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This is the Discussion Timetable NOT the exam schedule. Exam schedule can be found here. All the discussion about the exams has to be in the EXAM DISCUSSION forum, not in the subject forums. It is EXTREMELY important that you do not post those topics in any other forum as it will not be possible for us to properly moderate them. Thank you. Three IBSurvival guidelines: 1. The topics you start are invisible until a staff member approves it. Therefore, do not start another topic when you can't see yours. No discussions via PMs before the 24-hour wait is up. Yes, we can check PMs. For more information: Is your post not showing up…
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Are there any restrictions on the number of answer sheets handed in? I used 5 sheets for my math exam today, but my teacher removed the last one saying that max 4 are allowed (I don't get why they gave me the 5th in the first place). I don't know what is going on.
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Hello, As staff at this site, we realise how much of a distraction the internet in general, and IBSurvival in particular, can be when it comes to exam time. If you find that IBSurvival is distracting you from your studies too much, or that you spend too much time procrastinating on here, you can request for a ban to help you concentrate on studying for exams. We will ban anyone who voluntarily asks to be banned to concentrate on their studies. Simply PM an admin or a supervisor stating the amount of time you want to be banned (e.g. 1 week, 2 weeks, until date X) and leave your email address. We will email you with our email so that you can contact us if you want to be un…
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Hi everyone! That dreaded month is here and it’s time for your final IB exams! We’d like to just remind you of some rules regarding exam discussions. 1. Though you’re perfectly free to discuss exam papers, keep in mind the strict 24-hours rule. This means you cannot discuss any part of an exam paper with anyone outside of your school community before 24 hours had passed since the end time of the exam. In other words, before the 24 hours had passed, you cannot in anyway discuss the exam, even if it’s just to say you found it hard or easy. 2. Please keep ALL your discussion of exam papers in the Exam Discussion forum. Each exam paper should have its own separate thread i…
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In order to help control the 24 hour limit imposed on exams, topics must be approved before they are posted. They won't be approved for public view until the 24 hour wait is up, and they must then be approved manually by a moderator - this may or may not be exactly on the dot of the 24 hour limit, but hopefully as close as possible. We know how much you all want to discuss the exams with each other! Please don't post things over and over again because they haven't shown up, because actually they will show up eventually - you just have to be patient I'm afraid! I would also like to remind people not to share information about/discuss the content of their exams via PMs e…
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Conduct of the Examinations.pdf
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Which schools in Norway has November exams for 2023 if I want to retake some subjects?
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Such a list would help many! Thanks
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Hi! I wanted to start a discussion to find about how everybody has done on physics this morning. I personally thought that this year´s physics exams were not going to be that hard, which is why I want to know if you guys feel the same way. I don´t know about TZ1, but TZ2´s Paper 2 did not looked at all like what I figured out it would be. Also, Paper 1 was hard and I honestly ran out of time.
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Guys, I'm wondering whether there's a possibility that any answers written just below the answer box can be counted for marks? I know that it is recommended to request an extra paper and write the additional answers within that paper but when I was about to ask the paper I thought it's not a big deal to waste a 4 pages booklet for a sentence or two. Hence, I wrote the answer just below the box (outside). Do you think I'll lose marks because of that? Unluckily, there are many comments said it is only the box that will be visible by the examiners while the others said IB scanned the whole page of papers for digital marking (hence those answers outside of the box c…
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From what it's looking like at the moment, I'll be doing 4 papers on May 10th, 2012. The papers are Physics (P1+P2) , Language A1 (Arabic P1 in my case) and Environmental Studies (P1). I'm sure that the cruelty of this world IB has left many others in the same situation as mine throughout the years and I'm wondering as to how such scenarios have played out in the end and if there's a way to deal with such monumental stress without a total nervous breakdown. Have any of you survivors been through this situation? What did the school's management do to help you (if anything)? What was it like?
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Hi guys so I am considering getting some subjects remarked! History HL: 2 points away from a 7 TOK: 1 point away from a B EE: 5 points away from an A Psychology HL: 5 points away from a 7 ( I was also really sick during the Psych exams so the IB approved a kind of policy which considers bumping me up to the next grade if I narrowly missed the next grade so i was thinking even if I don't fully get all 5 marks in the remark I might still have a chance to get a 7? ) Maths AA SL: 5 points away from a 6 I am not sure if the ones with a 5-mark gap to the next grade are worth it... ( I did look up online, some people did get more than 5 marks in the…
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i am a d1 student who studies japanese, english, chemistry, maths, economics and business. A week ago, I had the first time of mock exam. Then, I feel like I am going to take 1 or 2 or 3 from maths ai hl in mock exam in d1. (Because I made so many stupid mistakes...) Then, I am scared if this result causes me to fail in the exam, meaning remaining the same year, d1. (In the past first and second term grade of maths were 4 and 3.) My school officially says like this; "As part of these examinations, there will be an expectation, placed upon all D1 students that in order for them to continue onto the Diploma Programme in D2, they need to achieve 24 points in these …
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i am a d1 student who studies japanese, english, chemistry, maths, economics and business. A week ago, I had the first time of mock exam. Then, I feel like I am going to take 1 or 2 or 3 from maths ai hl in mock exam in d1. (Because I made so many stupid mistakes...) Then, I am scared if this result causes me to fail in the exam, meaning remaining the same year, d1. (In the past first and second term grade of maths were 4 and 3.) My school officially says like this; "As part of these examinations, there will be an expectation, placed upon all D1 students that in order for them to continue onto the Diploma Programme in D2, they need to achieve 24 points in these …
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Hello, Because of personal reasons I couldn't sign up for the May Exam 2017 and I truly want to do the exam this year and I would appreciate if you could inform me about who could possibly offer November Exam 2018 in Sweden. Thank you in advance
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During my English Lang Lit SL exams, I swear I felt P2 was going to make up for P1. At the end however, I got an 18/20 for P1 but only 10/25 for P2, which is a 3. It was utterly unbelievable as I've been scoring 17-19/25 in P2s I've been doing just the week before, and I did feel the essay that I wrote was decent - a solid 19/25 as well. Though it's definitely possible that I can just screw up that bad, I really doubt that was the case. So assuming that a major screw-up wasn't the problem, what could have caused the drastically low mark? My theory's that the examiner somehow thought the works I was discussing weren't the prescribed works I did in class and therefore …
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Hi! Anyone that took the Chemistry HL November 2019 exams - how did you find it? Was it hard? I'm taking my exams soon (May 2020) and am also taking Chemistry HL. I'm wondering whether there were any weird topics that came up on the November papers that I should revise for May. I've heard that the Winkler method and disproportionation came up, which sounds horrible! And now I'm really worried about what they have in store for May! Were there any other weird topics that you remember came up on Nov 2019?
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I graduated in May of 2018 and did a year of university before deciding to try for retakes. I understand that there are only three tries for exams, but are the retake tries only available for the next two exam sessions after your first one? So is it no longer possible for me to take resits in 2020?
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I think a thread about re-marks will be useful to the ones who are considering a remark or waiting for their enquiry to take place, as it's quite inconvenient to search the information about re-marks in many separate threads. I suggest posting the following information: Subject How many % was the grade from the next one (if relevant, breakdown by components)How long did the decision takeResult (up, down or unchanged)By "re-mark" I mean mainly a category 1 enquiry upon results (EUR). Perhaps some information would be necessary: A category 1 EUR involves the externally assessed components of a candidate's work (thus, no IAs - they can be re-moderated separately as a part…
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So I took the IB Physics papers last Friday and two days ago. When taking the first paper, I only knew of about 3 or 4 questions I answered correctly (out of 30). When I got to the second paper, I knew nothing except for one question part. My teacher completely skipped over a few topics, and paper 2 was almost entirely one topic (I don't know if I'm allowed to say what topic). Paper 3, the option, was better than Paper 2 but still not good. My teacher chose astrophysics for us without telling us what the other options were, and then told us she didn't have time to teach it in class and gave us worksheets and videos and told us to basically teach ourselves. I could have an…
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Hey guys! I just recently wrote my exams, and I answered the details on the cover sheet incorrectly. Specifically, I only put in the section B questions I answered in the boxes, but I did all of them. My IB coordinator told me today after my exam had already finished, when I asked him, to just write "all", but I cannot change anything anymore. Will the examiners just mark the section B on my paper, because that could be catasrophic for my results. Can somebody give me a concrete yes or no answer if this affects the marking of my paper. I am freaking out! Please someone help!!!!!!!!!
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Hello, So I have my IB exam in less than two months. How should I study for HL Math? I currently have the Haese Harris book but I feel that it doesn't really cover exam type questions and its quite time consuming. Thus, I feel like past paper exams are helpful. I believe the same applies to Physics. The tsoko's books aren't super useufl when it comes to IB style exam questions. Any advice? Cheers.
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Generally concerned about my DP1 winter term predicted grade right now, and i want to know the impact it has on university acceptance preferably in Sweden
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Hii..In english SL Paper 1 I wrote a good commentary but forgot to comment on the picture..Will I lose a great deal of marks?
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This is the Discussion Timetable NOT the exam schedule. Exam schedule can be found here. All the discussion about the exams has to be in the EXAM DISCUSSION forum, not in the subject forums. It is EXTREMELY important that you do not post those topics in any other forum as it will not be possible for us to properly moderate them. Thank you. Three IBSurvival guidelines: 1. The topics you start are invisible until a staff member approves it. Therefore, do not start another topic when you can't see yours. No discussions via PMs before the 24-hour wait is up. Yes, we can check PMs. For more information: Is your post not showing up after you've post…
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Since Literature and Performance is hardly recognized and I knew no one would start a forum on it, I decided to do it myself To all the Literature and Performance kids out there, How did you find that exam???
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I did not get my IB Diploma as I got a 3 in physics but a 4 in my two other HLs. I missed a 4 in physics by 1 mark/percent. I am on the grade boundary. The upper boundary is a 36, I got 36. What is the chance and probability that my grade will increase?
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Hi everyone, I got my IB results today and i did not pass sadly. However, history is my 7th subject and if I switch it with my 6th subject which is French I would pass. Im just wondering if its a thing that could be done so that history would be on my actual diploma and French be the additional subject. Thank you guys in advance
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Hello, I would like to know if anyone has info about November retakes in Sweden. I would like to do the retakes in Sweden but I am also open to traveling inside of Europe. If anyone has any specific schools that they know offer retakes pls notify me. I am currently asking schools in Sweden but I have had no luck so far.
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Hi! Results day is coming up quick, so I was wondering how everyone thinks they did? Some of my friends think they'll have to retake... Did anyone think some of the exams were too hard? I've heard a lot of complaints about physics and maths...
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This is the Discussion Timetable NOT the exam schedule. Exam schedule can be found here. All the discussion about the exams has to be in the EXAM DISCUSSION forum, not in the subject forums. It is EXTREMELY important that you do not post those topics in any other forum as it will not be possible for us to properly moderate them. Thank you. Three IBSurvival guidelines: 1. The topics you start are invisible until a staff member approves it. Therefore, do not start another topic when you can't see yours. No discussions via PMs before the 24-hour wait is up. Yes, we can check PMs. For more information: Is your post not showing up after you've posted i…
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Can I use dictionary in ITGS SL exam?
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The title tells the story. My teacher claims that we can't use a dictionary during IB ITGS exam; however, I read the guideline and it seems like dictionaries are permitted to subjects 3-6 if English is not my main language.
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IN PAPER 2, I JUST COMPARED INSTEAD OF COMPARING AND CONTRASTING!! What's the maximum grade I can get out of 25?
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Hey! So I was both happy and unhappy with some of my exam grades for my mocks. I was unhappy mostly with my biology and math mock exam grades, my first exam is Math, on May 2. I was wondering, is it possible to highly improve on the real exams then mocks? I am applying in Australia so only my real exam grades matter. Has anyone really improved on their real exams compared to their mocks?
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Hi everyone, I really need extra help with my preparation for the IB exams this upcoming May, but I'm looking for any tuition centers or whatnot that would let me take trial exams, as well as any good revision courses. Can anyone recommend me something like that? (tbh, since I live in Japan, I'd be grateful it would be somewhere close, like Hong Kong or somewhere like that, so if anyone knows anywhere like that, I'd be doubly grateful)
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Hi everyone. I'm a bad test taker, and I just don't study that much. If I do study, I'll only study for the "easier" classes like English Literature, or Biology (but I mean they are my only IB classes, as I'm doing IBCP). So far I've been doing good on my tests, especially the ones in IB Biology (but they're not like the IA, or IOP type tests like in English) but like class tests. But I don't think those would be a good measuring stick to determine if I'll pass my IB exams or not, despite my teachers saying they pulled them from actual, previous IB exams. But what're some things I should start doing in my classes, or even now, to help prepare me for those final IB ex…
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Nov 2017 paper 3 exam was difficult? Especially in Great depression and Cold War
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This is the Discussion Timetable NOT the exam schedule. Exam schedule can be found here. All the discussion about the exams has to be in the EXAM DISCUSSION forum, not in the subject forums. It is EXTREMELY important that you do not post those topics in any other forum as it will not be possible for us to properly moderate them. Thank you. Morning exams are discussed after 13.00 (GMT time) Afternoon exams are discussed after 18.00 (GMT time) Tues 31 October Afternoon Spanish A Literature HL paper 1 Spanish A Literature SL paper 1 Spanish A Language & Literature HL paper 1 Spanish A Language & Literatu…
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How did everyone find Arabic B SL/HL Paper 1?
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Hey, So I have a TI84 Plus CE Calculator. I just wanted to know for my IB exam, could I just remove all the applications and programs other than the simultaneous + Polynomial equations software? (http://lo3.gdynia.pl/ofertaedukacyjna/media/calcul.pdf - This PDF from IB mentions that for the calculator I'm using only this software is allowed.) There is an exam mode which removes all these software automatically, but I would like to have the simultaneous + polynomial equation software especially for Math HL. Thanks so much
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Somehow I survived IB and it's exams this May, and have received (and cried) over the results that showed up on the 6th of July. But for some reason, when I log into the IB candidates website now, it only shows the mark I got in May 2016 for French, and all of the other marks are gone, courses included. Does anyone know why? Thanks!
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Is there a way to find out why my global politics IA was remarked from 16 to 6? I've decided to retake it, but how can I do it if I don't know what mistakes I'm making? My supervisor doesn't know either, hence she cannot help me in writing a new IA. Anyone else had such a situation? What can I do now? Please help me.
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Hey there! Could you please tell me what the questions that came up in May were, for all the papers? What were the SAQs and the 22 marker questions? I do abnormal and developmental for paper 2. What type of qualitative method did you get for paper 3? Would you be able to tell me what it was for both time zones? Thanks so much, this will help a lot!!
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I had a quick question about the remark for the SL French exam. Would the remark include remarking of the written assignment since it was uploaded on upload.ibis.ibo or does it only include remarking of Paper 1 and Paper 2 and not the written assignment?
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** just for paper 1 and 2, we can't talk about 3 yet What did you guys thing about the exams this session for sl chem? I'm so worried, I'm fairly sure I didn't do very well. I'm TZ1, and I thought paper 1 was pretty difficult, and I ended up skipping a lot of questions in paper 2. Opinions from my classmates were pretty varied, some saying it was hard and some easy. What do guys think? Did you find it harder than the May 2016 exam? I'm so sure I made so so many dumb mistakes. I'm literally kicking myself. I feel so bad :(( After a full year of studying and working hard, I can't believe I'm going to fail At this point, my only hope is that my IA ma…
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Is it possible and worth remarking a history IA, which I know was not selected for check?
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Short question: If you want to send back more than 1 subject for remarking is that possible?
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After I finish my Chinese A exam, I realise that I only wrote my question number on the cover sheet (the page with candidate details etc), but I did not have it on the margin of the answer sheet. Then, I went back to the DP coordinator and asked for help, she just told me that it's not a big deal because there was only 1 question that I have to answer and it's on the cover page, my answer can still be sent to an examiner who marks that question. I'm still quite worried, as I was told before the exam that not writing the question number would make my grades become 0. Does anyone have a similar problem or have experience in the previous exam that can answer me…
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To anyone who did the FM examinations this year (if anyone here did do them), how were they?
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Hey guys, how did Geography HL go for you?
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