valkyrierps: (I apologize for the bad picture, I don’t have photoshop so this is the best I could
valkyrierps: (I apologize for the bad picture, I don’t have photoshop so this is the best I could do at the moment). So there are a lot of regular back to school masterposts and I decided to make one specifically for students either in or going into the IB program. Here goes~ GENERAL IB TIPS Here is an excellent post for upcoming juniors starting out in the diploma program. It has a lot of tips that you should seriously follow. This is another extremely helpful one. Here is where all of the acronyms you will come across are defined. This forum is where you can meet other IB students and get help in whatever subject you need help with. Here is the wikihow on how to survive IB. TOK CHAPTER VOCABULARY Emotion vocabulary Language vocabulary Perception vocabulary Logic vocabulary Math vocabulary Ethics vocabulary History vocabulary Natural science vocabulary Art vocabulary TOK ESSAY AND PRESENTATION TIPS Here is a video by a TOK teacher with help on doing a TOK presentation. Here you can find the most detailed bundle of information on the TOK essay. This is the wikihow page on how to write a TOK essay. Here and here are more tips on writing a kickass TOK essay. EXTENDED ESSAY EXAMPLES English, x Psychology Math Chemistry History, x Biology, x Visual Arts, x Economics Physics World Studies Music Philosophy EXTENDED ESSAY HELP Here is a video by someone who got an A on their EE giving tips on how you can also score an A. Here are the IB statistics of subjects and extended essay grades as of November 2013 (page 9 of the PDF). You can also click here for May 2013’s statistics. Here you will find a whole plethora of advice about writing your EE from start to finish and avoiding panic while doing so. CAS HELP Here are a variety of ideas for each aspect of CAS. Here are some ideas for service only. (Some may count for either action or creativity as well). Ideas for action hours More CAS ideas STUDYING These videos are extremely helpful for students who are in chemistry whether it’s HL or SL. The maker is an IB examiner and he also gives little tips to get the extra points. These videos are similar to the ones linked above, just for biology. Here, here, and here you can find old IB exams. Old IB exams are great because you can see how the exams are worded for the different subjects. Because music helps me study, here, here, here, and here you can find some studying playlists that I like to listen to while working. (The last two weren’t intended for studying, but they help get me pumped to stay up all night working on assignments). OTHER SCHOOL MASTERLISTS x x x (This one isn’t fully school-based, but it has a school section) x (“) -- source link
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