Sorry for being dramatic guys, but please hear me out because I’m absolutely drowning.

I’m in a November school is the final exam is literally 10 days away, starting with bio HL💀THE most content heavy subject for me.

At the same time, I need to complete my Early Application for a T5 school in US. This one is my absolute dream school and insanely selective, so I have to put in real effort for the essays, activity list and everything. The deadline is 5 days into final.

Also, I’m applying to a top school in my country because it’s my best safe school. And it’s nothing like a simple submission of predicted grades, but basically a mini common app plus a video submission. The deadline is 9 days into final.

I did UCAS early for Oxford as well, which took up a lot of my time until my submission a few days ago.

And the last stray is scholarship. I got an email yesterday that, between now and final, I have to prepare a 10-min academic presentation as part of the interview (which determines whether or not I get a full-ride scholarship with generous stipends💵). The interview takes place on 11/7, which is again right in the middle of IB FINAL.
The interviewers are know to be very harsh, who bombard students with academic and personal questions from every possible angle😱😱 (the classic stress testing)
But the worst thing is that the whole interview, including the presentation, is gonna be conducted in my third language. For some context, I’ve only started learning this language as B SL since IB started😭

As you can see, this is how bad it is… I just don’t understand why do all deadlines have to collide????
Final is hard enough on itself🤯

If anyone has been in this place before, please please tell me how you survived this hell. Thank you.

I am in DP2, taking physics sl. I've posted stuff about feeling demotivated in physics so many times, but it feels like it's getting worse. Everyday, I feel like I'm losing confidence and hope in myself. I look at past papers and my mind is blank. The questions don't make sense. Everything just feels complicated.

I know most of it is my fault because I don't revise out of class, but I just can't find the motivation or interest to study this stupid subject. I hate it so much. I don't know what to do because obviously I want to pass. Someone help me please.

Hello! I need some advice on how to study for the May 2027 IB externals. I’m not the type of student who can fully retain a topic after it’s been taught in class, so I often find myself forgetting concepts after a test especially in Maths AA. I’m starting to feel really worried and discouraged about my performance in the actual externals since i think i’d have to start all the way to dp1 lessons. For those who have experienced something similar, how did you study and revise throughout the remaining months? How early did you start preparing, and how did you balance reviewing old topics with learning new ones? I’d really appreciate any advice, study techniques, or realistic tips.

Hi y'all anyone with the revision dojo papers for Physics HL, Chemistry HL, Business Management HL, Maths AA SL and English A Lit SL? Whilst I'm aware they're easier than the actual exam I just want to practice

same as title Format of TOK essay ??

Guyssss help me out for this, i have a French oral in 1hr, idk what to do?

how to find examples for tok essay/, its so different compared to tok exhibition

My teacher hasn't been exactly... helpful when doing the chemistry IA. I've got some ideas on what I have to write, but I still don't want to miss anything.

I've only seen one post about the structure to follow in the chemistry IA, but it's from 7 years ago, so I don't know if it's up to date.

Does anyone have a structure to follow or a list of items that have to go into the IA?

Any ideas or tips are appreciated!!

PSYCH P1SC AND P2SB

I have been averaging a 6 pretty consitently in psych and am looking for advice on how to get it up to a 7. P1SA and B as well as P2SA are not issues for me at all and on exams I usually get 7s on those sections my issue is with the concepts in section C and section B. I don’t understand how to format the easays what to talk about and how to study for it so if someone could give some advice I would be very grateful.

uhm..so i basically downloaded all 17gb of past papers and made claude sort them out for math aa hl and physics hl for all papers (by topic) and also get the mark scheme for it.

(all credits to claude)

its nice for practice (especially when timed)
ALL THE BEST FOR YOUR PREP :)

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I wanted to look at IG posts from schools where they celebrate high IB scoring candidates online, so I can suggest to the school where I work that this might be good for marketing. Do you know any schools that do this? It flooded my timeline when IB scores came out, but all I remember is vague. Like Asia…the Middle East…Spain…India. Can anyone help me?

Dp2, havent received any sort of predicteds yet... Is it okay to apply with your final grades instead? I have 0 experience with universities, my parents never even passed high school, so i can't go to anyone for guidance. i know my predicteds will be terrible bc of burnout, so i'm really nervous about what I can do.. I'm just hoping for a pass at this point, but I don't think that opens any doors for me.

Also, I am planning to go into a chem or psychology field, I haven't really decided yet..

This feels more like a vent post than anything, but i'd really like to receive some advice. (My school department is also incredibly unhelpful)

Hey guys!!! I was hoping someone could explain Language A papers and the oral?? Because my teacher is absolutely useless and hasn’t explained anything, I’m M27.

What I have understood from previous generations is you can essentialy memorise p2 and the oral but if someone could explain how to do that I would be very grateful!!!

Does anyone have advice on the best ways to study for these subjects. I'm currently a DP2 student and need some advice on how to tackle this. it feels like no matter how confident i feel with the concepts, the questions i get in tests are so much harder than the ones i get in my practise sites.

The question banks don't seem to be working on IBDocs, and the one on Pirate IB is out of date for business (last exams 2023). Does anyone have a link to currently working Business question banks for 2024+?

I wanted to do my EE in business but my school denied dye to teacher unavailability and made me choose Maths (AI). I am highly confused on what to do in maths, and many people say not to do it becuase it's hard to get good points.

My other only options are German B ( which I am at level b1) or English (I am not good at literary analysis but).

Please I need help on whether I should keep maths or what?

Has anyone ever done an EE analyzing videogame dialogues? I've started IBDP1 last week, and was thinking about making my EE related to something that I really enjoy talking/searching it up. If anyone has ever done an EE(English B) related to another media(that is not books), I'd be really interested in knowing how it was graded.

Hey guys, im M27 with 7s in Math AA HL, Physics HL, technical subjects where everything is quite clear to me - I see the task, I visualize the solution, use a formula that I can derive if needed, and I solve something. And I can immediately tell the amount of marks I will get - If the solution is logical, step by step, and correct, its a full mark, its quite easy. If I can't solve something - I revise the topic, make sure I understand it and that I am able to utilize the formulas, and I get a 7. But I also take History HL and English A Lit SL. And thats where the issues start, because despite getting 6s in boths subjects, I can not see the way I can work with them to reliably improve my score - it comes down either to "memorizing stuff" quite blindly, or trying to follow a structure I can't quite get. So do you guys have any advice how to work with those subjects in general? P2/P3 in history and P1/P2 in English. With P1 in history its easier because its quite straightforward with the structure, but P2 is the death of me

Okay so for DP1 I got 25 points, not good I KNOW I'm not proud of it either... BUT I've been getting nothing but straight 7s now at the start of DP2.

I'm mainly worried that it's too little too late? Like I'm worried that although I'm doing good now DP1 is going to be what drags my predicted down yk. I don't mind not getting a 45 predicted but I'm aiming for a 36 i fear T_T. Any clarification or advice would be appreciated!! especially since I'm so confused with university admissions in The Netherlands since we apply with our predicted but like if we do then whats the point of doing really well in ur May exams other than ofc passing.

we got our predicted grades and im really really worried about mine. i have a 31. the main things im worried about is my 5 in econ HL, 5 in ess Hl, 4 in chem SL, 4 in french B SL. i really need to bring these up but im not sure how. we have until the end of sem 1 for teachers to update predicted grades. does anyone have any tips (especially for ess cause i somehow want it to go up to a 7)

Before IB docs was taken down this year, I had the whole compilation of listening audios for the book downloaded but had to delete later to clear space, now I need them back 😢, pls help.

i just got my first summative back. i fucked up so badly and this is my hl subject. i got a 8/20 which is roughly a 2. i study from the textbook and revision dojo. for this summative specifically i studied only the night before. i dont know what to do. how do i get better?? i need to improve starting from right now.

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currently doing 4-5 techniques for 3 paragraphs but its quite hard to sustain, and i heard some ppl say 3 per paragraph is enough???

any insight into personal experience will help tons, thanks in advance!

I started IB a month ago and am finding philosophy really hard to study . Because I dont know quite how to study . We have got a reasonably good teacher but the classes are really intimidating to me , I feel like I have no thoughts at all and cant think . I have studied in a very disadvantaged and dumbed down curriculum before so this approach is very new to me . I find the texts very dense to read . I have no good insights nor am I able to ask good questions . I just feel like I am bad at it . We had a test on identifying assumptions and implications from given texts and i couldnt do it because i did not understand the texts to begin with. im never able to comprehend stuff and deduce meaning. End of term exams are also so near , idk how im gonna do that paper 1. I just feel dumb . so dumb.
I would really appreciate any tips .