Top Mistakes to AVOID in your IB MATH IA

Hey everyone! I got a 20/20 on my Math IA, and have been helping students try to achieve a high score in their IA for the past year now. Here is all the advice I have on common mistakes to avoid and common pitfalls that students fall into!

Time Stamps
3:10 Too much Personal Engagement
5:05 Having a Bad Research Question or Aim
8:39 Forgetting to explain/interpret things
10:45 Make Your Equations Look Good
11:22 Ugly Graphs
14:02 Random Stats Mistkaes
17:20 Using Someone Elses Method Without Researching it

Who am i?
My name is Sinead. I’m from Bali and I am currently living in San Fransisco (as of early 2020). I did the International Baccalaureate in highschool and now I am in my second semester of University at the University of Minerva. I am planning to document my journey as a student through university whilst sharing any tips I have on studying and education in general. Subscribe to join me on my adventure.

Please feel free to reach out to me on Instagram, I answer every DM! Feel free to ask me a question, or just say hi! If you like me content we would probably get on :).

IB Services
I go to a university with a lot of successful IB students. Together we collaborated to create a tutoring organisation to help offer 1on1 support for students going through the IB. On our website, you can also get access to free IB resources. At the moment we are working on developing question banks for Science subjects. We also offer assistance with IAs. Here are some links you can check out:
Tutoring:
IA Help
IB Physics Paper 1 Question Bank

Camera: Canon G7X
Editing Software: Final Cut Pro
Social Media
Channels

Sub count: 1,320

[caramelmacchiato]

Okay but I love the development from “ignore the screaming in the background “ to a whole microphone

[atharvbhalerao]

this is helpful beyond imagination. i have just started writing my IA and good thing i found your video.(i have downloaded it)

A suggestion for writing good looking equations,
use LaTeX for your entire math IA
it is like you write program but in English and it will generate a professional looking document just like research paper and thank me later.

[GingerMathematician]

A clear aim and rationale at the beginning of the IA process is critical I agree 👍

[zahrakhan]

Hello! Very helpful video. Thank you so much!

[alexandreandtbacka]

One more thing, I have formulated a specific topic on my Calculus IA and I was wondering where I could contact you to give tips on my research paper?

[alexandreandtbacka]

This really helps and I am working on a lot of IA's for IB right now. One question that I have for you is that our class was screwed over from a bad teacher in IB Physics SL and we are behind by three months. I am working hard to catch up as is my teacher but I don't think it will be possible at his rate. What are some tips you could give for catching up and also tips to choose my IA that is due closer than comfortable?

[Trollek]

Hey I have one question about IA's. Is it allowed, to cite other works and use them as a deep explanation of a term, that is not so essential to my work, only being brought up once?

[mariaeduardapereira]

Hey, I am doing my IA on Coastline it is basically the same as yours but I am using different countries. However, I am scared that it will end up very similar to yours, can you give me any suggestions so that does not happen?

[yassminehosny]

I came here from ur story lol
Sinead, r u a nerd ?
I'm a fan

[zhaotiancheng]

Can I choose a research question based on proving physics law?

[KhushiGupta-ynsj]

are u still giving detailed feedback on IAs? where can I get more information about it

[sizzler]

Hello! I'm doing my math IA on the amount of cake batter and the time taken for it to perfectly bake. My main aim is to get a general formula for me to predict how long I have to bake my cake. The data is accurately linear :') like 30, 60, 120 ... I'm afraid that it won't make any sense and I lack of mathematics. Do you have any tips on what other math i should include?

[trenh]

Hello I heard you say that there are 4 marks for personal engagement but I believe that there are only 3?

[noahan]

Can someone help me? I'm planning on doing "what is the correlation between lack of sleep and depression?" Is it a good question? is there a place I could get data from and if not how should I collect the data for this?

[mirzataimurii]

Hey, did you do the maths IA. Need your help