How hard is IB?

IB it's all about working It's a very rigorous course, but it is also very rewarding. Please tell me more about IB - especially the science that you are doing and whether or not you find it difficult.

It would help me LOADDSSS if you could fill out this form:

Year: (12/13)
Subjects: (your HL and SL combination)
Favourite Subject: (e.g, geography)
Worst Subject (e.g., math)
Redo: (if you could rechoose your subjects, what will they be?)

THANKS SO MUCH <3 I have to chose my IB subjects in about a week and I really need all the help I can obtain.

Year: I finished last year.
Subjects: HL Biology, Chemistry, Geography, SL English, German and Math Studies
Favourite Subject: Geography
Worst Subject: Chemistry
Redo: If I was to choose again I'd do HL Geography, Biology, English and SL Abinitio Spanish, Art and Math Studies.

I wish that I had an escape from the classroom in the form of an art subject.

Hi there I am also planning to take HL Geography - can you tell me more about it? I am doing it now GCSE and I find population easiest And I also like hazards...resources are easy. Coasts are annoying D: And also case studies, but its easy overall.

Also I was trying to debate over SL Biology or Chemistry. I looked at some chemistry notes and all I saw was a bunch of math equations and I'm like "eeek". But biology there is SOOO much to memorize... D:

Hiya,
Regarding Chemistry I really would avoid it if you don't have a 'maths brain' like me! I don't think SL is as bad but still quite logical and applying equations to get answers and stuff. Personally I found that Biology was a lot more interesting, although yes it is a lot to learn. However, to be honest I paid little attention in any of the bio lessons and started to learn it 2 weeks before the exam and came up with a 5, I was pretty happy

Geography has always been my strongest subject but none of my class found it to be mch of a step up from GCSE. It basically expands what you learn at GCSE, we did a lot of population and resources, which was really interesting and there's a whole section in the exam about hazards, it's up to your teacher which hazards they teach you. Look up old exam papers or the course outline, that should help!

Hope this helps, just message me or quote me if I can try to answer anything else or whatever.

Year 13.
HL Bio/Chem/History SL Math/English/Spanish

Fave is probably History.
Worst is Spanish.

Wouldn't change anything tbh.

Year: 1st year undergrad, IB 2007-2009
Subjects: HL: English, Geography, Computer Science; SL: Spanish, Biology, Maths Studies
Favourite Subject: Geography [subject I have the most passion for] or English [subject which had the best lessons], throughout both IB years
Worst Subject: Computer Science - badly taught, boring, completely not what I was expecting it to be
Redo: The same, but switching out Computer Science for History, like I knew I should have done in the first place.

I am going to do IB Geography HL as well! How is it? Is it a huge jump from GCSE? I find it really easy now at GCSE level and I love it! Especially population and resources and hazards (but hate coast D. Also...how hard is SL Biology? Thanks!

It's not a hard jump from GCSE to IB at all. I found myself enjoying pretty much every part of the course. Population is usually a huge part of the IB course, as it makes up one of just two options for the human section of the course. I enjoyed it much more than I thought I would, but there is also the possibility that you'll be studying option B instead - which is development. The mandatory human section covers most of the first year, whilst smaller physical modules are done throughout both years, and usually some smaller human modules in the second year as well. The coursework is quite a bit harder than GCSE coursework, though, so be careful.

SL biology is, in a nutshell, great. There's lots of optional topics to study, but you should only be doing 3, so it depends on what your school teaches. I did neurobiology, evolution and ecosystems, which were great, but some of the topics looked like duds to me.