<p>Hi.</p>
<p>I'm considering getting a job for a few months.</p>
<p>I am in I.B. and do pretty good.
Do you have a job? Is it hard juggling I.B. and work?
Are there any tips or suggestions?</p>
<p>I know lots of IB students who have jobs.</p>
<p>I'm an IB student and I have a job, but I only work once or twice a week.</p>
<p>it depends, if you think you have time for a job then you should do it, but just remember that the school year gets harder as it goes by..and i dont know about your IB teachers, but i know for mine it means more work.</p>
<p>how?! we get out of school at 4:00, 20+ hours homework per week. </p>
<p>then theres the thing where american unis require all these extracurriculars, and don't take into consideration the extra time that IB students put into their academics, instead of their important-but-not-nearly-as-relevant EC participation.</p>
<p>i dont know, i couldnt handle a job and maintain 40+ points. i went to a HS in american in grade 9 and i was able to balance a job with honors classes then (12 hours per week at a supermarket). but now, although i would really like having my own source of income, id be sacraficing my success in the IB. and its not worth it. but maybe its differeing doing IB in america, maybe theres different expectations, maybe you do it over three years, i really don't know.</p>
<p>full diploma, anyone?</p>
<p>woot i loved IB anthro... (its SL)</p>
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<p>My friend (senior) at another school is an IB student and she used to have a job but she couldnt handle both IB and job, so she had to quit her job.
Apparently community service comes along with IB? Well she said something about it being really hard to manage all three - CS, job, school work.</p>
<p>One of my friends has been working since sophomore year (PIB and all). Her grades dropped oh-so much when she was working during the week, but are okay working on the weekend. I guess the warning would be to make sure you work only on the weekends? Perhaps around holidays and of course the summer!</p>
<p>Students in IB in my school are not permitted to get jobs because "they encumber a lot of time" or whatever the counselor said. But some of IB students have jobs anyway (even if it would mean applying to a less-than top notch school)
Reasons they have jobs
1. in order to have a decent wardrobe- were not the stereotypical high-water wearing geeks
2. to pay for teenage-like stuff- cells, music, videogames, movies, dates, etc.
3. our academics alone isnt gonna get us through college (ie scholarships)- it is VERY hard to maintain A's and B's in IB even without a job, it would be suicide to try to juggle work, ECs, and all that IB work (extended essay, CAS, orals, ontop of work from classes).
So my advice is to try a job for a few weeks, see how ur grades go- if your grades even drop just a little quit!
I'm in IB and i dont have a job but i m in like 4 clubs, and play sports and get mostly A's.</p>
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<p>That's lame.</p>
<p>I have many friends in IB and have jobs. However, they rarely work on weekdays. Our school lets out at 2:15, so they also have more time in the afternoon to do stuff. If you think you can handle a job, then go for it. Looks great on your resume!</p>
<p>I would say that at my school its generally a choice between a job or sports or big ecs. I only know one guy who does all 3, but i know several who are able to manage 2 and maintain decent grades.</p>