Guest nicolefroio Posted April 5, 2008 Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 In my school there's a rumor going round that the IB is about to renew its syllabus therefore this is the last year of the current syllabus which means that the exams will be harder than in the first year of this syllabus since the easy questions have been used up for the first years... it makes sense to me because most of the last year's graduating IBs got scores they clearly did not deserve - they studied A LOT especially on past papers. does anyone know if this is really true? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan91 Posted April 5, 2008 Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 do you mean that the people taking the first exams of a syllabus get an easier exam ? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chang9121990 Posted April 5, 2008 Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 As far as I know, the IB writes a bunch of tests when the syllabus is published and just pick random ones each session. So I guess it's just luck? Don't know whether this is true though, lol. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nicolefroio Posted April 5, 2008 Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 I don't know, this seems pretty solid to me because this was supposed to be a brilliant class of students and they didn't get the good grades they deserved... and yes that's what I meant, that the ones before us took easier exams. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deissi Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 [quote name='nicolefroio' post='14492' date='Apr 5 2008, 04:12 PM']In my school there's a rumor going round that the IB is about to renew its syllabus therefore this is the last year of the current syllabus which means that the exams will be harder than in the first year of this syllabus since the easy questions have been used up for the first years... it makes sense to me because most of the last year's graduating IBs got scores they clearly did not deserve - they studied A LOT especially on past papers. does anyone know if this is really true?[/quote] No, it isn't true. They review the syllabus to keep it modern or for pedagogic reasons. They won't 'run out' of easy questions - sure, some exams can seem easier than others, but in general the level of difficulty is similar, be it from the end or the beginning of the syllabus. [quote name='chang9121990' post='14506' date='Apr 5 2008, 09:11 PM']As far as I know, the IB writes a bunch of tests when the syllabus is published and just pick random ones each session. So I guess it's just luck? Don't know whether this is true though, lol.[/quote] No, it isn't. Exams for sessions are written about two years in advance to the session, not as one big entity. You can see this in e.g. Economics HL Paper 3 (SL Paper 2) which has data analysis. If all exams had been written at the same time, the articles would all be from the same time period. Instead they're usually about 2 years older than the session. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandev Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Some are written even further in advance eg one of the teachers at my school wrote one of the May 2007 Maths SL exams 5years in advance. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dooga Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 They change the mark cutoffs every year, so if this year's exam is too easy, you will need a higher mark to get a 7, etc. Don't worry, it's fair. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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