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Believe it or not, studying on the IB doesn’t have to be awful. Today, I’ll show you some of my personal top tips to make that long, tough, late-night study session a bit more bearable – possibly even enjoyable 🙂 Find the right study playlist. A top playlist can make the difference between a…
Congratulations, you did it. You conquered the beast. After an intense few weeks of what probably felt like non-stop exams with intense preparation, you can breathe a sigh of relief. The IB is now behind you. It is now time to destress after the exams. Post-Exam Blues Some of you might have noticed something strange,…
Your IB final exams are well underway by this stage, and it’s just the final push before you reach freedom! However, it’s important that you stick with it right to the end. Read on for our expert advice on how to get through the final IB exams. Running out of time? Exam season goes extremely…
At this point in the school year, you’re probably feeling like exam season is never going to end. This is completely understandable! The Diploma Programme is a long two years, and your cohort has faced more challenges than normal. Here we’ll take you through our top 3 tips for avoiding burnout in exam season. Tip…
“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” This phrase is often (mis)attributed to Einstein and is eerily apt for IB revision. Despite its suspected apocryphal nature, I have found the witticism to hold true for IB maths with its equations and models especially. Too often, I have witnessed a student…
Have you ever found yourself panicking when your teacher asked you to draw the mechanism for the nitration of benzene? Or blanked on a test when you had to suggest the steps necessary to turn propane into propanoic acid? You are not alone with struggling with stages of reactions! As a tutor, I have found…
For subjects like geography, history, and psychology there are a lot of statistics and dates to remember during exams. Memorising this information can be very tricky. However, without this information it is almost impossible to score high marks on essays. Here we’ll take you through our top tips and tricks for remembering general statistics during…
This week we’re hearing from Finn, one of our school presenters, about how to improve your languages. Check out Finn’s study tips below! How to Improve Languages Languages are a huge part of the IB, with both Studies in Language and Literature and Language Acquisition being compulsory areas of study. For some students, this is…
This week we’re hearing from Maja, another one of our amazing school presenters. Maja is a top IB grad who has extensive experience tutoring with us in addition to presenting at IB schools around the world. Here we’ll take you through Maja’s study tips for revision season. Tip 1: Get organised! You’ve probably…