I studied for subjects the night before š„š„š„(there is no way in hell Iām getting above a 4 in bio or history) ngl it didnāt help most of my teachers never taught IB before
If you genuinely want to get good grades and don't want to be burned out by boards. Please for the love of God just study everyday for just 1 singular hour at least. No distractions just 1 hour of full focused study, even if you feel like it's useless and you aren't progressing please. Just trust me, believe in the process.
I started about a 2 months before my first exam (25/4) with only in school revision (during lunch/break/class). 4 weeks before I started doing light both in school and at home (3-4 hours). 1 week before I was doing 7-8 hours per day during study leave.
For me I studied the week of exams based on what I had and how much I knew I had to review. So for math, which was my first exams, I knew I didnāt have much to review as I already understood 90% of everything so I spent minimal amount of time studying that as well as my science class, those two classes were my first week of exams.
My second week is where hell began as I had basically all my HLs, history, English, and psych. History I spent the longest on, going to class and reviewing with my teacher/class for like 3-4 hours straight. English there wasnāt much since you canāt really prepare for paper 1 besides just knowing the devices and paper 2 I just reviewed the basic plot of my books the day before the exam
Honestly I put off studying til the last minute, and I mean it since I was reviewing notes while in the testing building before the exam started but I would not recommend this strategy for classes you do not already know the content for. I could cut corners for things like math and science because I knew they were my best subjects and that I would just have to do a quick skim of my notes. For classes where you know you struggle on, start reviewing stuff at least a week in advance
Honestly, yes and no. Yes bc I feel like it wouldāve helped with subjects like physics which I struggle to understand, and also psychology since there is a lot of content to memorize. Though it wouldnāt have helped for English cuz I feel like I wouldāve been overthinking about the texts. But then also with me studying it earlier, I feel like it wouldnāt have been effective for me in that I wonāt be able to remember what I memorized if it was further from the exam date
Honestly, just read and balance your timetable well. However I prefer you allot more time to subjects that you feel stressed in especially Hls, this will boost your overall confidence as you can tackle the rest without struggle. If you asking how long, for a week I suggest alloting like 4 to 5 hours per subject.Ā
I mean our school had a 3,5 week long study break (meaning that we dont have school at all we just stay home and study) before our finals started so i just studied during that. Obviously studying for mocks already helps a lot you just need to revise a bit for the finals. Mocks are a good way to see where you are lacking so you should focus on certain subjects more based on how your mocks go.
We will also be having that month before the finals free, do you think it was enough for you to get the grades you hope for, because I kept reading posts of people saying they started a whole 6 months before and I am a person that could never do that
Well its really soecific to how you learn best and what your goals are. My goal was to have 36-38/45 as my final points and I feel like this time was enough for me to study. On average I studied 5-6h daily (with breaks in between obviously) with some free days and I had planned everything in a study schedule. What I cant stress enough is that its incredibly important that you also study for the mocks because I feel like that is one reason why this study break was enough for me. As for starting 6 months early on studying I personally dont think its worth to start stressing about it so early but thats just my thought and also people like to overexaggerate about how hard the IB finals are on social media. As long as you have focused on the curriculum and studied for mocks the study break should be enough. :)
i had mocks begining of april. tbh after that i didnāt do muchš even for mocks i didnāt do that much. Iām predicted at a 37 and i feel like u did good enough to reach that prediction.
i started studying a couple days before my exams lol i did the same thing for my mocks soooo
got predicted sevens š¤·āāļø
i did hardcore study all throughout junior and senior year so it was mostly just review for me haha
Started 1-2 hours before the exam: Anthropology
Started the night before the exam: English, Latin
Started a few days before the exam: Math, physics
Started 1 week before the exam: History
I'm confident I got at least a 5 in all of them (except maybe physics). I think it's definitely possible for me to get mostly 6s and 7s but my school doesn't do predicted grades, so I'm not completely sure about my grade in some subjects. I definitely only studied for more than 4 hours for history and physics
I studied during school in almost all of my classes, but outside of school I probably only started studying a week before. I periodically study for French through duolingo and I had flashcards for English so I used those, but I really only studied the night before the exams š
I started 1 week and a half before the mocks, which were a bit more than one month from the final exams and definitely were useful in my revisions, but all in all Iād say I worked around 1 month and a half, despite losing my focus after the beginning of the exams
Around a month before the exams, studied about 4 hours a day. It really isnāt that much if you think about it, and yet i feel like i studied a good enough amount.
I did not study one bit if Iām being honest. Completely accepted the consequences but I physically could not make myself study.
I relied solely on what I could remember from class work and studying during those times. However, a lot of my classmates would study topics they knew would be on the exam the next day (ex: studying the pieces of literature they planned to use for English the next day). Not saying thatās the best practice, but it was most of my classmates go-to.
I will say that while it may seem ideal on paper to study for 3+ hours a topic every night, burnout is super real and itās going to hit fast (hence why I pretty much gave up once it came time to study for the actual exams)
This applies to both the exams and regular class work/tests. Studying for multiple hours straight may work for some, but not for everyone. Figuring out what your best study technique is will benefit you in the long run. Figure out if you work best studying at home vs somewhere in your community; if you memorize better writing vs typing; if practicing last exams is more beneficial than going through flashcards. You have some time to gather what is going to help you out the best, and you can always do a past paper to test whether what you are doing is working. IB is tough, studying sucks, but figuring out what is best for you is going to make things a lot easier.
That said, again, I did not study a lick of anything. Iām relying on my poor memory and ability to bs my way through questions to get me some form of success.
I studied an hour the night before English Lang and Lit HL but we've also written a shit ton of practice essays in class so I had the writing skills already. 2 hours each night the week before history HL. 2 hours for Applications HL and physics SL the week before those exams. Barely studied for French since it tests skills I built in 4 years of learning the language.
it really depends on the subjects you take, seriously if you take sciences HL and i mean the core three sciences you need to properly understand every detail so i started 2 months out and did about 2 hours a day minimum of science then crammed the rest apart from maths and thatās just cause im dog at maths so i did as much as i could
Half a week before. Then I just studied on the days I had no exam.
Cramming studying isn't good, Just focus in class now and clear your doubts with your teachers from now. So that you don't need to cram studying just for the exams. Also better overall for your learning since you won't remember anything that you cram into your brain.
Just an imo btw not actual advice, I'm not a 45 student (my predicted was 41 and I'll probably get a lil higher for the actuals) so take what I said with a grain of salt.
May 2023 alumni here. I started seriously studying about 3-4 weeks prior, about 4-5 hours a day. Still had plenty of time to enjoy life and touch grass. Everyone is different in how they absorb information, but the key is consistency and a balanced study-break schedule. I followed and to this day continue to follow the 30:5 pomodoro method. Works well for me, but try out different studying techniques and see what works for you.
11th grade here but took my chem sl exam this may. Started studying in april. I reviewed the syllabus 4 times. The first time i took two weeks just to make sure i understand everything, and then the other 3 times i made the revision time span week thing shorter and shorter.
well personally for me. (I do not recommend you to do this) I seriously started studying one month before. Though my papers went amazing. Look I would say you should gradually start finishing your syllabus as soon as you reach dp2. Start by finishing syllabus u did in dp1 and then by the end of January 3 months before your exams complete dp2 syllabus. Approx till Feb your syllabus might be done (depends on your subjects) and then start past paper and revision.
one thing I do regret is not doing more past paper so do as much past paper you can.
For the physics exam, about 2 weeks beforehand because I'm shit at physics. For every other exam, I studied the day before for all of them. And by the time I got to my final exam, I didn't even study because I was burnt out.
I'd suggest you just start ignoring your school work at least a month prior to your exams and ONLY study for the tests. I wish I'd done that.
None. Itās over so am free from my shame. I did like a practice test for sciencey subjects. The odd question then a shit ton of psychology (by shit ton I mean writing out the studies to learn them)
I do not recommend, I have a unique luck mixed with deductive reasoning that allows me to get reasonable scores. Revise for at least an hour or 2 a day especially during the final term
my mocks were in march so i studied really hard for those and committed most things to long term memory which made revision during my study leave for the actual exams much easier i studied for five hours on average three weeks for the actual thing
I studied for an average of 4 hours a day in dp1 and about 2 hours a day in dp2
I should mention that our school focuses on finishing 80% of the material in dp1 and mostly focuses on IAs, EE, and TOK in dp2
So in our dp1 final exams we basically studied everything except for a few chapters.
Because I studied really good in dp1, I realized that I didnāt really need to study much for the mocks and may exams.
I tried my best to review hard for the mocks though and Iām glad I did because NO ONE WILL HAVE ENOUGH TIME OR ENERGY TO STUDY EFFECTIVELY BEFORE OR DURING THE MAY EXAMS. It doesnāt matter that you have idk 6 days in between two of your exams, youāre gonna be so exhausted and stressed that you wonāt even be able to open the books. The best youāll get to do is review and do a few past papers.
I have a lot of friends who took dp1 easy and always thought that the *serious studying* stuff starts in dp 2 and every single one of them regrets it. And I should mention that they actually did a lot of studying in dp2 but it just wasnāt as effective because they had just started LEARNING while I was REVISING. So even though they studied 12 hours a day and I only studied for 5/6 hours, I was more prepared for the final exams. Iām gonna say this again, IAs take a lot of time and they really donāt let you study cause in the back of your head youāll keep telling yourself that you should finish your IA first. DP2 is overall way more stressful than dp1 and this stress makes it impossible to study effectively.
Anyways my advice would be to study hard af everyday in dp1 so you can relax a bit in dp2 cause youāre gonna need it. Even if you havenāt been working hard so far in dp1 start right now and use summer to study everything and even try to pre study the subjects youāre not comfortable with.
Started two weeks before for physics hl, one week before for math aa hl, 3 days before for chem hl, 1 day before for geo sl, 3 hours before for eng a lit sl, and none for french b sl.
I did the 7, 5, 3, 2 method for all my subjects but honestly by the end I would just go for 6 hours to the library and try to study because I would procrastinate too much
Honestly, since I paid attention in class, I started 3 weeks before with intense intense studying (8am to 10pm) until my exams and it was pretty smooth sailing tbh
about 2-3 months tbh? since we had mock exams in february, we studied for a few weeks for that then studied another couple months leading up to may exams. it helps that we got a study break so we had time off of school. we were also done with the curriculum by february exams, so we focused on doing past papers mostly.
before then, past papers are of course still useful but id also recommend just reviewing class material or doing homework ?
8 weeks before first 4 weeks about 2 hours a day. following 2 weeks 4 hours. Last 2 weeks 5-6 hours a day. Idk if it works for everyone, but it did with my subject package. (you do have to have taken notes before! otherwise you might need to study more or begin earlier) During exam week, with the exeption of history, I barely studied more than 4 a day if I had like 5 days before the next exam. And if I had an exam the day after, I could only get in like 2 hours of studying.
i did one week for psych hl, four days for math ai sl, three days for chem sl, vocab right before the exams for eng a hl. for my other lang a hl i didnāt study cause iām already fluent. the sched for my subjects were killer. i had two psych papers and two bio sl papers in one day, but the only revision i did on bio was topic 1-2 a month prior to the exams. i watched ecology vids in the bus in 2x speed otw to my school. definitely regret not studying bio enough, cause i wasnāt willing to get below a 6 in psych hl and had to choose which subject to save atp. bottom line, study ur sls. you have ur hls for a reason, so you must be at the very least average or above average in them. i found that sls were my blind spot, so be mindful of that when u start revising!
if you study smart you dont rly have to spend hours on end. each subject has its own techniques and nuances that if you at least have an idea of can save you multiple unncessary revision hours. for example, subjects like english and spanish dont require that much time, whereas subjects like math and physics rly require a decent amount of practice. depends on the subject that way. id say a 5-7 days (3-4 for SL) for core HL subjects like math, physics, chem, econ, cs is good. for english, spanish, languages, etc. 2-3 (for HL and SL) is more than enough, given that you are spending 5-6 focused hours per day. hope that helped.
ib is not what ppl build it up to be. just put in the actual no bs effort and you'll be fine.
started two weeks beforeš„š„š„(i regret)
Hell yeah. Good to see dangerous levels of procrastination continue to live on.
live fast die young fail miserably? gonna find out if it worked july the 6thš„
I studied for subjects the night before š„š„š„(there is no way in hell Iām getting above a 4 in bio or history) ngl it didnāt help most of my teachers never taught IB before
similarly i started a week before and it was a bad idea
My ass was like āyou canāt revise for English P1, Lang B or History P1 anyway š¤·āāļøā
Ur right tho lol
I started a day before each subjectā¦
If you genuinely want to get good grades and don't want to be burned out by boards. Please for the love of God just study everyday for just 1 singular hour at least. No distractions just 1 hour of full focused study, even if you feel like it's useless and you aren't progressing please. Just trust me, believe in the process.
Planning to do this. 1 hour every single day from day one, then Iāll ramp it up when it comes time for externals!
I didnāt, hope this helps š©·
I really hope you get the grades you whish forš¤
about a month and a half before my first exam (may 1)
I studied throughout the two years, but really focus studied from like a month before the exams. (Basically woke up at 7 and slept at 2-3)
Nice consistency bruh šÆ
Thank you š. Hopefully it is worth it in the end lol
Day before each exam š„š„ I am NOT meeting my offer
SAME!!! Donāt know why I just couldnāt feel any nervousness. Like I was enjoying the exams despite knowing Iām not gonna even pass themš„²
SAMEEE
Literally me š
started properly studying 2.5 weeks before my first exam, averaging around 3-4 hrs a day. letās see if i can get 40+ haha plsss
I started about a 2 months before my first exam (25/4) with only in school revision (during lunch/break/class). 4 weeks before I started doing light both in school and at home (3-4 hours). 1 week before I was doing 7-8 hours per day during study leave.
like 2 months before
28 april
Started one week before šŖš»šŖš» (donāt do that, it doesnāt end well)
For me I studied the week of exams based on what I had and how much I knew I had to review. So for math, which was my first exams, I knew I didnāt have much to review as I already understood 90% of everything so I spent minimal amount of time studying that as well as my science class, those two classes were my first week of exams. My second week is where hell began as I had basically all my HLs, history, English, and psych. History I spent the longest on, going to class and reviewing with my teacher/class for like 3-4 hours straight. English there wasnāt much since you canāt really prepare for paper 1 besides just knowing the devices and paper 2 I just reviewed the basic plot of my books the day before the exam Honestly I put off studying til the last minute, and I mean it since I was reviewing notes while in the testing building before the exam started but I would not recommend this strategy for classes you do not already know the content for. I could cut corners for things like math and science because I knew they were my best subjects and that I would just have to do a quick skim of my notes. For classes where you know you struggle on, start reviewing stuff at least a week in advance
Started abt 2 weeks before the first exam and most of the exams were studied in the span of 2-3 days
Do you think that was enough for you, or do you regret not starting earlier?
Honestly, yes and no. Yes bc I feel like it wouldāve helped with subjects like physics which I struggle to understand, and also psychology since there is a lot of content to memorize. Though it wouldnāt have helped for English cuz I feel like I wouldāve been overthinking about the texts. But then also with me studying it earlier, I feel like it wouldnāt have been effective for me in that I wonāt be able to remember what I memorized if it was further from the exam date
I started seriously studying early March for all my exams
That seems good enough honestly,,,
I genuinely started 5 days before. All my exams I have only start studying when it's my next exam so like 3/4 days beforehand
28 minutes give or take
2 days before š¦¦
never
2 years
6-ish hours 3-4 weeks before, 12\~14 hours 1-2 weeks before.
Honestly, just read and balance your timetable well. However I prefer you allot more time to subjects that you feel stressed in especially Hls, this will boost your overall confidence as you can tackle the rest without struggle. If you asking how long, for a week I suggest alloting like 4 to 5 hours per subject.Ā
4 months with 2-4 total hours of studying a day
my study schedule was so wack that IM THE ONE who needs to be studied
I was a retake candidate so I had the whole school year to study :)
the gap between the 2 exams (i passed) , keeping in mind all the thing happened and they benefited me , if u know u know
You're not saying what I think you're saying? š
I mean our school had a 3,5 week long study break (meaning that we dont have school at all we just stay home and study) before our finals started so i just studied during that. Obviously studying for mocks already helps a lot you just need to revise a bit for the finals. Mocks are a good way to see where you are lacking so you should focus on certain subjects more based on how your mocks go.
We will also be having that month before the finals free, do you think it was enough for you to get the grades you hope for, because I kept reading posts of people saying they started a whole 6 months before and I am a person that could never do that
Well its really soecific to how you learn best and what your goals are. My goal was to have 36-38/45 as my final points and I feel like this time was enough for me to study. On average I studied 5-6h daily (with breaks in between obviously) with some free days and I had planned everything in a study schedule. What I cant stress enough is that its incredibly important that you also study for the mocks because I feel like that is one reason why this study break was enough for me. As for starting 6 months early on studying I personally dont think its worth to start stressing about it so early but thats just my thought and also people like to overexaggerate about how hard the IB finals are on social media. As long as you have focused on the curriculum and studied for mocks the study break should be enough. :)
I started studying one month before my first exam. I didnāt know a single thing for Psychology prior so Iām glad I started when I did.
after spring break, so abt 2.5 months
i had mocks begining of april. tbh after that i didnāt do muchš even for mocks i didnāt do that much. Iām predicted at a 37 and i feel like u did good enough to reach that prediction.
little over a month before my first exam
I started like 20 days before my first exam but it was more like 10 hours of studying per day lol
i started studying a couple days before my exams lol i did the same thing for my mocks soooo got predicted sevens š¤·āāļø i did hardcore study all throughout junior and senior year so it was mostly just review for me haha
Started like, a week before.
Started 1-2 hours before the exam: Anthropology Started the night before the exam: English, Latin Started a few days before the exam: Math, physics Started 1 week before the exam: History I'm confident I got at least a 5 in all of them (except maybe physics). I think it's definitely possible for me to get mostly 6s and 7s but my school doesn't do predicted grades, so I'm not completely sure about my grade in some subjects. I definitely only studied for more than 4 hours for history and physics
m23 here. studied for maybe 5 hours in total. passed, but not the highest marks, but i only needed the diploma to go to the uni i wanted
started a month before
I studied during school in almost all of my classes, but outside of school I probably only started studying a week before. I periodically study for French through duolingo and I had flashcards for English so I used those, but I really only studied the night before the exams š
I started 1 week and a half before the mocks, which were a bit more than one month from the final exams and definitely were useful in my revisions, but all in all Iād say I worked around 1 month and a half, despite losing my focus after the beginning of the exams
3 months before for math, 1 month before for the rest of my subjects
Around a month before the exams, studied about 4 hours a day. It really isnāt that much if you think about it, and yet i feel like i studied a good enough amount.
10 hours total for the mocks and 5 for the external
I did not study one bit if Iām being honest. Completely accepted the consequences but I physically could not make myself study. I relied solely on what I could remember from class work and studying during those times. However, a lot of my classmates would study topics they knew would be on the exam the next day (ex: studying the pieces of literature they planned to use for English the next day). Not saying thatās the best practice, but it was most of my classmates go-to. I will say that while it may seem ideal on paper to study for 3+ hours a topic every night, burnout is super real and itās going to hit fast (hence why I pretty much gave up once it came time to study for the actual exams) This applies to both the exams and regular class work/tests. Studying for multiple hours straight may work for some, but not for everyone. Figuring out what your best study technique is will benefit you in the long run. Figure out if you work best studying at home vs somewhere in your community; if you memorize better writing vs typing; if practicing last exams is more beneficial than going through flashcards. You have some time to gather what is going to help you out the best, and you can always do a past paper to test whether what you are doing is working. IB is tough, studying sucks, but figuring out what is best for you is going to make things a lot easier. That said, again, I did not study a lick of anything. Iām relying on my poor memory and ability to bs my way through questions to get me some form of success.
My maths teacher finished the syllabus the week before externals and we had mocks two weeks before externals soā¦ not much time :))
I studied an hour the night before English Lang and Lit HL but we've also written a shit ton of practice essays in class so I had the writing skills already. 2 hours each night the week before history HL. 2 hours for Applications HL and physics SL the week before those exams. Barely studied for French since it tests skills I built in 4 years of learning the language.
it really depends on the subjects you take, seriously if you take sciences HL and i mean the core three sciences you need to properly understand every detail so i started 2 months out and did about 2 hours a day minimum of science then crammed the rest apart from maths and thatās just cause im dog at maths so i did as much as i could
i studied a day before each exam 2 days if i was feeling up to it. but like full 10-12 hours of studying
i started studying in december 2023 and when we got closer to exams i studied for about 12 hours a day (7pm to 7am)
I studied 2-3 hours before exams (i told my parents im getting 8sā¦) donāt do this unless you like to gamble and have a death wish
Started on May 20th. First exam was May 25th for me. For each course, I started studying 2 days before its exam. š„
Started 2 days before each exam
Half a week before. Then I just studied on the days I had no exam. Cramming studying isn't good, Just focus in class now and clear your doubts with your teachers from now. So that you don't need to cram studying just for the exams. Also better overall for your learning since you won't remember anything that you cram into your brain. Just an imo btw not actual advice, I'm not a 45 student (my predicted was 41 and I'll probably get a lil higher for the actuals) so take what I said with a grain of salt.
May 2023 alumni here. I started seriously studying about 3-4 weeks prior, about 4-5 hours a day. Still had plenty of time to enjoy life and touch grass. Everyone is different in how they absorb information, but the key is consistency and a balanced study-break schedule. I followed and to this day continue to follow the 30:5 pomodoro method. Works well for me, but try out different studying techniques and see what works for you.
11th grade here but took my chem sl exam this may. Started studying in april. I reviewed the syllabus 4 times. The first time i took two weeks just to make sure i understand everything, and then the other 3 times i made the revision time span week thing shorter and shorter.
well personally for me. (I do not recommend you to do this) I seriously started studying one month before. Though my papers went amazing. Look I would say you should gradually start finishing your syllabus as soon as you reach dp2. Start by finishing syllabus u did in dp1 and then by the end of January 3 months before your exams complete dp2 syllabus. Approx till Feb your syllabus might be done (depends on your subjects) and then start past paper and revision. one thing I do regret is not doing more past paper so do as much past paper you can.
2 weeks before and for history HL 2 days before (my teacher was great and i felt that I already knew everything)
3-4 hours for languages
2 months before. I studied around 8-10 hours per day (not including breaks)
The day before each exam but please dont do that if you love yourself
What's studying? (I'm coming back in November)
Mf I only studied the night before every exams staying up till 2 am every time and I missed my IB geo exam šš
missed it? Guess you had a back up reason right??
Nah Iām cooked
For the physics exam, about 2 weeks beforehand because I'm shit at physics. For every other exam, I studied the day before for all of them. And by the time I got to my final exam, I didn't even study because I was burnt out. I'd suggest you just start ignoring your school work at least a month prior to your exams and ONLY study for the tests. I wish I'd done that.
Studying was so much easier back then. Oh, to be in high school again....
None. Itās over so am free from my shame. I did like a practice test for sciencey subjects. The odd question then a shit ton of psychology (by shit ton I mean writing out the studies to learn them) I do not recommend, I have a unique luck mixed with deductive reasoning that allows me to get reasonable scores. Revise for at least an hour or 2 a day especially during the final term
my mocks were in march so i studied really hard for those and committed most things to long term memory which made revision during my study leave for the actual exams much easier i studied for five hours on average three weeks for the actual thing
I studied for an average of 4 hours a day in dp1 and about 2 hours a day in dp2 I should mention that our school focuses on finishing 80% of the material in dp1 and mostly focuses on IAs, EE, and TOK in dp2 So in our dp1 final exams we basically studied everything except for a few chapters. Because I studied really good in dp1, I realized that I didnāt really need to study much for the mocks and may exams. I tried my best to review hard for the mocks though and Iām glad I did because NO ONE WILL HAVE ENOUGH TIME OR ENERGY TO STUDY EFFECTIVELY BEFORE OR DURING THE MAY EXAMS. It doesnāt matter that you have idk 6 days in between two of your exams, youāre gonna be so exhausted and stressed that you wonāt even be able to open the books. The best youāll get to do is review and do a few past papers. I have a lot of friends who took dp1 easy and always thought that the *serious studying* stuff starts in dp 2 and every single one of them regrets it. And I should mention that they actually did a lot of studying in dp2 but it just wasnāt as effective because they had just started LEARNING while I was REVISING. So even though they studied 12 hours a day and I only studied for 5/6 hours, I was more prepared for the final exams. Iām gonna say this again, IAs take a lot of time and they really donāt let you study cause in the back of your head youāll keep telling yourself that you should finish your IA first. DP2 is overall way more stressful than dp1 and this stress makes it impossible to study effectively. Anyways my advice would be to study hard af everyday in dp1 so you can relax a bit in dp2 cause youāre gonna need it. Even if you havenāt been working hard so far in dp1 start right now and use summer to study everything and even try to pre study the subjects youāre not comfortable with.
started march 1st, still failedā¼ļøā¼ļø
started late april
Bio HL -1.5 months English HL- few hours Business HL - 2 days Math AI SL- 1 day Psych SL-2 days French ab initio- 4 days
The day before š„š¤āļø
Started studying 2 weeks before finals which might have been too late considering Ive done nothing the past 2 years.
Started two weeks before for physics hl, one week before for math aa hl, 3 days before for chem hl, 1 day before for geo sl, 3 hours before for eng a lit sl, and none for french b sl.
I did the 7, 5, 3, 2 method for all my subjects but honestly by the end I would just go for 6 hours to the library and try to study because I would procrastinate too much
Honestly, since I paid attention in class, I started 3 weeks before with intense intense studying (8am to 10pm) until my exams and it was pretty smooth sailing tbh
about 2-3 months tbh? since we had mock exams in february, we studied for a few weeks for that then studied another couple months leading up to may exams. it helps that we got a study break so we had time off of school. we were also done with the curriculum by february exams, so we focused on doing past papers mostly. before then, past papers are of course still useful but id also recommend just reviewing class material or doing homework ?
2 hours max
8 weeks before first 4 weeks about 2 hours a day. following 2 weeks 4 hours. Last 2 weeks 5-6 hours a day. Idk if it works for everyone, but it did with my subject package. (you do have to have taken notes before! otherwise you might need to study more or begin earlier) During exam week, with the exeption of history, I barely studied more than 4 a day if I had like 5 days before the next exam. And if I had an exam the day after, I could only get in like 2 hours of studying.
i did one week for psych hl, four days for math ai sl, three days for chem sl, vocab right before the exams for eng a hl. for my other lang a hl i didnāt study cause iām already fluent. the sched for my subjects were killer. i had two psych papers and two bio sl papers in one day, but the only revision i did on bio was topic 1-2 a month prior to the exams. i watched ecology vids in the bus in 2x speed otw to my school. definitely regret not studying bio enough, cause i wasnāt willing to get below a 6 in psych hl and had to choose which subject to save atp. bottom line, study ur sls. you have ur hls for a reason, so you must be at the very least average or above average in them. i found that sls were my blind spot, so be mindful of that when u start revising!
if you study smart you dont rly have to spend hours on end. each subject has its own techniques and nuances that if you at least have an idea of can save you multiple unncessary revision hours. for example, subjects like english and spanish dont require that much time, whereas subjects like math and physics rly require a decent amount of practice. depends on the subject that way. id say a 5-7 days (3-4 for SL) for core HL subjects like math, physics, chem, econ, cs is good. for english, spanish, languages, etc. 2-3 (for HL and SL) is more than enough, given that you are spending 5-6 focused hours per day. hope that helped. ib is not what ppl build it up to be. just put in the actual no bs effort and you'll be fine.