uummmdonuts1 Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 ohh man, i just hope i can concentrate on my homework for ONCE. this is how i do my homeworkget back homeswitches on the PC goes facebooking and chatting and listening to musicswitches off facebook continues to listen to music and chatand do my homeworkwhen continues to listen to music and chatslol, that would be me too i get it all done though... eventually. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrypton Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 Zero - it's summer! I wish it was true all the time, but even now I have to start doing something every day in order to finish all the summer work I've got. But last school year I did about three hours of homework a night.As for a social life, I never really had one so...yeah.That's sort of the case with me too! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
humingyay Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 CAS is basically my "social" life right now..Some of the students in my class still manage to have a social life but then they are the ones who most often have breakdowns too. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cereja Posted September 23, 2008 Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 Having a social life is what keeps me from having a breakdown School is not #1 in my life, so I balance everything out. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solaris Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 For me school hours is the #1 social life time. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sa-mowgli Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 (edited) you may disagree but if you just stick by saying "work hard, play hard" and "many a false step is made standing still" or something along those lines, you find yourself with lots of free time, well not lots but enough...during a good part of the first year of IB i kinda procrastinated at times, wasted time and found myself with little free time because i didn't work efficiently. Now i have found more motivation...i kind of focus on on thing at a time, work hard on just that activity..cross it of my list and move on. i find i get things done much quicker and have more free time to choose whether i revise, do extra work, go out, play sport and so on, which is a great feeling!i think to create free time, working effectively is important. it is not how much time you spend working but how you use the time.there is a cool blog which i drew a lot of ideas and motivation from. http://blog.lodewijkvdb.com/ (scroll to the end of page) Edited September 25, 2008 by sa-mowgli Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leen Posted September 26, 2008 Report Share Posted September 26, 2008 Omg u guys 7 hours of reviewing?Anyway, I have a social life with the IB diploma. I don't feel socially deprived actually, sometimes I do sure, naturally. I can't study for more than 3-4 hours max. But that doesn't happen consecutively. I try to narrow it down to 2 hours everyday. My attention span isn't very strong. I get easily distracted, so I take loads of breaks. But if the occasion goes for it, I can go for a 6 hour intense study session, though prefer not to. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Referos Posted September 26, 2008 Report Share Posted September 26, 2008 Well, not that I'm overwhelmed by work, but I definitely would have more free time if I organized my time better and didn't procrastinate. However, I think my works tend to be of better quality when I do procrastinate. Weird, hun? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
biochem Posted September 27, 2008 Report Share Posted September 27, 2008 I find that having a boyfriend outside of IB would be difficult. Therefore I am not dating. All of the successful kids at my school, including me , pledged to no dating till after high school. Also, I think as far as my social life I have a perfect life. I have ONE best friend, who has adapted to the IB switch, and she doesnt go there. We live near each other and I can vent about IB to her and she understands it. She knows the program because of me. Then I listen to her crap = friendship.I am not obligated to call, like last week was bad so I didnt call for as week. Bottom line is, there are no rules to our friendship - and the state of it is always evolving. I am a firm believer in the simplicity of the IB equationNo social life = 7's on Bio and Chem HL, 30 + Diploma, medical student acceptance + intuition. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monica Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 Although I was expecting this year (last one of IB) to be a lot more time-consuming than last year, so far it doesn't seem that way. But I think last year most of the time I was complaining or I was stressed most of the time and I didn't handle the concept of deadlines very well. Now that I'm used to it, I know my strengths and my weaknesses, so I can deal with them.At the moment I have to study one to two hours a day during the eek, and about 4 hours a day on weekends. I have to admit I haven't started with my EE intensively yet....I just did some research and I still have to do the tok stuff. Today I'm concentrating on the tok essay outline. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kman Posted December 10, 2008 Report Share Posted December 10, 2008 hey fellow IBs.. As an IB student, when others hear that I am in this program, they immediately assume that I have no social life. Speak out comrades, this is not the case! (most of the time anyway ) Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
__inthemaking Posted December 10, 2008 Report Share Posted December 10, 2008 I felt like I was able to maintain a normal social life while in IB. I didn't party every single weekend, but I wouldn't have done that anyways even if I wasn't in IB. I still had time for my boyfriend.I volunteered, went shopping, had girls nights, etc.And the IB parties were fantastic, we would have IB study parties, IB end of exams parties, etc..over Christmas break one year, we went out 5 nights in a row. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelsebubi Posted December 10, 2008 Report Share Posted December 10, 2008 Hmm.. I have a girlfriend that's actually pretty? she's a singer? 'nuff said? : )No, but seriously it's true that IB takes time even from slacker like me, but you CAN have a life and pass the exams (hopefully). PS. Oh, forgot, I'm a bassist for a metal band so I guess that my life doesn't count even if I wasn't a IB :/ Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBStuck Posted December 10, 2008 Report Share Posted December 10, 2008 i went through IB and i had a great social life. i didn't party every night that i could but i don't do that now that i am in college and could. and yes just before exams i was pretty mich study study study. and sure most of my friedns were in IB, but we still had just a much fun as those who decided not to do IB.i am actually going to move in with a few people that i did IB with in the fall of next year. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBdoc Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 I'm still at the beginning of IB1 but I go out once every weekend or so and I still achieve high grades. But, IB2 people told me that this is gonna change soon... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starz Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 yeh im also IB1 and everyones going on about how your not going to have a social life, for IB1 im guessing the opposite and with 150hours of CAS also proves that you have some social life there, and as far as i can tell IB1 is living a normal life (other than the work load when you leave it last minit) Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
biochem Posted December 14, 2008 Report Share Posted December 14, 2008 I honestly could not tell you that I have the free time to do anything. In a given week off from school, I sometimes don't complete all the tasks I need (SAT, online classes ,study ahead, write notes, look ahead, read the books, analyze literature, look at IB questions, practise my languages).I traveled not too long ago, and wherever I went - the IB kids said they had the same type of strenuous schedule. The rumor is true for the most of us I think its based on classes. I have extremely smart friends, who take ITGS + SL math, and those type of classes. They breeze through the work and enjoy fooling around Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
biochem Posted December 15, 2008 Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 hey fellow IBs.. As an IB student, when others hear that I am in this program, they immediately assume that I have no social life. Speak out comrades, this is not the case! (most of the time anyway )I'd just like to take this quick opp. to say I adore you. There is something very inspiring at looking at your signature, and seeing two 7's at the Bio & chem area Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindieeluieee Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 No, its totally true. I have no life, none of my friends have lives. All of our free time is wasted on CAS that sort of stuff. So no, I don't agree we have a social life. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
king2010 Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 I've gotten a 3.625 and a 3.750 this semester being IB and it hasn't affected my social life at all. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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