Currently an IB student myself and honestly IB has been one heck of an experience. Yes there are a few sleepless nights, and at times you’ll feel extremely overwelmed whether its because of EE, TOK, Paper 1 and 2s, Written tasks, IAs, and FOAs. In the end you feel like you have really benefited over the last two years of highschool.
Everyone says your GPA goes down but it was the exact opposite for me. I performed so much better during my IB years than 9th and 10th grade. Jumped from 3.5 to 3.9 simply because IB isnt a joke. Theres no slacking, and the sense of work and the intensity of your surrounding makes you work harder. If your up to the task; it’ll be fine. If your not used to it, you’ll eventually adapt. Its IB afterall, its gets to the best of us 