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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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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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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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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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After the April 20th deadline, does anyone know by when all IAs are marked? Do they have time to do a moderation of IAs between external examiners. I'm just worried about my marks dropping due to its subjective nature of marking.
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Hello, I am a Pre-IB student, going into IB course this year and I have few argent questions that I desperately need to know. Here is why. As a middle school students, our school took on IGCSE course and during IGCSE, I was quite confident on my science and math score. So after IGCSE course has finished, I chose HL Math, HL Physics, and HL Chemistry for my HL subject for IB. After I finished choosing and submitting my subject choices, I asked the previous year students about how IB was. When they heard about my subject choices, they said I am totally doom since the subjects are crazy hard. I am kind of in panic now. I am worried about all the work I will have to go t…
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Studies in language and literature: - Portuguese A Literature HL Language acquisition: - English B HL Individuals and societies: - History SL Sciences: - Environmental systems and societies SL Mathematics: - Applications and interpretation SL The arts: - Visual Arts HL I'm thinking of doing Graphic Design/Media Studies in university btw.
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Well my Question is, am I theoretically able to skip 11th grade and go straight to year 12? Means 10->12.
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Hello , I’m doing my math ia on the comparaison of coffee and energy drinks in quantity and sleeping time but I don’t know how to start, can you help me pleaaase ??! what do you think of my topic?
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Because I am a terrible writer who realizes they should have mentioned something three sentences ago when I handwrite literally anything, I would like to ask if students are allowed to leave spaces in between each line when writing essay-based exams so instead of putting 15 asterisks in my essay, I can just put arrows and write in the empty line if needed. Thank you!
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Hello everyone! I am thinking on joining an IB school next year in Portugal and I was wondering if I have to do this “IB10PY” which I assume is 10th Grade before I do the actual IB Diploma Program? I am doing 10th Grade in the national Portuguese system and would not like to repeat it. I also finished the PYP Program and got to Grade 9 of the MYP in an International school before I moved back to my native country of Portugal if that means anything in this situation. I am turning 16 this year and would not like to graduate a year later than all my peers. Can I simply start the IB Diploma Program next year with no hassles? Thank you.
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Hi everyone, I'm going into grade 9 IB, and I just wanted to ask how long does it take to finish grade 9 IB homework and how hard it is? It would be helpful if anyone could reply. Thanks, and have a good day
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We have TOK formative once every two week and these formatives have direct correlation with our predicted grades. This week, there are both midterm exams and the TOK essay deadline. TOK deadline on Thursday, Exam ends on Friday. The exams also impact our predicted grade for IB. We have argued many times and we asked for an extension (two day extension) so that we can focus on the exam first, however, they disagreed and said they gave us class time. The "class time" they gave to my class was 45min only, and when we have exams we don't have the normal class schedule, which means that there are no TOK class during the week of exams. Can you finish an essay in …
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When not succeeding to pass an IB exam, this means you would not be able to get in to university. The problem for me is, as it follows; all universities that I have applied to rejected me. Now that gave a useless feeling, a feeling of ultimate depression. Also I have not discussed this with anyone- but would suicide help to solve the problem? Revision is not going well at all- takes incredibly a long time to work through the past papers. I considering to get out of this misery. My talent is in art however my goal was to study in university, and gain a proper job. Not art. Having discussed this with my parents they would never understand. I strongly believe I am prepared a…
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Hi! I’m currently a DP1 student who’s taking HL classes in Business and Management, Economics, and Languages A, and SL classes in Math AA, Biology and English. I was wondering if pre-med courses in universities in the United States require Chemistry, Biology and Physics to get admitted? Is it possible for me to get into a good pre-med university with the classes I currently take?
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I heard somewhere that for IB predicted grades, in a school only one child is allowed to get a predicted 7 in a particular subject. Is this true???? Coz this is so unfair. Like there are so many students in my class who deserve a 7, but since only one of us can get it, the other's grades will get messed up.
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I am going to an IB school next year and have one question; My school offers Language A English, German, French etc. But as Language B only French, English and Spanish. I am fluent in german, quite good in english but just have very less knowledge in French( had it for 4 years but did not study it at all). Now my question is if I should pick English as A, because it is important for universities(??) and French as B. Or German as A and English as B? Would be very thankful for an answer!
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Hello, I am looking to pursue Computer Science as an undergrad at university. I was thinking of picking these subjects - Math HL, Physics HL, Comp. Science HL, Eco. SL, English SL, French SL I really enjoy Physics but my counsellor has recommended me to take Eco HL instead. Do you think universities prefer Physics HL or Eco HL for someone who wants to pursue Comp. Science?
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I want to pursue computer science at university. I have the following 2 options in my mind and am unable to decide which one to take. Any help/advice would be highly appreciated! Option 1: Math, Physics, Computer Science - HL Economics, French, English - SL Option 2: Math, Physics, Economics - HL Chemistry, French, English - SL In your opinion, which option would optimize my chances to get into a good university for computer science?
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hi, I'm having a hard time to choosing between English or biology for my extended essay. I want to choose surgery, because i want to peruse medicine but I want my English teacher to supervise me.. What should I do??
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So, I'm starting my 1st year of the IB Diploma Programme in a couple of months and was wondering what are some good textbooks, study guides and course companions for these subjects? I've seen quite a few for all the subjects I'm planning to take and that's definitely confused me a lot. My subjects are as follows, English Language & Literature SL Spanish Ab Initio SL Psychology HL Biology HL Maths AA SL As of now I'm still pretty unsure as to what I'm taking as my sixth subject, but its between, Business Management / Economics / Chemistry (HL) If anyone could give me some advice on the undecided subject, that'd b…
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I'm really late with handing in my Math IA and I need data ASAP! Could anyone who sees this please fill in this 1-min form to help me out? It's four questions, multiple choice EDIT: I've gotten so many responses, thank you!
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I know that i need to choose subjects according to my future career.But i am on my pre-IB year, I have no clue which career field i want to study.But i have classes that i enjoy.And my IB subjects most likely will be: HL: Math AA , Comp Science , Psychology or Econ (more likely I'll choose Psych). SL: English A , German B , Physics. What career i can pursue according to this list?
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Hi, I want to enter medical school but in my IGCSE course I improve my grades on Business a lot so I can’t choose between B&M and Psychology HL So here are my options: HL -Biology -Chemistry -Business and Management/Psychology SL -English Lang&Lit -Thai Lang&Lit -Math AA As you can see I still haven’t decide whether choosing Business or Psychology. So can you please help me out. Thanks! Kind Regards,
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Hi everyone, do you guys think it's possible to work a part-time job while doing the IB and regular high-school? I would still need time to practise the piano(+take lessons) and go to jiu-jitsu twice( maybe once) a week. I have always been a straight A/B student without studying much at all( maybe like 3/4 h max for the subjects that require more learing(eg. French). But usually like 1.5h I would pick HL English (as a second language; required at my school), HL Physics and HL Math. SL would be: Chemistry, German literature and Geography. My school has an average IB score of 32 and a passwing rate of 99,4% so it seems like we are managing quite well. …
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Trying to narrow down my history IA topic to something about McCarthyism, and want to know if this is good: How did the Red Scare endanger the livelihoods of Americans who were part of or associated with the LGBTQ+ community?
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So yeah, May 2021 exams soon... Procrastinated during 2 years. I need tips and mental support for what is about to come. Am in need of help especailly for Econ HL (3 predicted) , Maths AA SL (3 predicted) and Bio SL (4 predicted). I know it's very bad but a little reassurance and advice would be appreciated nonetheless. elp. Thankee love u.
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I’m a senior who needs help on choosing a topic for my Math IA. I have the idea of using the game UNO and using probability, but even my teacher struggled in giving me some ideas. There’s the idea of finding the chances of winning depending on whether you’re the first player to start, or the last. I’m a bit stumped, so I’d appreciate any advice.
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Hey guys, It's now time for us to choose our IB subjects. I wonder about if I should take psychology SL or chemistry SL. Which is the easiest to get a good grade in? I really want to get high marks from IB because I want to get in my university. I know that both are not that easy, but which one can be easier to get a 6 or a 7 in? We have to decide as soon as possible and I'm still confused about it. I hope that someone who has an exeperince answers me. Thank you so much!
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Hey guys, It's now time for us to choose our IB subjects. I wonder about if I should take psychology SL or chemistry SL. Which is the easiest to get a good grade in? I really want to get high marks from IB because I want to get in my university. I know that both are not that easy, but which one can be easier to get a 6 or a 7 in? We have to decide as soon as possible and I'm still confused about it. I hope that someone who has an exeperince answers me. Thank you so much!
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HI guys i am an ib student i am struggling in IB physics because what ever my teacher says i dont understand how should i study at home please help
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Apologies for the repetitive questions, I'm a bit stressed. I've chosen Psychology for next year because Design's mostly seen as a soft subject for UK unis. I really want to switch thought because Design was also my original choice, I'm just a bit worried about my grades as I'm really not good at memorisation (absolutely terrible). The reason I chose Psych over Design was also because it has a lot of resources online that could maybe help me with the memorisation while I can barely find anything for Design Tech. Would you guys recommend me to stay in Psych or switch?
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Do you know if someone who was supposed to do the exams in May 2020 is able to do the retake in the same conditions as last year, meaning no exams and just the IAs, ToK and EE?
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My IB coordinator did not release my predicted grades out of 7 to me, but for universities like Toronto, Victoria, Alberta, you have self report your grades out of 7 for them. My coordinator also did not send my grades to these universities.
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Hey guys, how good do you guys think my chances of getting into UBC l are with the following grades. These include the 2 bonus points and are for a B.SC in Computer science. 1st year IB 1st term-21 2nd term-28 2nd Year PG 31 Any thought?
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Hi! It's about time for me where I have to choose my courses for next year, I'm currently a sophomore doing pre-ib. But I'm not sure if I should continue doing chem/bio/physicis at the ib level. This year's science honors was already something that had me hanging my a thread. My grades were barely ever higher than 70% especially on tests. Now I'm stuck in the middle wondering if I should just do the sciences at normal level so there can be a higher change of me raising my grades or should I attempt and take the risk of taking the sciences at ib level? I'm just wanting to hope that I can get higher grades and help be create a deeper understanding as I have heard that …
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How does the school or IBO carry out a plagiarism check for the TOK presentation?
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Hey sorry to bother everyone, but if possible, could you take my survey? It's very short and I need the data for my research paper, it'll really help me out. https://forms.gle/ekQ17k1LjgqZNyzt5
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How hard is it to fail the essay or fail TOK altogether? I forgot to mention the WOKs but instead focused on two areas of knowledge. Will I fail because of this?
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