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Aims & objectives

This page looks first at both the official and the unofficial aims of an Extended Essay and discusses how your EE can help you not only gain bonus points in your Diploma but also in your university applications and in your future studies. It then details the four objectives upon which the assessment is based. The four 'official' aims of the Extended Essay are that it provides you with the opportunity to: However I...

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