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GCSE to IB transition- I'm soo worried...=(
I've just started IB in a UWC.
Math is really hard, I'm worried about my grades.
Since my exam was called the "GCSEs", everyone says that GCSEs to IB is so hard, and people from my old school that are in my college's predicted grades are so low= 33/45...I would want to get 40-45/45, but people from my old school doesn't seem to be coping as well, and they're like the top students~
I'm so scared that I'll get below 40 for my IB PG or real grades, I'm working quite hard, much harder than GCSEs, but I just wanna ask who is doing IB right now that has done the GCSEs and how are you coping? How do you deal with the different teaching styles and super-fast teaching?
=(
Math is really hard, I'm worried about my grades.
Since my exam was called the "GCSEs", everyone says that GCSEs to IB is so hard, and people from my old school that are in my college's predicted grades are so low= 33/45...I would want to get 40-45/45, but people from my old school doesn't seem to be coping as well, and they're like the top students~
I'm so scared that I'll get below 40 for my IB PG or real grades, I'm working quite hard, much harder than GCSEs, but I just wanna ask who is doing IB right now that has done the GCSEs and how are you coping? How do you deal with the different teaching styles and super-fast teaching?
=(
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I've also just started doing IB after GCSEs. And to be honest, at the moment I'm finding it pretty easy, and coping with homework quite well (I'm super disorganised and barely did any for GCSE). I know IBs meant to be a lot of hard work, so maybe I'm missing something, or our school is easing us into the system.
Also, 33/45 is not actually that low, its more the higher end of average.
The fact that you're aiming for the top grades implies that you're intelligent and if you work hard consistently through the year and show this to your teachers, I'm sure you'll be fine.
And think about it this way, the more independent approach to work that your teachers are encouraging is going to be a great advantage at uni.
Also, 33/45 is not actually that low, its more the higher end of average.
The fact that you're aiming for the top grades implies that you're intelligent and if you work hard consistently through the year and show this to your teachers, I'm sure you'll be fine.
And think about it this way, the more independent approach to work that your teachers are encouraging is going to be a great advantage at uni.
Danomind
I've just started IB in a UWC.
Math is really hard, I'm worried about my grades.
Since my exam was called the "GCSEs", everyone says that GCSEs to IB is so hard, and people from my old school that are in my college's predicted grades are so low= 33/45...I would want to get 40-45/45, but people from my old school doesn't seem to be coping as well, and they're like the top students~
I'm so scared that I'll get below 40 for my IB PG or real grades, I'm working quite hard, much harder than GCSEs, but I just wanna ask who is doing IB right now that has done the GCSEs and how are you coping? How do you deal with the different teaching styles and super-fast teaching?
=(
Math is really hard, I'm worried about my grades.
Since my exam was called the "GCSEs", everyone says that GCSEs to IB is so hard, and people from my old school that are in my college's predicted grades are so low= 33/45...I would want to get 40-45/45, but people from my old school doesn't seem to be coping as well, and they're like the top students~
I'm so scared that I'll get below 40 for my IB PG or real grades, I'm working quite hard, much harder than GCSEs, but I just wanna ask who is doing IB right now that has done the GCSEs and how are you coping? How do you deal with the different teaching styles and super-fast teaching?
=(
Hi there.
I'm in my second year of IB. To tell you the truth, it's not hard; nothing is. It's just a lot of work. The aim of the IB is to challenge students.
Time management, time management, time management, time management, time management, !
If you organize your time, then you're sure to triumph.
And also sacrifice.
I know it's fun to get out on weekends with your friends and family, but try to balance your time.
If you perfet those two things, then what's stopping you from achieving IB grades in the 40's?
Good Luck!
For me, at first the transition was pretty massive! But don't fret, you'll soon get used to everything and get settled down. Just keep at the work and don't leave it until the last minute! IB1 is pretty cool and smooth just try and get CAS and Extended Essay done and out of the way. You don't want it to hang over you in IB2 as everything will be rush rush (especially with personal statement, mocks, loads of coursework: IAs, English, Group 4 project, etc and finally the real exams!). Think smart and plan ahead - you should be fine
Also with the grade thing... Don't worry about your college's predicted grades they don't really mean much to be honest (it's just an average of how well other guys have done). Stay focused and committed and set yourself your own target. I'm sure if you want it enough you'll get what you desire - it's what I tell myself sometimes however it's too easy to procrastinate and leave things to the last minute. Anyways this is turning into some sort of rant.
Take it easy bro
Also with the grade thing... Don't worry about your college's predicted grades they don't really mean much to be honest (it's just an average of how well other guys have done). Stay focused and committed and set yourself your own target. I'm sure if you want it enough you'll get what you desire - it's what I tell myself sometimes however it's too easy to procrastinate and leave things to the last minute. Anyways this is turning into some sort of rant.
Take it easy bro
im a gcse to IB er.
Well, i guess its understandable that IB is going to be harder than GCSE.
Yes I agree that its alot of work, but I think its only because you are aiming for 40-45.
Give yourself a break!!
40 - 45 is the equivalent of walking on water. 40 is a pretty decent mark. no need to put that kind of pressure on yourself
Well, i guess its understandable that IB is going to be harder than GCSE.
Yes I agree that its alot of work, but I think its only because you are aiming for 40-45.
Give yourself a break!!
40 - 45 is the equivalent of walking on water. 40 is a pretty decent mark. no need to put that kind of pressure on yourself
If you're willing to work, and you're reasonably clever, you'll be fine.
Get out now whilst you still can!!!!
Seriously.
There's people at my 6th form who do IB, and by 2 terms in everyone(and I mean everyone) hates it. I started off with it but jumped ship to A Levels just in time.
There's no advantage to IB, universities don't prefer it, no matter what people will tell you. If you don't believe me, check their admissions pages.
Good luck
Seriously.
There's people at my 6th form who do IB, and by 2 terms in everyone(and I mean everyone) hates it. I started off with it but jumped ship to A Levels just in time.
There's no advantage to IB, universities don't prefer it, no matter what people will tell you. If you don't believe me, check their admissions pages.
Good luck
Becky21
Get out now whilst you still can!!!!
Seriously.
There's people at my 6th form who do IB, and by 2 terms in everyone(and I mean everyone) hates it. I started off with it but jumped ship to A Levels just in time.
There's no advantage to IB, universities don't prefer it, no matter what people will tell you. If you don't believe me, check their admissions pages.
Good luck
Seriously.
There's people at my 6th form who do IB, and by 2 terms in everyone(and I mean everyone) hates it. I started off with it but jumped ship to A Levels just in time.
There's no advantage to IB, universities don't prefer it, no matter what people will tell you. If you don't believe me, check their admissions pages.
Good luck
This.
It's MUCH easier to meet an A Level offer.
You have to realize that everyone needs time to adapt to a new educational system, including you. It does not matter what type of grades you got at GSCE or how intelligent you are, virtually everyone starts from scratch.
Be prepared for your grades to plummet during the first few months, because that's completely natural! There are a lot of formalities that need to be taken into account in all subjects, like perfect notation in maths, critical thinking in History etc, before you will get the top grades. Simply getting all the right answers won't necessarily get you a 7, if you haven't shown your reasoning.
Also, you have to learn to not compare yourself to others. Just because a certain person you know didn't get a high IB score, does not mean at all that you can't get it.
Bottom line: Don't freak out if you don't get the grades you expected at first. Keep working and you'll get there.
Be prepared for your grades to plummet during the first few months, because that's completely natural! There are a lot of formalities that need to be taken into account in all subjects, like perfect notation in maths, critical thinking in History etc, before you will get the top grades. Simply getting all the right answers won't necessarily get you a 7, if you haven't shown your reasoning.
Also, you have to learn to not compare yourself to others. Just because a certain person you know didn't get a high IB score, does not mean at all that you can't get it.
Bottom line: Don't freak out if you don't get the grades you expected at first. Keep working and you'll get there.
sushhiii
For me, at first the transition was pretty massive! But don't fret, you'll soon get used to everything and get settled down. Just keep at the work and don't leave it until the last minute! IB1 is pretty cool and smooth just try and get CAS and Extended Essay done and out of the way. You don't want it to hang over you in IB2 as everything will be rush rush (especially with personal statement, mocks, loads of coursework: IAs, English, Group 4 project, etc and finally the real exams!). Think smart and plan ahead - you should be fine
Also with the grade thing... Don't worry about your college's predicted grades they don't really mean much to be honest (it's just an average of how well other guys have done). Stay focused and committed and set yourself your own target. I'm sure if you want it enough you'll get what you desire - it's what I tell myself sometimes however it's too easy to procrastinate and leave things to the last minute. Anyways this is turning into some sort of rant.
Take it easy bro
Also with the grade thing... Don't worry about your college's predicted grades they don't really mean much to be honest (it's just an average of how well other guys have done). Stay focused and committed and set yourself your own target. I'm sure if you want it enough you'll get what you desire - it's what I tell myself sometimes however it's too easy to procrastinate and leave things to the last minute. Anyways this is turning into some sort of rant.
Take it easy bro
nice post, except predicted grades count A LOT. u dont sit exams in year 12 so what do the unis have to go on?
Just do what the other IBers have said and you'll be fine I've just started my second year. As long as you work, realise that you do have to give up some things, seek help where you can (from teachers etc) and don't wait until the last minute to do things, I'm sure you'll do great
Oh, and take into account that this IS more work than GCSE. Like the others have said, don't worry if you think you're doing "really badly". I was used to doing "better" at GCSE than I started off doing at IB so I was worried too at the beginning of my first year. It might seem like you're not doing as well as you were, but don't worry about it, everyone in my year felt like that without fail. It wasn't that we actually weren't doing as well, it was just that we were all used to less work etc.
Good luck!
I've just started my second year. As long as you work, realise that you do have to give up some things, seek help where you can (from teachers etc) and don't wait until the last minute to do things, I'm sure you'll do great Oh, and take into account that this IS more work than GCSE. Like the others have said, don't worry if you think you're doing "really badly". I was used to doing "better" at GCSE than I started off doing at IB so I was worried too at the beginning of my first year. It might seem like you're not doing as well as you were, but don't worry about it, everyone in my year felt like that without fail. It wasn't that we actually weren't doing as well, it was just that we were all used to less work etc.
Good luck!
Danomind
I've just started IB in a UWC.
Math is really hard, I'm worried about my grades.
Since my exam was called the "GCSEs", everyone says that GCSEs to IB is so hard, and people from my old school that are in my college's predicted grades are so low= 33/45...I would want to get 40-45/45, but people from my old school doesn't seem to be coping as well, and they're like the top students~
=(
Math is really hard, I'm worried about my grades.
Since my exam was called the "GCSEs", everyone says that GCSEs to IB is so hard, and people from my old school that are in my college's predicted grades are so low= 33/45...I would want to get 40-45/45, but people from my old school doesn't seem to be coping as well, and they're like the top students~
=(
Hmm, well good luck with that. Let me guess you want to do medicine -Cambridge, Oxford? 40/45, Well thats like the top 5% of everyone thats doing IB. To tell you the truth I'd be ecstatic with 36 points and even that is a far shot. Just lower your expectations, a tiny little bit. Maybe 37/38? Saying that you seem like a smart guy, So all the best.
By the way I made the 5% statistic up, but I'm guessing its somewhere around there.
I wouldn't jump ship to A levels for any money. Universities tend to know which schools offer IB, and if you don't take it, that says something about you. True, meeting IB offers can be harder, but getting offers is easier with a decent IB grade than with A levels - I did IB, had semi-decent predictions, and got all five offers
TheFriendlySocialist
I wouldn't jump ship to A levels for any money. Universities tend to know which schools offer IB, and if you don't take it, that says something about you. True, meeting IB offers can be harder, but getting offers is easier with a decent IB grade than with A levels - I did IB, had semi-decent predictions, and got all five offers
this.
and about the statistic, i remember checking, and 42 was like top 2/3% worldwide in may08.
danny111
this.
and about the statistic, i remember checking, and 42 was like top 2/3% worldwide in may08.
and about the statistic, i remember checking, and 42 was like top 2/3% worldwide in may08.
I bagged a 43, but that was 'cause I studied my balls off.
To the OP, if you want to get into the top colleges, then IB is the programme for you. But expect to tell your social life to pi$$ off, because it's what I had to do to get the grades I needed. Anything 40+ is hard. Oxbridge asks 38-42, they asked me to get the top end of that range. But colleges recognise that somebody with 40+ will have worked harder than to get 3-4 "A" grade A-levels.
TheFriendlySocialist
I bagged a 43, but that was 'cause I studied my balls off.
To the OP, if you want to get into the top colleges, then IB is the programme for you. But expect to tell your social life to pi$$ off, because it's what I had to do to get the grades I needed. Anything 40+ is hard. Oxbridge asks 38-42, they asked me to get the top end of that range. But colleges recognise that somebody with 40+ will have worked harder than to get 3-4 "A" grade A-levels.
To the OP, if you want to get into the top colleges, then IB is the programme for you. But expect to tell your social life to pi$$ off, because it's what I had to do to get the grades I needed. Anything 40+ is hard. Oxbridge asks 38-42, they asked me to get the top end of that range. But colleges recognise that somebody with 40+ will have worked harder than to get 3-4 "A" grade A-levels.
damn, i knew i shud have had history remarked like the others.
anyway, did u really throw ur social life away though? i mean in year 12 i really didn. and year 13 wasnt too much either, i mean starts sep and by april hols u revise already (or shud) and its pretty much over.
yea whenever there was a coursework (or 2 or 3, ... at once it was busy) but idk, maybe it was coz teachers liked me and cud sometimes "forget" my hw, but i didn really feel overworked.
danny111
damn, i knew i shud have had history remarked like the others.
anyway, did u really throw ur social life away though? i mean in year 12 i really didn. and year 13 wasnt too much either, i mean starts sep and by april hols u revise already (or shud) and its pretty much over.
yea whenever there was a coursework (or 2 or 3, ... at once it was busy) but idk, maybe it was coz teachers liked me and cud sometimes "forget" my hw, but i didn really feel overworked.
anyway, did u really throw ur social life away though? i mean in year 12 i really didn. and year 13 wasnt too much either, i mean starts sep and by april hols u revise already (or shud) and its pretty much over.
yea whenever there was a coursework (or 2 or 3, ... at once it was busy) but idk, maybe it was coz teachers liked me and cud sometimes "forget" my hw, but i didn really feel overworked.
Maybe I obsessed a wee bit. But I had to move it fast, because I slacked off big time during my first year, so I had to basically teach myself the first year of Physics HL during the revision period. Which I managed alright, but it wasn't that hard a subject for me because I found the material interesting, even though I'm going to be studying history at uni.
Remarks are a double-edged sword these days, for the first time, they can mark you down as well as up. Besides, the results from remarks always arrive long after uni has started, so it's better to either do a resit and reapply or just go with your insurance.
TheFriendlySocialist
Maybe I obsessed a wee bit. But I had to move it fast, because I slacked off big time during my first year, so I had to basically teach myself the first year of Physics HL during the revision period. Which I managed alright, but it wasn't that hard a subject for me because I found the material interesting, even though I'm going to be studying history at uni.
Remarks are a double-edged sword these days, for the first time, they can mark you down as well as up. Besides, the results from remarks always arrive long after uni has started, so it's better to either do a resit and reapply or just go with your insurance.
Remarks are a double-edged sword these days, for the first time, they can mark you down as well as up. Besides, the results from remarks always arrive long after uni has started, so it's better to either do a resit and reapply or just go with your insurance.
really? im from 08, and for history loadsa ppl had remarked and got up 1 point. i wanted to as well but got talked out of it. also the new grade came before A-level results as far as i know and thats when u need to meet ur offer.
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