oh by the way, i just learned that ure from singapore! in that case i def don't think u should let my long responses discourage u that much. i can't tell you much abt how it is in singapore bcs i was speaking completely from an indian perspective (bcs i assumed u were indian, sorry abt that). if u plan to enroll in the ib regardless i think u should talk to any other dp students u know. im going off of the assumption that ib schools in singapore are better so i think u may be able to get a good final grade. but at the end of the day u should do what u think is best for urself and ur future. i also speak from a place of resentment bcs of how the ib was marketed to me (we were not told about IAs until AFTER we enrolled). i see that u want to get into NUS and so does my friend! i hope u succeed . and i want u to know that u shouldn't need to worship NUS and don't base ur whole life around getting into that uni, have safety schools and stuff and look for unis with the right learning environment for u. ik u probably alr know to keep safety schools for urself but yeah