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** General Information **

**What the extended essay is about? ** The extended essay is a program of the IB, it’s an independent project that helps you organize your ideas more efficiently. You can choose any topic you would like. **How many words does it have?** The extended essay has a minimum of 3,000 – 4,000 words

**How many essays for each subject?** You choose one subject, and you only do one extended essay about the topic you would like.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">**How much time do you h****ave to do it?** <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">The extended essay is not part of the normal class time, students are supposed to do this at home. It’s a 2 year project.

<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">**Are we going to have a supervisor?** <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">The supervisor will meet with you and help you with your topic. Your supervisor will guide you and give you some ideas for your subject. You will have to hand in drafts so they can correct you and guide you better.

<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">**How much of your grade is the extended essay worth?** <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">If you do not do it, you will not get your IB diploma

<span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">**What is the most important part of an extended essay?** Choosing your topic. <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">