Yomna Posted August 25, 2018 Report Share Posted August 25, 2018 Hello people! I'm doing Chemistry and Math both at Hl and it's KILLING ME! Since I wanna study medicine and need about 40 points I'm thinking about dropping one of them to SL (I don't need Chemistry nor Math HL for the university I'm applying for). I'm pretty good at both subjects but I feel like Chemistry HL is so much content , while Math is very interesting but it requires a LOT of time to practice and the exam questions are pretty hard. Does any one have some advice on which one I should drop? These are my subjects if that's would help Physics HL Chemistry HL Math HL English B HL Self-taught Arabic A SL History SL Thanks in advance! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kw0573 Posted August 25, 2018 Report Share Posted August 25, 2018 Drop math HL. If you are taking biology HL you would need Chem HL to make up for it (to be competitive). Plus the math requirement for med is not that high. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yomna Posted August 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2018 8 hours ago, kw0573 said: Drop math HL. If you are taking biology HL you would need Chem HL to make up for it (to be competitive). Plus the math requirement for med is not that high. I agree, but I'm only applying to Danish universities and they only require SL Chemistry and Math and the only thing they care about is the overall grade (40+ points) so to make question clear, is it easier to get a 7 in Math HL or Chemistry HL? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IB`NOT`ez Posted August 25, 2018 Report Share Posted August 25, 2018 11 hours ago, kw0573 said: Drop math HL. If you are taking biology HL you would need Chem HL to make up for it (to be competitive). Plus the math requirement for med is not that high. 14 hours ago, Ayal said: Hello people! I'm doing Chemistry and Math both at Hl and it's KILLING ME! Since I wanna study medicine and need about 40 points I'm thinking about dropping one of them to SL (I don't need Chemistry nor Math HL for the university I'm applying for). I'm pretty good at both subjects but I feel like Chemistry HL is so much content , while Math is very interesting but it requires a LOT of time to practice and the exam questions are pretty hard. Does any one have some advice on which one I should drop? These are my subjects if that's would help Physics HL Chemistry HL Math HL English B HL Self-taught Arabic A SL History SL Thanks in advance! I'm fairly certain if you want to apply to some insane med schools like Cambridge you're going to want Math HL + Science HL (90% of admits had either A-Level Math or Math HL). It's just something to consider if you don't want to leave out options; Oxford doesn't seem to have as stringent a Math HL "recommendation". Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yomna Posted August 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2018 1 hour ago, IB`NOT`ez said: I'm fairly certain if you want to apply to some insane med schools like Cambridge you're going to want Math HL + Science HL (90% of admits had either A-Level Math or Math HL). It's just something to consider if you don't want to leave out options; Oxford doesn't seem to have as stringent a Math HL "recommendation". I agree that Math HL would keep my options open and I was thinking about dropping Chem to SL since I have another HL Science. However, I'm really worried I won't be able to score well in Math HL and that would affect my overall IB grade. If anyone who studied the new syllabus of both subjects at HL would care to share some advice that would be very appreciated 🙏🙏 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kw0573 Posted August 26, 2018 Report Share Posted August 26, 2018 11 hours ago, Ayal said: I agree, but I'm only applying to Danish universities and they only require SL Chemistry and Math and the only thing they care about is the overall grade (40+ points) so to make question clear, is it easier to get a 7 in Math HL or Chemistry HL? Content-wise Math HL is a more difficult course. But the study strategy is straightforward: you just get 7+ years of past papers and do all the questions. In comparison, the content of Chemistry HL is often difficult to conceptually understand and you need to use a wide variety of review strategies. Math is knowing how to solve the problem and chemistry is understanding and justifying phenomenon. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yomna Posted August 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2018 13 hours ago, kw0573 said: Content-wise Math HL is a more difficult course. But the study strategy is straightforward: you just get 7+ years of past papers and do all the questions. In comparison, the content of Chemistry HL is often difficult to conceptually understand and you need to use a wide variety of review strategies. Math is knowing how to solve the problem and chemistry is understanding and justifying phenomenon. I see, I'll probably drop Chem then. Thanks a lot! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Letezlu Posted November 2, 2018 Report Share Posted November 2, 2018 neither omg those are impossible jeeeeez 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yomna Posted November 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2018 On 11/2/2018 at 8:40 PM, Letezlu said: neither omg those are impossible jeeeeez ikrr!! 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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