Do your sceince reports!
Do not get fooled by the WL, the portfolios and the WT! In sceince subjects there are no kind of assignment except for your reports, this meaning that it is THOSE reports they will be grading, and sending to IBO. So while you might be able to get away with skipping assignments in other subjects, for heavensake do your sceince reports, or you will pay a heavy price, and possible points!, for it later on.
Always compare and contrast
Almost everything you do in the IB is about compare and contrast. In history, English, Mathmathics, TOK, yes almost all and any subjects this groundrule applies. Whether it is comparing and contrasting two stylistic devices or protagonits in English, the results of your experiments in biology, the different ways of reasoning and knowing in TOK, or.. well, you get the idea. Whatever you do, donnot EVER forget to compare and contrast! In other words: Make a statements, argu for it, then argue against it, and then make a comeback argument for it.
Sparknotes - moderate use ONLY
When discussing a book in your language subjects you will always get more out of the discussion if you have actually read the homework for today. However, we all know that in IB, sometimes you do not have time for it all, and often language subjects (english esspecially) gets sacrificed. Why? Because for an IB, language, especially english, isn't a subject that's allowed to make you nervous anyway. Next time you really donnot have time for reading your english homework, hit up sparknotes.com, which suprisingly often is capable of explaining you a 40 page chapter in 500 words! (Use moderately, otherwise you will end up missing out on very important stylistics!)
Do the big assignments ON TIME
And I mean the really big ones: WL, EE, Portfolios, Projects, TOK essays, WT, HI, Projects, etc. If you get behind with just one of these assignments, it can very quickly eat you up from the indside, and you will end up getting (even more) stressed, and fall behind on other assignemnts, homework or worse case senario: other big assignments. It is a hole from which there is sometimes no way out of.
Don't fail on CAS
Short and simple, keep up the CAS work! You do not want to fail IB because you did not do your CAS or do it properly, you do not, repeat, do not want that to happen. Therefore prioritise your CAS and get it gone in very good time, otherwise your will end up with no time to finnish it.
Do not underestimate EE!
Many students look forward to write their EE (while many do not) because they get to make their own choice in an IB related matter for once. However, be very careful, the classic and almost mandatory EE mistake is to underestimate your challenge. EE is not like anything else you will encounter in IB, even if it might look similar in some ways, it's a one of a kind, and it's timeconsuming more than anything else you will encounter.
Choose an EE topic you're already familiar w/
There are many interesting things in the world you can choose to investigate in your EE. That being said, do yourself a favour and choice something that's already in your curriculum in the IB. The amount of knowledge you need to do a good EE is beyound imagination of a pre-EE IB student. Therefore you will need all the background knowledge and approach experience you could possibly have, and school provide that very well.
Don't EVER plagarise
It's just not worth it. There's a 99% chance you'll get caught, and the consequences (especially in IB) are disaterous! If you feel like you can't figure out an assignment, ask for help. You're in IB, it's perfectly allowed! IB is supposted to be difficult, and very very few - if any - IB students pass with good grades without asking for help at least once.
Communication
Are your ways starting to lead you into trouble? Talk to the school. The most simple thing is to go to your IB cordinatior, whos job it is to help you and make you pass IB. Of course you cannot go to your IB cordinator for every little thing, but if it's imporant it is in fact s/hes job to help you. For smaller things talk to your teachers (the nice ones at least) and your student-councillor, who's job it also is, to help you. Whatever it is, they have most likely seen and heard it all before, and have ideas of how to help you. It's always better for you to come to them and point out your problems, rather than them hunting you down, and pointing them out to you.
Don't EVER plagarise
It's just not worth it. There's a 99% chance you'll get caught, and the consequences (especially in IB) are disaterous! If you feel like you can't figure out an assignment, ask for help. You're in IB, it's perfectly allowed! IB is supposted to be difficult, and very very few - if any - IB students pass with good grades without asking for help at least once.
Communication
Are your ways starting to lead you into trouble? Talk to the school. The most simple thing is to go to your IB cordinatior, whos job it is to help you and make you pass IB. Of course you cannot go to your IB cordinator for every little thing, but if it's imporant it is in fact s/hes job to help you. For smaller things talk to your teachers (the nice ones at least) and your student-councillor, who's job it also is, to help you. Whatever it is, they have most likely seen and heard it all before, and have ideas of how to help you. It's always better for you to come to them and point out your problems, rather than them hunting you down, and pointing them out to you.
Just don't panic :-)
Whatever you do, breathe, don't painc, make an honest try. If you do this, ussually everything will work out alright in the end. When we fail at something while in IB, it is ussually because we did not make an honest try. So always remember, panic doesn't make you do things faster, it just makes you do more mistakes while you do it! :-)
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