<p>How much extra curricular activities should an IB Student do if he want to get into top US colleges? is CAS really enough or is it too "naive"/minimal?</p>
<p>thnx</p>
<p>Definitely have more than just CAS hours. If the activities you're counting for CAS are longer/more involved than the 150 hours you're submitting to IB, then that's fine.</p>
<p>k cause I just had my 2nd day and the work seems really over-whelming so I think I'll find it harder than I thought to do extra curricular activities but I'll try</p>
<p>CAS is mandatory; volunteer work isn't really volunteering. </p>
<p>I'd suggest more stuff.</p>
<p>how do people find the time? I spent all my time today reading a book for english HL</p>
<p>Well...</p>
<p>organise yourself. IB can be negotiated well if you're working everyday.</p>
<p>The absolute most important thing with IB is time management, particularly in grade 12 when you have to worry about EE, WL, and TOK papers, which often are conveniently due with a week or two of each other.</p>
<p>Yup, IB's all about time management. A good idea to plan some decent ECs in advance, especially in Year I and in the summer.</p>
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<p>There's your problem.</p>
<p>anyway, at least half the IB grads from our school last year said something about thanking IB for teaching them HOW TO procrastinate so yeah.</p>
<p>the program in my school is only 2 years old to the only choice we have in courses is in sciences and math (studies or SL)</p>