The Lanterna Blog
Below you will find in-depth reports, thought pieces on modern education, as well as hundreds of tips on how to excel at the IB.
Dress for Success: What to wear to your IB exams!
Your IB exams are fast approaching and you’re looking for any way to boost your marks. But did you know that what you wear to your IB exams can make a real difference to your success? If you have the option of wearing your own clothes, choosing certain pieces can influence our psychology when we…
5 Simple Steps for Planning Exam Essays
With those May exams creeping ever closer and closer, today I thought I’d share another tip based around exam technique. I want us to take a look at how to plan exam essays. When time is so pressured in the IB exams, it can often be hard to know how to use your planning time…
How to Manage Disappointing Mock Results
Many of you will have just got back your mock exam results. Hopefully, many of you will be happy with your results. For some of you, though, I’m sure they weren’t quite what you were hoping for. This can be stressful- especially if you have to achieve a certain point score for uni. I think…
November IB Exams: The Ultimate Revision Guide
There may be a number of reasons why you are sitting your IB exams in November. Most students take November exams, however, because they are resitting. Now, there is nothing bad about this. Yes, it might be frustrating but there are so many different factors that can affect your exam performance. In this blog, I…
IB Mock Exams – Do they really matter?
Mock Exams: The only obstacle between you and final exams. Here is an unfiltered and unbiased opinion about the utility of Mock Exams, from the perspective of an IB graduate. Perhaps a controversial opinion, but I think Mock Exams matter both a great deal and very little. Mock Exams matter… Because the setting will incredibly…
Self-care during IB exams
For those of you with November exams, I’m sure you are deep into revision and perhaps feeling a little overwhelmed and exhausted. It can be easy to put your health to one side when faced with something as intimidating as IB exams. BUT, it’s more important than ever for you take care of yourself and…
IB Exam Stress (and how to conquer it)
Exams are approaching fast, and with exams comes stress. I don’t think I have ever met someone who is completely chill when it comes to exams. People might appear so on the outside, but on the inside everyone has some anxieties. Stress in small doses is not a bad things: it can motivate you to…
Confessions of an IB Grad: Exam Edition
As exam season approaches, I thought I might delve back into my bygone IB days and write about an instance where something went REALLY wrong in an exam. It’s okay- things still panned out alright, but I thought it might be a nice reminder that things don’t always go to plan. And you know what-…
Things to keep you going during exams
As exams get nearer, it can be hard to keep yourself motivated. In the run up to my final IB exams, I distinctly remember having several moments of self doubt. I would think to myself- what am I doing this? What is the point? Am I even going to get the grades I want? …
Guide to IB Results Day
Congratulations! That’s the first thing to say. The most important thing. Results day is finally here! You have survived the IB. You made it through two very tough years of work, knowledge, and thought, not to mention CAS, TOK and one hefty Extended Essay. The fact you are getting your IB results now is a…
