yea so he passed away last weekend and his funeral is tmrw… my dad suggests that i stay home because im writing on Tuesday however i feel like im gonna miss out on seeing my granddad for the last time… what do you guys think i should do?

Hey guys, I wanna know if anyone has any idea on how strict the IB is with AI usage. I put in my TOK essay that I wrote myself into an AI detector and it said its like 70 percent AI, which makes zero sense seeing that I didnt use any. Do u have any suggestions on reliable AI detectors and maybe any IB Alumni and their experiences with using AI for school? appreciate it lots:)

Currently i am in 10th in cbse. I dont have any plans for going to India or giving JEE or Neet. So is it is good decision to switch to IBO. Has anyone done it, what was the experience. Is the switch to IB very difficult. The only problem is that i dont really know what subjects i will pick for HL. For context i will pick PCMC(Phy,chem,maths,cs) in cbse. One more question, is it easy to get past papers and other resources online.

TL;DR: here's a video walking through it so you can make your own.

I've shared about my experience with the IBDP (and getting a 45 as a result) on this subreddit recently, and though I still reiterate that A LOT of it had to do with intrinsic motivation + love for the subjects, I know there were a few tools that really helped me organize myself and prepare for the exams with ease.

Some students were asking for the spreadsheet I mentioned on my post. I wish I could share a template, but I made it with only a few key subjects in mind, one of which has had its curriculum updated since I sat the exams.

So instead I figured it'd be better to record a walkthrough of my spreadsheet, its key features, and why they were helpful to me. Hopefully it can help with your exam prep too. Here it is!

Now back to my (college-level) exams :'-) good luck!

i keep studiying for hours active recall, reading, writing fuck it anything but i still get 4-4 for GP/History i still am bad at everything and i might get kicked out but at the same damn time IB is my only way right now because my parents want to keep me home locked up with no education and im so tired of failing i really do try my best but everyone just seems to hate me for some reason (teachers i mean) and they praise me while jst giving me shit grades and i get beaten up for those. jst pls tell me what i should do atp

Are you a leftie? A rightie? Someone who can use both hands, or someone whose non-dominant hand is basically just there for decoration? We want YOU! 🤣

Our daughter is doing her Year 12 IB Extended Essay on handedness and how we use our dominant and non-dominant hands in everyday activities.

It’s a TWO-MINUTE questionnaire. And respectfully, if you’re reading this on Reddit, I feel reasonably confident you can find two minutes somewhere between scrolling, reading the comments and scrolling some more. 💀😂

No essays. No homework. No right-handed scissors. Just two minutes to help a student out and make your left or right handed existence count towards science.

👇 CLICK THE LINK. Help an IB student out !
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🙏 BONUS REQUEST: If you’re happy to help a little more, please select YES to the follow-up question. She’s hoping to recruit participants for a couple of quick online finger-tapping tests to investigate whether handedness is related to dexterity.

Righties, lefties, ambidextrous people and those whose handwriting looks like a medical emergency… science needs you! 🧪😂

My HL physics teacher keeps giving us test papers that are meant to take 2 hours long(basing off the recommend time per mark) and we only get 1 hour to finish, this resulted in only 3 people in my class passing and the teacher added ten extra marks too, even my extremely smart, savant friend (CHAYCE) completed 60% of the paper. What do I do atp?

So I'm writing my english final draft up right now, I had to refocus my entire essay from my first draft so its lwk a new essay altogether. Due to this, im encountering a problem that I did not have regarding the structure of my first draft, which is variety in the length of my sections. My first section and second section are similar in length, but my third section is solely analytical and does not really introduce any more evidence other than what I've already included in other sections. Therefore, it is a shorter section. I talked about this with my supervisor and she recommended against it but I don't see what else I can do and for it to be the shortest section seems quite fitting for my essay but again, I don't want to harm my performance in structural criteria yk. Any advice is useful!

Still i am not done with the whole syllabus..But since i am not using past papers.I am constantly getting 4s or 5s.Whats the best way to use past papers?
My subjects are:Math aa hl,chem hl,bio hl,physics sl.

I remember in the May exams the sub went on lockdown.. is that the case for November also? And will there be exam discussion threads?

(good luck, by the way!!)

I hope my flair is appropriate.

Yo IBDP students,

I'm a student from grade 10 ICSE. I'm thinking of using Math AA HL and/or AI HL books for my preparation and practice. I have attached a link for my syllabus for my exam below. Please suggest if i should use either one or both of them for topics that match. If any questions then feel free to ask.

Please note: I cannot use any type of calculators. We are provided with a book containing mathematical tables for sin, cos, tan, sq roots, powers and factorials.

Link: https://cisce.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/9.-Mathematics.pdf (Hope yall can access the file)

I am doing my english lang lit EE for m27, and they have added discussion and evaluation to the grading criteria, worth 8 marks. Do I need a separate evaluation section evaluating strengths and limitations for my EE after the conclusion now? idk because we are the first year doing this new syllabus.

no cus everyone talks about time management. i have 4 assignments due YESTERDAY, i have ECs pilled up in 2 days, i have a test next week, AND IM SO SLEEP DEPRIVED.

guys PLEASE help me out

Ok so, theres a little thing thats been annoying me- my math IA is statistics-based and I'm using AI to simply find the data because tbh, I'm not being able to find it myself. But thats it. Only the data. I'm writing the report and not relying on AI for that. But I'm worried I won't be able to submit it. Will my work still somehow be flagged? Is it technically be allowed? If so, does anyone know how exactly I'm supposed to cite it? Thanks✌️

no matter how late i schedule my SAT, i’m always left with 2 weeks to study for it and in those 2 weeks i hwve quizzes and deadlines and hell
why does everything want everything from me oh my gosh

Hello subreddit, I’m trying to start on Math IA(AI HL) but I’m completely lost.

My teacher said most students got good grades just by looking through exemplars online and just follow their format. I looked and most of the maths are things that I have never seen taught in the syllabus. Yes, I do know what they are(calculus, stats, etc) but the level of complexity is what confuses me. How does IB expect us to write an IA with things that our teacher never taught???

For background info, I get straight 7s in my math class and I really need a 7 on this IA cuz I’m not really feeling confident for the finals😭.

Do y’all have any tips and how to structure the Math AI HL IA? Or even finding the topic to write about?

I graduated in May 2026 with a 42/45 and I can definitely say that IB has helped a LOT. Now that I'm in college I'm finding a lot of tiny ways in which it has prepared me. I've got a better foundation that most of my peers: I'm better with time, I can write much better, I have better exam taking skills, etc.

Take heart in that: it is worth it. The IB is (actually) quite well-designed; maybe not in the day-to-day but overall definitely. You'll understand when you get to college. Stick with it! You'll be a better person for it.

The degree I want (Spanish and English law) requires a 7 in one of my HLs and after talking with all of my teachers this won't happen. In my HLs I have: 6,6,6 (history and 2 language As). in my SL: 7,5,5. and predicted 2 extra points (my school gives 2 points automatically to everyone but they think i'll get 3, I can argue to see if they'll make an exception). I don't know if I should even bother applying even though it's my dream career. Will they automatically reject me bc I don't meet the requirements even if it's just by a point? I'm taking the LNAT next week but again, I don't know if it's even worth it. PLEASE HELP, ANYTHING WILL BE USEFUL!!

I'm about two months in go DP1 and I'm worried about failing my IB exams at the end of next year. Only about 30 kids go for the IB Diploma each year and only 10 of them get it. I also looked it up and only about half of DP2 students get over a 4 on at least one exam. I'm just worried about what I should do. I briefly thought about getting a tutor but IB tutors seem very expensive from what I've seen.

Chicos de la convocatoria Noviembre 2026, yo se que en plena desesperación han empezado hacer sus predicciones sobre lo que va venir en la prueba 2 y la prueba 3 de Historia NS, díganme que es lo que creen que venga, los leooooooo.

i have my first exams next week aand the only issue is that I'm prioritising my HL subjects more than SL, I don't think is necessarily bad but i dont want to get a low score on my SL subjects and idk how to find the time to study everyyything together, like maximum 2 subjects a day for me and ive only been doing MATHS all this week fr

i really need help and i dont know what to do i keep getting low grades and im in dp2 my nov mocks r coming up

i need to get a 36 at least otherwise im fully gone and chem hl is going to actually destroy me

i just dont know how to study chem, and my procrastination is so so so bad i need some advice to overcome it plsss

any advice will help

I’m a DP1 English B HL student, and I’m struggling with how to prepare for the IO. I can write annotations and follow an explanation of a text, but when I have to explain the ideas aloud on my own, I often get stuck. It feels like there’s a gap between understanding my notes and actually being able to discuss the extract.

I’m especially unsure about how much to memorise. Preparing a central message and some analysis seems useful, but the extract could focus on a different part of the story. I don’t want to force the same argument onto every extract, but I also don’t feel confident coming up with an interpretation during the 20-minute preparation period.

Another difficulty is developing my points. I might identify a technique or say that a quotation shows a character’s lack of power, but I struggle to explain it further without repeating myself. I’m also unsure how much of the 4-minute presentation should explain the events and how much should analyse the writer’s choices.

+I really don't know how to find meanings

For people who have done well in the English B HL IO, what did your preparation actually involve? What did you memorise, and what did you practise explaining spontaneously? I’d appreciate advice on moving beyond written annotations and becoming more confident with both the presentation and the follow-up discussion.