is the IB diploma worth it? from a 45 student 🌎 (high school vs. college)

Is IB harder than college? Do I regret studying it? I explain the International Baccalaureate (IB) high school program and how it compares to an ivy league university education at Cornell.

0:00 - Intro
3:49 - Did you get credit for IB courses at Cornell University?
6:02 - How did you get a 45?
7:07 - IB vs. college
8:05 - Do you feel as if the IB has paid off?
9:55 - Should I take Math HL?
11:10 - Which subjects should I take?
11:38 - Grading system
11:52 - Is college harder than IB?
11:56 - Time management in college
12:55 - IB workload
14:14 - How to keep your sanity and how to stay stress free in IB?
14:48 - Will your IB score affect your chances of getting in college?
15:46 - Perks of having an IB diploma?

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[quanlai]

45? just started ib two months ago and im already dying *cries whos with me

[malickroungou]

When she said "I don't wanna relive that" I felt that too

[seijojoh]

it’s honestly refreshing to see other IB students come together and complain about it

[lydiatang]

when you see an ib vid on your recommended
me: lets hear a rant about how stressful ib is sis i feel ya

[neocleouscomposer]

watching this rn instead of working on my EE draft, gang gang

[linwong]

I'm not a very good student to begin with so when I got into IB, it was *LITERAL HELL*
Was stressed as hell due to escalating family problems, sleeping 4-5hours each day if not all nighting, health dropped like a rock and I became severely sick, got hospitalized for 2.5 weeks during the month when IA's had to be turned in and was _Royally Fucked_
It was only due to the kindness and efforts of my teachers, instructors friends that I even managed to my CAS, EE, IA's done. I will give the IB system one thing is that they gave me lenience and split my higher level and standard level subject exams in two (3 subjects in May and 3 in November) which did really help. Still though even with a redo and the lenience I only managed to just pass and my asian parents were not thrilled... :/
Horrible, traumatic experience but even so I made some great friends and I think I learned a LOT about the importance of mental/physical health.

[domenicjd]

Yo im about to do the IB. God bless me.

[jameshightower]

As an IB teacher it is interesting hearing the students talk about IB 😂😂

[tienyoung]

IB has made my life a living hell :D


and it's even worse because i'm applying to colleges now .-.

[king.kthebest]

Pov: ur scrolling through the comments as a sophomore and u have to choose ur classes

[michaelahewitt-clarke]

When you're a junior in high school and in the IB program

[nairafarooqi]

I'm in my senior year of IB when I say it's not worth it, it really is not worth it

[suweyda]

I just started Pre-IB This year, and you inspired me to do well and hopefully score high, when I get into to the actual program! Your videos have helped me so much🥺 thxx

[dragon]

"Once you're in, *you're invested*"
God that's so true, I'm in year 11 IB and my school just sent an email saying that all the emails of old students had been deleted.

One brave soul counted the number of emails that had been deleted.

*It was more than half of our cohort*

[ashlynel]

I'm in Grade 12 doing part IB, best decision ever. Personally, I don't think that going full IB is worth it, because it is so intense and when you get to your final year, the courses are equivalent to university courses. I didn't think it was worth the mental/emotional/physical health compromise. Plus, we couldn't chose our HL classes, HL had to be Chemistry, History and English (which I think are some of the heaviest workloads for IB -- at least at my school) and in comparison to AP and other advanced programs, students who graduate with IB, like you said, can only have a chance at getting 3 credits, where as almost all AP classes are credited. Considering the amount of time and effort that goes into the work required, I wouldn't say there's much of a benefit for doing diploma (recognition wise). It's a great program to challenge your learning and perspectives and it helps to develop your work ethic. But overall, the benefits, to me, aren't outstanding, Even if you're a diploma candidate. Especially if you're certificate. But if it works for you, I'd say go for it!

[jocelynmarie]

“I don’t want to give my phone any more attention, social media is ruining our lives”
Description: “follow my socials!!!”

[syndey]

I am a junior student doing the IB now! Your videos really helped me thank you so very much for posting another IB related video!

[StardustSpectre]

Katie: Describes ToK as philosophy for IB.

My IB philosophy teacher: This is where the fun begins.

[tyra_p]

Me randomly seeing this video on my YouTube feed, never searching anything related to IB, and yet...I’m in IB 😆. “Coincidence, I think not”. The government is watching! They know I’m procrastinating on IB work 😱😂