General IB Discussion
General discussion about IB that are not subject specific.
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Here is the situation. I kind of feel that my math teacher is downgrading most of the guys in the HL class and bluffing for the girls. based on my SL year with that teacher last year, almost all of the guys received pretty low scores while the girls scored high. After peer to peer comparisons, we agreed that she is extremely biased. This does not get resolved however, because IB usually takes the top tier and the bottom tier of the class... which are high scoring girls and low scoring girls (guys in the middle).... so, every year, the feed back the teacher gets back is that she grades too easily... (obviously, since she ****ing favours the girls... and everyone's score de…
Last reply by Ruan Chun Xian, -
Read the whole post before replying, please. Also, anything that sounds disrespectful in any way is probably intended as a joke =P Allow me to introduce myself. My name is (first name) (last name), but if you wish, you can call me (nickname). Or anything you want. I don't really care. As none of you know, I am not an IB student, nor have I any intention of becoming one. I have little, if any, knowledge of how the IB system works. But, my friends, is the reason I have come here. I come to learn, to discover, to excavate from the catacombs of this internet forum the procedures and curricula unhelpfully obscured by the IB website and those of the schools who s…
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HELP!
by missrunway- 4 replies
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hey what higher level/standard level courses would i have to take if i'm interested in a career in politics?????? thax.
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I am in the pre-IB program right now and will be in the first year of the IB programme next year, we have to decide our classes, and I was wondering if anyone who has already taken these classes or is taking them could help me by giving me info, etc. I'm planning on taking: mathematics SL french SL english HL history HL biology HL I'm indecisive about my elective; I either want to take ITGS SL or Chemistry SL. I've heard taking 2 IB sciences is difficult and time consuming. but i like science... but I've also heard that the ITGS course has an easy IB test. can anyone give me insight on either of these classes, please? Thanks!
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Hey everyone! I just finished my IB1 and I took Math Studies anticipated in May.. I was wondering if, when we will be able to check our results in July, everything was going to work. I mean, so many students are going to check their results at the same time! Does anyone know if it usually just works perfectly or if they had problems before? Thanksss :]
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Hey, i'm just sorta curious. The IB students at my school, as part of the "IB is hell" joke that (I think) is common with all IB students, consider the IB coordinador extremely evil, waiting for the opportunity to find an IB student alone and devour his soul. In our case, it's Ms. Bandy (or BeelzeBandy :diablo: ). I was just wondering if any of you feel that same way about your IBC..... ...or if you actually think IB is heaven, that would be...interesting.... ...or if any of you know Bandy, you probably go to my school, Ridgeview High, and we can make a big deal about the fact that we go to the same school... PS- I gotta love this smiley:
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Hi everyone! Wonder if anyone have IB stress. I woke up last week and feel wierd... didnt have nightmare but i just feel...wierd not normal. Went to school to have my lesson, didnt talk to anyone and I just listen to my teachers talk. I had my lesson like a normal day but still i feel wierd. Suddely out of no where i started to cry, im not the only one who cry but there was some other girls to. My mentor come and said "IB stress this year again" It looks like every year people get this IB stress. In my case I cried non-stop and ended up I must go home and rest. A bit emaressed when i took the train since i keep crying all the way home until my mom come home from wor…
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this wasn't exactly in IB, but it happened in one of my pre-ib classes, socials 10 H Class started and all of us were waiting for the student late for class everyday. (background on that student: simple-minded, unreasonable, class slacker, tall and absolutely STUPID) Our teacher was really in a bad mood that day and decided to close the door on him and would not let him in. It's a long story but i'll just get to the most interesting part. He eventually went down on his knees outside the door, begging our teacher to let him in. He even said "even Jesus would let me in" (ok that just cracked up the whole class, you'd had to be there to witness it). He could not complain to…
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I am a grade 8. I have applied to go to IB at colonel by and they accepted me But i am still very unsure whether or not i should join. Like how hard will it be. I am a straight A and A+ student. And is there a lot of homework? I thank anybody who responds to this. As i really need to know. Thanks i appreciate it =D
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Around here all we seem to be doing is complaining about how difficult IB is and how stressful it is and how everyone hates it, so why take it then? not that im saying dont taek it or drop it or anything, but everyone knows IB is hard even before takign it, so what motivated you to take it, why take it then? So I decided to post this topic to see what you IB's benefitted from taking IB. IB wouldn't be so succesful around the world unless it really did benefit the students who took it, so what have you guys learnt from taking IB, what has been the positive outcome of taking it(which im sure there is!)?? It's a change and something to remind us all why we took IB in the fi…
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Exams...
by Guest |-|4><0|2- 12 replies
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Ok, so my parents decide to move to Buffalo in the middle of my junior and because of problems there, back to Florida. They signed me up for all the wrong exams that I plan to take higher level next year. I canceled the econ SL exam and am forced to take the SL French exam (didn't cancel in time). Here's the problem. I will be taking all 6 IB exams next year at the end of senior year (I love French, taking it higher level of course). On top of that, I will take 3 AP exams. That's a total of 9 exams in a matter of a few weeks. Anyone else have this problem? Ugh... English HL History HL Econ HL French HL Math SL Chem SL AP Macro AP Calc BC AP French WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY????…
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What is IB?
by Lan- 4 replies
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my school is just qualified for Ib, so my class is the first class for Ib. can somebody please explain to me how they would score on each different HL and SL tests, and i need how many points to get the Ib diploma? thanks
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IB Learner Profile - What do you make of it?
by Guest syrianstar- 14 replies
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Hey everyone, I hope you're doing good and I hope all 2008 graduates are revising well and are super ready for their exams I made this topic to know more about what other IB students think about the Learner Profile; do you think it is a good classification of IB Students? Do you aspire to be a person with all those characteristics once you graduate from IB? Or do you think that it is almost a form of brainwashing, where the IBO is trying to turn us into zombies, who are 'caring', 'knowledgable' and 'reflective'. Ok maybe not that dramatic but my point is made. Personally I do aspire to acquire all those characterisitics one day, but I don't like the way it is made as …
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Here is the story... Today I took my French exam. As I finished paper 1, the ib-coordinator instructed us to use the string he is handing out to hold the pages together. I wasn't sure if i heard correctly but yes he did say string. I can't believe that my exams are held together by a little piece of string and 2 plastic sticks. they look kind of like this...(the plastic is about twice the size of the diagram) |***| ***- the string | - the plastic I would have thought it would have been some kind of metal O-Rings binding these things together but a piece of string and some plastic!? I wonder if they have ever had any accidents involving loss of sheets of paper. Anyone else…
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Hello, Do you know what are the differences between the european baccalureate, in this case i'm interested in the Spanish differences. [list] [*]Different topics [*]Specially math (in this case IB SL) [/list] Thanks
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Mock exams begin in early June...so far I haven't done any serious revision. any ideas for when/how to start revising plus any additional tips?
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So a new principal came and decided to change everything at my school around.. The IB isn't the only program offered here and we also have a regular American HS diploma track with AP courses and such however, in the past, if an IB class lasts two years, you'll get the same teacher for that two years. but apparently that's TOO HARD to schedule for our new principal. and now he's changing it all around and we might get different teachers for the two years. i mean, for something like english, we have started on our world lit now but will not be done by the end of the semester. so how are we going to work on it with a new teacher who probably has never read our world lit work…
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Hi. Do you guys have any tips on how you can absorb what you read more quickly? Has anyone of you tried "binaural beats"? Apparently they can put your mind into something called the alpha state (relaxed alertness), which is said to accelerate learning by improving concentration and visualization.
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Originally from wicked-ib.winter-flower.net with additions. Aaarg!: A very common cry among IB students. Typically indicates anger, despair, sleep deprivation, depression. Acute: 1. Mathematical term, Acute Angle: an angle less than 90 degrees 2. Used to describe unpleasant conditions that the IB student is suffering from, such as acute stress (extreme stress) All-nighter: A common expression used by procrastinating IB students. It's a means (by staying awake all night) of finishing assignments that are usually due the next day. Anton LaVey: Founder of the Church of Satan and silent partner in the International Baccalaureate Organization. Although he died in 1997, t…
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Hi! I'm a IB student at Rickards in Florida. And as part of a recruitment video my friend did a spoof of 300, but "IB Style" Please check it out.
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I came across a post a while ago that listed all the tricks to finding past exams, so I thought they might be wanted here as well. These are well known tricks and I've been telling them to my friends for years, but it's nice to have them all in one place. [quote="Stevko"]Every paper contains sentence "Do not open this examination paper until instructed to do so". Every paper contains words Diploma programme. Almost every paper is PDF file. So you take search engine and input this query: "until instructed to do so" diploma programme (with quotation marks). You can also specify that you want to search for PDF files (not necessary). Then you find good search engines. …
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IB Poems
by Guest neglectednuclei- 4 replies
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[b][/b]The IB Biology Song[b][/b] Biology's the study of life and I don't have one Don't know how Mendel and Darwin ever had fun This Biology class is surely killing me. Eukaryotic, Prokaryotic, I find this all idiotic Anabolic, Catabolic, I think that its highly ironic that the study of life is surley killing me. Microbiology studies things that are small, much like my social life which I have none at all. Ecology studies the environment and how it functions Too bad I can't see it cuz' of academic interruptions This Biology class is surely killing me. Zoology studies the kingdom Animalia With no social life I am going through hysteria. Genetics is t…
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Last years of syllabus are harder
by Guest nicolefroio- 6 replies
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In my school there's a rumor going round that the IB is about to renew its syllabus therefore this is the last year of the current syllabus which means that the exams will be harder than in the first year of this syllabus since the easy questions have been used up for the first years... it makes sense to me because most of the last year's graduating IBs got scores they clearly did not deserve - they studied A LOT especially on past papers. does anyone know if this is really true?
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when contacting IBO (i will be contacting the offices in new york, new york if it matters) do the require a special form for requesting my IB transcripts, and do they charge to have them sent to my uni? thanks in advance.
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Hey Everyone- i'm Elli! I'm taking the IB in September, and I want to know what it is like. How much reading do you have to do, how much homework you get, whether you still have your sanity after you finish! Any help is appreciated
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Well I was looking through some IB exams for Bio and European History... I noticed that P3 of Bio SL is similar to P3 (I believe) of History HL? Instead of trying to memorize everything possible, does anyone have any ideas that might work? I think my teachers are planning to hone on certain topics...
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IB Spirit! 1 2
by Delione- 22 replies
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Well my teacher sstarted up some IB spirit talk. People are talking about what is the IB spirit? For my own opinion, when we helps each other with IAs (not helpning to do it but like read it and give opinion) and well do IB stuff together, it is IB spirit... But what do u guys think IB spirit is?
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Hi everyone! I'm doing some research and would really like to know the percentage break-down of IB results, particularly (but not only) for the May 2006 session. Does anyone know where I can find what percentage of IB candidates worldwide was able to score 24 pts? 45 pts? 37? etc. ... The IBO used to send these kinds of statistics to my school, and they always got posted on a bulletin board. But we don't have any up right now and apparently we threw out the 2006 statistics long ago ... To be honest, I'm interested in statistics from any year; they're all useful to me. ... It's a bit of a random question, I know but I'd be really grateful for ANY help you can offer. I…
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Just figured I might as well ask, is there anything that any of you think the site should/could do to help you for your May exams? Obviously this site is here to help you do the best you can in the exams, so let us know if there is anything within reason we can do to help.
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Hey. Apart from being smart and not regularly procrastinate, what is the key to getting 40-45 points in IB? What I mean is: are there any "tricks" that might help you, really? 40+ kids, get back at me!
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I just wanted to know where I can find the IB testing schedule for May 08 (pdf). I can't remember where the heck I saw it. Also, does anybody have any other help? I'm only taking Math Studies this year, due to some problems with my late registration... So I can't take French B SL. I originally had intended to HL French B and SL Psych so that's what my coordinator had me registarered as. However about 2 months ago I spoke to him to switch [making psych HL and French B SL] and he said it would be alright regarding the exams; I'd just have to take the SL Psych exam and have it canceled when I take it next year's exam... But whatever...
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What exactly is it ? Does every teacher have it ? is it subject specific ???
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"If anyone is discovered with sharing exams, he can't get his diploma, nor can he get one in three years. This is the reason why many sites go down, the admins get scared." Is this true? or would this be just an in-school thing...?
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how do your schools show recognition to ib people? my school is really bad at recognizing ib. we have may fete which is supposed to honor people for outstanding academic achievement. the only problem is that they recognize the leadership kids. ib students get completely ignored because our g.p.a.s are shot. My school doesnt weight our grades so we dont meet the gpa requirements. its really sad. my french teacher had to fight tooth and nail to get the full ib kids that are graduating this year recognized in a school assembly. so pretty much my school ignores us and honors the athletes and leadership people.
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Hey. I was wondering how they calculate my final grade in the different subject, i.e. how many percent do the different things account for. Can it be given in the form: Paper 1: xx% Paper 2: xx% (paper 3: xx%) (oral exams: xx%) IA: xx% I have the following subjects: Swedish A1 HL English A2 HL Math HL Physics HL Chemistry SL History SL Any answers are grately accepted. Thank you very much
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I dont want there to be any misunderstanding on this because I seriously had no idea where to put this one. So, let me make myself crystal clear, that I do not find the following situation to be "jokes" or "funny stuff" So, my math teacher is pregnant. She is due like the first week of March. and our exam is in May 08. She teaches about 110 students in maybe 5 different periods. she is extremely behind in grading of tests and quizes and stuff. Despite that, she has no regret of having us continue to take her "evil" tests while not knowing how we did on the previous ones. Having said that, i want to know if her baby comes out in early march, how long does she have to stay …
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I'm curious as to how other IB students study for big tests/exams/orals/ etc. I'm more of a repetition kind of person, so I find that reading things over and over helps quite a bit. As of now I would like to experiment with a couple different techniques to see if there is anything better for me. Share away!
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Anyone that wants to share their mnemonics? I have biology, and as you know it involves a lot of memorization. Usually I use the link method, which means making up these crazy stories about the material I need to know. For instance, if I want to learn that a jellyfish has a nerve net and stinging cells called nematocysts, I would imagine a fishing boat pulling a giant jellyfish up from the bottom of the sea in a fishing net made up of nerves, and when the fishers are about to eat the fish, it pulls out its stinging cells and paralyses them. Sounds pretty weird, but it actually does work.
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My high school requires me to submit my work to Turnit** before I get a percentage on my work. The lamset part is that it deducts marks off according to the percentage of plagorism. In my personal opinion, turnit** defined some part of my work(mostly definitions on specific terms) from wikipedia as plagorized. Why can't I copy straight from the dictionary if I'm doing the definitions? And, turnit** collects every student's work, which is then stored in their database, how can we tolerate its invasion of privacy? Therefore, I've got some tips to BYPASS this evil system. (works on 3/7/08) Content edited out Welcome to post more ways to bypass Turnit**.
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The title says it all. I know what it stands for: Internal Assessments, but I don't know or understand what you do for them? I'm taking full IB diploma next year.
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Time's coming close, about 2 months left. I personally can't be bothered with revision, and I'm only still doing only homework on the weekends. I expect to start revising on the 15th of March, when we have our Easter break for 2 weeks. And then official school revision will start. How much revision are you getting done?
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My school allows us to test for certain subjects before our final year of IB. For example I'm currently taking IB Math SL as an IB Junior, and my class has already completed both IAs and will test for IB Math SL in May. I think I may also be testing for IB Psychology SL this year also but I’m not positive. At my school we also take AP Exams for the AP equivalent to the IB courses we take. For example, I took IB Psychology 1 SL and I will take the AP Psychology Exam in May. Other classes that we are taking AP exams for include AP United States History (IB History of the Americas), AP Lit (IB English 3), AP Lang (IB English 4), AP Calculus (IB Math HL), AP Biology (IB B…
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My school has just been aproved with IB therefore my grade will be the 1st to have the IB Dipoma programe...Im really nevous but at the same time really exited! Everyone keeps telling me that IB is extremely hard and that my social life will be non-existant during it.How true is that any tips on the ib programe?
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For those of you who havn't taken the exams or havn't gotten your predicted IB marks yet, what marks do you think you'll get in each of your courses and what marks are you aiming for? I'll start I havn't gotten my predicteds yet so my predicteds may be way off from what I'll actually get =/ Math HL: 7, and also hoping for 7 History HL: 6, also going for 7 Bio HL: 6, 6 is sufficient for me English A SL: 5, a 6 would be great though French B SL: 7, 7 -- took it once and got a 6 so I'm hoping I'll get a 7 this time Chem SL: 6, 7 -- Chem teacher told me I'm perfectly capable to get a 7.. that is if I stop slacking so much in class LoL ToK/EE: 2, hoping for 3 (EE is …
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I just wanted to know this... Just a little curious, that's all.
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Hey all, I just wanted to ask if IB alumni are welcome here? I got my IP diploma long, long ago... in 1997! I guess I'll just have to grin and bear this new-found feeling of being, well, an old man. Anyway, nice forum you have here. B) - Warren
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Hi world! I just signed up, and I have just received the message that I am accepted by IB. I just want to ask all you nice people about what IB is going to be like. Is it true that it's going to be horrilbe? Is it true that you will have absolutely no life and no time for a girlfriend?
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IB Scores To OP?
by Guest newman500- 3 replies
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Hey im studying ib in brisbane australia and i was just wondering if anyone out there knows if theres a website where you can see what equivalent op score is to and ib score?, cheers
Last reply by Abu, -
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just looking at a few grade boundaries and it says things like for a grade 7 paper 1: minimum 27/30 paper 2: minimum 50/60 and both papers might count for 50% of your overall grade would you still get a seven if you got something like 26/30 and 59/60 ?? or do you need atleast 27/30 on paper 1? http://www.ibsurvival.com/forum/index.php?...ost&id=1271 btw this is what im looking at if anyone can help understanding it
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I'm having problems choosing between History and Economics at higher level. I think both subjects are interesting and I guess I'm as good at history as I am at economics. In my case, what would you say would be the best course for me to choose if I want to obtain a grade as high as possible? Also, have in mind that by the time that I start the IB there will have been some changes made to the history syllabus... the IBO will just add more material!
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