<p>As an IB diploma candidate, I highly recommend you take some IB courses in areas you do not necessarily “excel” in (I know that at my school, certificate candidates must take at least three courses, with at least one language/humanities course and one math/science course).</p>
<p>Though I did not take math HL (because my school did not offer it until this year, but I finished Math last year), my math IB teacher (who is now in charge of HL math as well) taught my class most of the HL concepts as well. Trust me when I say this: the HL concepts are so much more fascinating than the SL concepts (I think this goes for pretty much all IB courses). So, I really would recommend you to try HL math. c:</p>
<p>Oh, but if you only think about the marks, do not count on standardization to bring up your marks, especially in HL courses (bell curves, meaning the better you do compared to your class, the less standardization you get). Some people in my class were standardized lower than their pre-standardized mark (especially for Physics). I did not get any standardization at all for Physics. .__.</p>
<p>My advice is: do the best you can to understand. Screw the marks. In the end, your marks will reflect your understanding (but that’s in the end).</p>