29 Signs You Were An IB Student

1. When people try to compare the IB programme to A-levels or AP classes you feel murderous rage.

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2. Because International Baccalaureate students know stress like no one else does.

Sometimes you had to skip school just to catch up on that lab report/essay/portfolio.

3. As a result, you became a bit of a nightmare to live with.

4. Your graphic calculator took over your life.

Found a calculator in my makeup bag... #IBproblems

— Nik (@nicolekchrz)

5. Having to do six subjects, Theory of Knowledge, Extended Essay AND CAS points meant you literally never had enough time on your hands.

"When you poop and study at the same time Cuz you have NO TIME TO EVEN POOP IN PEACE" @GhaliaBarrage #IBProblems

— Naye (@IdrissNaye)

6. And this T-shirt became painfully true 

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7. All the deadlines happened at the same time, so it was impossible to juggle them all.

8. The IB programme just LOVED making you write essays.

9. You and word counts ended up having a very tumultuous relationship.

10. The Extended Essay caused you to cry into your keyboard many, many times.

You also had to luck out with the right supervisor. Having your PE teacher supervise your essay on the theme of rebirth in Sylvia Plath’s poetry, wasn’t very helpful.

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11. The art of bullshitting is something every IB student had to excel at.

Especially when it came to Theory of Knowledge and you had to try and answers questions like: “To what extent are areas of knowledge shaped by their past?”

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12. Overall Theory of Knowledge was pretty interesting and philosophical but also very confusing.

This is what it felt like voicing your opinion in TOK:

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13. And this took up a ridiculous amount of your time.

14. You’ve considered bribing your parents/siblings/random lady on the street to do a bit of your work for you.

If someone will do my written task for me I will give you $50, some cookies, and a hug. #IBproblems

— Breeann Anderson (@KiaraBreeA)

15. During exam time, your room was filled with piles upon piles of revision notes.

16. You spent 90% of your time making those notes.

17. You’ve had to carry a lot of books around with you, especially if you took Literature at higher level.