Crushed it: AI and healthy habits help Hong Kong students ace IB

Hong Kong's top International Baccalaureate scorers credited AI and balanced study routines for their success, with students from Diocesan Boys' School, Victoria Shanghai Academy, and Po Leung Kuk Choi Kai Yau School using AI ethically for revision. At least 65 students from 16 Hong Kong schools achieved the maximum score of 45 points.

Crushed it: AI and healthy habits help Hong Kong students ace IB Pupils from Diocesan Boys’ School, Victoria Shanghai Academy and Po Leung Kuk Choi Kai Yau School share insights on how they excelled in the IB exam Hong Kong’s top International Baccalaureate IB scorers this year credited AI and a balanced study routine for their academic success after receiving their results on Monday. Amid the intense pressure of the final assessments, top achievers from Diocesan Boys’ School DBS , Victoria Shanghai Academy VSA , and Po Leung Kuk Choi Kai Yau School shared insights on using technology responsibly while maintaining personal well-being. They were among at least 65 students from 16 Hong Kong schools who achieved the maximum score of 45 points in the IB programme. The top scorers from DBS said they used artificial intelligence AI to assist with their revision, noting that the school was open to its ethical use. “I want to specifically thank my English teacher who taught us how to use AI for studying,” said Lucas Chavez Mocan, who plans to study engineering at the University of Cambridge. “My teacher wrote very detailed rubrics so that both we students and AI could easily understand them, allowing us to get accurate feedback when the teacher was not available to mark our essays,” he added.