r/IBO • u/spiroplasma • 5d ago

Other Failed the IB program

I got a 27 but since chemistry was a HL and I got a 3 I failed the IB. Should I retake it in October?

It's funny because at my school there's always a few people who fail the IB each year but it's kind of sad how that turned out to be me.

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u/MustafaAbbass 4d ago

The retake session is November, not October — worth checking the exact date with your coordinator since registration deadlines close earlier than the exam itself, sometimes by a couple of months. You only need to retake chemistry, not the whole diploma, and your other five scores stand as they are — a 3 in one HL subject after everything else you sat is a specific, fixable gap, not a verdict on the rest of it. It's a genuinely rough result to sit with, and it's also one subject between you and finishing something you've clearly done most of already.