Category: IB Diploma
TOK prescribed titles are the fixed set of questions or statements released by the IB each year, from which you must choose one to build your entire TOK Exhibition around. Understanding how to actually interpret…
Choosing your TOK Exhibition objects is the single decision that determines how strong your entire commentary can be — pick three objects with a weak or forced connection to your prescribed title, and no amount…
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…
Yes, in most cases you can change IB subjects after starting the Diploma Programme, but the window to do so without academic consequences is much narrower than most students expect — and it depends heavily…