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Hi! So... what do you think of it? In my opinion the first three questions were simple. There was only a small confusion in the last part of the third question. After doing the manual computation I obtained 81%, but when I tested the value on my calc it appeared that 80% fits the boundaries better. I wasn't sure which one I should use, so I wrote 80% as the answer. The fourth one was a bit challenging due to the lack of complete understanding of what an estimator is I computed a to be 1/2 and b to be 1/4 (the best value). Where it asked to propose a better estimator I wrote (X1+X2+X3)/3, which has a slightly smaller variance than the one given. I'm not sure …
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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 everything think it went!? Paper 1, 2 and 3? i though all were relatively good! what questions did you do? really appreciate the feedback!
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How did it go for the Tz2 paper Physics guys? I was unsure about quite a few in paper 1 but I think paper 2 was easier. Some paper 1 questions were so different from past papers or is it only me??
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I've been waiting to discuss paper 3. Personally I was so excited during the five minutes reading time. After I saw last year's paper and grade boundary, I was so worried that the paper will be crazy hard. But thankfully it wasn't too bad and it was a nice end to IB. How did you find the paper?
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So, how did y'all find Paper 2? I believe it was TZ0 so we were all doing the same one. I chose #3 on Health. We did similar prompts to that in class, plus it's literally all you hear about in medical TV Then #6 (the argumentative portion) seemed to be a breeze! I was in separated classes in primary school so having some real-life experience probably helped me out for this. I feel like this one was definitely much easier than May '14's argument piece.
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Sooo, opinions? I did not find the paper that difficult (although I'm unsure about some of the answers), but the whole of my class, including a few math geniuses, claimed it was absolutely horrible, and now I'm kinda panicking whether I misunderstood everything. How about everyone else? Oh, and to everyone who's already finished their exams, CONGRATS! WE MADE IT! WE ARE FREE ELVES!
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Omg, people, that was just too easy. Honestly, I didn't even prepare for exams but was worried about paper 3, since I knew only the ratio test (hate memorizing, I like problems that are solved using logic). However... THIS WAS JUST SUPER EASY. Do you think that boundaries for this year will be higher?
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It was a disaster! Holy broccoli it was crazy. 1. Time was Extremely limited. I needed a solid hour to attempt all questions to the extent of my knowledge. 2. The questions weren't easy either! I probably left around 50-55 points untouched out of the 120.. assuming I get everything else correct (which I probably wont) it was still extremely difficult! Tell me how you guys did! Hopefully It didn't go as badly for you!
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Hi Guys! How were geography papers for you? I did TZ2 and found it quite ok.
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Anyone else take History of the Americas? I thought it went alright overall. I felt good about my essays about Truman's decision to drop the atom bomb and the civil rights movement, but my essay about FDR's New Deal was pretty bad. I'm hoping for the best.
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Hello, When I took ib test few days ago, in the question scan box, I accidentally put page number in it instead. I was wondering if IB will penalize me for this. I put the question number in the cover sheet though. Thank you.
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Just to be sure... On Paper 1, I know I wrote about 1 out of 2 texts provided to us. One was a prose excerpt from a book, the other was a poem. Please tell me we (HL kids) weren't supposed to write about both or compare one to the other. I was told by my teacher to do one.
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Hey guys .. Did Anyone else find the P1 tricky?
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How do you guys think it went? Which Section B question did you choose? I chose Q5 from Section B.
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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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How did everyone in German B SL find paper 1 yesterday? I was in TZ1 and I have mixed emotions about it. I feel that with German Paper 1s the test would even be difficult if it was entirely translated, so it doesn't really test your German skills in my opinion.
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Hey guys, Here's a discussion for French B Paper 1. I was SL. I think it was harder than normal Normally I'm quite good at Paper 1 and I'm sure of most my answers but for those paper I wasn't too sure on some. In particular, I messed up a true or false (the woman's capacity to adapt and whether she can avoid or escape poverty). I put false because I thought échapper meant escape and so that she fell into poverty in the first place, but éviter meant avoid so she didn't fall into it. Overthinking I guess. The other true vrai/faux were both true I think. For the meaning of voire, I put et meme cause that's it's normal meaning but it didn't seem to go. I put jamais f…
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How did everyone do on Paper 2?
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Hey everyone. I've literally been counting down the minutes till I could post about the French AB Initio paper 1 exam. Only 3 people in my school take it (including me) and I was the only one with different answers (especially the true or false bit). Anyway, I found text C the most difficult one because that wording was all meant to be a trap. What did you guys think?
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How was it for you guys? I am TZ2 and I chose propaganda topic and how did the WW2 influanced the society. It was better than I thought.
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How did everyone find paper 1 of Math Studies TZ2? Or TZ1 either ways
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That this year's exams in general was much harder than previous years? I was surprised at the difficulty of the questions in Sl Chinese ab initio, not to mention that physics SL wasn't a walk in the breeze either...
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Hey guys, I feel like I'm going to get a 3 in an HL class after taking its exams. I just didn't do the best I could have. I'm looking at the grading rubric and it's like, no matter how I work it, I don't think I did well enough to get a 4. I'll be really sad if I don't get my diploma. Can you guys tell me what will happen in college? Will they not accept IB credits from me anymore?
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Hey guys What did you think about this paper? What options did you do?
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How do you guys think it went yesterday? I'm in History of the Americas HL and did Arab-Israeli Conflict, I thought it was pretty straightforward and about the same difficulty as the practice papers we did in class.
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Hello, this is a follow-up question from this thread: http://www.ibsurvival.com/topic/34341-question-number-question/#entry240423 I was wondering if the makers can have access to the cover sheet if they see a problem with the answer booklet. Thank you.
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How was Paper 2 guys! My paper two was so so so much better than Paper 1 but Paper 2 boundaries are way higher than Paper 1 so idkk
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How did you guys do? I took Biochem and Environmental? I found it ridiculously easy.. Biochem Qs: Do you guys remember which groups were present in the cholesterol and aldestrone and which were only present in the aldestrone? or where the aldestrone is produced? What about ways to avoid food deficiency? and what were Benefits of the Linolenic acid? What did you get for the Iodine number? Environmental Qs: Does VOC count as a greenhouse gas? What were the Anaerobic and Aerobic elements you put? (I had Nh2/H2S and No2/So2) I think only my H2S was right.. Don't know why I screwed up that one.. Thanks
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How was it? Which options did you guys choose and how did you do? Personally I got option B and E.. Astrophysics was a walk in the park besides the binary star question, option B on the other hand had me doubting myself the entire way, calculations just didn't seem right.. But then again there are so many numbers its so easy to mistype a small digit into the calculator that makes the whole thing wrong Anyways! Share how you guys did!
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Alright, I think we are allowed to discuss Math SL Paper 1. What do you think?
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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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Hi all! As you know we have the paper 1 of French B SL tomorrow. For texte D, it is no longer an essay, correct? But just simply an extra text with a few questions. My tutor said we won't have a texte D section anymore. Is this true? Can anyone confirm? Merci beaucoup et bonne chance!
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Again, no one started this so I thought I'd take the initiative. Thoughts on paper 2? TZ1 and TZ2 I'm TZ1 and let me tell you, I did NOT like that stupid hydrate question :/ But Question 6 of the Section B was nice
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Hey everyone! How did Spanish B HL go? For Paper 1 feel like it was harder than the past papers we usually did, nonetheless it went well. Paper 2 also went well, even thought he composition topics were kinda boring.....also the "stimulus" was strange
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Did anyone else think that Paper 1 questions were pretty difficult? I could understand most of the articles, but the questions
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How did everyone find paper 1? Did anyone find especially hard to analyze text 1?
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Hey guys What are some tips and suggestions you have for French B SL that's coming up for TZ1 this Monday/Tuesday? I usually do pretty well but because I haven't studied at all or put any thought into it (I prioritize my other subjects) I think I need a little more prep than I usually do for midterms and tests (I would get ample practice by going to class). What are your tricks for Paper 1 and 2? P.S I'm not aiming for a 7 so anything that makes it easier for you is welcome to be shared even if you get 4s doing it.
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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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Hey guys, I wish we could share here our questions and tips before the exam on Thursday
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No one started this thread yet so I thought I'd do it What did you guys (TZ 1 and TZ 2) think of Paper 1?
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Hey guys, how'd you find physics HL papers 1 and 2? As far as TZ2 is concerned, I found paper one much tougher than the last few years. The sums were time consuming given the small time limit of 60 minutes. It took me almost 45 minutes to finish the first 25 sums, and the rest 15 were still thankfully less time consuming and I could finish it. Btw. There was a question on green light being emitted from two point sources, which had just NOT been resolved. So the options asked how to resolve it and there were two contrasting ones: red light and using a circular aperture. Both would increase the angle theta so what'd you write? Paper 2 was awesome. I did options 6 (the…
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(Dear administrators, I know that this is posted before the allowed time for discussions, so please make sure to make it visible once we are allowed to discuss how the test's went, Thank you) Heyy guys, what did you think about the dtech paper 1 and paper 2, i believe we all did tz0? anyways what are you guys's thoughts.
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Hey guys I have no idea how to study for French ab initio and the exam is in. 2 days! Help!
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I really messed up my math exam and today I feel emotionally unable to produce any work of good quality so I predict my paper 2 will suck just as much as paper 1, if not worse. I solved 3 questions that were worth 6 points, answered some points from other questions and did questio. 1 in section 2. Not fully though. Would that be enough to get a 2? My internal assessment was bad so it won't raise my grade. I'm afraid I'll get a 1. I heard it was hardly ever given but I'm panicking so much right now you have no idea...
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I am terrified because I realised that I've incorrectly filled the boxes for question numbers in the answer booklets for 3 exams so far! I did put the single digits on the right, but I wrote them in my normal handwriting. Will my answers be even marked? I know this is supposed to be read by a computer, but somebody has to scan it first, so... Is there any hope for me at all??
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I forgot to write my candidate number for Paper 1 on the answer booklet that is given to us for Section B of the SL Math exam. I'm super worried, but our exams are already sent off so I don't know what to do I did write it on the exam booklet however and its on the cover sheet attached. I heard though that they separate it when marking it or something??? I don't know Has anyone heard of something similar happening to them or others?? How is it usually handled? Thanks!
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Hey guys hope ur doing fine with ur exams 9 days left!!! anyways i had a question...what happens if a student is caught looking at his iphone during a chemistry paper 3??/ and gets reported
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Hey everybody, how did Eco SL Paper 1 go? Particularly the Tz2, since I gave that paper. Which ones did you attempt?
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Okay basically, I re-read the little booklet thing I received before the exams telling me how to fill in the new formats with the digital numbers and stuff. I'm not completely stupid so I can manage the writing of the numbers themselves.. My issue is, in my English and History exams I went over 1 booklet, and my answer overlapped into the second... but I didn't write the question number in the second booklet, like the total fool I am. Am I screwed? Are my essay structuring marks lost to eternity? Please, tell me white lies!
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