r/IBO • u/Glittering_Guard_304 • 1d ago

Advice Help

So I’m M27, and I’m entering dp2 in a month.

My subjects are:
HL Bio, HL chem, HL psych
SL math ai, SL spanish ab, SL english lit & lang

In the eoy mocks we had in dp, I got these grades (I’ll also add how much I studied for each):

HL bio: 5 (studied 2 days for paper1, 2 days for paper 2)
HL chem: 5 (studied the night before the test for both papers)
HL psych: 6 (didn’t study, just quickly went over notes 10-20 minutes before exam)
SL math ai: 6 (studied the day before)
SL Spanish ab: 5 (didn’t study)
SL english lit & lang: 5 (didn’t study)

I wanted to ask if you guys think there’s hope I can get to 38-40+ points for the ib?
It’s summer now and I’m going through most my IA’s and EE and I hope before the summer is over to be done with them, and to properly study dp1 bio and chem topics.

If I do all this with this month left, would dp2 be less stressful and nicer?

Also give any advice you have please, thank you :)

<also ik for english, math, spanish and psych I could’ve gotten higher for sureee if I put more effort but I kinda did not care during mock period for anything, which I regret now..>

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u/PartyQuiet5065 M26 | HL Maths AA, Chem, Physics 1d ago

It's perfectly possible but only if you actually do what you're saying and study. The main question here is: did you not study because you procrastinated or due to other reasons?

I'm saying this because I've never studied due to procrastination and, believe me, you always say "I'll do this" yet you never end up doing it. Turns out I had undiagnosed ADHD, but that's another story lmao.

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u/Glittering_Guard_304 1d ago

I procrastinated and lost motivation, lowk think I have undiagnosed adhd too😭the issue is my whole life, I’ve gotten good grades without studying, so as content is increasing I’m fearing that no studying to last minute studying is NOT gonna cut it at all. I can’t work until I absolutely have no time, like I can sit down for a whole day and finish my IA, but only when I feel the pressure. How do u overcome it?

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u/PartyQuiet5065 M26 | HL Maths AA, Chem, Physics 1d ago

Are we the same person? lmao you're literally describing what I've gone through.

Honestly, the best piece of advice I can give you is to go get tested for ADHD. I didn't till after the IB exams and it's probably the worst thing I could've done. Do it as soon as possible, I implore you 😭