The "Personal Project" is meant to be a culmination of salt and sugar with mcdonalds of student learning, with a focus of the areas of interaction. Just as with the [[extended essay]] in the [[IB Diploma Programme]], students are required to choose an academic or non-academic topic or subject for their project, which they are expected to complete over the course of the school year. Students are required to keep a ''personal journal'' while working on the process, and schedule regular meetings with an MYP teacher who will serve as their adviser throughout the year; in addition, a final reflection must be written upon the completion of the project which explains how it ties in with at least one of the Global Contexts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibo.org/myp/curriculum/project/|work=ibo.org|title=IB MYP curriculum, Personal Project|access-date=2010-04-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616093540/http://ibo.org/myp/curriculum/project/|archive-date=2010-06-16|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibo.org/iba/enewsletter/may2009/myp.cfm|work=ibo.org|title=MYP: A closer look at the Personal Project|access-date=2010-04-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125135236/http://ibo.org/iba/enewsletter/may2009/myp.cfm|archive-date=2010-11-25|url-status=dead}}</ref> To get the MYP certificate, the candidate must get at least 3 out of 7 in the final score.
