<p>Is it hard to take HL Biology and Chemistry?
Or should I just do HL Chemistry and SL Physics?
(btw, im trying to get into medical school)</p>
<p>and another thing is that i dont get the whole 6 subject thing. are you supposed to do 3 SL's and 3 HL's your junior AND senior year? or complete 3 SL's and 3 HL's over the course of junior and senior year. because here is how my planned schedule will look as of now:</p>
<p>IB History - HL
IB English - HL
IB Chemistry - HL
IB Math - SL
IB Spanish - SL
Pre-IB Physics
Concert Choir</p>
<p>^^^ 11th grade.</p>
<p>IB History II - HL
IB English II - HL
IB Chemistry II - HL
IB Math II - SL
IB Spanish - SL
IB Physics (or Enviornmental Systems) - SL
IB TOK</p>
<p>^^ 12 grade.</p>
<p>I'm worried about 11th grade because I don't have a 6th subject and only have 2 SL's. =/ colleges im looking to apply to are UVA, William and Mary, Boston University, and Virginia Tech. I currently have a 4.0 GPA and live in VA.</p>
<p>Hey Im a senior now in IB so I can help. You dont have any HL's your junior year. Even if you want to do that class HL, it is considered SL until you do a second year of it so dont worry, you have enough HL's. Your SL's are fine, you only need 3 HL's your senior year to graduate with the IB diploma. History, English, and Biology I would reccomend as HL's. English and History are a given, everyone should take them HL. Biology is the easiest of the 3 sciences in HL. Unless your REALLY good at chemistry, i would suggest not even taking it. It is a very hard class. Instead of chemistry might I suggest IB HL Music theory? Your in choir. Its pretty much an easy class.</p>
<p>I would take environmental systems and just take the higher level TOK. This is coming from a sophmore who has taken all those 11 grade classes. Physics and Chemistry are horrible classes, but TOK is not that bad;all it has is a bunch of writing. If I were you, and this is my schedule from this year and next.</p>
<p>IB History - HL
IB English - HL
IB Envionmental Systems-SL
IB Math - SL
IB Spanish - SL
IB TOK -SL
(Concert Choir)</p>
<p>The Next Year</p>
<p>IB History II - HL
IB English II - HL
IB TOK-HL
IB Math II - SL
IB Spanish - SL
(Elective)
(Elective)</p>
<p>That should work....I think?</p>
<p>The problem with the advice in the previous posts is that not everyone's school works the same way. At my school we can't choose to jump up to HL after a year of SL, and there's no such thing as higher level TOK. anywhere.</p>
<p>Universities won't care if you only have 2 SL's in your junior year as long as you get all 3 done eventually, as if you're a full diploma candidate it's assumed that you'll get the credits at some point. You're supposed to finish with 3SL's, but those can be replaced by additional HL courses. </p>
<p>As for the difficulty, I would say that it's manageable. A lot of kids at my school are doing HL Bio and Chem / HL Physics and Chem. It's really up to you to assess your priorities and choose what you think will best help you achieve what you want :)</p>
<p>thankss. rmadden for my school you can only take tok senior year. im pretty sure thats the only year they offer it. but i like the classes you have chosen. and yeah i heard HL chemistry is killer. its just..idk. i was thinking i need more chemistry for college since i need 2 semesters of organic and inorganic chemistry. and ibmyp chemistry is just simple organic chemistry.</p>
<p>you need 6 subjects, but instead of having one in the last area (arts), you can choose another one from another area...that's what you have, two sciences, so you're fine dont worry :)
btw, ive heard that bio is really easy, then chem and physics is the hardest. so if I were you, i'd take HL chem & bio, that's what i'm doing :)</p>
<p>p.s. i'm doing physics right now. dont take it. its terribleee!!</p>
<p>^ The last area is an elective, not an art. TOK can count as that test.</p>
<p>improvprincess: the only reason why im doing ibmyp physics is because i heard there is a section of physical sciences on the MCAT. and i dont want to learn the subject on my own. my brother took it and got a C....im a lot smarter than him. Im sure ill do well if i study, lol. and im past IBMYP Alg.2/Trig.</p>
<p>^ wait im sorry, not on the MCAT, but one of the pre-med courses you will need for college. WOW....i thought too far ahead there. :)</p>
<p>well then certainly do it :) some people seriously rock at physics, and you could be one of them! ;)</p>
<p>sorry thought it was an art! havent looked at our schools course guide in a while ;)</p>