Which courses to take for IB?

AmiraA
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:51:09 +0000

I’ve recently completed the IB diploma and in my opinion all courses are challenging in their own ways. I don’t think admission officers will criticize you for taking history instead of economics for example… You should choose the subjects that you are interested in and preferably the one’s related to your possible major/study area. That way if you enjoy your subjects then you’re more likely to do better grade wise!

So if you really want to challenge yourself take either 4 HLs or 7 subjects. That’ll blow the admission officers’ minds! I took 4 HLs and it was manageable (I got 41). You also wrote that you don’t want it to be too overly challenging so maybe you should go with 4 HLs because I think 7 subjects is slightly harder (but it is probably manageable as well). :)