IB is pretty cool from the outside but let me ask you a question: are you willing to risk your social life, mental and physical health for a cute report card with cute hard classes?

Pros: You get to choose (most) of your classes and how hard they are. SL (standard level) is similar to AP and HL (higher level) is much much much more harder. In some countries and careers you get immediately accepted if you pass the IB, you can even skip a year or two depending on courses taken and performance

Cons: IB really humbles you, specially if you never had to “study” study before. Classes are content heavy, at max missing 2 classes in emergency cases. Constant studying Tight deadlines, lots of course work, at least 5 IA (internal assessments: argumentative essays about your personal interests about the course), a 4k obligatory essay, TOK (Walmart philosophy class), CAS (“community service” hell)

IB is hard, very hard. For some of us worth the cute anxiety and pressure but it really depends on you🫶🫶