How does it feel to achieve 45 in IB ?

[Mahmoud-s-a]

I am just wondring, how do you feel when achieve the highest score in you class, do you feel something special ?

[Lynxarin]

I would guess something like this; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZQa-sX3RS0

except counting down until the diploma exam results are published, and then the reaction when seeing the 45 you achieved.

[flinquinnster]

As you would expect, it feels pretty great. Even though I knew my predicted score was good - which leads you to really hope that your final score isn't too much of a disappointment, ultimately how well you do on your final exams and all the marking is partially up to chance. So I felt - and indeed, still feel - very, very lucky. Lots of other brilliant people don't get 45.

Whilst 45 is theoretically the highest score possible and achieving it definitely does impart some sense of being on top of the world, it doesn't mean that I feel exceptionally smarter than anybody else. Not only is there the element of luck, but even when distinguishing between a 7/A (or even B) you can see certain higher and lower scores amongst those with 45s. And also, our school's cohort had quite a large number of 45s, so that definitely helped combat any notion of being supreme leader of the world simply because of an IB score!

Because I knew the date and time when results were coming out from our IBC, that luckily stopped me from stressing and checking my email every minute in the early days of January. Instead, on the night before I got results, I just focussed on forcing myself to sleep by watching lots of movies and trying to dream about those instead of IB things. I think I can call that strategy a success - I didn't have any IB nightmares!

I woke up 5-10 minutes later than when our IBC said they would email results, made myself a cup of tea in preparation for celebration/mourning, and opened my email. There was a 'congratulations' in the email which made me panic at first because I thought it was sarcastic or perhaps comforting. But then I opened the attachment with a screenshot of my score and I felt much better. I did some obligatory happy shouting/sharing results with interested parties, finished my cup of tea, and then in the afternoon went back to school to celebrate with friends. It was a good day.

Though actually in hindsight IB was not the most exciting thing to happen in the week I got IB results. For example, watching the new Sherlock (jumping up and down and rolling on the floor laughing) and getting Cambridge offers (waiting for snail-mail, realising that the post would take weeks to reach Australia, getting sick whilst waiting, and finally realising that I could just ask them to email me their decision) were actually probably more exciting!

[modern.rocky]

As you would expect, it feels pretty great. Even though I knew my predicted score was good - which leads you to really hope that your final score isn't too much of a disappointment, ultimately how well you do on your final exams and all the marking is partially up to chance. So I felt - and indeed, still feel - very, very lucky. Lots of other brilliant people don't get 45.

Whilst 45 is theoretically the highest score possible and achieving it definitely does impart some sense of being on top of the world, it doesn't mean that I feel exceptionally smarter than anybody else. Not only is there the element of luck, but even when distinguishing between a 7/A (or even B) you can see certain higher and lower scores amongst those with 45s. And also, our school's cohort had quite a large number of 45s, so that definitely helped combat any notion of being supreme leader of the world simply because of an IB score!

Because I knew the date and time when results were coming out from our IBC, that luckily stopped me from stressing and checking my email every minute in the early days of January. Instead, on the night before I got results, I just focussed on forcing myself to sleep by watching lots of movies and trying to dream about those instead of IB things. I think I can call that strategy a success - I didn't have any IB nightmares!

I woke up 5-10 minutes later than when our IBC said they would email results, made myself a cup of tea in preparation for celebration/mourning, and opened my email. There was a 'congratulations' in the email which made me panic at first because I thought it was sarcastic or perhaps comforting. But then I opened the attachment with a screenshot of my score and I felt much better. I did some obligatory happy shouting/sharing results with interested parties, finished my cup of tea, and then in the afternoon went back to school to celebrate with friends. It was a good day.

Though actually in hindsight IB was not the most exciting thing to happen in the week I got IB results. For example, watching the new Sherlock (jumping up and down and rolling on the floor laughing) and getting Cambridge offers (waiting for snail-mail, realising that the post would take weeks to reach Australia, getting sick whilst waiting, and finally realising that I could just ask them to email me their decision) were actually probably more exciting!

Just out of curiosity, which university are you studying in currently?

Edited April 1, 2014 by modern.rocky

[flinquinnster]

I'm not actually at uni at the moment, but am hoping to go to Cambridge if everything works out!

[modern.rocky]

I'm not actually at uni at the moment, but am hoping to go to Cambridge if everything works out!

Oh, best of luck!

[1335678578]

Better than a cocaine high, I would imagine. I have a friend who is around 44-45, and he had the guts to reject Harvard for the university of his dreams, and he's only 16. I am really happy for him, because I know that he worked hard and that he will thrive.

[Cryphisss]

Probably a feel that I will never experience.