Online IB Extended Essay Tutoring in the USA and Canada

An EE tutor can explain the requirements and assessment criteria, help refine the topic and research question, discuss research methods and source credibility, and comment on clarity, structure, and criteria alignment in student-written drafts. The student remains responsible for every idea, source choice, and final sentence.

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No. Hack Your Course tutors do not write, rewrite, paraphrase, line-edit, or generate assessed Extended Essay work, including reflections. They provide teaching, planning support, and comments that the student evaluates and acts on independently, in line with IB academic-integrity expectations.

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Tutoring is available across the Diploma Programme subjects families most often choose for the EE, including the sciences, mathematics, English, history, economics, and psychology, as well as essays taking the interdisciplinary pathway. Tell us the student's subject or pathway and we will match a tutor with the right background.

The Extended Essay is a formal piece of academic writing of no more than 4,000 words, accompanied by a reflective statement of no more than 500 words recorded on the reflection and progress form. The official guide describes it as the result of approximately 40 hours of student work, supported by three to five hours of supervision that include three mandatory reflection sessions.

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No. 4,000 words is the maximum, not a target or a requirement. Examiners do not read or assess material beyond the limit, so going over actively hurts. There is no official minimum, but an essay far below the limit rarely has enough room to develop the analysis and evaluation the criteria reward. Most strong essays use most of the allowance efficiently.

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The Extended Essay is externally assessed and graded A to E. For students assessed from May 2027 onward, five criteria total 30 marks: framework for the essay (6), knowledge and understanding (6), analysis and line of argument (6), discussion and evaluation (8), and reflection (4, assessed through the reflection and progress form). The EE grade then combines with the TOK grade through the IB core matrix to award up to 3 points toward the 45-point diploma.

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An E grade in either the Extended Essay or Theory of Knowledge means the diploma is not awarded, and failing to submit an EE has the same effect. A weak but passing essay does not fail the diploma; it simply earns fewer core points through the TOK and EE matrix. This is why steady, early progress on the EE matters more than most families expect.

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The difficulty is less about content and more about sustained independent work: roughly 40 hours of research and writing spread over many months, with only three to five hours of supervision. Most students have never managed a project of this length, so the common failure modes are a late start, an unfocused research question, and rushed reflections. With an early topic decision and a realistic schedule, the EE is very manageable.

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There is no objectively easiest topic, and chasing one usually backfires. The strongest predictor of a good result is a subject the student actually studies and enjoys, a research question narrow enough to answer within 4,000 words, and sources the student can genuinely access. An 'easy' subject the student does not take creates more work, not less, because the essay must meet that subject's academic conventions.

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The IB updated the Extended Essay for first assessment in May 2027, which covers students currently in the Diploma Programme. Students now choose a subject-focused or an interdisciplinary pathway, the former world studies EE has been absorbed into the interdisciplinary pathway, and the assessment criteria were redesigned across five categories totalling 30 marks, with reflection focused on the student's growth. Students should confirm their assessment session and pathway with their school's IB coordinator.

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The school-appointed supervisor remains the student's official guide and the authority on school deadlines and submission. A tutor complements that role with additional one-to-one teaching time, planning discussion, and feedback between supervisor check-ins, and never replaces the supervisor or contradicts school instructions.

Yes. This service is offered online across the United States and Canada: $70 USD per hour for American clients and $90 CAD per hour for Canadian clients, one flat rate for every tutor, with in-person sessions available in Vancouver and Toronto at $120 CAD per hour. Contact Hack Your Course with the student's time zone, subject, current EE stage, and preferred schedule so the team can confirm a suitable match and availability.