Chances of Doing Well? - Page 2

Amandurrs · 08-01-2012, 01:04 AM

This year's IB exam schedule: http://peernet.pearsoncollege.ca/sit...e_May_2012.pdf

Math HL Paper 1 and Math SL Paper 1 are both held on May 3rd so you can't take both exams. I distinctly remember finishing my math SL paper 1 and seeing the math HL kids still taking their exam. As for going from pre-calc to Math HL, maybe you'll learn the necessary calculus your first year of Math HL and progress to harder HL topics your second year.

adusmadesse · 08-01-2012, 01:56 AM

You proved my point. The IB says you have to have certain exams for a specific day for a specific amount of time. The IB does not tell you that you have to give an exam for a certain time. IB Psych SL could be given in at a Cali IB School on May 3rd at 9AM but in a New York IB School on May 3rd at 12PM. The IB doesn't say you have to give an exam at a certain time, only on a certain day. The times that IB exams are given on the IB designated day are completely up to the school, but must be completed on that day.
The pdf said
Morning exams have to be given between 7AM to 1PM
Afternoon exams are for 12PM to 6PM.
They don't tell you exactly what time the exams are given, the school does that.
Since are school encourages you to take IB Calculus SL and IB Math HL concurrently, I doubt they will give it at the same time.

adusmadesse · 08-01-2012, 02:20 PM

And for that matter, I know seniors who just graduated who took the IB Math SL and IB Math HL exams. So tell me more about how it is impossible.

swim2daend · 08-12-2012, 07:28 AM

You will seriously regret this schedule. 4 HL is hard enough (and don't tell me I don't know what I'm talking about as I took 4 HL courses: english, history, math, and chemistry). Your group 4 is going to be twice as long, but that doesn't matter too much as most people make up their experiments. Your physics and chemistry (and math, too, for that matter) are going to drain you with their IAs. This is a very poorly thought out schedule. It seems like you're trying to impress more than be smart about what you're taking. you're SERIOUSLY underestimating how intense IB is, which is clearly shown in the higher levels you're deciding to take.

swim2daend · 08-12-2012, 07:30 AM

And it is impossible to take both math SL and HL exams and HAVE BOTH COUNT TOWARDS YOUR DIPLOMA. One will simply give you a certificate saying, "congrats, you put yourself through hell for this piece of paper that's worth absolutely nothing." Plus, you can't take IB Math SL and IB Math HL exams in the same year.

Dragonflygarden · 08-14-2012, 02:39 PM

What is IB Global History SL? and where is your TOK class?

adusmadesse · 08-18-2012, 07:37 PM

It is not impossible. I know upcoming college freshmen who took the Math SL and Math HL exams in the same year. Our school ENCOURAGES it.. so obviously it is not impossible.

And IB Global History is IB History SL and TOK is second semester. I only posted 1st semester's schedule.

adusmadesse · 08-18-2012, 07:41 PM

And I also can't skip Math SL and take Math HL. I can take them concurrently my senior year and take their exams. It is proven at Rufus King High School that you can take the Math SL and Math HL exams in the same year. We are an IB World School, not a school who happens to give IB classes. And maybe I am draining myself... I agree I may be doing that.
I have until Aug 25th to change my schedule and I might do so.

Swinter · 08-21-2012, 06:24 PM

I'm just wondering.. What's the difference between an IB World School and a school that happens to give IB classes?

adusmadesse · 08-21-2012, 09:53 PM

IB world schools do not have AP classes, only IB classes. And in an IB World School, you have to take IB classes, well at least at our school. The IB Diploma is like the holy grail.
Full IB is a universal thing at IB World schools, since we don't have AP (can't do Full AP) and all of the non-IB classes (especially freshmen and sophomore classes) prepare you for IB (there called pre-diploma classes or pre-IB). As a junior or senior, there are very few non-IB classes and at our IB school, we have to take an IB English class and an IB social science.

adusmadesse · 08-21-2012, 09:55 PM

Let me clarify. I do not know if other IB World Schools have AP classes, I really don't know. But our school does not have AP classes available.

Swinter · 08-22-2012, 01:32 AM

Oh. That makes sense I guess. I always thought an IB world school was just a school that offered the diploma. My school calls itself an IB school but we have over 25 AP classes as well. I'm a freshman and at my school the teachers treat the diploma like it's the holy grail too.