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we're asking some of the best students from my IB class every IB students
biggest question, "how hard is IB?" like it's not impossible if it were
impossible no one wouldn't do it. I think I thought it was hard like the next year
school is always going to be harder I thought the classes were gonna be a
lot harder more impossible than they were it was kind of explained to us that
they were college-level classes and I was like oh I'm a junior like I can't
take a college level class when I stayed on task and asked questions a lot of
things were like came naturally when I was a sophomore everything seemed very
undoable but then being able to be in activities and stay in school and get
good grades was pretty easy when I went into a child chemistry a bunch of people
were telling me like it's impossible to get a and HL chem I ended up being good
in chemistry and I did get an A not to brag don't believe the hype I thought
the EE was gonna be a lot worse than it was I thought it would take a lot more
of my time and like mental energy and it kind of ended up being a lot more
low-key I thought everyone would be a lot more prepared than they were so I
thought I'd have to make up academically and mentally it's not like you're gonna
get into a class and everyone else is gonna know things that you don't guess I
was surprised that everyone was in the same boat and we were all going to be
new at it the whole HLSL system and picking your HL like can seem really
scary especially when you're is going into IV but I personally like changed my
HL in the middle of junior years so if you don't like a class then you can
still change your schedule it's not like 7-7 believe in yourself take the class
that you're interested in taking don't be worried that it's gonna like
you make the most out of it it was not as hard as I was expecting when I first
started because I didn't procrastinate a lot and I did put a lot of time into my
work procrastinating is going to be like more damaging to you than just like
actually just being stupid like if you weren't smart enough to be an Ivy but
you got on top of your work you would do better than a really smart person who
was really bad about procrastinating procrastination in senior year when you
have to deal with applying to colleges and extra stress I can definitely be
more difficult it's always broken down into individual assessments and
assignments that you have to do so you're able to just kind of like parse
it down and say ok for this hour I'm just working on this thing even if
you're really nervous that you have five other things that are due tomorrow
you can like separate it out and focus on individual pieces just knowing that
the teacher is there to help you they want you to do well like your teachers
aren't out there to like read you out of the program like they're there to
educate you people have gone through the program many times people who are better
than you but also people who may be worse than you so you're gonna do fine
it's not the end of the world if you like totally but sure it like like you
still can live a life that's not like who you are if you kind of be an
advocate for yourself and get help when you need it and look for other resources
when you need it that can definitely help and prepare you for other levels of
education I feel like I'm definitely ready to like do what I'm doing next in
my life you'll know when like if it feels right if it feels like you're
going on a right pace then the Ivy program is probably for you you kind of
want it to be hard right you want it to be challenging and that's kind of why
you choose it or that's why I chose but it's not impossible throughout the
two years is easier than harder it was kind of fun and I think it's worth it
so is I be hard yes but it's definitely doable and it's certainly not impossible
each class is challenging having just one or two classes wouldn't be that bad
the real difficulty in IB is juggling all of them at once staying on top of
things is really important just take it one day at a time and know that
everything will come into place by the end of your IB experience it's important
to remember that you can always make room for anything that you want to do
whether that's a new extracurricular or maybe just a good night of sleep
remember that IB is designed for you to be well-rounded and balanced so it
shouldn't take up all of your time the most important thing I learned in my
second year of IB was how to communicate with teachers and take my own time to
really learn and internalize the content and I think understanding what you need
to do to succeed is so important to make a difficult curriculum easy for you
you heard from the best and brightest of my Ivy class and hopefully you'll see
that IB is really not as intimidating as it seems if you liked this video then
you'll probably like some of my other ones so go ahead and check them out and
as always I'll see you later