IGCSE/GCSE/O & A Level/IB/University Student Forum
Qualification => IB => Queries => Topic started by: The Golden Girl =D on June 04, 2010, 12:05:01 pm
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i'm just wonderin which is harder high school , IB, or IGCSE/A levels ? ..
and ohh if i take IB when will i be studyin for it and when will i be takin the exams (as in like grade 10 ,11 or 12 ,which ones?)
plz answer ASAP
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You should do IB for grades 11 and 12.
IMO, IB is difficult because it requires you to balance your 6 subjects and including a 4000 word essay you do in your final year, and including an additional compulsory subject called TOK, Theory of Knowledge. In addition, between the impossible deadlines, you also need to manage CAS, Creativity Action and Service which requires you to accumulate at least 150 hours of all 3 categories in total. The only thing really tough about IB is the issue of whether you can meed your deadlines or not. Trust me, when you do you realize you can breathe a lot easier.
A levels at least in my area requires lots of studying and studying and studying, and nothing else. In a sense, if you prefer things that way, A levels may be suited for you. But that I cannot say anything, you'd better ask someone who has done A levels before.
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I've just started with AS. My opinion would be, like xplodedtb said, A-Levels is more of studying and the base of the syllabus in similar to IGCSE. However here things are taught more in depth and if you're career oriented and you could mange the studies, you might as well take it.
In IB, according to me, you would be spending more time on CAS etc. than on studies. I don't know what timings your school offers but at mine its usually 8.30-4. Some students reach home at 5 or 5.30 and find it difficult to manage their time- They've got their homework, coursework, revisions, tuitions etc. and tend to sleep very late. Also they get free time in school, according to their subject choice, and loiter around the school and do nothing productive as such. Well, obviously it depends on you but I just thought of mentioning it. This might affect your studies and if you ask me, IG is the easiest definitely, then A - Levels and then IB. Plus you've got 6 subjects in IB, so if you can manage that as well, well and good.
If you see, our school does have extra-curricular activities. So if you ask me, we wont be that bored only studying :P
Whatever the curriculum, it totally depends on how good the school is.
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thx alot for ur help mates :)
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thx alot for ur help mates :)
So what have you decided? :P :P
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So what have you decided? :P :P
For me for sure A levels *really longggggggg story lol * ...but i actually asked this Q cuz my dad and i were thinking whether we let him (my lil bro) study IGCSE/A Levels or IB or SAT but we have already decided it's SAT :)
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For me for sure A levels *really longggggggg story lol * ...but i actually asked this Q cuz my dad and i were thinking whether we let him (my lil bro) study IGCSE/A Levels or IB or SAT but we have already decided it's SAT :)
haha OK. Oh, I see ;) So when is you're school starting? By the way, SAT is just an entrance test if you want to go to the US. So, what will he be doing fot 11th and 12th? Also what is he doing right now?
P.S IB is 11th and 12th forgot to mention.
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haha OK. Oh, I see ;) So when is you're school starting? By the way, SAT is just an entrance test if you want to go to the US. So, what will he be doing fot 11th and 12th? Also what is he doing right now?
P.S IB is 11th and 12th forgot to mention.
ohh well for now he'll be takin high school until maybe 11th grade and then he'll be takin SAT :) ......mm my school will start after Ramadan & eid ilfitr meaning abt 19 sept i guess *MASHALLAH*
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Oh Okay..
Sept?!?! :o :o :o Isn't that wayy to late??
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Oh Okay..
Sept?!?! :o :o :o Isn't that wayy to late??
i kno :'( ..i miss school already + i'm srsly bored ....and will start studyin in a few days :-\
well we have it that long cuz we can't study in Ramadan cuz the whether over here is like super HOT ...boiling actually and if we r fastin ,it srsly gets so difficult on us and stuff ..so the gov was kind and cancelled school for us and so now we have it after eid al-fitr *the day we celebrate the fact that we r done fasting a month :) * ....most Arab countries r doin that :)
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Whoa, okay I see.. but that's really gonna affect your syllabus. Yeah, you should contact the school and buy the necessary books and start studying. Otherwise, if it were for me I'd have forgotten everything as soon as the school starts :P
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Whoa, okay I see.. but that's really gonna affect your syllabus. Yeah, you should contact the school and buy the necessary books and start studying. Otherwise, if it were for me I'd have forgotten everything as soon as the school starts :P
haha ..sure thing lol ... :)