This was the essay that I wrote for my Individual Oral Presentation (IOP) in IB English HL (might also be called Interactive Oral Presentation?). It was for the short story “Exiled” by Shizuye Takashima. It is approximately 2000 words. I read this in about 12-13 minutes, which left me a couple of minutes to answer questions [...Read more...]
Introductory Statistics Midterm 1 Sheet (PDF) Introductory Statistics Midterm 1 Sheet (docx) This cheat sheet was for my first introductory statistics midterm. We were allowed to bring 1 page, double-sided (‘cheat sheet’) into the exam with any formula, example or definition. It’s somewhat condensed, so it might be a bit confusing to understand. Feel free [...Read more...]
May 2012 IB students: good luck on your IB exams! Salutations from everyone at Intense Cogitation, the most popular IB student blogs on the Internet! We have a wide range of content, including university course notes, university course study guides, IB advice, IB notes, university help, technology-related posts, and much more. We’re always excited for content from [...Read more...]

To IB or not to IB, that is the question I hope everyone is studying for their IB exams next month! Whilst you’re studying, here are some links that you might find helpful/interesting: Mr Simon Porter has a list of IB physics past papers and mark schemes from 2007-2010 for multiple timezones in SL and HL. [...Read more...]



IB English Paper 1 and Paper 2
Good luck to May 2012 IB students! Just a quick post: I came across a wonderful English teacher’s website that has many resources and sample papers for IB English Paper 1 and Paper 2, for both HL and SL. If you click on Paper 1 or Paper 2 on the left side of his website, you [...Read more...]