IB Extended Essay Help
The Extended Essay (EE) is a 4000-word independent research paper. It’s worth 3% of your diploma. But many students pick a broad topic, write a summary of existing criticism, and score 10–12/34 marks because they never formulated a clear research question or contributed original thinking.
We teach you how to frame a research question, find and evaluate sources, structure an argument, and write an independent essay that examiners reward.
What Examiners Look For
1. Focus and Method (Research Question): Your EE must be built around a clear, specific, analytical research question—not a title, but a question that drives your entire paper.
2. Knowledge and Understanding: You’ve read sources and understood them critically. You synthesize, compare arguments, and take a stance.
3. Reasoned Argument: Your EE is an argument that answers your RQ, not a collection of facts. Every paragraph supports your thesis.
4. Organization, Argument Development, and Presentation: Your essay is structured clearly, edited carefully, and formatted correctly.
Common EE Mistakes
Mistake 1: RQ is too broad. “What is the impact of AI?” could be a 20,000-word thesis. Narrow it: “To what extent can AI language models truly understand meaning, or are they pattern-matching systems?”
Mistake 2: Summarizing sources instead of analysing. You take notes on books, then write summaries. The essay reads like Wikipedia. Instead, ask for each source: “What’s the main argument? Do I agree? What evidence supports or contradicts it?”
Mistake 3: No thesis. Your introduction states your RQ but never commits to an answer. A thesis should be a claim your essay defends.
Mistake 4: Paragraphs are disconnected. Each paragraph summarizes a source but doesn’t connect to your thesis. Ask: “How does this evidence support my thesis?” If it doesn’t, delete it.
How We Guide You
Stage 1: Finding Your Question (Weeks 1–2) — We help you formulate a clear, analytical RQ and test it for scope and feasibility.
Stage 2: Research & Source Evaluation (Weeks 3–6) — We teach you to find credible sources and evaluate them critically, not just accumulate them.
Stage 3: Structuring Your Argument (Weeks 7–8) — We review your outline and challenge you: Does this structure answer your RQ? Are points connected? Is anything missing?
Stage 4: Drafting, Revising, Editing (Weeks 9–12) — You write your essay. We read drafts and give feedback. You revise. We repeat until it’s strong.