r/IBO

In general or on specific subjects.

These are mine:

1. DP2 is not that bad if you keep on top of your assessments and college apps. As a chronic procrastinator, even though I'm dying right now from the workload, I can see that if I didn't procrastinate, I'd be in a much better place.
2. IB ESS is not an easy subject, especially if you want to get a 7.
3. ESS is fun. I genuinely find it interesting, probably because I have a great teacher who knows the subject and how to teach it. Yes, most of it might not be useful after the IB, and some of it is very straightforward. People take it as a filler subject, and I do understand why. But HL is very cool, and as a student in high school, I enjoy taking a cool subject.
4. The IB is pretty fun and helpful, for me at least. I don't regret taking it.

hey guys, a lil embarrassed to write this but i feel like i have became so dumb. After using ai on my assignments for my whole sophomore year, i feel as if my brain has shrink. I feel like i have no creativity anymore like i used to, i can’t form my own thoughts, and my vocabulary level has not increased. What makes it worse is me being In the Ib program. This has made my journey much difficult especially in literature class. In literature class it is so difficult for me to form a complete paragraph without repeating the same words. The only class i am doing well in without ai is my math class. Omg and whats even more embarrassing is my pronunciation and word spelling, like i be forgetting the most easiest words or mispronouncing things sometimes. I’m begging you guys for tips or advice to help me. I really want to become smart or more intelligent i guess

So I know very very little about IB at all. My family has moved around a lot and I’m currently a sophomore but for my junior and senior years we will be moving to an IB school. I’m trying to get a little more information and figure out if it’s a good idea.

For context, I will earn an Associates of Science in General studies from a community college this year, but the most advanced core classes I’ve taken are APHUG, APUSH, dual enrollment (DE) precalculus with trigonometry (I hate math with a passion to be honest and really wanted to avoid calculus as much as I could), DE American literature, DE intermediate writing 2, 4 years of Spanish, and 2 DE environmental science classes.

I’m really hesitant mostly because of math and the foreign language requirement tbh. I really got sick of Spanish so I’m looking more toward doing Latin and I barely made it by with precal (my teacher sucked so bad) and I want to get into a top school so I don’t want to ruin anything. I am really create at writing (many publications and awards). This is all the courses my school offers:

Group 1: Language & Literature -- Language and Literature HL
Group 2: Language Acquisition -- Spanish B SL, French B SL, German B SL or Classic Languages SL/HL
Group 3: Individuals and Societies -- History of Europe HL; Business Management SL; Psychology SL
Group 4: Experimental Sciences -- Biology HL, Chemistry HL
Group 5: Mathematics -- Math Analysis HL, Math Analysis SL, Math Applications SL
Group 6: Arts and Electives -- Visual Arts SL/HL
The IB Core: Theory of Knowledge/Creativity, Activity and Service/Extended Essay

Does anyone have any advice, suggestions or even just information I should know about going into IB?

Side question: do either of the math classes prepare you well for SAT/ACT? Specifically AI?

(I can provide more information on my skillsets and stuff if needed I just have no idea really what’s needed)

I just got my predicted scores for the IB, 42/45 with 7 Bio, 6 Chem, 6 Mat HL.

Cambridge medicine (reachiest of reaches I know) requires a 776 in HLs - I should try to appeal for a higher grade for chemistry and or maths, right? Even if they are predicted grades. 776 predicted isn't strictly necessary as long as I do achieve it for my final exams I believe.

Also - payments to the counselor for UCAS, right? Gotta get on that.

Any advice would be appreciated! Deadline coming up.

Would a person who did IB in UK/USA and for example a person who did IB in India be treated the same during university applications??

I have a 45 predicted, and was wondering whether especially UK and US unis (Oxbridge, LSE, Ivy+ type of unis) actually differentiate a lot between two students with a 41 vs 45 as long as they satisfy the baseline (for uk unis). For example, LSE required a 39 IB, so would someone with a 39 be looked at as relatively similar to someone with a 45? That's what AI told me, but I'm not sure.

Hey! Searching for IB tutor in chem sl and business management hL!

Thanks!

Please share your most unhinged study hacks, daily routines and crazy stories that contributed in you getting a top score.

Spill the secrets!!

What you wish you started doing in dp1?
What you stopped doing because it was a waste of time?

What were your habits,resources and unconventional strategies!!

Feel free to share anything you’d like 🤗🤗

SPILLLL 🙏🙏

Context: Hey im a Gr11 DP1 IB student, just one month into ib, and I wrote my first summative test for Math AA HL on the polynomials unit, and the score i got was 2/7, yes depressing. I heard it's a rite of passage for students to get low grades on their first assesment and so that's not the problem for me, the problem is my school is telling me that I can only drop down to sl math aa now, and it's basically now or never, and if I dont do it now, then im stuck in HL. So before I make a decision I want to know how canadian admissions work and if I could get accepted with good math aa sl score. My other HLs are Physics and Chem, Psychology (if moving math down). LMK if you have any questions or if you need more info before giving me advice. All responses are HIGHLY appreciated and valued. TY reddit ib community. (My first reddit post for an important decision lol)

Guys I am doing my EE in Maths on the topic of spherical trigonomtry in navigation. However, I feel that this leans more towards IA than EE and I am currently crashing out.

I am taking existing maths concept to apply it to new scenaio and explain the maths, is this IA?

Please need some help.

Just like the title asks.

If someone did not possess any natural talent (like, even below average) for mathematics and science, yet they chose Physics, Chemistry and Math AA as their Higher Level subjects, will they be able to reliably score 7s in those subjects if they absolutely maximize hardwork, discipline and the environment?

Say, their ultimate target is to score ≥80% in raw marks in the final exams (which would be a guaranteed 7 in Physics and Math AA and almost always a 7 in Chem).

Just for the mentioned HL exams alone, the student chooses to dedicate this much effort:

6 hours a day every single day (on average) for 6 straight years.

And as for their starting level, they were already operating at the level of mid-high 6 (just 3-5% away from a 7) across all three of the HL subjects.

Assume that during the 6 years of preparation, they will have access to the best resources, the best study methods, the best mentors/tutors, the best home environment, the best nutrition, and will never lose motivation nor ever get burned out.

Also assume that their IA marks are already pre-determined at:

15/20 for Math AA

20/24 for Chem

20/24 for Physics

so it is only the final written exams that they'll have to worry about.

The question is, CAN the person in this scenario score ≥80% in the HL Math AA, Chemistry and Physics exams?

Feel free to be brutally honest.

group 2 should be the least of my worries but in all my other subjects, i average a 6-7, yet chinese is my lowest (4). my school hasnt taught chinese that seriously in the past and we were always taught it at an ab initio level before ib (id argue even easier), so stepping in chinese b is quite hard. what are tips you can give me for the listening comprehension, reading comprehension, writing, and io? My classmates advised me for example to really increase my vocabulary, use conjunction for writing, structure the thesis statements and outline, read key words in reading comprehension instead of over analyzing. what are your actual lifesaving tips for someone who struggles in chinese b? ive already accepted it being my lowest, but hopefully low as in 5-6! (My reading is 3, listening is 5, and writing is 4)

Hi all,

So I'm in DP2 and finished with a 44 predicted, although I'm probably going to get something closer to a ~40 on my actual exams. The thing is, all of the universities I'm applying to are in the EU (english programs only, so no delft/tum/etc...) because tuition is just so much cheaper. My high school is super expensive, and the only reason I attend is because my dad's work agreed to pay for all of my high school education so he just picked the most expensive international school in the city.

The problem is, even though I could get accepted into Oxford and so on, there's no way my parents will finance my undergraduate studies in the UK, and there's no way that they qualify for financial aid either (international student)

It feels really demoralizing that all of my classmates are talking about high rankings and competitive admissions requirements (they obviously have no financial restriction, while the schools I'm applying to are the exact opposite. I feel like I'm just wasting the time I spent getting good grades, but at the same time I can't do anything about it. Whenever I tell my friends that I'm applying to schools in the EU they always say that they're not good, etc... Even though I know it's not true it still really sucks.

Is anyone else in the same predicament?

Edit: Thanks guys :) it’s nice to know I’m not the only one

I want to study engineering (not sure, which sphere yet) and I'm currently debating, maybe more so having an existential crisis, on whether I should change from bio sl to chem sl (I'm taking hl phy, hl geo, hl eng b, sl math aa, sl lit, sl bio/chem? I have to give my answer in the next 4 days or so!