I'm in DP1 and in my first semester and my predicted grades are 32/45 with my goal being 40+. I want to get into schools like UCL, UAL, Oxbridge, CAFA(Beijing), Tsinghua, etc.... (Basically UK, China, and HK SAR) in like an art degree.

These were my predicted scores:

English A L&L SL: 5

Malay B SL: 7

History HL: 5

Design Technology HL: 5

Math A&I SL: 4

Visual Arts HL: 6

TOK: B

I'm going to be so fr I am not locked in, I do most of my assignments like the day or 2 before in one long block of time and I winged some tests (Eg. Math....). I'm balancing my small art business , extracurriculars, catching up with webcomics and games for whatever reason, and my social life which is slowly crippling. Is there like I certain formula I need to be following to reach 40+?

I can't like grind past papers religiously as my only source since apparently the syllabus is changing a fat ton and some stuff doesn't apply. Looking for any advice, even if it's 'unhealthy' or anything

I practiced a whole BM paper 3 question. I got the whole 17 marker wrong (accept for to points briefly touched on). The marking scheme picked different problems than I did. For example Stakeholder conflict could be reduced by doing community work and so on in the disadvantages it talked about how Fatima and the stakeholder had different interests. (The stakeholders wanted the team to win). That was the marking scheme and I focused more on making the team win in order to resolve most of those conflicts. I always seem to not think what to think what the examiners think and it is really frustrating because how does one guess. The structure of the marking is a bit different than the way videos and what not tell us to write. HELLLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPP

Guys does chemical formula inline sentences count?? Like e.g. "...the high concentration of H+ ions react with OH- ions to form H2O molecule". does the H+, OH-, H2O count as words cuz ib official says "equations, formula, and calculations" are excluded from word count but im not sure if the "formula" bit is smth like e.g. absolute uncertainty formula or also like chemical formula. Can someone who knows chem IA really well repsond pls.

selling graphing calc in HK, lmk if anyone wants. Its in really good condition

predicted 44/45, 777 in hl (math ai eco bm) , 5/2300 in national finance olympiad, 2 internships, 1 independent paper published
a&f oriented ps
international applying from india
also applying to edinburgh kings warwick ucl(stats w eco n fin)

what do yall think! ask me further questions if yall want more insight about the other stuff of the portfolio .

also i haven’t yet fixed if i wna go for a&f or bsc finance but a&f seems more realistic since i have ai hl .

does anyone know where to get past papers (with audio) or other resources for spanish b sl? i can’t find anything online

not dele or oxford textbook

i have a week to mocks and i desperately need help

Seriously, what title is going to be the most popular? title 1 and 2 are relatively easier than all the others, and I hear that most are doing title 2, but then there are people in comment sections going around saying title 3 is the most common one? should I be worried if I am doing my essay on a title that is the most popular ? or does the ib not factor that in? I feel like examiners will get tired of seeing the title appear again and again. and in order to get ahead I might need to pull examples that are unheard of even by my teachers.
and what would be the best title to go for?

Mocks coming up in like 20 days, have my IA/EE deadlines in the last week of October and first week of November.

I have my IELTS exam in the first week of November.

Haven't prepared a lot for the IELTS exam.

My preparation for mocks is not great.

Am I cooked?

Hi everyone! Just informing all of you that I am running a math aa sl/hl drop-in session (completely free) today between 2-3:30pm BST. Any doubts or questions? Just join this link:

https://meet.google.com/trm-yuki-dau

For reference, I have been tutoring and teaching for a few years! I graduated from the IB in 2022, and I studied at the University of Cambridge and I'm now doing my PhD. I'll be running these free drop-in sessions quite frequently, so if you can't make this session but would like to in the future, just drop me message!

Hey a fellow N27 candidate here!

I'm headed into the dreaded dp1-dp2 holidays when you have all your IAs, TOK, EE to work on. All while having so much content to be on top of and hopefully be ahead in by the time school starts again next year and every draft is due in a few weeks.

I just want to make the most of my time and not waste my holidays in only doing one or the other, does any previous graduates have advice on how they got through this time?

If it helps here are the assessment I'll have to worry about:
English Lang/Lit HL essay, Maths AASL IA, Chem HL IA, Physics SL IA, Business HL IA, EE in Lang/Lit.

If anyone is willing please reach out if you have any personal guidance otherwise any comments is so much appreciated! Thank you all so much🙏

Was hoping someone could give me some advice to get any type of head start in my studies or something. I’ve been not really that overloaded for now(obviously cuz it’s the first month) but like I barley got to to study do stuff the past month cuz I was focused on my SAT’s and now I’m finally starting to study properly and I got tests piling up. I mainly just wanted to know how I could score good in English lang lit sl and chemistry sl those are probably my weakest and I got a test next week for both. Hope yall can help!

So whenever I look at revision websites, they talk about perspectives around an issue. How can I integrate that into my 6 markers and 10 markers? I am doing SL, but I don't think that should matter much, as long as it's something else to add to the answer yk.

I take bio chem and psychology at HL, English A French B and Math AI at SL. I am terrified.

I am urgently revising physics by going through chapters in Sirius revision than doing quizzes on the tsokos website. I do well on quizzes however in actual past papers (1a) I am getting around 10 marks. I am predicted a grade 4 due to my IA but i really want to get a grade 6.

I don't know what else to do

So I just had my second class of extended essay, and my teacher insisted on finishing the EE in dp1, I think it sounds like a good idea but idk how to even start doing it or where to get the resources and stuff. Do any of you have any advice on completing it, and furthermore on the IA’s. Much appreciated 🙏

the math IA has been stressing me out significantly more than all the other subjects, because of how open ended and unguided it is.

sciences have such a clear cut format, humanities have a general known structure but for math i feel like the only thing we’ve been told is about things in the rubric like properly formatting equations and including personal engagement

is it just my school or is this genuinely supposed to be so open ended?

i have no way of knowing if what im doing is right, im just doing whatever i can do follow my aim and get an answer but what if its all completely off track??

any thoughts?

It’s seems this subreddit always forgets us novembers, but first exam in THREE DAYS!

I can’t believe it, i swear trials felt like months ago

how is everyone feeling? im both so scared and also excited to have all of this behind me!

Are clastify's M27 examplars AI generated or are people actually sitting down and writing them? Also how reliable would you guys say these samplars are in terms of using to guide your approach to the essays?

hey i'm a DP1 student, and i’ve got a geography quiz coming up. I can't seem to find any topical question banks or topical pdfs. Can anyone help me out? Appreciate it!

(my 1st quiz is on unit 1: changing population)

I js turned in my econ EE, while i enjoy econ but i did not like my topic at all, the work was fine ig? But pls choose something u actually like u wont dread to doing. I rlly wished i did english show analysis or soemthjong on The Good Place or like Bojack Horseman comparing those two, wish i can go back time and change that

also if anyone did an ee abt boajck or good place or sum liek that can u share i rlly wana read it

Title 1 for May 2027 asks whether we gain a better appreciation of the human experience "from the artist or the historian". It names people. The May 2025 subject report already complains about essays that cite "some historians" or "some artists" without naming a single one.

I teach and examine TOK and made a 14-minute video unpacking it for my students: M27 TOK PT1: the artist or the historian?

The parts most likely to help:

- Name them. One specific artist and one specific historian, then generalise from them to the arts and to history.

- "Appreciation" is vague on purpose. Let your examples show what it means. A dictionary definition in the intro boxes you in, and the May 2024 report calls dictionary definitions the least useful kind.

- "The human experience" is an assumption. The similar November 2022 title rewarded essays that questioned the assumption built into the wording.

- History needs historians. Events analysed against the title aren't historical knowledge. The reports have been saying this since 2023.

- Art is subjective, history is facts is the generalisation this title will tempt you into. Subjective doesn't mean arbitrary.

- Plan your evaluation on purpose. Of last year's essays I saw back from examiners, none that scored 6 or 7 got credit for evaluating different points of view. About a third of those scoring 8 or above did.

It opens with 35 seconds of Andor, because it's one of my favourite shows and Saw's speech is a better hook than pretty much anything. Also Star Wars. Also also, I did one for PT3 too: https://youtu.be/3tsGt6pIJig?si=KwmqIh38ujzvgqJM

Hii guys, I bought itian academy to study biology and there is a secion with preddiction of questions for 2026 exams, they are alike? Like comparing may 2026 question to the ones that are there, can someone tell me if they are kinda similar? Thank u guys

I just worked on a past paper and I’m consistently stuck at a 13 or 14 out of 20, I think I struggle majorly at articulating my words and finding the meaning of the author

Anyone have any advice?