w96 Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 (edited) I've been told by my school that I should start considering my options to apply for the IB at my school. I want to do:Spanish B HLGeography HLBiology HLEnglish Lit. SLMaths StudiesHistory SLFor university, I would like to do an arts course. After looking at requirements and courses that I was interested in, I would love to do the BA at HKU, specialising in Geography and Hong Kong Studies (or anywhere to study geography or languages/cultures, but as far as I'm aware HKU is the only place that does hong kong studies, which is an area that I'm really interested in.) However, I'm worried that my courses aren't arts based, with a social and experimental science at HL. Should I change Biology to English or History? Edited November 29, 2012 by w96 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flinquinnster Posted November 30, 2012 Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 I think that you could get away with this combination, but if you're looking at an arts degree maybe switching up either English or History to HL would look good. Personally, I would recommend switching English to HL and doing Biology SL. Keep Geography though, because HL socials are good for arts degrees. But mostly, do what you feel you will like - I don't think you could be disadvantaged too much for doing Biology HL instead of English or History HL. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cricketcrazynerd Posted December 2, 2012 Report Share Posted December 2, 2012 I think you should consider taking Visual arts as a high level... otherwise HL biology should be fine Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Morrie.K Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 (edited) Why don't you take an IB Art course instead of one SS course if you are going to major art in the unis? Edited January 24, 2013 by Sandwich Please type words out in full rather than using chatspeak. Thanks. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
w96 Posted February 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2013 I think you should consider taking Visual arts as a high level... otherwise HL biology should be fineWhy don't you take an IB Art course instead of one SS course if you are going to major art in the unis?Sorry, when I say Arts I mean as arts&humanities, like literature, history, languages, geography etc., I could NEVER do Visual Arts, I'm really horrible at it I have decided to change Biology HL to English because the extension at HL Biology doesn't cover anymore environmental science so it doesn't really interest me. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yolo Swaggins Posted February 19, 2013 Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 If I were you I'd just study what I'd want to study. You should look up if there are any prerequisites for studying HK studies at HKU in advance, and if you're really serious about applying there, even ask or call them if your course combination is OK. It looks fine to me; I mean you already have Geography at HL, and you'd already have some history background(but it doesn't look like you'll be covering much ground on HK). Perhaps you might want to consider switching that for HL.Otherwise, if you get the word that it's fine, and you think that your courses already are easier than if you were to change them up, I won't bother. 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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