Ceofy Posted July 27, 2013 Report Share Posted July 27, 2013 (edited) Hi!I'm going to be going into pre-IB in September and I'm wondering if there is any way I can prepare myself a little.Lots of people say that pre isn't actually that hard and that no preparation is necessary, but I am currently stuck in a Facebook-less, YouTube-less, and friend-less country with nothing to do.I've been reading up on cognitive science, but even that gets boring when you do it for four hours straight, so I figured that I would study something that I would be using in the next year.So is there anything that could possibly help? Is there anything that you wish the teachers had spent more time on, or that you wish you had looked up before hand? Were there any gaps in the knowledge that you were supposed to have at the beginning of the year? Was there anything that your classmates struggled with? Was there anything that was difficult to understand, or that you still don't understand? Are there any books that it could have been beneficial to read (I heard something about 1984 . . .)?The classes that I'm going to be taking are:ELA 10-1 WCpreIBSoc 10-1F WCpreIBMath WCpreIB 10CFScience 10 WCpreIBPhysical Education 10FLA10 WCpreIB /HPure Math 20IBFChem 20IBI'm particularly interested in Science, French, and, to a lesser but still significant extent, Math. TOK also sounds really interesting.Thank you for your help, and literally anything you care to post below will help me, so please contribute in any way you can!Thank you!Edit: online textbooks would be great too! Edited July 27, 2013 by Ceofy Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darta Jenn Bush Posted July 27, 2013 Report Share Posted July 27, 2013 The most important thing you can do to prepare for IB is time management. Pre-IB will prepare you for the IB, and I wanted to prepare as well when I was going into pre-IB year, but only now I realize I had such vague idea about what was IB, that I couldn't do much.You can read through syllabuses and stuff, but I suggest you start planning your time early, because without good time management skills the IB is going to a pain in your ... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Award Winning Boss Posted July 27, 2013 Report Share Posted July 27, 2013 Go outside. You can teach yourself French too but really, go outside. 3 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nkccue Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 Honestly have some fun MYP is like a piece of cake compared to DP... So relax and maybe learn some time management skills so when you're in DP the workload won't drive you crazy Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
by.andrew Posted August 1, 2013 Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 I really wish I could have read more books when I was little. Start with magazines and newspapers and work your way up to novels and classics. But really, going outside and enjoying some fresh air is nice too Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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