Estimated time: 4 min
Learning objectives
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
- Step into the examiner's mindset and see what actually earns an A
- Reframe your EE as a real research paper, not just another school assignment
- Understand why that one shift lifts the quality of your work with less effort
The extended essay is a mandatory component of the International Baccalaureate and something that is going to help you secure those 3 points for your final grade. The dumbest thing you can do is miss out on that 45 or not even get your diploma just because of your EE. Let's help you lock down your EE so you don't have to worry about not getting the 3 points you deserve. Let's be real, you don't wanna do all the work that is required by the IB and mess up because of your EE. Your EE is supposed to be simple, it's supposed to be easy, and I'm confident you can get that grade as long as you work towards what the IB is looking for. Take it from a former IB student — we didn't come this far to come this far.
If you're a current student or parent who's worried about the extended essay, I get it: it's daunting when you see 4000 words, specific citations, specific format, a good research question with a conclusion that'll leave examiners baffled, as well as your teachers telling you it's one of the most complicated parts of the IB.
I'm gonna be very honest. If you do what you really need to and what the examiners want to see with your work, you're going to have no problem securing that A. In this course, I'm gonna break down, using the Pareto principle (i.e. 20% of your work contributes to 80% of your results), your EE and how you're gonna secure that A and spend the least amount of time possible while getting the maximum results.
In this course, we're gonna go over everything necessary for you to get that A: all my tricks that I used to secure that A (32/34) with low effort, how you can too, what subjects are the optimal subjects for you to write your EE on, a complete breakdown of what the EE is and why the IB has even used this in their curriculum and what they're looking for from students and what they're trying to prepare you for, as well as my personal 32/34 EE and an analysis of it, the most important aspects of choosing your research question, and a special all you need blueprint to absolutely annihilate your EE.
Once we go through all the necessary modules, you're gonna have all the materials and knowledge to ace your EE without the external noise and blab (which we already have as IB students).