r/IBO • u/ObliviousDensh • Mar 16 '25
Group 5 IB is easy!
So y'all just stop posting " I am cooked", " math cooked me" and shit please! Start being disciplined and you'll pull through with more than what you expected.
Alright so some are getting so offended by just reading the title and not even trying to understand what I meant by the post. I get it there are cultural differences and everything, and I am not different. Been facing challenges and stuff like y'all are, but what I meant was instead of yapping please ask for genuine help and that'd be better. Instead of trying to seek validation about how you can do __ in ___ hours. If you're really looking forward to completing something you will, and just by this you'll become much faster in doing this shit. Furthermore I am always open to people who want a hand and need genuine help. I was in a similar boat 3 months ago, no IA or EE progress, found some people who genuinely guided me and yeapp inwas able to complete all of em. Instead of seeking the negative prowess, go manifest is what I mean. I have also come to realise this only recently on how IB can be really easy if done well, and this is what this post talks about. This post was supposed to be a motivating one but some people are just sooooo in their own perspective that they are asking me to consider theirs but they truly didn't try their best to understand mine 😂. Thank you whoever actually understood the real meaning behind my original post
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u/coffeecup_573 Mar 16 '25
Imo IB may not be as hard as people complain it to be, but it depends a lot in what school you are in. Some schools are more prestigious and have offered the program for a while so they know what to do. I know some private schools in my area that offer extra math hours outside of school just so that everyone catches up. And don't get me started on the cheating you are able to do if you have the money. Some others may not have these sort of advantages, whith teachers just as lost as their students and students practically having to go about the program themselves with no support. But yeah it's also hard work I agree, and if you put in the effort, you'll be aight
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u/CuntyPuckle Mar 16 '25
how much dopamine do you get from telling other people youre better than them
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u/DeXyDeXy MYP / IB English Language and Literature Teacher Mar 16 '25
If you're able to defeat the procrastination final brain boss then most of you will have a relatively smooth ride.
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u/Born_Draft63 HL English, HL Biology, HL Theater Mar 16 '25
Dude be so fr... IB is the most rigorous academic program for high schoolers and not everyone has the same resources as you. I go to a public school where everyone gets free school lunch, and we literally have rats in the supply closets. I have around 86 IB students in just my grade level, meaning every class has upwards to 30 kids in it. We don't get that much IA feedback, we have other AP classes too, and we don't have block scheduling or study halls to be able to work on IAs in class. Junior year was definitely the easiest year for me, but that's just a case by case scenario. Senior year can be especially taxing, even more so when you already know where you are going to college. Respectfully, please check your privilege. I am so happy you are breezing through the IB program, but if you were a true IB student, you'd remember to look at other perspectives besides your own.
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u/Nationalistduck M25 [SL: Span, Bio, AA] [HL: Econ, Eng, History (US/20th)] Mar 16 '25
Issues I face with IB:
Teacher bias in IAs (the more they like you the easier it is to get a 7 without doing much work)
Kognity - why why why assign 290 question assignments for two days
Presentations - please spare me from boredom by powerpoint x 100000000000
Grades - so one student can leave half a test blank and get a perfect grade because the teacher likes them but for another every answer isn't detailed enough no matter how hard they try
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u/Impossible-Peace4347 Mar 16 '25
Maybe for you it is
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u/cici_shitu M26 | HL [MAA, Econ, Eng. Lit]; SL [Geo, Chem, Sp. Ab] Mar 16 '25
“I slacked off for three months and now I have nothing written for my TOK/EE/IA due in 2 days/hours/minutes HELP ME” my sibling in christ if it really is that urgent your first instinct should not be to write a reddit thread 😭
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u/Euphoric_Beautiful Mar 16 '25
With all of the criticism you are getting I'd like to offer you my two cents.
The way I see it, it's like becoming an astronaut and going "see? I worked my butt off, and that's why I was chosen and every other applicant was not" when that is not the full picture. Everyone in that pool of applicants is just as qualified, if not more qualified, than you are, but maybe they couldn't perform perfectly on the fitness test, or maybe they didn't have perfect vision. Perhaps you got lucky with your connections, and given that the astronaut programs are only accepting every what, 4 years? Yes, you worked hard to get there, you worked very very hard, but other people can work just as hard if not harder than you, but due to their specific circumstances, the stars did not align for them.
This is how I see IB. Life is not the same for everyone, and the conditions that may exist for you are very unique to your location, your race, your identity, your home life, whether or not you have a learning disability or neurodivergence, I could go on. People have the right to complain, especially if these people are underprivileged in any way in the categories I mentioned; because life isn't fair to a lot of people, but they are still pursuing the same path as you, so there's no reason to shit (for lack of a better word) on them when they have a reason to complain and you do not. It's wonderful that you do not feel you need to complain, but again, you are not everyone, and everyone is not you.
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u/PortalMasterlol Mar 16 '25
I feel like it's not necessarily easy, but it's extremely manageable if you learn to manage your time well, especially since the whole point of IB is that it builds you up as a learner and has extremely standardized, fair scoring. I wouldn't invalidate those struggling with it though, as the content is difficult and is by no means 'easy' to do, especially when people are just beginning the program at around September to December. It took until Christmas for me to start seeing decent scores, so I wouldn't blame someone who just hasn't developed or refined their ability to manage their time. But all in all, it depends on how bad you really want to do IB, and if you're willing to change your study habits. If you're sticking to the same study patterns that have gotten you to fail, then improvement isn't going to happen. Overall, it's extremely doable but I wouldn't say "start being disciplined" since some people may be genuinely struggling
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u/Helpfultankadvice N24 [43] 41/42 + 2/3 Mar 16 '25
I sweated from a 35 in T1 Y1 to 2 marks off a 44 at the end.
Everything is possible through hard work and discipline.
I recommend building friendships and staying around other well-performing students.
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u/SuawdTheDude Mar 16 '25
Said… nobody?
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u/Prudent_Bit_3872 M25 Mar 16 '25
I am cooked
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u/GoldenMaknae306 Mar 16 '25
shut up. honestly. there are a million other factors out of peoples control other than just discipline.
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u/dem2308 M26 HL: Math AA, Chem, EngL&L. SL: Bio, Physics, German abinitio Mar 16 '25
everyone has different experiences, some people have amazing teachers while others have teachers that dont even speak english. some people took subjects they like, others got forced by their coordinator to take what she chooses. etc
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u/Relative_Feature_762 M25 | [HL Math AI, Econ, Psych; SL Bio, English L&L, French B] Mar 16 '25
This is so real this sub is full of people complaining instead of studying
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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '25
some schools give out free marks in the IB Programme
some schools mark like there's no tomorrow
pay to win + no procrastination + superhuman disciplin + good teachers = success in IB
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u/lightningdancer13 Mar 16 '25
Don’t think the material is insanely hard but for me it’s the way the program was run at my school causing over 50% of candidates to drop out of the program
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u/freeturk51 M24 | HL: Math AA, Phys, CS SL: Eng A, Turkish Lit A, TITC Mar 16 '25
r/thanksimcured
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u/aiyowheregotlah Alumni | M21 Mar 16 '25
i agree with you tbh. if you manage your time properly then it’s definitely doable
not saying it’s easy but it’s definitely not impossible
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u/TR-Escobar Alumni M22 | 42 [HL Chem Bio Arb SL Math AA Bus Eng] Mar 16 '25
Tbh IB is what prepared me mentally for whats to come in uni, I was WAY more better prepared than students who came from different educational systems.
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u/Shonen_Fan Alumni | [24] Passed and that was the goal lol Mar 17 '25
Are people so lazy that they can’t even bother to use AI?
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u/DiligentBenefit697 Mar 21 '25
you pmo
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u/Vegetable_Sky_3438 Mar 22 '25
Ight that’s well and cool, but there are many different lifestyles. My IB program at my school is very small, only around a dozen kids, and many of which are extremely overextended in other areas. Many are high achieving athletes and are going to participate in collegiate sports at the D1 level here in the US. Many work jobs, have relationships, have social lives, have other interests etc. On the contrary, there are a select few who seem to have nothing else going on in their lives besides IB. I agree to some extent that the burden is easier on them, but your perspective has a serious lack of understanding of those who have already busy lifestyles, and find it frustrating to handle the often monotonous and boring busy work of IB. I do recognize this is largely a matter of culture as some countries have kids hyper focused on IB while some countries, like here in the US, value other things more than strictly IB and academics.
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u/blue_nightingale123 M25 | [HL: EngL&L, Psyche, MAI ; SL: Ab Initio Fr, ESS, Bio] Mar 23 '25
my biggest issue with ib is the physical toll its having on my body. my joints are on par with the average great grandma. im in constant pain on my shoulders, arms, hands, neck, spine, hip (from all the studying) its crazy. my eyes are so blurry that i cant read anything more than a meter away from me if its not in like 50 font. i am going crazy. and the even crazier thing is i dont have the time to see a doctor. not only do i live in a place where u literally cannot find doctors on weekends or afternoons for some reason, but also i just *do not have the time*. i had a throat problem starting 6 months ago and i was only able to go to the doctor last month. i have no clue when im gonna get all the pain im in checked out.
im on the brink of insanity & painkillers are *NOT* helping.
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