Pre IB Advice (21 total posts)

Top 10 tips

Top 10 tips before you begin your IB Diploma

August 23, 2021
Here are our top 10 tips which you can do in the last weeks of the summer holidays to help you prepare for the IB Diploma! Make sure you are happy with your subject choices You likely made your subject choices a few months ago so now is the time to look over them and...

Live Stream Exam Revision Course Success

July 1, 2021
Thank you to all the students who attended our first Live Stream Exam Revision course in April! The course was a huge success with 98% of our students saying they would recommend the course to a friend, and all said they felt more confident to approach their IB exams...

Pre-IB (2): The ‘what’ of TOK

June 24, 2017
The ‘what’ of TOK refers to the knowledge produced by human thought. Human knowledge is divided  into Areas of Knowledge (AoKs). Those units generally combine subjects which have similar methods, scope and goals. There are eight of them. Natural Sciences, Human...

Pre-IB (1): What on Earth is TOK?

When asked about what makes IB students more prepared for university than others, admissions officers tend to highlight two things, the Extended Essay and TOK. TOK, which is short for Theory of Knowledge could be regarded as the heart and the crown of the IB. It forms...

PRE IB: What should I expect from the IB course?

June 11, 2017
There are two main answers to this question: 1. Academic The IB will give you an excellent grounding in the subjects you study. Your will learn about 6 subjects in some detail, and can use these subjects to help you decide on what you might wish to read at university,...

PRE IB: Am I doing the right thing by choosing to study the IB?

This blog was written by John Chilton, an experienced IB Physics teacher. To read more blogs written by John, click here. Of course you are!  If you have chosen the IB for the right reasons, then it is obviously the right choice. Ignore anyone who tells you otherwise....