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fun fact: when i’m studying and stressed i sometimes put on my spanish honor society cord to prove to myself that yes, i actually am smart and yes, this all nighter is going to be fucking worth it. so go turn john mulaney back on and get back to your fucking flashcards dumbass

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I’m graduating in 6 Days so #treatyoself

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well so, to start it. Im not exacly in the DP yet but I will be soon and I dont have my shit together. any advice or wake up call?? do seniors still do weeks worth of work in an all nighter the night its due or do it all ends in gr10?? omw I have so much things due rn and I'm procrastinating wow

Oh jeez, I’m so sorry this took me so long to answer but to partially answer your ask, I’ve been studying and procrastinating so it is possible to be a horrible procrastinator and survive IB. 

Please, learn from my mistakes and work on time management before starting the DP. There are a lot of ways to kick the habit, I’m working on it myself but tbh just telling yourself to get started and that everything else can wait is a great way to kick the habit. Also Chrome extensions to disable certain sites(coughtumblrcough) while studying are a great resource. 

I didn’t pull a single all nighter this year(grade 12) because I managed my time better than last year. I had a couple of late nights, but I always got at least four hours of sleep. I felt like the workload was unmanageable at times, but look, I’m here right now and graduating in 23 days and i’ll hopefully have my IB diploma in July. 

You can do this. 

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I’m free everyone! I finished my exams!

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I got into Macalester!

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For those who wanted to see my study schedule for IB exams, here it is. I’ll break down the process under the cut. 

1. Write out general school schedule, days off, when exams are, half days etc.

2. Assign a color to each subject. I kept it consistent with my binders except for psychology because yellow doesn’t show up very well. 

3. Count back from exams. This is where you have to know your strong and weak points and the general info about the exams. I know that Math is one of my weaker subjects and history and psych are both knowledge intensive so I scheduled them more. 

4. Decide on an amount of time to study each topic each week(written next to Sunday in black ink). I started slow and increased it until exams when it switched to “quick overview”. If by the day before the exam you don’t feel ready, feel free to review differently. 

5. SCHEDULE DAYS OFF. For the love of god, whatever you do give yourself breaks. You can’t go non-stop, let yourself LIVE. 

Also, you’ll notice I don’t have a group IV on here, I took my Chemistry exam last year! 

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I’m torn.

I’m sick and had to take today off from school and had no willpower to do anything but lay on the couch and try not to hack up a lung. 

I don’t want to miss tomorrow too because then I’ll be really far behind. 

I also have a psych quiz tomorrow and this one is going to be hard and I don’t feel prepared. 

I don’t know what to do because I was feeling better but now I’m feeling awful again. 

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hey! i recently took my IB admission test to see if i’m qualified for the IB program (we get results in feb.) but i’m a little hesitant. idk if i should do IB or AP.. i want to have time for sports and band class and possibly clubs. but, people make it seem like IB takes that away from you, and that it takes away your social life. is that true? i want to do sports and extracurriculars while pushing myself in learning. thanks and i hope ya have a lovely day

Hey! I hope that your results are good!

IB and AP I feel, take about the same amount of time if you take a full AP schedule as if you take a full IB schedule. The biggest difference is the other requirements that IB has you fulfill. CAS, EE, PT, the group IV project and a lot more that I’m probably forgetting take up a lot of time. If you’re already involved in other activities and service clubs CAS won’t be too hard and working bit by bit on the other things will ensure that you get them done on time. 

Another thing to consider(I’m sorry for saying this) is where you want to go to college. American universities tend to recognize IB less and most will give credit only for a 6 or 7 on HL exams. Here are some colleges with other policies that accept more IB credit. Other schools, like University of Rochester seek out IB students and are very generous in awarding credit. International schools tend to recognize IB more. 

I don’t feel that my extracurriculars have suffered because of IB. I’m a three season athlete and involved in a bunch of clubs. Admittedly I don’t go out much but that’s because I’m an introvert and has absolutely nothing to do with IB. I’ve seen a lot of people in IB who have active and balanced lives and sure, maybe they’re a little sleep deprived but we all are. 

IB has been one of the greatest experiences of my life. If you have the opportunity to do it I highly reccomend that you do. My best advice is to work on maintaining your friendships outside of IB and try to get at least five hours of sleep and please, please, please, eat breakfast. Your body and mind will thank you. 

I hope this helped and you have a good day too!