Aboo

TiluIB, on Aug 01, 2011 - 23:06, said:

Bad justification.

Look, here's the page you need. I quote: "Subjects which appear as common post-16 choices are Economics (although not a required subject); Physics; History; Chemistry; English and Government and Politics." The only subject under "essential qualifications" is Mathematics. All the requirements are there and the fees are standard university-wide, and will depend on your Home/EU or International "fee status".

I repeat, all of this is on google and there is no logical reason to believe somehow someone who has applied there and got in either with IB Economics or without it is going to be more helpful than the official page itself. University policies change; exceptions are made; and people who go through the admissions system don't magically gain an insight into how it works.

This type of lazy post is typical on this forum and honestly, it's entirely unnecessary. Bad questions and usually bad answers. For anyone reading this, learn to use google. Google is you friend.

Such a bad series of questions, I'm sorry. This is all at your fingertips, one google search away. Have you even looked at the LSE economics admissions page? That's basically what anybody who answers this is going to do, unless someone has it all memorized, which they don't...

You essentially want to waste a year to avoid doing the SATs, but are not entirely conscious of the fact that you will still have to do them? Why don't you just spend a year studying for them? You could also combine this with an attempt to set a Guinness World Record, like most past SAT papers done or least logical gap year choice or something!

I've always wanted to set a Guinness World Record..

Yep you can get CAS hours from moderating IBS. Joel (deissi) was the first one to get service hours for modding IBS, then Desy (dessskris) also got hours.

If you are interested in moderating, this thread explains what the IBS team is looking for.

No no not probation, we just put them as mini mods to male sure they're good enough to become global moderators, this is basically to ensure that we dont add global moderators that arent up for the position.

Becoming a mini mod doesnt happen according to specific rules basically its when you're being considered, which depends on:
1)Whether or not we need moderators.
2)How active the member is on the forum.
3)What is the quality of their posts, we wouldn't want a moderator with stupid irrelevant and unhelpful posts for example.
4)How well they use the report button, it shows if they know exactly what's right or wrong.
5) In some cases we look at how long they've been in the forum and how they get along with other members, we don't want someone who doesn't get a long with anyone and is always picking fights.
and other factors..

Mathematics isn't really a subject which you can "secure" a mark in. Maths, as a study, is purely based on concepts, and an infinite number of questions can be asked using that particular concept. Therefore, the best way to study is to practice as many questions as possible until you've seen enough ways that one can ask a question based on a concept. Basically, do tons of past papers, and do them again once you're beginning to familiarize yourself with all of the types of questions that can to be asked.

Ultimately, I think it depends on what you upload, so a little like members who make 150 largely useless posts will not get VIP membership, so too members who upload really handy and valuable files will get VIP-ed a little quicker than those who upload random stuff or files from the IBO etc. that're general access. This is purely to explain why there's no number put on the file uploading side of the system: it's very much a case of quality as well as quantity.

Staff do keep an eye on File uploads, however if you've sent in quite a few and nothing has happened, feel free to PM a member of staff and ask whether you could be considered for being VIP-ed, and you'll definitely have your case looked at

Make flashcards for vocab you're trying to learn in class. But Aboo is right; reading Spanish is great. You'll learn words and grammatical structures that will make you sound and write more like a native speaker. Grammar, too, is mostly just memorization once you get past the initial confusing stages. By that I mean you have to force yourself to memorize the AR, ER, IR endings in each of the 5 forms in each of the tenses you've learned. Also, try and memorize conjunctions; if you don't know them, it's hard to guess the meanings of other words. With work, you can definitely get a 4 or even better! If you need help on something specific, ask me or someone else here. I'm in Spanish B SL and I'm pretty good (Biology and and psychology, though, are a different story for me...) You can do it! Buena suerte! (Good luck!)  

ishaan, on Aug 18, 2010 - 05:42, said:

two things:  firstly, calling it maths is not gay, its just what most non-americanised countries call it

             secondly, by calling it gay you are suggesting it is inferior, therefore showing that you are homophobic
             im not an activist but please leave homophobia of this website

Here they are.

Type I:

• Infinite summation
  
• Stellar numbers

Type II:

• Population trends in China
  
• G-Force tolerance

At the risk of rendering thousands of posts redundant, ladies and gents, I present to you:

LMGTFY

Go crazy!

Marsupilami, on Dec 05, 2010 - 23:12, said:

Lol about your friend. If she's equally fluent in English and Indonesian and she's predicted a 6 in English B then I feel pretty bad for her, she must not speak very good Indonesian either.

I took four HLs and switched to 7 subjects, and for me it *was* worth it. I would have taken physics HL if my school had offered it.. Your IB total points aren't the most important thing, and if you start building your IB program around what you need to get into university you should probably not be taking the IB in the first place. It's a program designed to actually teach you important and relevant things, to get you to a level of knowledge in most subjects at HL that allows you to understand a little bit abut industry and real-life processes. It's not supposed to be about maximizing your points and minimizing your work.

There's nothing preventing anyone from taking two A1s, in fact, it's a perfectly good choice in this case. More than 20 books in two years? Are you kidding? Do you seriously think that it takes, on average, more than 18 days to read a single book? Granted I want to be a writer but I know other people who read roughly 10 books a month and it doesn't kill them.

So Nooth do what you want, it's your choice, but if you want to salvage some self-respect go for English A1, at SL if you want - move the third language up if necessary. Just don't take a language you're fluent in at A2 ...

Taking your own damn language at A2 HL is the cheapest and most embarrassing trick in the whole book, because, apart from the obvious reasons: a) if you get less than 7 you're a joke, and b) if you do get the 7 you're preventing somebody who's 2nd or 3rd language actually might be the lingua in question from getting it. Grade inflation at its worst, don't do it!

What is an IA?

An internal Assessment in Economics is a written commentary based on an economics article that you have chosen.
The article you choose should allow you to explain and analyze economic events.

For Economics SL, your IA represents 25% of your total IB score for Economics.
For Economics HL, your IA represents 20% of your total IB score for Economics.

How it is assessed:
There are 5 IB Criteria on which your commentary will be assessed:
A - word limit+ IAs cover more than 3 sections of syllabus. [2 marks]
B - 4 different sources + appropriate use of diagrams. [4 marks]
C - Economic terms are used and are defined correctly. [5 marks]
D - Theory explained and applied [5 marks]
E - Evaluation [4 marks]

The first three criteria of your portfolio should be no problem for you.
Mistakes are possible here, but if you are careful A, B and C should be fine.

What separates the top students is the analysis and evaluation they show in D and E.


How to write your IA

Step 1: Pick a news article
I'd recommend a new article which is pretty specific. It should either focus on a specific event, community or can just be anything you feel would make a good commentary.
One thing I would recommend is to stay simple. If you don't know what an article is saying, don't try to bs your way out of it. You'll lose marks, and there are plenty of simple articles around.

For your first IA, you mostly need to find an article that will allow you to use the concepts of supply/demand, elasticity, and market failure.
In your internet search, it would be useful to search for the price of a commodity.
price of coffee, price of oil, price of cocoa, etc.

Yes, finding a good article is important. Even if it takes you hours to find a good one, it's better to do that than to quickly find a not-so-good one and then realize that there's not much to say about it. Personally, it took me a while to find good articles.

Tip: choose article that doesnt say much , so you can fill in the lines and expand.
If the article is long, you need to highlight the sections you use

A few sites I'd recommend:
Google News
BBC
Guardian
Reuters
... or your local newspaper, there are quite often many relevant articles in there.

Step 2: The Introduction
A lot of people find starting a economics commentary hard. Here's my step-by-step approach:

• Summarise the article in a line or two
  
• Define some key terms which are going to be relevant to your discussion
  
• In one sentence summarise what you are going to say (eg what effect the event will have)

Don't forget to define your terms correctly!! The easiest way to do this is to just copy the definitions word for word out of your textbook/notes.


Step 3: The Body
Draw a diagram
You NEED a diagram (usually) if you want to do well, just make sure your diagram is relevant as you will need to refer to it when you discuss your article further.
Next you want to expand on the specifics on how your news article (or technically what the news article is reporting) will affect the economy. Will it increase demand for giant two-headed pens? Will the supply fall for goblin ears? How is this going to affect the price of that good (use elasticities, etc).
Draw more diagrams if relevant. The more the merrier, as long as they are justified, don't shy from drawing another diagram.

1. Include quotes and footnote them correctly. If you continue quoting the same article just write i.b.i.d (latin for: same as previous).
2. Make sure that you stay within the wordcount of 650-750, aim for the 750 though ( all words even titles and labels must be counted). This and following the general guidelines of the IB (minimum of three different sections in all four IAs, one can be done twice e.g. microeconomics) should net you the two easy marks for criterion A.
3. Use preferably two diagrams. Diagrams will save words if implemented appropriately and convey your economic understanding better.


Consider:
1. Short term versus long term implications
2. Effects on different stakeholders
3. Prioritise the arguments
4. Question validity of a theory/data presented

5.Can you detect contradictions/limitations between economic theory and the real world problem at hand.
6. Are there winners and losers
7. Is there any bias in the way the article was written
8. Can you predict what will happen in the future based on what happened in this article?

Step 4: The conclusion
Briefly conclude by stating what's going to happen and maybe speculate more on the future, say what you might happen to counter this, etc, etc.

Also in your conclusion remember to remark and talk about the effect on the different stakeholders i.e
consumers
producers
the governement etc

For the evaluation, you could also mention long term and short term effects along with stakeholders. and the advantages and disadvantages of whatever solution you suggest.

Also, you need to submit an electronic copy of the commentary and the article, for ISB records.

Tadaa, you now have yourself an economics news commentary

If anyone wants to add to this, feel free to post below and i'll add it in

Thanks to: Julia32, Summer Glau, Eastcoast93 and nuka for contributing via the comments