Nearly 10 years in the making, this book is a complete to-the-point manual to maximizing your marks in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program. Throughout 45 chapters students will uncover the secrets to succeeding in exams, getting top marks in Internal Assessments, breezing through their Extended Essay and much more. This book was compiled with a decade of first-hand experience tutoring high-scoring IB students from all over the world. Thanks to a series of interviews, submitted articles and our own contribution, we have managed to compile all the greatest bits of advice and lesser known tricks to succeeding in the program - there are 300 pages of helpful tips to assist every IB student in their academic journey.


Alexander Zouev completed the IB Diploma Program in 2007 with a total of 43 points. He went on to read Economics and Management at the University of Oxford and thereafter worked at one of the largest independent IB tutoring agencies before tutoring freelance. He has published seven guidebooks specifically for the IB Diploma, and has tutored over 200 students in IB Economics and Mathematics, as well as overseen hundreds of Theory of Knowledge and Extended Essay assignments. Over the last year, he has developed a smartphone app for IB students to connect with each other to ask and answer questions. The smartib app has helped over 10,000 IB students in its first year.