Category: Extended Essay
Rather than presenting invented example essays — which risk teaching you to imitate surface features without the genuine thinking behind them — this guide breaks down the specific, verifiable patterns that A-scoring Extended Essays consistently…
Understanding the expected IB Extended Essay structure section by section — not just knowing you need an introduction and conclusion — is what separates an essay that reads as a coherent piece of research from…
Extended Essay deadlines are set individually by each school, not by a single universal IB-wide date, which means your actual timeline depends on your school’s internal schedule — but nearly all schools follow a broadly…
Understanding how the Extended Essay is graded is one of the most effective ways to improve your final mark, because the assessment is based on five explicit, published criteria — meaning you can write directly…
The single most common reason an Extended Essay in History scores lower than expected isn’t weak research — it’s that the essay ends up telling a story instead of building an argument. Examiners consistently flag…
An Extended Essay in Psychology most commonly takes one of two forms: a genuine primary research study you design and carry out yourself, or a research-based essay analyzing and evaluating existing psychological studies and theories.…
An Extended Essay in Economics needs to do something most students underestimate: apply real economic theory to a specific, real-world case, using genuine data or evidence — not simply describe an economic issue in general…
Your Extended Essay research question is arguably the single most important sentence you’ll write in the entire process — it shapes your entire 4,000-word essay, determines how you’ll be assessed against the Focus and Method…
Finding strong Extended Essay topic ideas is often the hardest part of the entire process — not because good topics don’t exist, but because most students either pick something too broad to research properly or…