Is IB worth it?

japstudent12
Sat, 19 Mar 2005 01:51:10 +0000

snow-wings: your not a dork, lol! but yea, thats why i post at crazy times…Im sure Canada must be a nice place to live… but Im worried about the winters up there, dont know if I can handle the cold (Malaysia is warm all year! lol) And thanks for the encouragement! IB is soooo stressing… and your right, I miss the good old days! I used to get A s without much effort before. Now, I try SO hard but I can only pull off a B in some subjects. Dont worry about your math, Im confident you can do it!! But yea, the problem with IB is that its so hard to maintain good grades in ALL subjects…you can t help but get a few Bs and Cs… (or is this just me…? lol) As for U.S universities, I havent contacted any admissions ppl regarding my extra year, so I dont know. But Ive heard doing a post-graduate year or extra year of high school is common- so I HOPE it wont hurt my chances…An admissions officer from U of Toronto, Queens, and UBC had just recently visited my school and I got a chance to talk to them(all the way from Canada to Malaysia~~~wow!) And they said that it was okay to do an extra year. So if my extra year will be a disadvantage, Ill have some Canadian schools(which I would love to attend as much as U.S), IF I can get in lol. What is your easiest course for you right now?

Cowgirlatheart-A UBC admissions officer came to my school and I saw their offered majors! And they were really science orientied, like you said. They have many majors for science/medical field, which I liked. That is so interesting you are taking history in french!! Im currently learing French at my school(as a beginnier) but it is so hard…it s difficult for a Japanese person to pronouce all those nasal sounds and etc.(lol)