MY TOP 8 TIPS FOR THE IB PROGRAM | advice to know to do well 

IKK and lowkey some (most) of our test questions were based off of material there

Are they any other reasources like this for other subjects

yay super amazing to hear that!

Awesome, no problem!

npp! :)

it's totally normal to be stressed! feel free to ask other questions

of course, happy to help!

Glad it was helpful!!

that's great! let me know if you ever have any questions/concerns 😄

@@emily227 well, I've already chosen my HL subjects (Math, Chemistry and Biology) and for SL (History, English B and French A) but I think it would be better for me to replace Chemistry or Math by English B HL. The thing is, I love Math but I don't know if it is more difficult to have as HL than Chemistry. So I am currently having a dilemma, do you have any advices ? Sorry, if it may burden you...

@@_.nastou._ No worries at all! I love helping. Personally, I would say English HL is easier than chemistry HL. But, it can be different for you due to you having different strengths and weaknesses. For English, both SL and HL students write a literary analysis of a previously unseen prose passage or poem. However, SL students write in response to two guiding questions, whereas HL students write a literary commentary with no assistance from guiding questions. So, it depends on you, do you think you'll need assistance from those guiding questions? Think about how good you are at thinking on the spot and writing. For chemistry HL, the content may be harder to understand at first, but the questions on the exam are more predictable and practicable!

@@emily227 Thank you, it really helped me a lot !❤

@@_.nastou._ you're welcome! 🤗

yepp thank god we're born in this generation

omg that must have been heavyy

when our subjects all literally needed 2-inch binders *cries*

amazing!!

Hi! I have the same feelings about IB I’m so stressed about it bc english IS NOT my mother’s tongue, my history seems crazy so maybe it can help u, I jumped a class from french section ( as well french isn’t my mother tongue too) and I took maths chem and physics HL, so now i’m looking for some advices, also I haven’t taken ANY preIB class maybe my reply can help you, as well we are not only ones who stressed about IB

@@user-hj9mq8hd4x email me at (emilylix92@gmail.com) and we can set up a 15 minute coffee chat to outline a plan

completely up to you! it depends on your method of learning + note taking, some people like to hand write casue it helps them remember, while others value efficiency with tablets.. personally i like typing down notes in lecture settings, esp because i'm more of an oral learner

I believe that you can switch nearly all the in school allow it Ussally group 6, and 4 I removed art fully in my case as my school allow it

how did it go?? sorry for the late reply! it depends on your school, at my school you could switch a science for the arts --> def talk to your counsellor

alie saba jan =) @@The-advicer

try this folder! or search up past papers reddit LOL drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Cqvxzoz2TFCx2fen_CrFc0zKIP75Xg3Z

freeexampapers.com/exam-papers/IB/

ah it's definitely hard but you got this! feel free to ask me any questions/concerns you have :)

hey I have IB interview and assessment next week do u have any advice?

hey I have IB interview and assessment next week do u have any advice?

Hi Tanuri, I'm super busy with midterms right now, will get back to you on this Monday!

Hey! So for French be sure to practice a lot, such as listening to podcasts, youtube videos, reading articles, it isn't something you can just study for the week before. Also be sure to learn some key words based on the units. I remember there being 5 main units from the textbook - well-being, sustainability and some other ones. If I was targeting the theme of sustainability for example, I might learn words like "climate change", "organic", "renewable", "energy" etc etc. Also some phrases such as "keeping the environment clean is important." Also learn 3 new words everyday cause it can be hard when doing the writing if you don't know what words mean and also it's hard to recognize the word in listening tests if you don't even know what they mean. Hope this helps!

@@emily227 Thank you so much for your tips. This will help me a lot. On the other hand I'm selecting IB Biology, IB Chemistry and IB Psychology. If you can please give me some advice. Your advices are very valuable to me. All the best for your exams and studies. Sorry if I may burden you...

hi! thanks for reaching out. Do you mind telling me the exact name and brand of your textbook? I want to look through it quickly.

@@emily227 its the Oxford IB biology book 2014 made by Andrew alloott and David mindorff!

@@AvocadoJas thanks for letting me know! Just took a look. So I think first you should read the "understandings" and "applications" at the beginning of each section. They'll give you an idea of what points to focus on and keep an eye out for when reading the chapter, and also usually test questions are written based off of those understandings! You can quickly skim every chapter first and see which areas seem to be more important, before diving deeper into those specific areas. You can also try to focus on first sentences and text features for main ideas of each paragraph or section as you read. These often contain the main idea, while the other sentences in the paragraph provide support and details. And highlight! Highlight important relevant points which you can look back on. Skip the tok sections if you have to. For writing notes, maybe finish an entire section or page before taking notes. When you do take notes, keep them brief, focus on main ideas, and put them in your own words. Oh yeah, like I mentioned in the video, check our bioninja! They have very explicit and concise key points for every main understanding/syllabus point. They also clearly show you the skills you need, for ex: "drawing of the ultrastructure of prokaryotic cells based on electron micrographs". So when studying, make sure you know how to label an ultrastructure of prokaryotic cells, as well as a short description of what each part does. I usually use textbooks to reinforce my knowledge and read details, I start with youtube videos, class notes and bioninja to get a broad, base understanding first. Hope everything I said here helps :)

@@emily227 thank you so much! which youtube channels would you recommend?

@@AvocadoJas Definitely Crash Course (Biology), Amoeba Sisters, and Cheryl Hickman! I think sometimes textbooks can be overwhelming to read with lots of words, and youtube videos give you lots of visuals to easily understand the main ideas of the concepts!

hi Devin! Great questions! So first, I have a video here i made on how to avoid procrastinating, check it out: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-N_5-UY95aCQ.html

for chemistry, you should check out Richard Thornley's RU-vid Channel, for IB literature, to study I would make notes on main themes from each book and any similar themes, also i remember for IB lit there was a poetry analysis thing that you had to write an essay about, for this I would think of 5 things my main paragraphs could be about beforehand that are applicable to almost any question, then pick 3 for my essay.

I can make a video with in-depth tips for each subject if you'd like!

for econ, it's so important to know how to draw all the graphs and real life examples! make a cheat sheet with all the graphs and important definitions beforehand and do practice questions!

hey I have IB interview and assessment next week do u have any advice?

Ooo love the idea

yay thank you!

heyy will get back to u on this! remind me if i dont reply by sun

@@emily227 thanks so so muchh :)) take your timee 🤍🤍

@@emily227 hihi :D so srry for the slight reminder! and ofc take ur time :,)

@@idklunaaomg yes! Thanks for the reminder! I would say definitely search up on the web potential textbooks - try to see what the official textbook is and find it yourself pdf or Amazon! Are you doing Chinese b? I think it would them be similar to when I did French. Try to read lots of RU-vid videos and get used to speaking it naturally everyday. Say 10 mins of convo every morning or on the way to school! Also search up key terms based on the 5 themes (I forgot what they were, but one of them was sustainability so search up all of the weird key words, like renewable energy, forest fire, sustainable, icebergs, etc) and practice using them in sentences! Also search up idioms for when you need to do rhe IA

@@emily227 Thanks so so much! I'm going to follow your tips for sure! btw, I am still in myp cause in our school we do IB literally every year, starting from pyp 1 to dp 2 or something like that. I will be taking French as my 2nd language. I am studying in hk that's why Chinese is a required subject for us to take. I am pretty fluent since I myself am Chinese, but the problem is everything i study outside of school doesn't get tested in assessments and the most i can manage is like a 5-7 on avg for most subjects (like out of 8). I want to improve but i have absolutely no textbooks/the textbooks i find are way too out of range so no matter how hard I study, i can't get a perfect/A+ kinda thing on every test i do, which is kinda frustrating.. I did try searching stuff up but then on top of all that textbook problem, our maths and science teachers barely teach anything during lessons and I can't find any good textbooks covering what we will be tested on in those subjects, as well as the main points.. so i have to blindly take my notes :,D Do you have any websites or stuff to help me improve on my mathematics? I will get a textbook like you said from amazon etc and practice of course!