IB courses you wish you hadn't taken, but did/do

[aldld]

I regret taking chemistry SL, because the material was so watered down compared to HL making the class ridiculously boring, and I ended up putting almost no effort into the course. Although I couldn't have taken chem HL anyway due to a schedule conflict.

Also English Literature HL. While I'm pretty good at writing essays, this literary analysis stuff is definitely not my strength :/

Edited July 6, 2013 by aldld

[MaximumX]

I kind of regret taking HL math because my grade suffered. But our HL math teacher is kickass, so I'm sticking it through.

[ak18]

Yeah i wish I hadn't taken HL math simply because my grade suffered. I ended up getting a 5 on the exam. I'm pretty sure if I'd taken SL i would have gotten a 6 if not a 7. But overall the course was interesting, and my teacher was ok, so I stuck through it.

[ctrls]

German B SL. It unfortunately was the only option I had, but I do wish I could have taken something else.

I probably would have been eligible for Japanese B which would have been easy for me, but sadly my school didn't offer it.

[elaifyanre]

English Lit.

I'm not a native speaker, fluent, yes, but not native. I have only been studying in a full-English environment for 4 years (SK, grade 1, grade 10, grade 11).

↑So actually I SHOULD have had English B, or if I wanted to challenge myself, English Lang & Lit but NOT English Lit.

Suffering it but my school does not offer English lang & lit, Chinese lang & lit, or Chinese lit (if I took English B)

Currently hoping for a 6, but

English teacher: "Well she can get an easy 4 or 5..."

This course hurts me.

Time spent learning English in full-English environment:3 years excluding SK

Time spent living in full-English environment: 4 years

Time spent learning Chinese in full-Chinese environment: 5 years (Grade 2+3 for a year, skipped grade 4 entirely, 5+6 for a year, 7, 8, and 9)

Time spent living in full-Chinese environment:10 years

Literature is very different from language, it requires time to build up the experience. Which is the (currently shown) biggest problem to me caused by skipping grades. I have read a lot of literature in both languages, but have not much experience in analyzing them, which (seems to be) a natural thing for my classmates in both China and Canada.

It would have been much better if only I have taken English Lang & Lit...

[crimson.threads]

Maths standard.

Aiming for art/english in uni- but wanted to 'challenge' myself.

IB!

[Patricia Diah Puspitasari]

Regret taking business management HL and physics SL, should've totally taken Music HL and ESS or Chem.....

[crimson.threads]

Regret taking business management HL and physics SL, should've totally taken Music HL and ESS or Chem.....

Same, on second thought! Business is awful in my school.... should've done psychology or econ u_u;

I like your EE question btw!

[Rigel]

I regret so much not taking Math HL. It was truly a pain for me to notice later at University how useful Math HL would have been. The class itself (Math SL) wasn't that hard, but it definitely had its tricks. However, i wanted to pursue more mathematical knowledge as i'm planning to major in math and get an additional boost for my university career. Nonetheless, i was forced by my school to take Math SL as they didn't offer that course.

I'm suffering at uni right now because i have to teach myself complex numbers, additional trig identities, vectors, and woah. If Calculus wasn't hard enough man.

[dna23]

Taking HL Biology and SL Chem instead of HL Chem and SL physics/Biology, but mostly because of the teacher.

[Guest xheloise]

I wish I had taken IB Art Photo instead of IB Music because the teacher had us studying the wrong pieces of music the entire year and I basically accomplished nothing in that class. Even with a background in music would not save you if you have an unwilling teacher.

[under-cover]

Regret so much doing Design & Technology. And also Maths SL instead of Maths Studies because it's just not worth it for me (I'm so bad)

[lvch95]

Economics HL. Such a regret..

[ib-dying]

wish i didn't do physics!

[r1111]

I wouldn't say I regret taking HL Physics because I learned a lot from it but it really has been a very tough subject. I have dedicated a lot of energy and time into this subject and yet it is my lowest predicted grade. But maybe it will help me as a learner and I can view positively as a challenge that was worth it rather than something I regret taking.

[Guest ryuk1]

economics sl (but in my school we do it with hl kids)

biology hl (wish i had taken physics or dropped it to sl)

[klhollomon]

Took Psychology SL and Physics HL when I should have taken Chemistry HL and Physics SL.

[Guest]

I really regret taking Psychology SL. I just have a really hard time with the mass amounts of memorization necessary for the tests we take in class.

[RobbieIB]

Wish I did Bio instead of Environmental Science...