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what ive been up to this summer: I had a pretty productive summer, i’d say. The first few weeks, I went through most of my IB year one materials so that I won’t forget anything. Repetition is very important. For three weeks in July, I was on a volunteer trip in Ghana, where I learnt and realised so many things about life. I’ll make a separate post on things I have learnt during this experience. When I got back home, I immediately began self-studying and preparing for my year two. There’s so much pressure because the year two grades essentially determines my future path. One example is the economics notes above. I haven’t been the best in my Economics class so I wanted to get a headstart. I took notes on International Economics, which is the next chapter we’ll be learning. School starts in 3 days. I’m scared, but i’m also excited for what’s to come.

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lil update:

I am truly sorry for being away for so many weeks.

I didn’t know if I was the best person to give any advice anymore.

But now,

That thought stops,

I’m back.

stay tuned.

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reminder to myself.

i’m not perfect,

i try,

and i stop.

i fall,

and i fail,

and i break down.

and i give up. 

but no,

stop that.

pain is temporary.

i don’t want to feel pain for nothing.

i want to feel pain and be proud of it in the future.

i don’t want regret to haunt me,

the thought that i could have done better to cloud my mind.

i want to show my full potential,

work to be the best version of me.

i am strong,

i am smart,

i am kind,

i am powerful,

i am loved,

i am important.

i try?

keep on going.

i fall and i fail?

get up,  try again,

fight for it.

don’t ever give up,

don’t ever cry for nothing,

just fight for it,

don’t quit now.

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pictured: a sample of what my schedule might look like

For me personally, I have several steps that I follow during the weeks following up to exams. I usually start studying a month before exams, just because there are so much content, and I do not work well if I cram everything. And since the week following the exams, there are so much more to study for. So, if I spread things out, it's much more efficient to study.

 Before I start organising my schedule, I write a list of what I have to do. Then I just separate it into each day. I like to do this on OneNote so I can add To-do check boxes.

It's very hard to explain my schedule in words, but I'll try my best!

 I change my scheduling method often, but this is currently the one that I follow:

Let's say my math exam is in 4 weeks,

Week 1: notes on each chapter and homework questions that I had difficulties in

Week 2: finish up textbook questions + start on practice papers

Week 3: practice papers + do more practices on the topics I'm still not confident in

Week 4: past papers

 The last day before my exam, I try to do less studying so I don't feel pressured. Plus, by the time it's the day before exam, I already know my contents, so I have to relax and get into the mind set of ace-ing my exam!

*I try not to skip a day without doing any math. Since math is a subject where practice makes perfect. If I don't feel motivated, I try to do at least one sub-topic.

 I like to allocate at least 90 mins to each of my classes. Of course, there are days where my plan does not work out. However, I don't freak out, I just do it the next day. But NEVER EVER push all your work, saying you'll do it tomorrow because that’s the equivalent to not studying and you just wasted you time and effort making a schedule (lil rough)

 Hope you found this helpful!

If you have any questions, feel free to ask me!

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pictured: (not so pretty) notes on my math lecture notes so i can really understand the content spring break just started for me! but holy crap, im already overwhelmed by the work I have to do over break. Holidays don’t feel like holidays in ibd, maybe that’s just me. I mean i’m still going to binge watch, work out, hang out with friends, etc. It’s just i still have work to do - which tbh i don’t mind that much. you know, maybe over this holiday, i’ll think about my ee, ia, and my future plans. im excited, In the next post, i’ll show you how i make my study/ holiday schedule to maximise productivity! Meanwhile, please feel free to ask me any questions!

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Pictured: under construction motivation board

Warning: I have a complete different opinion on IBD than all of my friends so I might be an unreliable source. But still keep on reading to know my view on the IBDP program!

Part I:

Hi, I'm just a 16 year old girl, waking up at 6 in the morning (sometimes 4 in the morning to study), and getting back to bed at 10:30 (except assessment heavy weeks, where I sleep before 12). Unlike last year, I only get around 6 hours of sleep on assessment-heavy weeks, but when it's not, I get around 8 hours of sleep. Keep in mind, I'm still one of the people who have the most amount of sleep.

 This past months of IBD, I learnt so much about time management. Since I have soccer practices everyday after school, I have to juggle extracurricular and academics. It's hard, but I'm surviving it. Practise for me, is a time to escape academics and have a time for myself, have a switch of views. I realised that time is precious, which is why I stopped procrastinating.

 I also learnt that IBD is not as bad as people say. Yes, the workload is way heavier, and I barely have time to do things other than studying, but I met so many more people that I could rely on. IBD kids stick together, support each other, and save each other from drowning. I have learnt about the importance of collaboration (LOL yeah). When you don't know something, they do. When they don't know something, you do. Oh, and when you have to rant about a teacher? They understand and stick by you. Sometimes they are willing to go to admins to file a complaint. It's amazing how close I have gotten to people I never talked to before.

 IBD also guided me to find what I truly love to study. I have never been that kid with the perfectly planned future. I kind of followed what my brother wanted to do and always believed that's where I was going to end up. I chose my courses based on what my brother wanted to become. But now, I found out that what I am interested in and what I want to pursue is completely different from what my brother is currently studying. I began to regret my choices in course selection, I began thinking about my future so much, I began working harder to reach my future goals. I found my motivation and goals, and I'm ready to tackle the obstacles.

Here's part one of my honest review on IBD. Ask me any questions, and I'll answer it!

Stay tuned for more parts, xx

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sunday, study day. currently writing some notes on math before my class tomorrow! tip: read up before your class so you won’t feel lost and stupid. it’s good to learn ahead!

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How I study IB Psych

Aim: to investigate how I study psychology

Method:

You’ll need a pen, paper, index cards, highlighters, textbook, your brain

1. Before every class, I like to read and take notes of the chapter. This will help you truly understand the content you’ll be learning in class. Also, you can ask any questions you have in class.

2. Organise all the studies you have learnt so far into different topics/ learning outcomes

a. You’ll see that there are some overlapping studies that can be used in different topics

i. Memorise those! You’ll cut down the number of studies you have to study

3. Read through your notes again and see which studies really interest you.

a. It’s safer to study at least 2 or 3 studies for some ERQ-worthy topics. I usually don’t study the procedural parts in depth, but I focus mostly on connecting the study to the question

4. Index cards

a. I love using index cards because its quick yet detailed enough. For me at least, I learn best when I write things down.

b. I will post a part two of how I study psych to tell you all about the structures I use for my notes and index cards

Result:

• Study less but you study more!

• You thoroughly understand the content

○ Detailed analysis of few studies

• Nice and quick study notes

Conclusion/ link:

• I assure you that you will get a better grade with this method because you won’t have to memorise 1000 studies. Instead, you’ll study few studies in depth, and so answering your SAQ or ERQ will be much easier!

• The whole purpose of this method is not to simply memorise but truly understand the studies and knowing how to apply it to the question

Do you see the format? That’s the SAQ format:

• Intro

• Description of study

• Connection/ link to question

I’ll talk about the structure that has been helping me in a later post! Have a good day(:

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stay tuned!

Hi lovely people reading this right now!

I am so so sorry that I have been gone for a while. I promise that I will be more active now. I will be answering all of your messages and checking out all your blogs as soon as possible! 

I have been receiving questions about how I study and how I’m finding IBD so far, so these posts will be uploaded very soon!

Thank you for being so patient! stay tuned for more contents xx

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Hey! I’m planning to take HL economics, English Lang lit & psychology. Do you have any tips? Also is the workload heavy? Thank you so much 💖💖💖also I really like your blog x

hi! I’m glad that you like my blog! I am so sorry for the late reply, I’m still trying to figure out how to use tumblr. For psychology, I actually don’t have that great of a teacher, so I am currently self-studying that - I will be making a post about how i study psychology very soon! HL economics, to be very honest, is a little bit tough for me right now because my teacher wants a specific structure when writing our papers. So, I do have to study a lot for economics, but the workload is not that heavy. The content is not that hard as well. For Lang&Lit, be prepared to annotate, write essays, presentation, and more annotation! Overall, I think the workload depends on how much effort you put in. 

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Research Managers

Zotero

Mendeley

Qiqqa

General

List of academic databases and search engines 

Search Engines

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Databases 

Directory of Open Access Journals

New York Public Library Articles and Databases

UCSB Article Indexes & Research Databases

DATABASES: Library of Congress E-Resources Online Catalog

FINDING CURRENT RESEARCH USING FREE ONLINE RESOURCES

Free Databases for Magazine/Journal Articles, etc.

Free Full-Text Resources for Grad School Papers

Online Reference: Open Access Databases

Free Online Full-text Articles 

Free scholarly resources

International Education Research Database

PubMed

Database checklist: Key academic research resources — both free and restricted

Research Databases and Other Online Tools

Encyclopedias

Top Encyclopedia Sites for Student Research Papers 

RefSeek’s Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia.com 

Infoplease

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy 

Medline Plus

Dictionaries

RefSeek’s dictionaries and thesauri

The 10 Best Online Dictionaries

Essay and Paper Writing

Essay and Paper Writing Masterpost

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eEEYYYYY the studyblr community has some amazing note taking methods and so i wanted to put a bunch of them in one place :]

flashcards:

fc: cute language ones

fc: biochemistry paths

fc: disease summaries

fc: pretty biology ones

fc: the leitner methods

fc: ap us history ones

fc: o chem + color code

alternative 2 flashcards

sticky notes:

printing on sticky notes

take notes from textbook

plot summaries [literature]

many ways to use post its

english reading summaries

character maps 4 english

outlines:

color coded + neat

cornell + color code

digital cornell notes

learn from mistakes

super duper cute

outline with onenote

the margin method

in class / lectures:

for all classes + color

spaced out + pretty

for all classes / hw

advice @ infographic

2 notebook method

organized + colors

reference sidebar

method infographic

specific classes:

sciences + maths

history methods

learning types

sketchnotes:

introduction to it

cute symbols to use

+adorable symbols

+insp @ nice symbols

how to draw ribbon

illustrating ur notes

over the top amazing:

homemade textbook

digital study guides [1]

revision study guide

mini moleskine guide

digital study guides

handwritten studying

masterposts!!!

productive summers

starting a study blog

time managements

succeed @ school

ap world history

web resources

ap psychology

bullet journals

ace ur exams

stress reliefs

annotations

essay writin

printables

sat help

hope this helped u all with taking notes!!!!!! xoxo sareena 

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ib psychology: study smart, not study more. make a flashcard for each learning outcomes. do not memorise all the studies and experiments. all my friends memorised over 25 studies for BLOA. and there was me who only memorised 8 studies and experiments. i got the better score, and im 100% sure you will too.

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first Y1 exam: ib biology SL Tip: read the oxford study guide, my life savior; make flashcards for each unit; watch Alex Lee on youtube.

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you’ll be fine, they said.

just starting out ib year one,

and i already feel tethered to a post.

im hoping this would help,

a journal as my source of therapy.

i can’t really talk to anyone about my thoughts and feelings,

but maybe this tumblr will help me out. and help you too.

all anonymous.

i won’t be complaining much,

i’ll just be updating what’s going in my ib journey,

that be academics, friends, thoughts, and life. 

we’ll have loads of fun and stress,

digging out the soil,

and finding out what happens by the end of year two.