Here are all of the online resources that I continuously used throughout my DP years in no particular order. I didn’t like to spend money on resources that I would only use for two years and wouldn’t hold much purpose later on, which is why all of these resources are free! This is great stuff to understand the IB and study effectively to achieve the grades you was aiming for.

1. IB Documents

IB Documents has saved my butt on multiple occations. They have every single resource the IB has officially published available for you at no cost. I often used their past papers, the questionbank, their IA examplars and textbooks. Overall a great resource, especially if your teacher won’t give much for you to work with upon requesting.

Note: they are forced by the IB to close their database when it is exam season. You will not be able to check out their resources during the November or May period. Most of the textbooks were removed due to copyright issues.

2. Questionbank

IB QuestionBanks® is part of the IB Documents repository but it is so useful that it is worth highlighting on its own. The questions are seperated according to topic and sections, which makes it easy to practice areas that you may not be really confident in. Definitely useful for exams!

Note: better ask your teachers for practice questions before resorting to using this, especially in DP year 1, since they might use that question in their tests and it will not reflect your real grades. If universities will accept you because of these inflated grades and you do not manage to get it, they will not accept you and this will suck a lot. Just don’t do it. You also have to note that these questions do not cover all of the syllabus, which is definitely true for new syllabi like mathematics. Still great when your final exams are coming up soon.

3. Lanterna

Lanterna is a company that does tutoring for both IB and IGCSE curriculums. Their tutoring options are really expensive. But they do have a big blog with really specific and good tips on how to succeed the IB for free. They have free study resources and guides on how to study/survive specific subjects, how to do IAs and much more. The stuff they offer is really good, you won’t regret taking a look at it.

4. Clastify

Clastify is a pretty new website that has tons of real graded examples of IAs, notes, EEs and ToK essays. Unlike the examples the IB has given to teachers, it really helped me understand how to write my IAs, since examiners sometimes have strange unwritten rules and preferences that aren’t clear to us from only looking at the guidebook and criteria.

Note: I don’t know if all of these essays are verified as to what score they really got. They all seemed pretty reliable but it’s good to be aware of this.

5. IB Reddit

If you are on this website, chances are that you already know about this one but IBO Reddit is a pretty nice place if you have specific questions that will want to be answered by alumnis and other students, latest updates of what the IB has said (especially during COVID times), or you just want some IB memes to laugh at.

Conclusion

These were the main free online resources I’ve been using in my DP years, hope this was helpful for you. If you want more resource suggestions, you can also look at ibresources.org for more. If you have good suggestions, comment them below to share it with others, I’m sure it will be helpful for others. Good luck with the DP!