Why revise History with OSC?

February 29, 2016

If you’re an IB student currently working towards final IB exams you’re probably asking yourself: Why do I need to revise History with OSC? An IB History expert, who has taught on OSC’s Exam Revision Courses for two decades, explains why: The IB...

Important update on Student and Work Visas for International Students

February 24, 2016

From Oxford University Student News: February 5, 2016 New online form for applying for a Tier 4 student visa. The Home Office introduced a new online form for Tier 4 applications on 1 February 2016. If you have already started an application using the previous form...

Introductions and Conclusions: Here’s some help!

February 22, 2016

Beginnings and endings in assessments in Language A: Literature (Part 1): Getting it right in Paper 1. Getting in and out of an essay or a commentary. Should be pretty simple, right? Well, it’s a fair bet you’ve had some challenges with these rather apparently...

For students: The HL option and Paper 3

January 20, 2016

Happy New Year to all of you!  The weather has definitely changed course for most of you, and while most of my posts have been written with a blue sky and warm temperatures, the mountains of New Mexico have had near-record amounts of snow and the temperatures have...

What to do if your IB results are below expectations

January 5, 2016

IBDP results are released around lunch-time on 5th July (depending on your time-zone) and are available here. At some schools they might be available before this time via direct contact with the school. There is always a lot of variability between predicted grades and...

Choosing your IB Subjects: Don’t Panic!

If you are in the year before starting your IB Diploma, your family and school will have started to get you to think about what subjects you should take for the IB Diploma. In chats at dinner you discover your mother wasn’t just suggesting you should be a lawyer...