Those of you in IB2, that’s the second year of your International Baccalaureate studies, have 118 days, as of this post, until exam season kicks off!

Don’t let the IB exams scare you!! With revision and hard work, you’ll do great!

It’s time to make sure all your coursework is close to being done, and that you start revising! 118 days sounds like a huge amount of time, but it will fly! And every little bit of revision WILL HELP!

Do a little bit each night, don’t go crazy, but don’t be too relaxed about it, a bit of work in the evenings and you’ll help secure the best grade possible. Get a few revision guides if you think that will help, they are listed on this site here, many with reviews.

And most importantly, Good Luck! (I’ll be sure to wish you this as the time draws closer!)

You can download the latest timetable by clicking here

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Good Morning to you all,

It’s 2am and I’ve just finished changing the template of IB Damned and adding some new features that will be working behind the scenes to improving loading times and make things smoother.

The new template is up and running (finally). I hope you prefer it to our old template and that it will make your time on this site more enjoyable.

If you have any comments on the new layout or some ideas for further site updates, please leave a comment!

Watch this space for some more Textbooks coming soon, and also look out for some Textbooks that aren’t specifically for the IB Diploma, but instead Textbooks that you may be interested in.

Keep studying hard!

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Hello to all readers of the site.

Just want to give everybody a quick update.

More books will be added to the site over the next few weeks, I am aiming to have almost every IB textbooks on the site for the end of July and the start of August, so that students starting the IB from August and September will have a resource to help them find textbooks.

Hope everybody is enjoying their summer holidays if you’re having them (sorry UK IB1 students!) and hope you’re getting ready for another year of study

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Hello to all prospective IB students!

Most students that are in the year before embarking onto Further Education (International Baccalaureate, A Levels, SATs, APs) have finished their exams and have started their summer holidays. Some of them may even be planning to study the IB Diploma Programme when the new term starts. If this is you, carry on reading!

I’m sure that you know the fundamentals of the International Baccalaureate by this stage, especially if you are studying it next year! But, if you don’t I would strongly advise you check out the following websites that will be able to give you an idea of what to expect, IBO DP website & International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme Article on Wikipedia, these sites will be able to explain the IB much better than I could ever hope to.

Now, you have an idea of what to expect, it may seem a little bit daunting! But if you are willing to put in the hours and work during your own time and organise! I’m sure you shall be fine.

I’ve got all this free time, what can I do to prepare myself? – Well, it’s up to you. If you want you can try and learn some of the content now, or you can just wait until the course starts. I would recommend that you start learning during your free time as there is alot of content to learn, especially when you’re studying six subjects, doing your 150 hours of CAS and ToK and the Extended Essay. You should probably get in touch with your school now if you can, see what textbooks they recommend you buy and whether they will provide them, or you can have a look at the the textbooks reviewed here and decide which will be best for you.

What should I do to prepare myself? Just spend a few hours a day, not every day, just a few days per week, reading up in the textbooks and answering the questions, making notes, researching on the Internet. Just do something that will make you more familiar with the course! Don’t over do it though, otherwise you will find your motivation may suffer when you do actually start full time.

I don’t want to prepare now, I want to enjoy my summer! Good! Remember, it’s up to you. The IB focuses on directing students to learn for themselves. If you would rather spend your last ‘free’ summer doing fun things then go for it! Remember, the summer holiday between IB year 1 and IB year 2 will be very busy with work and internal assessments.

Once again, It’s up to You whether you do work or not before the course starts! I would recommend you do a little to give you a brief head start, it will help in the long run and when you do start the work load won’t be as big a shock to you than if you did nothing! Good Luck! Have Fun! Prepare!!

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Every book that is added to the site is added manually so that all the information can be checked for accuracy. I add new books to the site at regular intervals, except over the past two weeks as I was on holiday!

If there is an IB textbook that you have and want to submit a review for please request that we add it!

You can use the form below to submit a request for a book here (http://www.ibdamned.com/request)

Thank you for your contributions so far! Keep those reviews coming in and we can make this a really useful resource for IB students!!

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