As you do your IB Com­mu­nity, Action and Ser­vice activ­i­ties you’ll need to reflect on your learn­ing. This serves as evi­dence of all that you have accom­plished, but it also helps you to make sure you are learn­ing as much as you can out of each activ­ity. Writ­ing is like that. William Faulkner said, “I never […]

Your col­lege admis­sion let­ter or essay is one of the most impor­tant doc­u­ments you will ever write. I want to show you how to write your­self to the head of the pack. To do that I need to first explain to you the con­cept of Stump Speeches, which are often used by politi­cians. Regard­less of the […]

I have found that the biggest chal­lenge my stu­dents are hav­ing, in terms of scor­ing the top marks in the Busi­ness IA, is related to their use of ana­lyt­i­cal tools. In gen­eral, you have a Research Ques­tion and you’re try­ing to arrive at your answer. A very com­mon mis­take is that stu­dents do a lot of […]

This is your lucky day. You are finally going to find out the secret time-management weapon which has only been known to a few wildly suc­cess­ful stu­dents. Until now. (WARNING: Do not read this unless you are pre­pared for incred­i­ble aca­d­e­mic suc­cess! How­ever, if ready to have your life com­pletely changed, read on.) I have had the […]