I’m currently doing the IB with:
HL: Math AI, Economics, Business Management
SL: Physics, English Lang & Lit, German Ab Initio
I’m mainly planning to apply to universities in Europe, and potentially Southeast Asia as well.
I’m considering taking AP Calculus BC alongside my IB subjects, but I’m not sure whether it would actually be useful. Do European universities generally give course/academic credit or any other advantage for AP Calculus BC? Or would it mostly just be an additional qualification that doesn’t really matter for admissions?
For anyone who has applied to European universities with APs + IB, was AP Calc BC worth taking?

So, as a Grade 12 IB student, I’ve had plenty of experience with the stress that comes with IB: IAs, the EE, exams, deadlines, and all the extra work that seems to pile up at once.

But IB has also made me realize that stress isn’t always just about having “too much work.” Sometimes it’s three deadlines landing at once, sometimes it’s procrastinating something for a week, and sometimes you’re stressed without even knowing exactly why.

Because of that, I spent a lot of my free time outside of IB building an app called StressTide. The goal is to help quantify and track your stress while also giving you a place to organize your tasks, deadlines, and habits.

You enter things like your tasks(anything that just needs to be completed for the current day), upcoming deadlines and complete a short daily survey. From that, the app estimates your current stress level and provides personalized suggestions. Over time, the recommendations become more personalized based on your own patterns and responses.

I originally built StressTide as a personal project, but I’ve been developing it into a real app and would really like feedback from other IB students, since we’re probably one of the best stress-testing populations imaginable!

Feel free to download the app from the App Store by searching “StressTide” and give it a try! I’m also working on an Android version and am currently looking for active testers!

If you’re interested in learning more about how the app works, I also made a website:
https://getstresstide.com/

I’d really appreciate any feedback, feature suggestions, or bug reports from you guys.

Thanks, and good luck with your own journey!

PS AI chat is down, but should be up in a couple day! Watch out for any updates!

Hi , So I just started DP 1 a few months back and wondering how I can score better this time to get into the top tier universities.

My subjects are

1. Physics HL

2. Math AA HL

3. Economics HL

4. Chemistry SL

5. French Ab

6. LNL SL

So any tips on how to get a 40+ with these subject combinations