1-2-3 Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 Our school follows what IB says.150 hours in total.50 for each of C,A & S. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hermine0817 Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 Standard 150 hours for 50 - 50 - 50.I didn't know that other schools enforce something different.... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
y.v Posted May 2, 2009 Report Share Posted May 2, 2009 (edited) 150 hours 50 for Action, 50 for Creativity and 50 for Service.However, most of the times you cannot get more than 20-30 hours for the same activity Edited May 2, 2009 by y.v Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
milkberry Posted May 3, 2009 Report Share Posted May 3, 2009 Our school requires just 150 and in order for the activity to count it has to be at least 2 of the C, A, or S!But they changed the rules for the new IBers (ones that take exams in 2010!) and they have to do 200 hours. 100 hours first year and 100 hours 2nd year. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vix Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 We have to do 50 hours in each area; it is painful to hear that some of you have to do even more hours! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vvi Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 We don't have any requirements on how many hours have to be completed the first year and how many the second year. Some people finish their hours in a few months, some the day before the CAS diary is due (and some people make up hours, like "tutoring their classmate"). Our school has 150 hours of CAS as a graduation requirement regardless of whether you do IB or not (diploma, certificate and plain high school diploma students still have to complete it). Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAlma0911 Posted May 7, 2009 Report Share Posted May 7, 2009 I suppose we are fortunate for have fifty in each, but I can understand why a school may want a student to achieve more. Being active in the community can never be a detriment, engaging in sports and whatnot is good for the body, and creativity makes one more well-rounded.But then again, I have several hundred hours under my belt, so it is not so difficult for me. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aliase Posted May 8, 2009 Report Share Posted May 8, 2009 150 hours. 40 is the minimum hours you can do for either C-A or S. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xelar Posted May 9, 2009 Report Share Posted May 9, 2009 My school discourages 'hour counting' so I really have no idea. As long as we meet the CAS requirements through a journal, and continue to engage in clubs and activities for a total of 1.5 school years it's okay. I'm pretty sure we need at least 40 in each category though. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
popcorn Posted May 10, 2009 Report Share Posted May 10, 2009 In mine we must have 50 hours per semester, that makes 200 hours in total ^^But actually, many of us do a lot more than that Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bohemian03 Posted May 10, 2009 Report Share Posted May 10, 2009 Total of 150 hours but our school strongly encourages us to go beyond. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
herong2x Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 we have 150 50 for each part of CAS service is the easiest to complete and the others are really hard Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doesntmatterwhy Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 150..I still need around 20 hours.But should be easy. I have a year left! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrswong Posted July 14, 2009 Report Share Posted July 14, 2009 150. But I know kids who do waaay over that. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
__inthemaking Posted July 14, 2009 Report Share Posted July 14, 2009 (edited) 150 hours; minimum of 3 different activities in each area Edited July 14, 2009 by __inthemaking Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
laryxle Posted July 19, 2009 Report Share Posted July 19, 2009 My school also discourages talking about it in hours; apparently hours don't matter anymore according to the new CAS syllabus, so we don't have to get 150 hours like before. Although what we actually have to do could probably end up taking more than 150 hours. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ CAS Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 Our school changed from 150 as a minimum requirement to 300. but we have no limited on hours on a specific project (long or short)however, we should have a long one and a short one in each. it is quit hard to get 300 but it can be done.I know some people who have managed to get over 500 hours off CAS.... (i could score this if i used all my action things i thnk... like 300 hours of action or so)Hi there!I have 1500 CAS hours in just my first year of IB1...Our school requires just 150 and in order for the activity to count it has to be at least 2 of the C, A, or S!But they changed the rules for the new IBers (ones that take exams in 2010!) and they have to do 200 hours. 100 hours first year and 100 hours 2nd year.That's rubbish... I'm taking my exams in 2010. The CAS system has to changed to focus on quality more than quantity... that's all...and btw... I wouldn't really care if they increased it by whatever. I have 1500 hours. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Economist Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 The minimum is 150 hours.50 per category Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
meh Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 Our school changed from 150 as a minimum requirement to 300. but we have no limited on hours on a specific project (long or short)however, we should have a long one and a short one in each. it is quit hard to get 300 but it can be done.I know some people who have managed to get over 500 hours off CAS.... (i could score this if i used all my action things i thnk... like 300 hours of action or so)Hi there!I have 1500 CAS hours in just my first year of IB1...Our school requires just 150 and in order for the activity to count it has to be at least 2 of the C, A, or S!But they changed the rules for the new IBers (ones that take exams in 2010!) and they have to do 200 hours. 100 hours first year and 100 hours 2nd year.That's rubbish... I'm taking my exams in 2010. The CAS system has to changed to focus on quality more than quantity... that's all...and btw... I wouldn't really care if they increased it by whatever. I have 1500 hours....1500 hours? Wow I can't even begin to fathom how many activities you must be involved in. In comparison I'm having a difficult time planning what I'll do for the minimum of 150 hours my school enforces...haha Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
becca_mae57 Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 My coordinator said that you can count your hours for different catagories. For example, if you volunteer to teach little kids dance, thats action and service, and if you do fifty hours of that, you only need to do fifty more hours of creativity. Its our first year as an IB school, so I don't know if she knows what shes talking about. Is that true? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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