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Top 5 Tips for Writing Up IAs
With the final year of IB comes IA deadlines! As you move into your last year of high school, you can expect your teachers to ask about your IA progress more and more often. Many students find the actual act of writing an IA intimidating. If you aren’t sure where to start, this is the…
Retakes – what are they and how do you prepare for them?
For many students, retakes are an unfamiliar and slightly scary process. In this blog post we will answer the question “what are retakes?” and explore how they work, before discussing how to choose if they are right for you and how to prepare for them. The key point is that retakes are an amazing opportunity…
Top 5 Things To Do After Graduation!
First of all, CONGRATULATIONS on graduating! It’s no small feat to reach the end of the IB programme and you have all accomplished so much. On top of studying six subjects, you’ve written an Extended Essay, a TOK essay, completed all your IAs, and spent time contributing to your community through CAS all while living…
How To Catch Up From A Year Of Online School
2020 was a crazy year for everyone, especially students. Most schools were moved completely online and that brought all kinds of difficulties. So many students have reached out to us because they found that the move impacted their studies, especially when most of us aren’t used to studying in one room for hours a day!  But…
IB Psychology IA: How to Structure & Smash It!
The Psychology IA has a unique format compared to other IAs – it’s based around an experiment, like the Experimental Sciences (Chemistry, Biology, Physics), but there are a lot of other things that make it unique. It can be tough to know if you’re on the right track when you’re not sure what goes where,…
Top 5 Tasks You NEED to Do This Summer
As IB students we often get lulled into a false sense of security. Since the IB Diploma is a 2-year program, it’s easy to think deadlines are miles away and that you have all the time in the world. You enter year 2 and suddenly that time doesn’t exist anymore. Deadlines loom over you, stress…
Using the Syllabus and Rubric to Guarantee IB Success
We’re not going to sugarcoat it – the IB is a difficult diploma. Whether you went into the IB with straight A’s or if you were consistently struggling to pass, the IB is sure to prove a challenge. However, at Lanterna we’ve noticed that the majority of students make the IB even harder for themselves…
IB Biology IA – Top 5 Tips on How to Get a 7
Remember that your grade in Biology is not only down to your final exam. 20% of your overall grade is determined by your Internal Assessment. As such, we want to make sure that you can get the top marks possible in this crucial part of your IB. This isn’t an easy assignment, so our top…
Last-Minute IB Exam Cramming Resources
IB Exams are just around the corner for thousands of students all around the world, and we understand that many of you will feel anxious going into this period. Taking exams is never easy, and when that exam is worth up to 80% of your overall IB grade you may get even more stressed. Fear…
How to Structure Your IB Economics IA
Writing brilliant IB Economics IAs are a crucial part of your success in the subject. Over the course of your IB, you’ll be asked to write three commentaries of 800 words each. In this blog, we discuss our favourite way to structure your IB Economics IA, making sure you pick up all the marks you…
