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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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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 If you do not cite right, it's plagiarism.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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Hey everyone, So... I'm planning on taking the IB entrance exam of St. Roberts CHS. The exam is in November, which is only a month away. I was wondering, does anyone know how it's going to go down this year? We all know COVID-19 is among us (play too much video-games) now, and there is a very high risk of getting it. From the videos I saw about the IB entrance exam, I can tell that there were a lot of people, probably even more, knowing my grade. I'm assuming that the entrance exam is going to be online, and I'm honestly really worried. I heard that they will be looking at our grade 7 report cards, I'm extremely nervous becuase of the fact that I got around 88.8 aver…
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I’m thinking about dropping out after grade 9. But can I? Do I have to finish pre ib?
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Hey, I´m currently a DP1 and I´m unsure about my SL and HL choices. I can´t decide whether I want to take physics HL or dance HL. I know that both subjects are really different, but my other subjects are English A HL, Math Analysis SL (I didn´t pass the placement test for the HL class), Self-thaught SL and Economics HL, so I have no other option than to take either dance or physics HL. I`ve no prior dance experience and am therefor scared to take at as an HL. I personally like dance, however I´m not that passionate about it and currently already struggle with my mixer. I liked physics a lot at my old school, but my new IB physics teacher just isn´t that good. In…
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I did my retakes this November session. When I get my results and eventually the diploma, is there a way to know that I did retakes just from the Diploma paper itself? And what is the name of the school that will appear on the Diploma, my original school or the school where I did the retakes? Thanks guys.
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hiya, just a really short question Do SL Business Management students also have a 20mark question
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So i'm picking my EE research question. I picked Psychology and I have a few rq's made but I'm not really sure what to pick. There are a few I made so I was hoping i could ask people which one seems to be best for an EE. (Also if you have any suggestions or advice on making an ee question/topic/title or how to improve them that would be great too!) - To what extent does fear affect the memory? - To what extent does social media affect a person's personality? - How does depression affect the type and frequency of a person's dreams? - To what extent can childhood trauma influence the development of OCD? - To what extent does a person's upbringing…
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Hey everyone! I've created this topic to discuss about tutoring in IB. I am currently nearing the end of the IB programme (year 12). Through the course, I have come to realise that three of my best subject areas (ranked from most) include: 1. Economics HL 2. Math Analysis and Approaches HL (Since the M21 batch will be the first trying out this new change to syllabus, I might cater to your needs the best if you're a M22 or later candidate. I could also let you know how the final exams would be like once I take it next year if you'd like ) 3. Chemistry SL I am very passionate about Economics and Math in particular (Chemistry too !) a…
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Hi whoever reads this! I would like to ask for your help with my IB maths IA, I need people to fill in a questionnaire so that I can gather data. The survey only asks simple questions about sports and should only take 5 minutes of your time. Here is the link - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1vByIP1EGRVu7APaOX7zQynjhBpUeoHXqO3wG-JJCOLU/prefill I would really appreciate your help and I hope you are having a great day, James.
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To what extent can technological advancements be used to measure the difference between progress and change in natural sciences.
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1. Do I have to take another Spanish class as a Junior to get the IB diploma (I'm finishing Spanish 4 as a Soph.)? 2. Is it worth it? 3. How much is having an IB diploma considered for colleges? 4. So is the difference between the SL and HL is just that with HL, you also take it as a senior as well as a junior? 5. Is it better to take honors classes and get straight A's and a few B's, or do IB and get a few A's, mostly B's, and occasional C's and D's? (in a "getting into college" sense) 6. Is it OK to procrastinate? 7. For the CAS, what types of things could I do for each of these three aspects? 8. How intense is it and how much homework would I get? 9. Any other tips/adv…
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I'm so insanely nervous for the future. Because almost every law student in UCL or Oxbridge who did IB did English Lit HL. The thing is, in my school, only one person in the past 50 years has achieved a 7 in HL Lit. So I opted for Lang Lit HL, but I'm worried it'll weaken my application. I'm almost done with my first term in IB Y1. My scores are as follows. HL Lang Lit- 7 HL History- 7 (my teacher will 100% predict me a 6 though) HL Econ- 7 SL Math AA- 7 SL Bio- 7 SL Spanish B- 7 For ECs, I am on my school's MUN team, am an award-winning public speaker (silver and golds in our regional competitions), run an Economics club and our sc…
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Hello everyone! I would like to ask for your advice and to share your experience in the matter. Currently at the second year of IB, I have been faxing difficulties with the registration for the finals. I had to take 7 subjects to study (English B HL, Maths SL and Russian A SL as compulsory subjects, History HL, Psychology HL , Spanish an initio SL and Biology SL as required by the IB). However, I have learnt that I will have to choose one additional subject that will not appear on my Diploma. The only possible subjects for me to choose from are biology and Spanish ab initio, however, for my university application I have to study at least two foreign languages. Thus,…
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I need some help picking my math courses ASAP. My top program I want to get in requires any three maths (MDM4U/MCV4U/MHF4U) while my other programs mainly require calc & vectors (MCV4U). I really really need high 90s to get into these programs so I'm not sure which of the options would help me. My school only offers SL math in either one. I'm also doing QUADIMESTERS this year cause of COVID-19 so ahhhhhhhhh online math!! Option 1: Single Credit IB Math Data management (MDM4UW) WITH academic calc & vectors (MCV4UI) ^^ also have my favourite teacher in MDM so maybe a bonus?? Or Option 2: Double Credit IB Math calc (MCV4UW) and vectors (MHF4UW) …
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Hi everyone, I'm currently a DP1 student, taking 4 HLs (Math AA, Physics, Economics, Psychology), and 2 SLs (French AB initio, English). I'm supposed to be dropping one HL to SL before or during this following November. As of now, I'm not sure what I want to do in the future, which explains my subject choices. Among my 4 HLs, I'm really enjoying Economics and Psychology, and Mathematics has always been my forte. However, having skimmed over Physics in the past two years, I'm having a really hard time coping with the pace and content taught. And so, I feel like the right decision to be made is to drop Physics. The question that baffles me is should I take Ph…
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Hey guys. I am in my second year of my diploma and I want to change from Chemistry HL to Language A HL because now I don't need Chemistry and I'm not getting the best grades. Should I switch?
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Hello guys, I am a M20 graduate that really needs some money, and I am willing to sell my notes or tutor anyone for really low prices. I have notes for English A Language and Literature HL, History HL, Economics HL, Physics SL, and Math SL. I achieved a 7 in all of these subjects and I am available to tutor any of them, again, for very low prices. I can also help with proofreading any IAs or EEs. Please let me know if you are interested
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Hello! I'm a DP 1 student who's in a bit of a pickle with my school. I've been wanting to swap my Chemistry SL subject for Physics SL, which they have denied due to scheduling issues. When I got my guardians involved, they didn't bring up the scheduling issues and instead, opted to tell them that while they did offer Physics, they only offered it as HL with the plan of having the Engineering group of the students take it. They've also stated that they don't have approval from the IB to teach SL, but have the approval to teach HL only. I frankly find this to be very confusing. I guess my question is, is it really possible for a school to have the approval to…
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Hey Guys, I need your help. My school is forcing me to drop me from Maths Hl to Maths Sl as I my avg is less than 50%. These guys are putting all types of pressure to change my decision to SL. Is it possible. Guys I need your views.
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Hi y'all! I have been in this IB course from late August 2017 till now (early November) and I'm failing most of my quiz and tests Here are my marks for each subject: Physics HL: Level 3 (35%) Geography HL: Level 4 (40%) English LL HL: (50%) Chinese LL SL: Level 2-3 (11/20 for my most recent test) Maths SL: Level 2-3 Business SL: (9/20 for most recent test) What should I do at this point I'm kinda worried and skeptical for the next 2 years of my IB course Should I switch to AP or A-Levels, or should I retake first year of IB
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So, guys it s the last term for me and as the days passes on I am getting scared and feel like I am going to do really bad. Honestly speaking I think that I can do better but I just don't know how to start doing it. going to the main problem is that its nearly end of the year 11 for me and i need to give in my form for my subjects next year. i have to choose 3 HL subjects. here the problem is that i don't don't what subjects to choose as HL subjects. The subjects I do is maths, english (literature), chemistry, biology, psychology, spanish and the other three core subjects which is obvious. here i can't choose spanish as hl sine its not allowed to do so. so I claimed to ch…
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Hello everyone my EE is due next week and ive had problems with communicating with my IBO for feedback and help since they really don't know how to explain or help me. But I was just wondering if someone on here could help me In understanding do's and donts in my EE , Im just scared my essay isn't good or understandable for it to be literature based, so if anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated, im just asking for a quick chat or call, my number is 1 +385-315-1742, and my email is [email protected], thank you very much and im willing to give a tip for this help!
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Hi guys, I've been in DP for about 3 months now and have been taking HL Econ, Chem and Bio. My first Chem test is coming up next week and I am completely screwed. My teacher is a nice guy, but he doesn't teach properly ( first few weeks was just him filling in the workbook that he gave us) , or as well as he could in comparison to the other chem teacher that creates powerpoints, teaching videos etc. I have have found Chem so difficult and will have to go through the whole unit again before my test.. Anyways, I only chose Chem because I thought that Hl chem and bio were subjects that Uni's liked and would give me the most opportunities. I know this sounds dumb bu…
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I'm thinking about remarking my SL math and french exams. I haven't gotten my mark breakdown yet of the individual papers but they are both 1 mark away from the next grade level. I talked to my IB coordinator and she says that it is approximately $200 per paper to remark. I was just curious to know if it costs the same amount everywhere or if its depending on the school or country...
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In the second unit, the textbook shows us two ways of converting binary representations into decimal representations: the sign and magnitude method and the complement method. If I'm asked to convert a binary representation into a decimal representation which method do I use?
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Hi all! I've just started my 2-year journey in IBDP i.e. DP1. I'm currently taking Math AA HL, Economics HL, Psychology HL, Economics HL, English SL and French ab initio. Hence, what study material (study guide, course companion or something else) would y'all recommend I buy for these aforementioned subjects? Any other suggestions would be appreciated too, thanks!
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Is this the correct calculation for my semester grade if I get a grade which shown above?
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Hi all, I have recently found a hidden gem. An Instagram account that makes daily posts on everything an IB student needs to know about the diploma program. They post everything from common mistakes students make, to useful tips and tricks to secure level 7s and even share IA and EE ideas. For example, today they posted about how an IB 45 student prepared for their 8 mark Biology questions in the final IB exam. I have learned a lot from their site, and it has really helped me a lot, so I thought I would share it here to help others!
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hey, first time posting so im not sure if this is the right format! hello! I've just started the IBDP but I'm struggling alot with math, and I was wondering where I could find decent tutor sources. I was wondering if anyone could redirect me to good sources if they knew any great tutors, or if you're a tutor yourself, it'd be wonderful if you could comment! im desperate for any resource, pls send help ;v; the subject is math ai hl!
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If I get admission in a college through my predicted grades, do my final IB marks matter? What if I get into a college and ,y final marks are way lower than the predicted grades?
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I just had my first paper and got a 4 in it and our school considers this test for a 10% of our predicted grades (the ones that go to college). Is there still a great chance for me to get 7 in my final predicted grade overall??
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Hi! My school doesn't leave a lot of options for subjects to choose from. I want to study biotechnology in university. The subjects that I have picked so far are: Spanish ab initio SL Psychology HL Biology HL Math SL I have to decide whether to take English HL or Visual Arts HL for my last HL class. The school i'm in isn't in the US so at first I picked English HL, but it seems like it would be hard to have both Biology HL and ENglish HL at the same time. It isn't required to take English HL for us (just recommended). Also, my school doesn't have chemistry as an IB subject.
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What engineering degrees require Chem HL? Im currently taking Physics HL as a science and wondering whether i should take Chem HL as well. Im not too certain on which engineering major ill end up choosing, so if I do go with Chem HL, what engineering majors would prioritize it?
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sooo this is what I want to determine the best indicator for an acid-base titration of toothpaste that has been dissolved in various liquids, such as water, alcohol and milk, by comparing their pH levels but I need help with planning
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Hi, I'm during the start of the first year of IB, and am doing Maths SL. I'm currently stuck with a TI-30XB multiview calculator. I'm aware that the TI-84 is the preferred calculator, but do you think that the TI-30XB can get me through the first part until I get a TI-84?
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Hi everyone, I just started year 12 this week. Unsure of what I wanted to do in the future, I chose HL Chem, Bio, Econ and SL Eng Lang Lit, Chinese B and Math AA. Now that I have had at least one session with each subject, I'm really starting to doubt my choices. Firstly, I dont really know what career would require the 3 HL's that I have chosen. I know that Chem and bio would be good for medicine but I believe that HL Math was important to have as well. Furthermore, I dont have any desire to study medicine, nor do I think that I am smart enough for medicine, and to do well in these subjects. I had my first Econ class today and I felt so uncomfortable the whole t…
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