I think this may be a school issue rather than an IBO issue, in which case you would need to appeal to your school. My son encountered a somewhat similar issue when he tried to move to a lower level language course, after realizing he had been placed too high. That was not possible under the IBO rules unless his grade dropped to a 3, which he surely didn’t want to do, but it would have been possible for him to switch to another language entirely. He decided it was unrealistic to try and catch up with a new class halfway through the semester, so he stuck it out. But my recollection is that switching classes was theoretically possible. I also looked a little bit online just now and that does seem to be the consensus as to IB rules. You might want to try again within your school. If a switch is not possible, you might want to consider getting a tutor, as others have suggested, and trying to get through it. FWIW, my son took biology and did not enjoy it at all - it might not even be the case that the grass will be greener over there. You do have my sympathies. This is one of the challenges of doing the IBP, with its two-year courses and its bureaucratic rules, but giving up in the middle has its risks as well, particularly if your school is a pure IB school. The upside is that, if you persevere with the IBD, you will be very well-prepared for college - that is why colleges like to see it on a transcript.
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