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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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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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Conduct of the Examinations.pdf
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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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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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So how was it. Personally I found Paper 1 quite hard. By the way which questions did you answer in section b and what time zone are you? This is a post from CkyBlue: Any thread related to papers is required to be created in the exam discussion topic, so the staff can approve when the time is right to discuss it. This discussion was only suppose to start at 13:00 GMT, but it started at 08:47 GMT. Discussing the exam any time before it is in violation of IBO regulations. It is imperative that you only discuss exams in that forum because it is under moderation. We cannot keep track of all the other forums. Because there was no discussion of the actual content of the e…
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How'd everyone find it?
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So, how was the Chemistry paper. I was in TZ2 I think, and the paper 1 was quite hard to be honest
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IB Physics HL P1/P2 1 2 3 4 6
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Was predicted a 7... I cried in the exam.
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So how did u go for people? Which Section B did you pick and what ever your problems? I personally picked B1 and B3. Had some problems with a section B qeustion about proving intensity of sunlight which is reflected by earth is 100. Are we required to know the solar constant?
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Hey guys, so.. how'd you find it? (I did TZ2 btw)
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Hi, this thread is for everyone who is in the MATHS SL MAY 2010 session. If you remember any answers to Paper 1 of the exam that just passed a while ago please give feedback, or simply ask questions, one of us might remember them.
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The dreaded math sl exams are finally close to over. I have created this topic so that fellow ibers can discuss the questions on either one of these tests. REMEMBER: DISCUSSION IS NOT ALLOWED UNTIL 24HOURS HAVE PASSED
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Hey guys, we're allowed to discuss P1 now and P2 tomorrow! I loved the questions, they were brilliant, especially the complex numbers one in q.13. Initially, i must admit I didnT' really see how to answer them, but then it just struck me and BAM. Really high hopes on this paper, thinking about 113/120. (Got my stupid graph wrong because I forgot the minus at the second derivative. Jesus.) I found the question abotu the sequences werid, where you had to find r, which was only 6 marks. Because I felt it should have been more than 6 marks. Finding the pattern, simplifying, seeing that (r-1) is a factor of the 3rd degree polynomial, finding the other factor by identification,…
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Im assuming we're allowed to discuss, when the moderator allows this thread. Let's discuss paper 2. I found the paper quite nice tbh, I did really well even though some questions were difficult. I might even score a full 120 if I'm lucky! Though, I have two confusions, which bother me quite a lot. For the question 10, finding the velocity, it was given that acceleration was (60-v)/40, so integrating both sides in respect to t gave the expression: -ln|60-v|=t/40+c Now we knew that initially the car was at rest so at t=0, v=0 giving c=-ln60. We have: -ln|60-v|=t/40-ln60 Now at t=30 we have -ln|60-v|=3/4-ln60 giving |60-v|=e^(ln60-3/4) This gave two results v=31.7 and v=88.3…
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I see that no one had a open a topic concerning Physics Hl .. more than 24 hours had passed .. so how was it ?? I didn't mange to get the show that question 1) show that the resistance is 15 ohms is just used this equation emf=I(R+r) but didn't get the right answer also wt option did you pick ?
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how did u find it? I think it was one of the hardest ones especially the p2, at least from those i had practiced on it was the toughest for sure...
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Which questions did you do and how did you find the paper? I studied a lot for Italian unification and it just so happened that it was the first time in the history of the IB when a question on Italian unification required the knowledge of German unification also. When I read it, I was already thinking of how I would retake the exam in November. However, luckily, there were a few very open-ended question that I took advantage of. At the end, all 5 of my essays were on Hitler I did: 1. The impact of Wold War I on the domestic affairs one country (Germany) 2. The effects of The Great Depression on one country (Germany) 3. Evaluating the domestic policies of Hitler between …
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Biology HL Exam 1 2 3 4
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Hey guys, What do you suggest for studying Biology?
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Okay! So now it has been 24 hours (actually a bit more) since I wrote the exam paper and I am now free to discuss the exam freely What is your thought about the paper? I found it quite, hard, to be honest... or at least the prose... I have been analysing the older English A1s and just one A2 and I can say that this year's exam at least was far more closer to the A2 one. You may ask me, doesn't it make it easier? Well, perhaps, but the language was far less complicated in A2 and A1 and so I found it harder to discuss diction as it was more simplified This all in all makes it harder to raise topics about structure, and other things as there is less variability. However, I…
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Maths SL P2 TZ2 1 2 3 4
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So, how did you guys find Paper 2 compared to Paper 1? I found it much harder and really struggled with a few questions - I only managed the Matrices one through trial and error rather than actual Mathematical skill
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Ok so I took my paper 1 and I'm really disappointed. I answered everything for section A but for section B I barely knew anything! I only answered a few of the easy questions and didn't even know how to take a guess or make something up. If I did really well on section A but really badly on section B, could I still pass with like a 4? Also, how much does each exam count for in the final grade? Thank you!
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Hey! How was the paper? I found P1 very easy... P2 was tough! Section A data based question was confusing and section B also there wasn't a single diagram question but it was ok...! How was it for everyone?
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Hi everyone. how did you do on your math paper 2? I live in Asia so I am guessing I am doing TZ2? erm,.. I personally think that paper 2 is tougher than paper 1.. however both papers are still more simple that past year papers. I left our 2 questions though, worth 24 points T_T anyone did the trapezium thing? I really had no idea how to work it out.
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How did everyone find paper 1 of Math Studies TZ2? Or TZ1 either ways
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Hey guys, So now that it's been 24 hours, what did you guys think? Did you do prose or poem? I did Poem TZ2 - 'Snow'... it went alright i hope, not too sure what the poem was supposed to be about tho
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OMG Bio! What'd you think of it? I'm TZ1. I thought Paper 1 was pretty nice! I looked at the question w/ + and - as the answers, and I was like what the heck? But I got - and - as my answer. And I spent way too long on the pedigree one. The only one that could have made sense was the X linked, recessive, right? I wanted to make sure that it was right... What you get on the backwards recombinant one? I finally put A as my answer. Can't recall exactly what it was, but I remember it took me a while to get the answer. And I hadn't studied long-day short-day enough. I read about it, but when it got to the P red and P far red, I zoned out because I didn't understand... eek.…
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Hi everbody, how did you find paper 1 and 2 ? Personally I think that P1 was the easiest exam that I've ever solved when i compare it with the previous exams. P2: section A was easy for me as well but I couldn't managed the time in section B so it was just ok i think. What about you guys ?
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How did everyone find the exam, everyone I've spoken to found Paper 2 absolutely horrific! Thoughts?
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Hey guys What did you think about this paper? What options did you do?
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So how did everyone find it? Easy, hard? I thought it was okay.. much better than I expected since all the exams i had before this were harder than last year's exams.
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Alright, so all of you bravehearts- how was it? I solved all IB Math HL past papers for the new syllabus (from May 2008), and I found this years paper 1 to be the toughest of the lot! (TZ 2 here)... What are your thoughts? Expecting a sub 85 grade boundary for a 7 in paper 1?
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Dear May 2008 Candidates, Thought of making this thread.. Might seem a bit early, but it wasn't that long since we started the IB and now it's almost ending. Days pass by so quickly, and poof! you're walking through the hall door and the examination papers are being handed in. The counter above is to count down the days, help you manage your time, give you an outlook.. See it the way you see it, it's your perception in the end. Feel free to talk about anything related to this.. Good luck and hope we all succeed. Yours truly, BIO-AQUA
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How did every one feel about Paper 3? I did Options E and G and found them to be pretty easy minus one of the math questions on a DBQ (which every one in my class got different answers haha)
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How did you guys find it? How did it go for you all?
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Now It's time when Econ paper one can be discussed! How did you guys do? My whole school found it very complicated, so we are hoping for low grade boundaries LOL
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How did everybody do? I personally hated paper 2! I think I did really bad..
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So how are we feeling? Personally, I thought the questions were kind of boring. Ended up doing one on compliance techniques in section B, which I didn't feel there was much to evaluate on... Should have taken ethical considerations, but found it such a dull question!
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How did you guys find paper 2? I think it was harder than the previous years, but the questions were manageable. However, since they were much harder than usual, they took twice the time I usually need to work them out. So I ended up leaving 2 questions out in section A - the sequences question and probability. The trigonometry question was nasty - took me 20 minutes to finally work it out - hopefully I got the right value of r (approx 6cm?) The vectors question in section B was a gift, even Q10 was fairly easy except for the last sub-question. Then since I suck at probability, Q9 was my pitfall. Probably lost most of those 15 marks
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IB english B paper 1 1 2 3
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so, It was a disaster for me.... Lets talk about paper 1. For the synonym for prospect, i wrote potential. Do you think it is right???
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Math sl paper 1 TZ2 1 2 3
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So what do you guys think? I found it harder than usual and very tricky mostly, but overall not as good as expected. Last part of last question was pretty diffecult although i got the gradient 1/3.
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So now that 24 hours are over, any opinions on that paper or was I the only one that found it way too difficult for studies?
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HL Maths Paper 2 1 2 3
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How did you guys find paper 2 for HL maths? I found it to be similar to paper 1 in difficulty...very tough again. Very far from finishing. (I did TZ2) What do you guys think?
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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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Alright, I think we are allowed to discuss Math SL Paper 1. What do you think?
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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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How did you feel about th exam guys? Personally I think there were much more questions on plants than I expected.
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I found this exam to be a bit harder than most of the past P1 exams, actually. The question that really got me was question 10, where we had to graph the cosine function! I think I got two points right and the rest were probably wrong since there were like 5 minutes left so I just drew a wave across my paper haha. The probability question was OK, just that I realized that there was one student who was taking neither art nor music! That threw off my calculations so I had to go back and fix those, which wasted a bit of time How did you guys find it?
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Hi everyone, it's now been 24 hours so here we go. Paper 1 I had TZ2 and did questions 1 and 3. Question 3 was a gift in my opinion, whereas question 1 was difficult Paper 2 was a gift from above. Did question 2 about the Rupee and question 4 about Peru. Paper 3 at first thought it was really hard. Definitely was now comparing it to past years.. But then once into it, it got much better! Did questions 2 & 3. ALL DONE NOW, good luck in rest of your exams.
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