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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.
Which IGCSE subjects should you choose? Here’s a guide!
A guest author has written this post.Will choosing a particular subject limit your option in the future? Which IGCSE subjects are the easiest? How many subjects must you take? You’ve got loads of questions. We get it! Picking your IGCSE subjects is stressful. Our team of IGCSE and IB graduates want you to know: The…
How to Nail Your Science IA Analysis
Carrying out a science IA analysis and the accompanying uncertainty calculations—in subjects like Chemistry, Physics, and Biology (SL and HL)—is one of the most challenging things to get right. Too often, I have witnessed students spending hours upon hours calculating percentage errors, only to find out that they got it all wrong. In this article,…
International Baccalaureate (IB) Remark FAQs
Click here for a free consultation on retaking your exams The following article was written in advance of the May 2023 exam session. If you are more interested in retakes, rather than remarks, click here. How do I make a re-mark request after my exam sessions? Which IB subjects and externally assessed components can I…
International Baccalaureate (IB) Retakes FAQs 2024
Click here for a free consultation on retaking your exams If you are reading this, you’ve probably just taken your International Baccalaureate (IB) exams and feel unsure about your final IB exam marks. Maybe the anxiety of retaking one or more subjects to pass the (IB) Diploma Programme got you here. Whatever led you to…
Quick Tips to Get a 7 In Your Science IA’s
Ah, yes, IB’s infamous Science Internal Assessments (IAs). Either you love the Science IAs, or you hate them. Regardless of your feelings about them, you must write them, and since they usually make up around 20% of your mark, they are worth doing well. In this post, I will gather tips and tricks for the…
Important Things to Remember Before Writing Your IB Exams
Written by a guest author. With the International Baccalaureate exams coming up, it’s only natural that you and all the other IB diploma students around the world would head to the internet to look for expert advice on the best ways to prepare for these lengthy examinations or search for tips that will set you…
7 Tips to Get Into the Right Exam Mindset for the IB
Exams are now terrifyingly close, and to perform well, you need to be in the right exam mindset. Improving your outlook, however, is often more complicated than you would think. Before we discuss how you can get the right mindset, let us consider what a poor one might look like. Do you have the wrong…
How to Prepare for the IB Maths Exams
The IB maths exams are intense. They are 3 to 5 hours of intense focus, confusion and tears. This year (2023), they start May 8th, which is about a month away at the time of writing. Yikes! This post is divided into the first parts. In the first half, I’ll share some tips and tricks…
EE Research Question: 5 Tips to get an A
Do you struggle with figuring out your EE research question? It is the backbone of your essay, after all. This one question will dictate everything else you will write. So, there is a lot of pressure to get it right! Like most other IB students, I struggled to articulate my research question. Finding the right…
Planning for exams: 5 common mistakes students make
An anonymous guest author wrote this post… Do you need some expert advice to help in the planning of your exam revision? Experience is one of the best teachers, but the rules don’t say you have to experience something to learn from it! Learning from other students’ mistakes is still extremely valuable. Understanding others’ failures…
