleep in IB...
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Hello! I'm a 10th grader in an IB school and I have to choose my courses for the upcoming 2 years. I'm thinking of taking a dentistry course in the UK although Im really bad at science in general but most college requirements have HL bio or/and HL chem. My current courses are HL physiology, HL mother tongue, HL art, SL biology, SL AA math, SL lang&lit. These are all based on my interest kinda and it was before I wanted to study dentistry so I want to change. My average grades in myp are bio,chem,physics is 4,5 and my lab reports are usually around 6. Im also currently trying to find a college accepting HL physiology and SL chem or bio but I know I'll n…
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Hey guys, I have got 6 out of 24 from my chemistry internal assessment. I am not surprised, because it was soooo weak. I wonder what percentage of the points are taken for the final grade. Is there any one who can answer my question?
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Hey guys, If your doing the full IB diploma program, what's the average number of hours you spend on homework a night? (i know people procrastinate and do nothing on one night and the cram it all in another night, so maybe how many hours a week?) and out of those hours how much of it is spent studying? Actual assigned work? big projects? Also, how does the homework load in 11th grade for DP compare to the homework amount in 10th grade for MYP? I do several out of school activities and i want to see what i need to get rid of before school starts so that I'm not completely overwhelmed. Listing what out of school stuff you do and what classes you take migh…
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hey everyone! im currently doing my math aa ia and i need more responses for my survey that's due in less than 24 hours... i would really appreciate your help in filling it out! thank you in advance! https://forms.gle/kfqzLYAfjaQ3dcFd9
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hi everyone, does someone know if we will do the covid model of the ib exams? We think we will do the normal exams with the paper 3, but we don't really know. Does anyone know something about this?? Thanks
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Hello so at my school we've been doing Mock exams and I was simply wondering what is considered a good test score in an IB exam. Say that I get 50% of the possible marks, where would that put me in the IB scale or if I'm aiming for a 5 around what percent of marks do I need to get on the exam? I know it depends on subjects and other factors as well but if anybody could give me an estimate it would be greatly appreciated.
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Most people know of resources like CAS Booster or Examsnap. I'm looking for new, interesting, resources that have saved your IB life.
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i really need help with my EE about franco, i was told by my supervisor to change it and my next deadline is 2000 words in 6 days, is it good enough to analyse wether he was good for spain overall? how would i word this question? (it was a 39 year dictatorship) so i feel like it would be too long a period to analyse in 4000 words but i dont have an argument so i dont know what to do!!! another option would be to focus on the spanish civil war and how guernica was possibly a turning poitn for this. All my research has been focused on the period of dictatorship so i would have to do new research but its whatevs. thankyouuu
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Since I'm going to go to the IB next year, I have to choose my 6 HL and SL courses by next week D-: I know I'm gonna do HL Bio and Chem next year but I'm stuck whether as to either let myself off easy and do HL Econ or if I should suffer through HL Math Analysis for the UK schools. I'm trying to do Pre-Med in a US college but going to the UK for undergrad seems like a cool experience.
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Since I'm going to go to the IB next year, I have to choose my 6 HL and SL courses by next week D-: I know I'm gonna do HL Bio and Chem next year but I'm stuck whether as to either let myself off easy and do HL Econ or if I should suffer through HL Math Analysis for the UK schools. I'm trying to do Pre-Med in a US college but going to the UK for undergrad seems like a cool experience.
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Hi guys, I am student from India. I completed my MYP with average scores. The subject which I took is Math AI HL, Physics HL and Chemistry HL. I am half way through my IBDP. My grades are very low. Low means very low like failing. I put in all my effort to studying but hasn't reflected in my grades. I don't know what to do anymore like I am losing confidence in me. I have to decide if I repeat my year in any other curriculum or IB but changing the course. Or should I just continue and try again. I need advice
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Hey, I just want to be sure that I'm not in over my head when I transferred from a public school to a charter, that offers IB. I usually have good motivational tendencies and coping with depression off my female monthly event, but I realized that I had not taken into account that my depression is exacerbated greatly during that period of time. I think that my emotional stress every month grants me a disadvantage that will not prove fruitful if I stay in the program. I do well in all of my SL courses except Biology because the teacher rushes everything, usually not telling us at the very least the core ideas we should know for our exam; which got pushed ba…
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IB Mindset&Motivation: the first website dedicated to the right mindset and motivation in the IB program. Check it out! https://www.ibmindsetandmotivation.com/
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Is taking Ib diploma over ib certificate worth it for college? I know that for international schools(particularly in europe) Ib diploma is almost required, but I dont think there is too large of a difference for US schools.
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