Question about IB program?

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Hello i currently am planning to participate in the IB program in high school and i was just wondering if it was hard or not? will i be able to have a social life? be able to join in aother after school programs? (cuz of all tha homework) ahhh im so worried that im gonna fail! lol i just need some reasurance that this program is really worth all the ummm...pain? haha i guess thats what i've heard it is...can someone clarify all tha details i would really appreciate it! thanks!

IB program means International Baccalaureate program

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INFORMATION:
The International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) is an international non-profit educational foundation, founded in 1968 in Geneva, Switzerland. The organisation's original intent was to provide schools with an international curriculum which would be acceptable to universities around the world. This idea led to the creation of the IB Diploma Programme. The Middle Years Programme and Primary Years Programme were created in 1994 and 1997 respectively, allowing the IBO to direct education all the way from age three to the end of the secondary level.

The organisation's first director-general was Alec Peterson, who played a crucial part in the development of the IB and the formation of the organisation.

The IBO functions on fees charged from schools who wish to implement one or more of the organisation's educational programmes. Traditionally, the schools offering the programmes were private international schools, but the number of state schools (public schools in the U.S.) is increasing. Today, over half of all Diploma Programme students are from these schools. There are currently 1,553 schools implementing the organisation's programmes.

The IBO's current director-general is Jeffrey Beard. The organisation has four regional offices: IB North America, IB Latin America, IB Asia-Pacific, and IB Africa, Europe, and Middle East.

CRITICISM
Criticism of the Diploma Programme often centers around the limitations of curriculum implementation in the schools. For example, although the IBO may offer many different courses of a particular area, a school may only offer a few, thereby defeating the original intent of the program.[citation needed]

Criticism also stems from the lack of interaction between IB students and other non-IB students in school where programs besides the IB program are offered to students. This lack of interaction is sometimes referred to as the "IB bubble" or "IB royalty".

Another negative aspect of the program is the unnecessary measures taken to keep control of CAS hours. This can be in the form of proposal forms or excessive logging forms.

Most colleges will only give college credit to students for taking higher level cources, and require a score of 6 or 7 most of the time. While on the other hand, the same colleges give credit to students who get a 4 or higher on a AP exam, which is obviously easier to get.

SHORT ANSWER:
It's an awesome education. If you can find a high school that teaches this... TAKE THE CLASSES!

My friend teaches an IB class. It's an amazing program that if I could go back in time, would have taken myself.

If you get through it (with scores of 7)... You can get to Cambridge (England's Harvard... only BETTER) for free.

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Is The Ib Program Hard

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Hello i currently am planning to participate in the IB program in high school and i was just wondering if it was hard or not? will i be able to have a social life? be able to join in aother after school programs? (cuz of all tha homework) ahhh im so worried that im gonna fail! lol i just need some...

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IB is really, really tough. Especially if you're doing the IB Diploma, like I did. If you're going to switch, you should be careful about the subjects you choose and the level you choose to study them at. About whether it'll lower your ranking or not . . . well, if it's an IB school, presumably everyone is going to be taking IB, so you'll all be under the same kind of pressure. It'll depend on whether the students are more or less hardworking than those at your current school. The advantages of IB, especially IB Diploma, are mostly effective only once you get to university. Comparing what I did to what people in the AP program did, IB involves a lot more reading and writing in general. (This can be aggravated by your school's policies, or your teachers' tendencies.) Extra things like the Extended Essay or Theory of Knowledge provide extra preparation for university and a look at a different type of class from the ones you've been taking. Also, CAS (creativity-action-service) forces you to be well-balanced in terms of extra-curricular activities, so that also helps on your college applications. Using the example of my grade: There were thirty students in my grade. Usually, a third of the students at my school choose to take the IB Diploma. (My grade was geeky and proud so 19 of us chose to take it. Some people regretted it.) A lot of us - the studious ones who aren't supernaturally organized - spent the first half of the year surviving on only four or five hours of sleep a day, if that. Our grades weren't too good at the beginning, either, so a lot of us panicked. The better news is that you tend to be able to get more sleep in the second half of the year (both junior and senior years). Also, it's not impossible to get good grades. You get used to the level of work you're supposed to produce. And if the work really IS too hard to get good grades on your own, the teachers will scale it at least a little. (It looks bad if all their students get D's.) The IB Diploma requires you to take at least three and no more than four higher level subjects. From experience, I suggest you not be proud and take four highers. A lot of us proud geeks did, and regretted that, too. For some subjects, the difference between higher and standard level subjects is really big. This mostly applies to subjects that require a lot of writing, like English; foreign languages, because the level you're expected to achieve is much higher; and the sciences, because the amount of labwork you're supposed to do increases from 40 to 60 hours - and consequently the number of lab reports increases. (Or was it from 20 to 40 hours? I don't remember anymore.) I'm hearing that it'll be worthwhile once I get to university, but I haven't gotten many of the benefits yet. I DID get 28 credits for my higher levels (you can usually get credit if you get a 5 or higher), though. I'm looking forward to see how it'll pay off, starting September.

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Okay well I am in the program now, and I agree it is difficult! but if you can manage your time well and you can work hard, then this program is for you. It involves a lot of hard work, lots of homework, and hard classes. But if you stick it through all four years, it will give you somewhere around 1 1/2 years of credit in college! I participate in a sport as well as have a social life. I do stay up late a night doing homework every night, but it isn't actually that bad. I am only in my first year of the program, and I understand it does get harder. It is worth it though, and it looks great on a college application. If i were you, i would join the program. Most schools have the option of getting out of the program if it is too difficult, so that is always an option. Good luck with everything!
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You can go to IB for 4 years? well, i don't know about that, as I don't live in the States. But, I attend the IB in Finland. Currently, I'm a first grader so in 2008 I'll graduate. I must admit, it's tough and you have to work real hard all the time. (well, not all people in our class do but..) But, nevertheless, it IS possible to have some sorta social life..!:) during these IB-years you get to know these people so well (i was in pre-IB last year so I've known my classmates for over a year) so you'll probably get real close to them. but, i guess that's why it has been criticized as well.." the lack of interaction between IB students and other non-IB students in school".. as is said in wikipedia and that has been seen in our school as well. most ib-students don't know many people from the "national side(school)". but, i think it is much easier to get to know people in ib, like fully get to know them and not just superficially.
if you're considering this ib-thing seriously, i really encourage you to go to ib. there may be some bad sides (like too much hw, stress, as we have to do ee's, CAS-thingies, internal assessments, meaning some sorta presentations, tok-essays...) but there are positive sides too. imagine how you'll be respected when people hear you've been to ib! :D

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Forgive my ignorance, but what is IB?