Meek Posted September 12, 2010 Report Share Posted September 12, 2010 Is anyone out there taking four higher levels? I am - and wanted to know if there are many others out there doing the same. : ) Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowena Posted September 12, 2010 Report Share Posted September 12, 2010 I originally wanted to take 7 subjects and 4 highers, but got talked out of it =P Thank God. Chemistry SL would have been my 7th class, and I don't think I could have managed the third science. Anyway, I'm taking 4 highers. I decided to push myself by taking Math HL, but was worried that it would be too hard and I'd have to drop down to SL. So, as a precaution, I took 4 HLs so that if I dropped I wouldn't have to catch up on the extra coursework switching from a SL to an HL would cause. I never dropped Math HL so now I still have 4 HLs. And I'm very happy with them (although Math HL is still impossibly difficult) Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocole Posted September 12, 2010 Report Share Posted September 12, 2010 I am too! Taking Chemistry HL, Biology HL, English A1 HL and Finnish B HL. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Sinclair Posted September 12, 2010 Report Share Posted September 12, 2010 I am! Hahahaha I asked the same question myself hahaMy link Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tilia Posted September 12, 2010 Report Share Posted September 12, 2010 If I recall correctly, 4 people in my year choose to take 4 HLs, but of them dropped Maths HL and another redid a year. The other two made to exams and I think they got reasonable grades. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daedalus Posted September 12, 2010 Report Share Posted September 12, 2010 Last year I was taking four highers, now I'm taking 3 highers but 7 subjects. Both of these have been manageable so far, it depends on what your subjects are, how much you like them, how good you are at studying/organizing, etc. I know a guy who took four highers and 7 subjects total and he got good grades while simultaneously attending meetings around the world for his paralyzed father and learning something like four programming languages (and other crazy stuff I can't remember). Ended up getting into MIT, and he definitely deserved it. But that just proves that there are special cases... the 3 SL/3 HL system is invented for the majority of people, and even that can be quite challenging. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dessskris Posted September 14, 2010 Report Share Posted September 14, 2010 Wow.. I am doing 4 HL 2 SL and a lot of people have said that my subjects combination is really tough. Math, Phy, Chem, Eng B. I think I would just drop Chem though Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meek Posted September 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2010 Mine are Maths, Business, English A1 and Visual Art. Love them all to bits - I originally did four as a precaution because our coordinator has a slight phobia of HL maths... but I'm quite happy they way I'm progressing. Not long now though 'til the exams... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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