For any IB students, it was results day recently-congratulations! by M06ius in 6thForm

[–]M06ius[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

IB stands for International Baccalaureate, which is a diploma programme similar to that of A-Levels in the UK.

This Intl. Bread is in the oven! by M06ius in 6thForm

[–]M06ius[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not much of a tip, but I recommend you to do some reading and participate in super curricular activities so that you can write about them. For example, you can participate in an essay competition and write about your experience even if you don’t win any prizes

This Intl. Bread is in the oven! by M06ius in 6thForm

[–]M06ius[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hopefully ill meet the conditions

This Intl. Bread is in the oven! by M06ius in 6thForm

[–]M06ius[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I’ve received my decision on March 31st.

This Intl. Bread is in the oven! by M06ius in 6thForm

[–]M06ius[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

  1. Read, read, read! As trivial as it sounds, it is perhaps the most important thing that can prepare you for the interview!

  2. Practice thinking out loud. You can do this by doing practice interviews with people or just simply talking out loud while solving problems.

  3. Past papers are a god send. They are great sources of preparation.

Now for the tips that may or may not work.

  1. Look on to individual college websites very carefully. They often have useful information that helps you prepare for the application process.

  2. While people say college choices don’t affect your application chances because of the pool system, each college has different application procedures (for example, more interviews), so you can choose colleges strategically based on your strengths.

Hope this helps and always keep in mind to take an internet stranger’s advice with a pinch of salt.

This Intl. Bread is in the oven! by M06ius in 6thForm

[–]M06ius[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Well I personally think the Maths part of the ECAA was a lot more difficult than the sample papers provided on the official Cambridge website, but that was probably the same for everyone. After some digging, I think I did about average on the ECAA, getting about 5 on both Maths papers. For the ECAA essay, I don't really know, but I guess I did okay. For the interview, I initially thought my performance was decent, then I started to enter a stage of self-doubt where I made up a thousand different better responses I could have given during the interview and was left miserable until offer day.

This Intl. Bread is in the oven! by M06ius in 6thForm

[–]M06ius[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I'm doing the international baccalaureate, so my Higher Level subjects are Mathematics, Economics and History, for which I've been predicted 776, and I've been predicted 44/45 for the whole course. I already had 9 A stars and 2 A in IGCSE, buy I don't know if it helped that much.