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For those of you taking English B HL, how did you do on paper 1? I personally think Text B was the hardest to answer, but in general the test was easier than i thought it would be.
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Hello, did anyone of you do Swedish B SL P1 yesterday? What did you think?
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Physics SL
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which question did you choose in Section B in paper 2?
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Hey all! It's been over 24 hours since we've done paper 1 of Philosophy (yikes). How did everyone find it? Section A was great with regards to the photograph of the twins! What did you guys do for Section B? I had ethics and political philosophy. I found ethics to be a little bit tricky, whilst breezed through political philosophy. Good luck everyone
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for TZ2 any thoughts to share? I did prose..
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How did you guys find it? How did it go for you all?
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What do you think will happen? Anybody did this as well? What happened? Over 50% of my exam was covered in white-out, I'd say.
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Psychology Paper 1 1 2 3
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Hi everyone:) How did you'll find psych paper 1? In TZ2 here, my friends mostly found it easy but I found the 22 mark answers tough!!
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Hey guys, This is a discussion about the economics Paper 1 SL. I did time zone 2, SL and the questions were abnormally easy, like the part (a) ones! There was nothing to talk about, they were too simplistic, and I was so worried that there was something I'd miss out, i mean how much can you talk about how a decrease in costs of production increases supply? What questions did y'all choose? I chose 2 (the one about agriculture and price floors) and 4 (about interventionist supply side policies). Overall I think it went very well How did you guys find it?
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I'm freaking out so badly. I just finished my bio paper 3 and right after the teacher told us the time was over, I realized I had done the whole thing in pencil. I don't even know why. I'm usually so prepared and making this mistake is just.. i don't know. I looked up using pencil in the exams and saw that the papers are scanned and sent to IB examiners so if they can read my pencil scans will it be ok? Will I get marks? I really need a good grade in this since my bio grades are already not so good. Please help :'((((
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I just did my English P1 (English A: lit) . I understood the content but unfortunately did not get a chance to finish my essay (time has always been my enemy at this). Therefore I did not get to discuss one stanza of the poem and did not have a conclusion. How many marks would they take off for an unfinished essay? The poem is straightforward so now I feel really horrible for not being able to finish TAT I usually score between a 5 and a 6 for paper 1, so now I'm worried that I will bomb my English (which is a subject I like).
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Hey guys! So I know there was a discussion started on this exam but that was in the general forum and I just thought that us psychology students should also have a place on this exam discussion forum! Overall the paper wasn't too bad, but I think i messed up a few dates here and there. The only trouble I had for section A was the stereotypes one. What did you guys write for that?? And for my essay I chose the: "Evaluate one model/theory of one cognitive process" - overall I feel this went alright but I'm scared that perhaps 2 studies were not enough?
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Hi.. I'm appearing for may 2015 .. I was wondering what's the effective way to study for Bio papers Or finals in general apart from revising the main concepts?
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Hello, I'm retaking the subject Biology HL in the next session May 2015, My first IB examination session was in May 2014. The Biology Syllabus has changed this year. so now, my question is, shall I study the new syallabus or the old one? My teachers could't help to find out, please I need an answer very very soon. Thanks in advance Mostafa
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So its been 24 hours since paper 1. I found it very easy, compared to past years although I missed a question. I was glad the questions related to finances were really easy to calculate.
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Papers 1&2: I'm just interested how many question were there? What were the major topics? What were the topics of the most difficult ones?
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So everyone...how did you find it? Personally, I thought it was fairly kind except for the weird multiple choice question on the large intestine and the paper 2 question with the component outside the cell. Also, what was up with all the ecology questions?
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Hi guys, Could you tell me what is the actual date of issuing our grades by IBO? Is it 5th or 6th of Jan? Cheers
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Hey guys, So how did everyone find it? What options did you all do? I think this might've been the better of the three papers, but the marks that they assigned for some questions were confusing I did Option E and Option H.
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I felt like lang&lit isn't being discussed a whole lot so I'm starting this thread. I thought Paper 1 was slightly more challenging than the previous ones. The topics were pretty easy but the texts themselves were a bit longer and the text type (especially the letters to the editor page) was pretty new too. I did the 2nd one. Paper 2 was okay too, the questions were broad enough to fit any text. What did you guys think of the English Lang&Lit papers?
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How was it?
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So what's everyone's thoughts on paper 1 and 2 for maths SL? (It's been 24 hours since I did the exam so pretty sure timezones are all good). I found paper 1 easier than paper 2, there was definitely a bit of logic required for some questions, particularly paper 2 question 9 and 10 to manipulate the different parts. I definitely found these papers more difficult than may 2014 and last year november, what did everyone else think?
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Sufficient time has elapsed for discussion of Paper 1 and 2 of History. How did you guys find it? Do mention your Route and Topics studied too! For anyone curious, mine were : Paper 1 (Data Response paper) - Communism in Crisis -> Was totally thrown off-guard by the topic that came out IB finally tested China instead of USSR and i think they will continue to do so >< Paper 2 - Topic 3 SPS and Topic 5 The Cold War -> fairly doable paper i felt How did you guys feel about the paper?
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How did you guys find the papers? I found paper 2 and 3 manageable, but I didn't really like paper 1! Some of the questions were really tricky.
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So guys, how did you found the papers? I panicked in p1 at first because questions were a way different than I was expecting. I got mad so much that they didn't ask any define questions. But it turned out good after a while. So overall p1 was fine for me but definetely harder than May exam. Btw, I did the questions 1 and 3. And I found p2 very easy compared to p1 and did the questions 1,4,5. What about you? which questions did you do? Really appreciate the feedback
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It has definitely been more than 24 hours since I did the Chem SL paper 1 and 2.... Personally, I initially didn't think paper 1 was that bad although there were a couple of questions I was doubtful about. Now I know I can't get higher than 25/30 Paper 2 on the other hand seemed easier than other past papers...still made a few errors but overall went much better than I had anticipated! Did Question 8 in Section B. Paper 3, I did options A and B (Modern Analytical and Biochem) and it seemed crazily easy.... How did the exams go for you guys?
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If my time zone conversions are correct, we're all good to start talking about paper 1... we'll have to wait a day or so to talk about paper 2 and 3 though. Paper 1 was brilliant in my opinion! Section A was pretty straightforward, and Section B was clever - loved the last question on complex numbers, and the one on vectors. Overall it was a good paper! Thoughts?
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How did everyone find the exam? Everyone in my class found both papers difficult... much more difficult than all the other past examinations.
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Hey everyone! What were all your thoughts on the three economics HL papers for 2014 November? I found paper 1 alright, except for 1a) which i realised I had answered wrong regarding price functions and incentives. Paper 2 was great, I did questions 2 and 3. Paper 3 was excellent, don't think I lost many marks at all, did questions 2 and 3 (didn't do the theory of the firm one).
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What are your thoughts on the paper?
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Paper 1 and paper 2, thoughts? I did the poem for paper 1 and didn't enjoy it that much, but paper 2 felt better. I did the poetry question on pleasure...
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Hey guys, What did you think about paper 1 prose and poem? I personally thought they were both soooo good!!! For once I felt like I could have picked either. I did the prose personally, and not that many others at my school did the prose :/ I really like the prose and it would have taken me much longer to decode the poem and what to say, so I just went with the prose. For paper 2, in the Novel and Short story section, I did Q7, It was the only one about authors using flashbacks or foreshadowing to broaden the time span covered by the narrative. There are some other things I wish I said in the prose, but overall, I think it went well. How did you guys find the…
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This is a discussion schedule, not exam schedule. 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) Wednesday, 5th of November Morning English A Literature HL paper 1 English A Literature SL paper 1 English A Language & Literature HL paper 1 English A Language & Literature SL paper 1 Literature & performance SL paper 1 Literature…
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How did everyone feel? I LOVED it. I answered the question in TZ2 on light and sound in drama, on Williams' 'Streetcar' and Fugard's 'Master Harold', and it was a gift from god. I got to use all the knowledge about themes I had, along with that on scenic metaphor and dramatic techniques and styles in the two plays. The essay practically wrote itself, and it helped that I drafted an essay plan for virtually the same question last week! I feel a lot better about English after what I thought was a shaky Paper 1 now. For everyone reading this in later years but without access to our exam papers, the questions in the Drama section (for both HL and SL) were roughly 'discuss th…
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Hello all, It is all in the title really. I sent my maths off to be remarked 4 days ago and would appreciate if anyone knows roughly when I can expect to have my mark back. Thank you.
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How did it go?
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How did everyone find it? I think the grade boundaries for paper 2 will be really high... I really hope not.
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Hey, I was just wondering if there is anyone else on here, who did German A Lang&Lit? How did you find the exam. Both papers 1 and 2. Which texts/ questions did you do?
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How did it go? I feel terrible. I was pretty good in Papers 1 and 2, expecting high fives, mid sixes, possible low 7, but this just completely destroyed my grade. Did anyone feel happy about it, or perhaps ok? How many of these did you manage to prove? I found a few proofs easy, and tried proof by contradiction for the prime number one lol.
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So how did everyone find the option Paper overall? I took Food and Environmental Chemistry, it had a couple of very creative questions to say the least but I guess it wasn't too bad
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I am wondering how everyone felt about their exams, what are your reactions? I am mainly worried about French B as I generally struggle with the subject. History HL went more smoothly for me than I expected, hopefully that is a good sign, but I am still worried about it. How did you guys feel about History paper 3? What about psychology and english hl as well? Thanks for your replies, in advance
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The paper was comparatively easy
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Did anybody still remember the questions in this exam? I really need these questions. If someone can tell me, please tell me below~ thanks~~~
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Hey guys! What did you all think of this year's exam? Personally, it wasn't as hard as my friends and I thought it would be, but it was definitely a ton of writing. A bunch of kids from my school missed growth strategies in P1; we were really grateful in P2 that they didn't ask for final accounts, though I do believe this is the first year in a long time that they haven't asked for any of either cash flow, profit/loss, or balance sheet. All they had for finance this year were ratios and break-even, which was a pleasant surprise. Let's hope that doesn't wreck the curve... Thoughts?
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Thoughts? What did you pick, prose or poetry? I'm in TZ2 and I picked the prose, 'Into Silence' by Barton. I thought it was quite straightforward and easy to understand; more so than the prose extracts from past papers! Quite happy with how it went overall.
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How did everyone's papers go? Paper one was at the expected level of difficulty, or a bit easier than past papers. I noticed some twists they tried to put in, in order to increase the distinguishing factor (is that even how its called idk) On the other hand, paper two was TERRIBLE. I gotta admit, I didn't prepare well for Chemistry in general, and i only skimmed through one past paper 2 just to look at its structure, so yes I wasn't prepared. But oh. my.god. I'd be lucky if I got 50% out of it. Was it just me not studying enough, or was this paper hard in general?
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I was wondering how every one did on this paper. I did TZ2, and have found it very difficult relative to the past five years. I really feel that the IB mis led us with this paper, seeing as the specimen had nothing to do with this paper and did nothing to prepare us for whats to come. The IB decided to completely change the whole question style (question 2 & 3), and have done horrors with question 4. All in all, i managed to answer questions 1 & 2, struggled with 3, and managed to BS my way through 4. Hopefully the curve would be much lower for this paper. How did every one else do? Did you find it difficult? Lets discuss Note: I am writing this post 30 hours afte…
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How was it? For me it went absolutely horrendously. Lost 25 marks minimum, and I hope that I got the rest 100% correct. I was scoring 90% on almost all past papers and didn't really look into the new stuff like the Rolle's Theorem and such. Was a big mistake. Math was one of the surefire subject to get a 7 in, but now I'm looking for a 6. If I score 80%+ for both P1,P2, then I still could have a chance of getting a 7, but overall, P3 Calculus was absolutely terrible. I couldn't do the improper integral in the last part of Q1, then panicked and couldn't do another 12 mark question in number 2, where you had to use the integrating factor to do other stuff. The whole thing w…
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So 24 hrs is up... How did everyone find paper 1 and 2? I found both of them to be really good, and is it only me or I found paper 2 to be descriptive. In section B I chose Questions 7 (organic chemistry) and 8 (bonding and electrolytic cell). To be honest I found it easier than last year's paper...
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Hey Everyone, I was wondering if anyone remembers how the essay questions were in economics microeconomics, macroeconomics paper 1 thank you
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