Hi, I'm a student who is in the IB diploma program.
So that's 3 higher level subjects and 3 standard level subjects. I found out that credit is only given for Higher level subjects though.
In every University website I've seen, the office of undergrad admissions recommends certain subjects and a certain amount of 'units' to it.
Can someone please help me explain what these 'units' are? And also what 'social studies' is?
Also, as I am only allowed to take 6 subjects in the diploma, what subjects do you recommend I take? I'm already signed up for Maths studies standard which has intoductory calculus, chinese as a foreign language standard, chem standard, history higher, econs higher, and english higher.
do you think that that is sufficient for american universities?
2007-05-08 00:19:57 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
The IB diploma is likely more than sufficient for any American university. Focus on what you want to learn.
'Units' are a number of courses...4 'units' in english probably means taking 4 english classes. They are not going to be necessarily aligned with IB.
Social Studies...Government/Social Sciences/History all lumped together...Your Higher History will handle that requirement.
Talk to the IBDP advisor at your school abotu how to translate the program to US universities.
2007-05-08 00:30:05 · answer #1 · answered by Clif S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If that's for one semester, it's too much; if it's for both semesters, it's too little. Generally, it's recommended that you carry about 5 classes, at a total of 15-18 credit hours. There are some one-hour classes you can throw in that are usually pretty easy and not time-consuming. You're supposed to have three hours' study time for each semester hour of class, so quadruple the hours for the class to figure total weekly hours for that class.
2007-05-08 00:30:13 · answer #2 · answered by Terri J 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sorry dont knw
2007-05-08 01:31:35 · answer #3 · answered by santosh5002003 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋