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Hello to all future Law students, I've been on the forum for a while and I've seen that there are quite a few of you who plan on studying/want to study Law at University. I'm currently a second-year Law student at LSE in the UK and I like to think I have a pretty good idea of what studying Law is about at University and a career beyond. I figured I'd start a thread where all of us can come together and talk about Law, what it actually means to study it, what it's about, what you can expect beyond a vague idea of it being challenging, and such. I'm not saying that I will have all the answers, but I will endeavour to answer as many questions as I can. I'm sure there must be…
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Menu Aim of the personal statement Brainstorming and planning Writing the personal statement Small tips to remember and keep in mind Things to NOT put into and avoid in your personal statement Links to sample personal statements Bio-Aqua's Personal Statement Outline Sample statements from IBSurvival members Aim of the personal statement Because not all universities interview their students, the personal statement is a way for you to let the university know more about yourself, other than just what the application form requires - the mudane information such as your grades, etc. If you are applying to a popular university course, and everyone applying is likely to have goo…
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Where and how well is the IB Diploma recognised across the globeIB University recognition information (November 2009).pdf Canadian Universities' IB Recognition policiesCanadian University IB Recognition Policies.pdf
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Hello everyone, I was planning on going to Uni in Germany, and in order to do that, IB students have to go to a "Zeugnisanerkennungsstelle" to get their Diploma accepted. My own diploma is not getting accepted because I took an online course (economics SL), and my sister's diploma is not getting accepted because she is taking self-taught German A, as they don't offer German A at our school. This is frustrating, and T just want to make everyone aware that you cannot study in Germany if you take a self-taught course or an online course
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We have a thread for law and medicine, but we don't really have a thread for people who want to study engineering in university. In order to keep the majority of the posts about engineering mostly in the same place so that people can find them more easily, I've created this thread to help people out. I'm a second year student in chemical engineering and can help with pretty much any kind of general engineering questions you might have, whether it's what courses to take in the IB, general procedures for applying to universities for engineering, or what to expect in an engineering program once you're there. If you have a school-specific question, such as applying to MIT or …
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I know what a horror it is trying to figure out Uni stuff, general ranks, course ranks.. blah blah blah so I'm putting up this helpful thread with all the useful links I can find about above said topic. World Rankings World Top Universities 2010 Top Universities 2007 PDF World_Best_Unis.pdf Top Universities 2006 PDF THES_worldrankings2006.pdf UK Rankings Times' Good University Guide (UK Universities, 2010) Times Good General Ranking Table (2010), as well as subject ranking (insert the course's name which you want to see the ranking for in the appropriate space provided and just click on search) Guardian Guide (2009) (UK Universities). This is a pretty simple …
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Finland Why on earth would I apply to Finland? The reason, in a nutshell, is that higher education is completely free of charge to everyone - no matter whether you're Finnish, Dutch or South African. How to apply to, and choose, a university The number of English language undergraduate courses is limited, so you won't have too much choice. All universities offer MSc/MA courses in English, but since this site is concentrated on students who are moving from high school to university, I'll concentrate on that. Basically the only university offering undergraduate courses in English is the Helsinki School of Economics (Aalto University from 1.1.2010). HSE is considered the be…
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There are a lot of people who, even in their second year of IB, are directionless in terms of university applications. This post will aim to give you an insight into applying to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom and the United States. Australia Canada Finland New Zealand Singapore United Kingdom United States Standardised tests English Language tests This is a community project, and if anybody has anything to add please feel free to. The section on Canada is particularly lacking since I don't know a lot about studying there and since we do have a lot of Canadian members (or a Canadian invasion rather), someone could oblige in filling it up? Maybe e…
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Good day everyone, Now many people face problems once reaching their senior year. Their whole tiime is occupied by IB work, despite the fact that there are other exams to worry about. Time management is not the major topic here, it's the admission tests. Many have probably heard of the common ones (such as the SATs, BMATs..). Anyway, you will find a list of the most important admission tests in many countries and for different majors. Any additional help is greatly appreciated. Menu SAT TOEFL IELTS BMAT UKCAT UMAT GMAT LSAT 1. SATs (Language proficiency and Mathematics) The SAT Reasoning Test is a measure of the critical thinking skills you'…
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I am going to apply to university and they require "original transcripts or certified copies of the original transcript (stamped and signed by the issuing school)" for my application. I do not want to send my original IB diploma (obviously) so what do I send them? What do they mean with a "certified copy"? Is a normal photocopy of the diploma not enough?
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Hi, I got an e-mail from a uni telling me that I have to send them a "Certified hard copy" of my IBDP. Any idea how I can get my hands on such a copy? Should it be issued by my school or the IBO? Thanks
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Gahhh, I've taken an interest in applying to Irish universities in 2018, and then I see this (I attached the screenshot of the entry requirements page at one of the unis above). What do you guys think? I'm super stressed as it is, and honestly, I am so afraid. Do you think that the change will be positive or negative? With positive, I mean lowering the requirements and making it easier for IB students? I have absolutely no idea what to expect and I keep thinking about it every single day, which makes me incredibly stressed :(( Also, sorry in advance if this is in a wrong section or anything, I have never posted before so I'm a bit unsure about this whole forum…
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What are the principles of equity in terms of law? Why is it described in this way? An essay question I have to do.. when I know hardly anything about law.. I don't understand what equity is in terms of LAW? Because it's different from the usual meaning of equity (fairness, morality, equality) HELP
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Okay, after looking around some universities in the States and Canada, credits for a specific score HL subjects are really common. However, do you think it's a good idea to accept it or just start all over again? Considering English is not my native language and I've studied English for only 5 years frankly...
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Just stumbled upon this article and thought it was interesting: http://thecollegehacks.wordpress.com/ I was wondering if you guys have any recommendations on what resources all college students should use? Thanks again man.
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I've decided not to take my IB bio credit in university (which I could use to skip Bio 107 at the University of Alberta) because I feel that taking the class in university should be a decent GPA booster. However, I'm just wondering how much more material there is to learn besides what I've already learned in IB Biology. Looking at the Bio 107 syllabus it seems like IB has covered all the topics (ie cell structure, cell respiration, photosynthesis, cell reproduction, DNA) but is this material explored in much more detail than IB or is it mostly the same? Obviously I'm not expecting comments specifically on what the course through the U of A is like, but I'd appreciate h…
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Just thought I would share. It just came out: http://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/ 1 Williams College Massachusetts 2 Stanford University California 3 Swarthmore College Pennsylvania 4 Princeton University New Jersey 5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts 6 Yale University Connecticut 7 Harvard University Massachusetts 8 Pomona College California 9 United States Military Academy New York 10 Amherst College Massachusetts
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Title says it really - i would like to know what universities i can realistically be accepted to with my 32 IB point score. I want to study something into the direction of international business, management, finance, human resources etc. Thank you !
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Hello everyone, I was wondering which universities in Europe (apart from the Netherlands and Germany) could potentially accept me with an IB predicted score of 32-35 points (I want to study Business & Management). I was looking for a university in the top 300 (according to the QS world university rankings) to be precise. Cheers, Rxsmc
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Will getting a 5 in SL Math hurt my chances of getting into Canadian business schools such as Richard Ivey and Queens Commerce? In all of my remaining courses it looks like I will pull a 6/7. I'm really scared, and all help is greately appreciated! (Math is by FAR my worst subject)
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I'm currently in grade 11. I have 3 7s for Bio chem HL and math SL, a 6 for Chinese A2 SL. But my english A1 is a 5 and B&M HL dropped from a 6 last semester to 4 this semester because of format issues.... For english, 5 is the highest in the class. its one of those subjects that no one can get good marks for until the exam semester since the teacher says that our skills are progressive.... For B&M, it was format issues..... he said i needed to have everything under the right headings for this assignment.... so Harvard is my dream. I really really love Harvard because of many reasons My SAT is 2250 and have a great load of ECs Do you think that 4 in B&M…
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Ok so I have a few miscellaneous questions about applying to university in the UK and the US. (I'll probably add more if I think of more) Some of them may be a bit silly, but bear with me please! US - Firstly, does applying for financial aid affect your chances of admission at all if the US college is NOT needs-blind? I've read conflicting reports on this. (If it changes things, I'm an international student). Secondly, is your predicted score as important as your final score? Or is it less important but still important, or not important at all? Also, with the common application EC bit, what if the hours that you've done things have varied a heap - should you just averag…
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a question on university approvals
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Do the universities in the UK accept you if you get the predicted but your grades are average(mostly C's and B's and some A's)?? and I have one F in math studies but I finished a one year IB course so I'm taking statistics(cuz i wanna major in psychology and its heavy on statistics so i thought it would be a good idea to show how I am taking math seriously) what do you think? please answer those two questions!!
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A Sad ED year
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Hello everyone!As I am a student who has been researching universities over the last year or so, my curiosity in the various rankings of them has gotten the better of me. Therefore, I decided to find every university ranking I could and averaged them all out by weighting certain rankings more than others. I normally adjusted the ranking weights on what I thought were the most influential, but also, the most detailed, unique and multi-dimensional in their methodology. The main reason I compiled this ranking was to look at how various universities fared against each other against numerous criteria, both subjective and objective, and size independent and size dependent. I di…
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I have passed my IB diploma with maths and physics at SL and chemistry at HL. I want to get admitted to electronics and telecommunications engineering, but am facing problems obtaining the eligibility certificate. Mumbai University says that physics and maths need to be at HL and chemistry needs to be at SL for EXTC and that I am not even eligible to apply for engineering. Is this true? If not, how do I get around obtaining the eligibility certificate?
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I'm currently studying IB1 in Australia and I'm thinking about going to Hong Kong University. Is there anyone knows that if HKU accepts International students applying for Actuarial Science with IB diploma?(coz i heard that it's extremely hard to get into medicine courses in HKU with IB scores) And actually I'm from China, mainland. would that matter?
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A suggestion ran through my mind the other day, and I wanted to see whether or not other people thought it was a good idea. Our college counselor is collecting predicted grades for my class as I speak, and, as with all other years, none of our teachers will predict anyone a 7. They have openly stated this to our class, saying that they don't want to be responsible for anyone getting a lower grade in the final exams and blaming them. I think this is completely unfair, because every year tons of people in my school get 7's in at least one subject. And I know that I'm capable of getting one at least, if not more. What can we do to get the predicted grades that we reall…
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I have got into the University of Manchester, UK and Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, IN, USA. I want to pursue Mechanical Engineering and both the university are very highly ranked for the same. I am very confused and suggestions are welcome from everyone.
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Both my parents are in finance, have degrees in business administration, and are chartered accountants. My higher levels are history, English A1 and visual arts. I love those courses, and up to this point I wanted to study philosophy/political science after highschool or play piano full-time. That being said, my highest grades are language courses, i.e. French, Spanish, Mandarin. But this IB2 year I've developed a taste for science and math. Knowing that there are right answers and rigor to your methods is really appealing after all this time I've spent in history, visual arts and English. As a result, I want to study actuarial sciences now. Also, prior to IB I've always…
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Hi! I have started my IB diploma this september with the following subjects: MATHS HL PHYSICS HL ECONOMICS SL BIOLOGY SL ENGLISH B HL ITALIAN A SL At university, I'd like to do aeronautical engineering. Because of this future career I was thinking about changing BIOLOGY SL into DESIGN and TECHNOLOGY HL, finishing my diploma with these subjects: MATHS HL PHYSICS HL DT HL ECONOMICS SL ENGLISH B SL ITALIAN A SL I've already talked to the IB coordinator and he told me this change would be fine because I would have these Christmas holidays to catch up. Do you think it's a better combination? Any advices to improve my subject range for this specific future career? Thank …
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NOTE: Please ignore my last thread about drugs... Anyway, my SL math exam is tomorrow, and I am scared sh*tless about failing it. For reasons which I would rather keep to myself, I only had 2 days to study, and I think I know everything. However, I need to study probability and trig heavily. I have a 96 in the course. However, I'm worried that I might fail and get something like a 60 something. JUST FOR REASSURANCE, does anyone know anybody who had a 60-something in a high school prerequisite course, and still made it to uni? I already had a really bad mark in SL physics, so I don't want another bad mark in math either...
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So, I want to engage myself into some environmental projects, especially in renewable energy. What kind of bachelor degree do I need for this? Thank you.
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Hey! In my desperate quest to find an alternative route into medicine, besides my IB final grade (which was not sufficient for most universities that I applied to ) I found out that, at some universities in the UK, one can apply to a medicine programme as a "graduate applicant". Meaning that you start by taking a degree in a RELATED field (such as: Biochemistry, physiotherapy, pharmacology etc.) and then apply to medicine. It is preferred that one completes the degree, however in some cases it is possible to switch to medicine after only the first stage of the degree. My question to you is: When applying to medicine as a graduate applicant, regardless of degree, what…
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A little bit of background: I'm an African-American with parents that have a pretty good income, I go to Rufus King IB School which is the best public school in Wisconsin (214th in the US), and I'm a junior. In September 2006, my dad was called up to go to Iraq for 2 and a half years. Although it isn't really a valid excuse and shouldn't have had so much effect on me, this pretty much marked the point where I became very unmotivated, lazy, and pessimistic. I sometimes skipped school completely and once got a truancy notice. I got a 2.239 accum over those two years. The mark period that my dad returned (March of 2008) I got a 3.0, which still wasn't my best. Fast-forward t…
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So I've been thinking about two options: to study only commerce, or to study law and commerce - With commerce only, you need a low IB score to get into the course. However, since I want to go into finance, this may be more beneficial for me. - With the latter, you need a higher IB score of above 40 and doing law (and commerce) sounds better. Most IB students at my school tend to get in the 40s, and I don't want to waste all my education and a potentially high score by going to uni and doing a course which requires a low score that doesn't 'sound very good'. I want to stay in Australia, so going to a good UK or US uni to study commerce isn't an option I don't think…
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I am thinking about taking counseling for the profession, and I heard that American Universities require SATs, my question is, as far as I know you take SATs in 10th Grade and when you graduate am I right? If I am wrong correct me anyway, the point is which results do they want???isn't IB enough for them???
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Hey guys, Just wondering - does anyone have any idea of the university outlook on IB certificate? I choose to take it not because I can't take diploma but because I wanted the freedom of class choice in certificate. I get good grades, 6 in both my two (certificate only does two) highers and assortment of 5s and 6s in my standards.
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Hello everyone! I just started PreIB and I realised that I dont really know what I want to be in the future. I know it's something in the social science area, but not really sure what. I've been interested in law since I was a kid, but ive never really seen myself studying law. A lot of people that start studying law say that they dont like it anymore and drop out, and im scared that that will happen to me too, so ive never considered it for real. But now Ive started looking at some universities, and im interested in studying law. Currently, I have chosen these 6 subjects: 1. Swe A langlit SL 2. Eng B HL 3. Economics HL 4. Environmental systems and societies SL 5. Mat…
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I was looking for requirements for IB to be accepted in Germany. For a person who will study film / design is it required to have a science topic in HL? This is the document I read, it says that in page two section b) : http://toolbox1.s3-website-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/site_0341/internationalschoolulm_germanyrecogibdiploma_091714.pdf
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I just want to know whether there are any good universities for business courses that accept average IB score like 33. and also these universities must not have closed their application, I want to still be able to apply for any time in July onwards in 2010... P.S. not looking to go to US.... UK, australia,canada, new zealand etc etc all ok..
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heyy im graduating next year and i'm probably gonna get a final score of between 41~43 So... i don't know what college... i'm thinking either uk or us So, in UK i'm definitely gonna apply to LSE. But i dunno what else....... like i'm not even sure what specific major i want to do.. i probably want to do something combined with math and business .. which is probably.. finance? or is there anything else...? I'd really like some advice and could you guys tell me what the good colleges in uk and us are? for business THANKS!!!
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Is anybody study in University of Amsterdam, TU Eindhoven or University of Twente? What IB score did you get?
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Hey, I've never written a personal statement and I would like to hear some tips from others who have already written theirs. Any tips?
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Hey fellow IBers if i want to study something related with Nuclear Physics (related, not necessarily nuclear physician) what universities do you recommend me? Thanks!
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I've done a little research and I want to hear from others... I have chosen a few paths, and I want to see which universities people recommend: Conditions: Hong Kong, UK, or Canada I'm getting a 36 for diploma 1, without bonus. (And I think I can still do better) 1, Surveying 2, Engineering (Any type) 3, Geography (Any type) 4, Psychology (Any type) Please help me with my choice of universities
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I'm trying to look around for universities and courses therein to look into even though I'm admittedly late to do so. I just cant find a straight place to start, I don't know what I want to study or where, and with my grades my parents are telling me that liberal arts isn't exactly an option for me so I'm a little stumped. Im trying to look around for places i can get into but all i keep getting back is just huge lists of best schools which I cant get into. Are there any useful resources for finding a good university to go to if you really are starting from scratch in terms of knowing what you want?
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Hello people! I was just wondering if anyone is considering Germany as a future Uni? I would love to hear your thoughts on that...
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So I've been wondering.. is there anybody else who applied/are going to apply for a biomedical sciences course in the UK? If so, then what universities have you applied to? Cheers!
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