How to Actually Survive IB

* Following these tips does not guarantee straight 7s, it just guarantees your life.

* This post is a work in progress - send me your IB survival tips in the comments section!

In General:

1. Listen to music. Alot. Especially Stars. 
2. Become extremely familiar with www.sparknotes.com - not as a replacement of reading your assigned English books, but for the "SparkLife" section! 
3. Host an IB Christmas Party in your second year. It is a must. 

CAS hours:

1. Have fun completing CAS hours and don't make it out to be another gruelling part of IB.
2. If you aren't the fittest person out there and are having difficulty completing action hours, take a Zumba class with your friends or attend walkathons in the fall!
3. Do your CAS writeups immediately following completion of your activity! When March rolls around and you've completed all your hours and no writeups you will be hitting your head against a wall asking yourself why you didn't do them earlier.
4. Set CAS goals prior to completing your CAS activities (sounds like common sense but you'd be surprised). 
5. Make a list of activities you are going to complete to earn your CAS hours - have a plan and follow it.
6. Integrate your CAS hours into your everyday schedule... make it routine.  

ToK Tips:

1. Take notes in ToK class. Sounds simple, but among all the debate you may simply forget! Trust me, it will help when you're writing that ToK Essay.
2. On that note, DO NOT procrastinate writing your ToK Essay. The first draft took me about 4 hours to complete so just sit down and DO IT! 
3. Also, do not write about truth in your ToK Essay - it's a slippery subject and my ToK teacher advised us to stay away from it. Unless, of course, truth in ToK is your passion and you would die if you didn't write about it.

TO BE CONTINUED...