Noticeably Absent Posted February 22, 2016 Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 Hey! I was wondering what people were tested in: we were tested in the specimen papers!(for chemistry HL mocks 2016 prep for may exams 2016) Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Bui Posted March 3, 2016 Report Share Posted March 3, 2016 Same here for both SL and HL, Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wojtek Posted April 2, 2016 Report Share Posted April 2, 2016 Hey! We haven't done specimen paper for mock exam but some past paper from 2012 and 2014. We did specimen in the class and I found it pretty hard comparing to other papers... There were new type of questions covering analytical techniques and also long one about ozone. There is basically no comparison to the past papers (no choice of exercises in section B and also there were no questions from redox processes -electrolytic and voltaic cells). What do you guys think about it? Was it demanding for you as well? 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SNJERIN Posted April 2, 2016 Report Share Posted April 2, 2016 We found it extremely hard as well. One part of a question that is worth four marks in previous exams is now worth 2 points (or even 1) for some reason. There was not a single question about periodicity, kinetics, electrochemical cells etc in Chem SL. I am not sure if it was worth spending so much time on these topics. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wojtek Posted April 3, 2016 Report Share Posted April 3, 2016 On this mock they only introduced the topics from the new syllabus so my teacher says there is nothing to worry about because on the exam in May they will give all topics (some of them will be in P3 on HL though) 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElleIB Posted April 16, 2016 Report Share Posted April 16, 2016 we did the spec paper for the mocks too, it was very hard! I noticed everyone is pretty confused and stressed about this upcoming exam, I am too! Ozone question was too long and very confusing. * just like the rest of the paper* 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IB`NOT`ez Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 Specimen paper is just a design for how all the exams would likely look like for the new syllabus right? Not only were the questions there greedy as hell with the marks, but the Formal Charge questions & Q. 6 d) (ii) was extremely difficult. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Msj Chem Posted May 3, 2016 Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 (edited) On May 1, 2016 at 0:01 PM, IB`ez said: Specimen paper is just a design for how all the exams would likely look like for the new syllabus right? Not only were the questions there greedy as hell with the marks, but the Formal Charge questions & Q. 6 d) (ii) was extremely difficult. The IB have a habit of making their exams very difficult but then setting the grade boundries quite low. Usually above 80% in the exams will get you a 7. Here's a video on formal charge that may help: Bonding in oxygen and ozone: Edited May 3, 2016 by Msj Chem Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IB`NOT`ez Posted May 3, 2016 Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 1 hour ago, Msj Chem said: The IB have a habit of making their exams very difficult but then setting the grade boundries quite low. Usually above 80% in the exams will get you a 7. Here's a video on formal charge that may help: Bonding in oxygen and ozone: Specimen paper is just a design for how all the exams would likely look like for the new syllabus right? Not only were the questions there greedy as hell with the marks, but the Formal Charge questions & Q. 6 d) (ii) was extremely difficult. Ahh, that sounds much more hopeful. I've done some more studying on Atomic Bonding (with regards to the new syllabus now as I realized the sources I were using were far too outdated) and looking through that lengthy Ozone question again, all but the last question are extremely doable and not so difficult anymore -- seems like being very meticulous & careful is more important than ever to gain those precious few marks. Also those videos were awesome; I'll be sure to bookmark your website for further reference in my Chemistry revision. You're an amazing person for spending time & effort making those videos to help students. Thanks a lot! 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elc Posted May 6, 2016 Report Share Posted May 6, 2016 Specimen here too, some questions were a little icky in the sense I didn't know what they wanted exactly. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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