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Brian

Howdy! As you may have guessed, I'm Brian, the administrator of Intense Cogitation. I do all of the backend management and a majority of the writing on the website. I was a May 2010 IB Diploma candidate, and I ended up with 40 points. Overall, I'd say my experiences in the IB were some of the best I've ever had in my life, despite the hardships, the all-nighters and the never-ending mountain of homework. Any questions or comments? Let me know!

IB Screwed

I recently came across a blog called “IB Screwed“, which is a network of blogs that has informative links and notes from the author, regular IB students, and around the Internet. It’s fairly unique because there are blogs for basically every subject – Chemistry, Biology, English, Maths, Economics, Business & Management, French, etc. Instead of having to look around for [...Read more...]

Introductory Microbiology notes -- The Domains of Life, Basic Genetics and Basic Genomics

Here are some of my notes from my Introductory Microbiology class. It goes over the basic domains of life and has some information on how genetic sequencing actually happens. If you have any questions, leave a comment! Contents The Bacteria Archaea and Eukarya The Fungi Genetics Fundamentals Genetic Exchange Viruses and Prions Genomics The Bacteria [...Read more...]

Discussion: What's your schedule for next semester?

With the holidays approaching, many IBers and university students are approaching the end of their fall semester. What classes have you picked out for next semester? Personally, I have: Genetics (+ lab) Biomedical Ethics Introductory Computer Science for the Natural Sciences (+ lab) Biochemistry – Metabolism (+ lab) Introductory Macroeconomics Here’s a quick guide for [...Read more...]

There are quite a few IB revision tools and such out there, but few have managed to impress me as there is not really any that suit my way of learning. Sure I like books, but every now and then I just get tired of reading all the time, and I keep having to go [...Read more...]

Getting Cheaper Textbooks for the IB and University

As many students in both the IB and university have discovered (or will soon discover), the textbook market is one where your savings can be quickly depleted if you aren’t too careful. There are many overpriced textbooks out there that could cause you to pay a lot more for a textbook than you should have. In [...Read more...]

Introductory Biology II – Midterm Review II [Biology notes]

This is a set of revision notes for Introductory Biology II classes at most universities. It may be helpful for IB Biology students who wish to seek more in-depth knowledge in regards to biological concepts. For notes from Midterm I, please refer to this page. This is also part of an extended series on basic [...Read more...]

As you can see, I’ve begun a new Youtube channel for the purpose of streaming my 1v1 Starcraft 2 matches in 1v1 mode. When this video was recorded, I was just in bronze, so I was trying to improve my game to get into silver. In this video, I am the red Protoss in the [...Read more...]

About Us

Intense Cogitation is an IB student blog designed by IB survivors for current IB students. :) We have a multitude of resources available for you, such as IB articles on topics from IB marks to all-nighters. We also have numerous samples of internal assessments for observation purposes.

Our current writers are Brian, Billy, Taras and Sarah-Jane.

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