MR Q Posted November 8, 2016 Report Share Posted November 8, 2016 IB sucks. Free time doesn't exist in the IB. 6 subjects are more than enough especially when they' re not related to your studies e.g ( When someone wants to study engineering, social sciences are waste of time) 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mac117 Posted November 8, 2016 Popular Post Report Share Posted November 8, 2016 I beg to differ. And with me probably hundreds of thousands of IB graduates. Being narrow-minded in today's society (i.e. regarding a certain area of knowledge "a waste of time") is not beneficial in any way - especially when you're in the programme and knew what was coming as you signed up. Free time exists no matter what your subjects are, as long as you stay on top of your work and don't procrastinate like crazy. IB is hard, sure, but uni will prove itself to be much harder - ask any of the graduates here 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChocolateDrop Posted November 9, 2016 Report Share Posted November 9, 2016 4 hours ago, MR Q said: IB sucks. Free time doesn't exist in the IB. 6 subjects are more than enough especially when they' re not related to your studies e.g ( When someone wants to study engineering, social sciences are waste of time) If you're finding you're not compatible with the IB workload and ethos you have two options: A) Switch to a different programme, perhaps one where you can specialise in subjects relevant to what you want to study/ do Or B) Change your approach to the workload and your subjects. As mentioned above, if you organise yourself properly you should have free time and be able to keep on top of things. Of course you could also do nothing and continue feeling as you do and hope it doesn't reflect in your grades. @mac117 has a point, if you do decide to study beyond IB and go to university, the workload is likely to be harsher than IB. Therefore it'd be in your best interest to change your approach to work more efficiently and not necessarily harder. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootingStar16 Posted November 9, 2016 Report Share Posted November 9, 2016 2 hours ago, ChocolateDrop said: If you're finding you're not compatible with the IB workload and ethos you have two options: A) Switch to a different programme, perhaps one where you can specialise in subjects relevant to what you want to study/ do Or B) Change your approach to the workload and your subjects. As mentioned above, if you organise yourself properly you should have free time and be able to keep on top of things. Of course you could also do nothing and continue feeling as you do and hope it doesn't reflect in your grades. @mac117 has a point, if you do decide to study beyond IB and go to university, the workload is likely to be harsher than IB. Therefore it'd be in your best interest to change your approach to work more efficiently and not necessarily harder. 6 hours ago, MR Q said: IB sucks. Free time doesn't exist in the IB. 6 subjects are more than enough especially when they' re not related to your studies e.g ( When someone wants to study engineering, social sciences are waste of time) As a university student, I would say that in some ways, it is more challenging than full IB (I do find it easier for the most part, but that's besides the point). You should have at least some free time if you have decent time management skills, and in uni, you will need to take courses that are outside your major (at my university, science and engineering kids have to take some humanities courses while arts kids have to take some science courses). If you go into uni with the same attitude, you will not succeed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushroom Posted November 9, 2016 Report Share Posted November 9, 2016 I'm afraid if that's an opinion you hold, it's pretty likely IB is not a good program for you. Many have gone through IB and experienced a great number of benefits through the more in-depth classes and the general view of the IB concerning open minded-ness and becoming an international student. All of us here are going through or have gone through IB, and though there are many complaints made about it, we realize we made the decision to take this challenge and we strive to thrive and learn from the challenge that is IB. Much can be learned if you succeed in IB, however if there is too much getting in the way of the learning, such as not being able to make enough time to get through all the work you have, then perhaps you should consider dropping out. To go out and say IB sucks, however, is not very kind nor does it help your situation, and so I would recommend that rather than complain, you do something about it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kw0573 Posted November 9, 2016 Report Share Posted November 9, 2016 8 hours ago, MR Q said: When someone wants to study engineering, social sciences are waste of time. Have you thought about people social sciences not taking sciences? Have you seen how some lawyers and politicians who have less than high school science and math knowledge? It would be very hard to argue that they should take math and science courses if you say an engineer should not take social science courses. I am not trying to dismiss your arguments but hopefully you do see IB's reasoning and attempt to make students take courses from multiple disciplines. On this site, you may not find people who share your view projecting their voices as loudly as you had hoped but certainly your view is valid but you should also be willing to see others' perspectives. Free time is purely based on your previous academic preparations and work ethic. IB is only a small factor. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR Q Posted December 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2016 (edited) Look the problem with me is that my english aren't so good. Also I have dyslexia which means that it's really difficult for me to spell a word correct. I' m trying to improve myself by reading articles and studying more. Last but not least my school doesn't offer most of the group 3 subjects. It only offers ( Phycology, Economics, ITGS and History ). I would be more interested on studying Global Politics or Social and Cultural Anthropology even World Religion (due to my Greek education background) rather than Economics BTW, My subjects are: Math HL, Physics HL, English B HL, Chemistry SL, Modern Greek Literature SL, Economics SL Edited December 13, 2016 by MR Q Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaurav19 Posted December 14, 2016 Report Share Posted December 14, 2016 Don't procrastinate, or change your subjects, or drop out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwig S Posted December 14, 2016 Report Share Posted December 14, 2016 (edited) IB is harder than most of the school programs, and sure there won't be a lot free time for the students. However, it is worth it if you want to go to university. IB is making you taking 6 subjects each from a different area is because they want you to be well rounded. Personally, I am a science and math person, and I hated history, but I just have to take it. I do not enjoy it either. But if you think about it, when you take engineering as your university program, there is still be courses you dislike but you have to take. And I believe the workload in university is way worth than IB. At university, when you see your classmates suffering from getting stuff done on time, you can laugh because you already had the experience in IB. Free time is always there if you really want it and try hard. I am taking 4 HLs, and I still got time to do other things such as play with my friends, play sports, partying... There will be time you feel there's no time to do anything, but don't give up, believe in yourself that you can do it! Edited December 15, 2016 by Ludwig S 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBoy Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 On 11/9/2016 at 5:51 AM, mushroom said: I'm afraid if that's an opinion you hold, it's pretty likely IB is not a good program for you. Many have gone through IB and experienced a great number of benefits through the more in-depth classes and the general view of the IB concerning open minded-ness and becoming an international student. All of us here are going through or have gone through IB, and though there are many complaints made about it, we realize we made the decision to take this challenge and we strive to thrive and learn from the challenge that is IB. Much can be learned if you succeed in IB, however if there is too much getting in the way of the learning, such as not being able to make enough time to get through all the work you have, then perhaps you should consider dropping out. To go out and say IB sucks, however, is not very kind nor does it help your situation, and so I would recommend that rather than complain, you do something about it. I just wanted to say this I am in 9th grade and I don't necessarily like the system but I don't hate it either. I would prefer to move back to my old school but my parents don't allow me and that might be the case for the other people in this discussion. And I have one question how do you convert IB grades to letter grades? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicalDovetailing Posted May 26, 2018 Report Share Posted May 26, 2018 On 5/24/2018 at 7:54 AM, TheBoy said: I just wanted to say this I am in 9th grade and I don't necessarily like the system but I don't hate it either. I would prefer to move back to my old school but my parents don't allow me and that might be the case for the other people in this discussion. And I have one question how do you convert IB grades to letter grades? You mean like the 1-7 scale IB grades? There is no set conversion. A 4 is considered average or a "C", so you can kind of take a guess at it from that. You can also look at 2017 grade boundaries to get an idea of what each grade is like in terms of difficulty to achieve. https://www3.dpcdsb.org/STFXS/Documents/2017-05_grade_boundaries.pdf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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