u/_eatingpudding

ello, in lebanon im mainly going for aub or usj, maybe bau too but ive heard unis is turkey are more affordable than in leb in case i dont get a scholarship so im wondering if studying in turkey wouldnt be a bad idea (plus no visa hurdles unlike for france)? idm learning turkish in case i have to, im mainly thinking ahead in case i want to continue my studies abroad at some point and if war keeps destabilising lebanon every year. i dunno just would like to hear from lebanese who have studied there since i keep getting mixed opinions!

not necessarily aub only but other lebanese unis as well, but mainly for aub; would a 15/20 (around 70/100) in IGCSE be considered the same as a 15/20 in the lebanese programme?

I want to start with my personal reflection, I think ignoring them entirely (no words, nothing) after a 6-5 years friendship definetely counts as rude. I feel like I took this decision on impulse, to some extent. Basically, it was the kind of long-term friendship that doesn't feel like one exactly, it was more as if we sticked together out of convenience since we come from a similar-ish background, we shared no interest whatsoever, we'd never even gone out together, never spoke to each other except during lunch at school (we're currently in year 12.) There was a point where being with them was exhausting and I still felt like a loner despite technically being with "friends." One of them had this habit of insulting you and going "it's just a joke." Which I was OK with for the first few times, but then it started bothering me with how continous it was. I have no idea how to explain it though the friendship was also unpredictable somedays, I wouldn't know whether she'd be in "kind" mode or nope, I just had to get to school and see how I'd be treated. When I spoke it was as though nobody was really engaged/listening. The other friend wasn't anything like her though. I don't regret my decision but I'm an itty bit conflicted, obviously it's been a week of my ghosting so I'm pretty convinced they've talked behind my back (got called a b**tch) about it already and explaining myself is pointless. There's more I wanted to rant about honestly, that's what I managed to get out dunno!!!

*I forgot to add that the friendship low-key gave me trust issues and fear of judgement

I feel like it'd be risky since I'm already taking maths and physics HL, as a definetely-not-mathematically-gifted-student and from what I've seen here, it's a super duper difficult combo, but my profs haven't discouraged it much. For ref, I don't plan to apply to UK unis which I know are stricter with their requirements, I just want to study physics / chemistry to hopefully end up in an astronomy-related field and was wondering if unis in France (such as Sorbonne specifically) and Belgium strictly ask for chemistry HL (I'm taking it at SL) if I end up wanting to study more chemistry than physics?

i actually dont have a loads to yap about, but im curious abt what yall who were planning to enter the IB ended up doing / took as subjects!! i started two weeks ago after completing the igcses and so far its pretty nice (bracing myslef for the midyear impact), my HLs are physics maths AA and english langnlit w chem psych and french as sl!! i got a bit hyped abt the EE surprisingly, i might end up doing it in english or history

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*I'm taking an international curriculum tho I doubt it changes much for the requirements, I just am super not interested in taking the SAT :,)