A private candidate needs a willing host school. The school handles official exam registration after it accepts your subjects, session, documents, and fees.
In practice, private candidate registration means a school that offers the Diploma Programme agrees to host you for selected retake exams and register you for that session.
The school may need your identity details, previous candidate information, subject list, level, session choice, and any relevant IA or coursework status.
There is no universal public list of IB World Schools that accept external retake candidates for each subject and session. Schools also differ by country, capacity, language, calendars, and policies for graduates.
IBretake turns scattered outreach into one structured search request that eligible coordinators can review.
Prepare your results slip, candidate number if available, legal name, date of birth, target session, subject and level list, country preferences, and any university deadline that makes timing urgent.
If you are under 18, make sure a parent or legal guardian is ready to provide consent where required.
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