<p>Some say Uni is IB curriculum on speed.</p>
<p>Some say IB prepares you well enough, and you’ll never have to do more work than it in your life.</p>
<p>If I’m going into an impacted/difficult major like say engineering or something…</p>
<p>…how does work pressure compare to a full IB diploma?</p>
<p>I don’t mind working – I even like working – but there is such a thing as balance and social life.</p>
<p>bump - I want to know about this too.</p>
<p>Depends on your IB school versus your college. I’ve found that I have a lot more time in college, but a lot more homework and go a lot more in depth than in my IB classes (even the HL sciences vs. current intro sciences). IB does prepare you for the stress though and you shouldn’t have too much issue balancing a social life with academics.</p>
<p>Thanks Jakor that is good to know! :D</p>
<p>Anyone else?</p>
<p>IB prepares you very well for the workload. You should be able to write faster (with the same quality) than most of your peers.</p>
<p>IMO there is more busy work in IB. Day to day stuff that isn’t there in college. Just do your reading (or don’t), and studying when it comes time for the exams.</p>
<p>I thought that was absolutely not true – college was much more day to day work. I am it seems, entirely wrong.</p>
<p>Main difference: IB challenged my time-management skills. College challenges me intellectually. </p>
<p>IB prepares you well for dealing with stress and working under pressure…but you have to actually understand the material better in college.</p>
<p>Overall, I think that college is MUCH more enjoyable than IB because I have more free time and am able to only take the classes that I’m interested in. :)</p>
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<p>I mean, I guess it can depend. In classes where you have weekly things like problem sets, those can be very time intensive. In most of the classes I took, there was a midterm, a final, and a paper. Sometimes multiple papers. And maybe you have 50-100 pages to read per class… but… I mean… the reading is not necessary. You can skim lots of it. The important parts will most likely be gone over in class. Though, I have had exams that come entirely from material that is not included in the lectures. Hopefully you are aware of those before you sit down to take them.</p>
<p>“I mean, I guess it can depend. In classes where you have weekly things like problem sets, those can be very time intensive. In most of the classes I took, there was a midterm, a final, and a paper. Sometimes multiple papers. And maybe you have 50-100 pages to read per class… but… I mean… the reading is not necessary. You can skim lots of it. The important parts will most likely be gone over in class. Though, I have had exams that come entirely from material that is not included in the lectures. Hopefully you are aware of those before you sit down to take them.”</p>
<p>That’s one side of the story. The other is, back in high school (I did tons of APs), teachers always give you assignments after the lecture. But at university, I had 3 assignments in total for one ECON course. 3 assignments to learn International Trade. The thing is high school didn’t prepare me well for university. At high school, sure the work was stressful but if you did the work you’ll do fine. </p>
<p>At university there’s… what work? It’s some sporadic assignments, but to really do well you have to learn by yourself by doing exercises and talking to profs. That’s what you need. I envy my chem peers who get assignments weekly. At least they know if they’re behind.</p>