Does IB check your CAS hours?

I've heard that in many school, a lot of students fake some, if not a large portion of their hours or falsely adding extra hours to events. I was wondering if IB actually checks people's CAS hours to see if they're actually valid or not. If so, how? By checking the reference phone number provided? I'd think they would actually go through the trouble...

Reply 1

andy_cole2

14

basically they randomly select some schools every year of which they randomly select some students whose cas they investigate, the students know in advance that they are under special consideration for no reason whatsoever. They are then checked upon through completing a more detailed form. It amounts to nothing and lots of students do cheat them its true. i don't know of anyone ever being caught for it.

Reply 2

jhomie

11

one of my teachers said that CAS is only checked by our school

i didnt know about the randomly selected schools though

either way though, ure CAS will be checked by ure school/a teacher before reporting to the IB

Reply 3

rawkingpunkster

the journals are randomly checked, yes, but just to make sure they fulfil the guidelines.
otherwise it is your IB co-ordinator who justifies that you have completed them, thats all.

Reply 4

FutureEconomist

My IBC was on the Awards Committee last year, and he said that not filling out the CAS questionnaire things and meeting the CAS requirements poses a very real threat. Every year the IB withholds A LOT of Diplomas at the Awards Committee because students have failed their CAS requirements.

Reply 5

ch0c0h01ic

18

FutureEconomist

My IBC was on the Awards Committee last year, and he said that not filling out the CAS questionnaire things and meeting the CAS requirements poses a very real threat. Every year the IB withholds A LOT of Diplomas at the Awards Committee because students have failed their CAS requirements.

That may be true, but is more an issue of people not completing their cas in the allotted time, rather than people being fraudulent with their forms and allocation. Sure, there were people at my school who had to stay on another year/had their award withheld until they completed their cas, but nobody (out of scores of people) ever got caught for fraud, which was very prolific.

A lot of the people who did cheat got distant relatives and family friends to sign off the forms and act as assessors. Even if the school or IB assessors went to the effort of contacting such people they would always get a supportive and positive statement about the individual's commitment and participation.

Reply 6

andy_cole2

14

yeh its fine as long as yous ubmit it, the people that don't submit are the ones thatloseout, ironically in this situation being honest really doesn't pay...

Reply 7

k4di3

CAS hours arent that hard to get.. and its not worth failing the whole diploma just for a few fake hours..

Reply 8

kingprawn

i faked almost all of my hours and the ones i didnt fake i got paid to do anyway. i managed to spin out working at a hotel as service. CAS is utter bull and even though its 150 hours (the same amount as a higher level subject) its worth nothing, so fake them all.

get a family friend to sign off dozens of hours on made up activities...either stage the photos or get the friend to sign off a letter saying you did whatever youre saying you did.

one of my photos for cas evidence was a photoshop of me injecting a monkey and pretending it was service to animal research. i doubt they even looked at it. ill send it to anyone who wnts it, its ridiculous.

Reply 9

[m a a r i.]

i dont think faking CAS hours are good. :frown:

doing CAS i think its a great experience
creativity, action and service :wink:

Reply 10

andy_cole2

14

oh yeh i never compared it to an HL subject, weird to think i spend 150 hours on both....

Reply 11

Aloysius

While I can understand why some people would fake them, my advice is: Don't.

CAS is part of IB for a reason. It's there to help you develop and learn. If you fake it, you don't have that learning experience.

It takes a lot of time. But if you have a weekly commitment to something you do for a year, you'll have the 150 in no time.

Reply 12

andy_cole2

14

do summer courses, tahts what my friends did, killed them all in a week....

Reply 13

wightvader1

1

I think only idiots would actually go through the trouble of doing it when it's so easy to cheat.

Reply 14

Kokomi-Chan

2

At my school it depends on;
a) how much time you are given to do CAS
b) the availability of things to do in your area

Many people twist the truth, adding an hour here and an hour there. Just make sure 90% of your CAS hours are true

Reply 15

twentytoten

Don't fake it, CAS is a great way to give you a break from all the stress you go through in IB. And as a matter of fact, my school has completely scrapped hours. Just as long as you continuously reflect for the 5 terms and have about 17-20 activities then you're pretty much good!

Does IB check your CAS hours?

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