abrio98 Posted May 6, 2015 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 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. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmouse666 Posted May 6, 2015 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 We are EXACT opposites! I found paper 3 to be so easy but paper 1 and 2 were very difficult for me. 2 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aa557 Posted May 6, 2015 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 Hello there! Paper 1.I had Tz0 because I took the exam in Spanish. However in my exam, question 1 about price and resources allocation was difficult to understand, so i did question 2 about imperfect competition and question 4 about about the long run supply determinants. Paper 2 was the most beautiful gift, as a matter of fact I used to dislike this paper but I must admit this exam was pretty easy. Did question 1 about Letonia and the European Union. And for development economics also did question 4 about Peru. Before talking about paper 3, I want to say that economics is my favorite subject, actually took the IB just because of economics. But, didn't sleep well the night before the exam so I don't know why I WAS THAT NERVOUS, when I saw the questions I swear I didn't remember anything, think the anxiety blocked me and I didn't know what question to do. Paper 3 was pretty hard, never saw ever before an exercise like those on past papers. Pitifully, I didn't have time to end the exam and leave empty the second half of question 2. And because I was so stressed out, I think I failed at most of the exercises, but nonetheless I did the procedure well, so hope examiners give me something for that. Also I have a question, if in my IA I got a 7, and in paper 1 and 2 i did so well to get a 7, how much can the result of paper 3 affect the final grade?? I never expect this to happen, I always think I'll get a rounded 7. Please if someone knows help me. (I hope grade boundaries for paper 3 are flexible) Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrio98 Posted May 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 Hello there!Paper 1.I had Tz0 because I took the exam in Spanish. However in my exam, question 1 about price and resources allocation was difficult to understand, so i did question 2 about imperfect competition and question 4 about about the long run supply determinants.Paper 2 was the most beautiful gift, as a matter of fact I used to dislike this paper but I must admit this exam was pretty easy. Did question 1 about Letonia and the European Union. And for development economics also did question 4 about Peru.Before talking about paper 3, I want to say that economics is my favorite subject, actually took the IB just because of economics. But, didn't sleep well the night before the exam so I don't know why I WAS THAT NERVOUS, when I saw the questions I swear I didn't remember anything, think the anxiety blocked me and I didn't know what question to do.Paper 3 was pretty hard, never saw ever before an exercise like those on past papers. Pitifully, I didn't have time to end the exam and leave empty the second half of question 2. And because I was so stressed out, I think I failed at most of the exercises, but nonetheless I did the procedure well, so hope examiners give me something for that.Also I have a question, if in my IA I got a 7, and in paper 1 and 2 i did so well to get a 7, how much can the result of paper 3 affect the final grade?? I never expect this to happen, I always think I'll get a rounded 7. Please if someone knows help me.(I hope grade boundaries for paper 3 are flexible) Que tal! Sorry to hear about paper 3! :/ I'm sure the grade boundaries will be low for paper 3 as my other 5 classmates who do HL found it really hard. Paper 3 counts as 20% of your final grade. So it's either what makes your 7 or what destroys your 7. Fingers crossed for you dude!!! Suerte Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karan Jain Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 I appeared for Economics HL TZ2.In paper 1, I attempted Section A (2) monopoly and market failure and Section B (3) about Keynesian mutliplier and unemployment..Hope to get good marks but yes the paper was quite tough compared to its other counterparts. In paper 2, I attempted Section A (1) about Latvia joining EU and Section B (4) about Peruvian economy..It was comparitively much better than paper 1. In Paper 3, I attempted question (1) and (2)..personally l never expected such different style of questions but I am most confident and optimistic about scoring high in this paper. Overall, for me Economics was a mixed bag and I hope to get somewhere around 6-7 band. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
s_cd Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 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.That is so scary... I did exactly the same questions for every paper... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youss Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 (edited) Hello there!Paper 1.I had Tz0 because I took the exam in Spanish. However in my exam, question 1 about price and resources allocation was difficult to understand, so i did question 2 about imperfect competition and question 4 about about the long run supply determinants.Paper 2 was the most beautiful gift, as a matter of fact I used to dislike this paper but I must admit this exam was pretty easy. Did question 1 about Letonia and the European Union. And for development economics also did question 4 about Peru.Before talking about paper 3, I want to say that economics is my favorite subject, actually took the IB just because of economics. But, didn't sleep well the night before the exam so I don't know why I WAS THAT NERVOUS, when I saw the questions I swear I didn't remember anything, think the anxiety blocked me and I didn't know what question to do.Paper 3 was pretty hard, never saw ever before an exercise like those on past papers. Pitifully, I didn't have time to end the exam and leave empty the second half of question 2. And because I was so stressed out, I think I failed at most of the exercises, but nonetheless I did the procedure well, so hope examiners give me something for that.Also I have a question, if in my IA I got a 7, and in paper 1 and 2 i did so well to get a 7, how much can the result of paper 3 affect the final grade?? I never expect this to happen, I always think I'll get a rounded 7. Please if someone knows help me.(I hope grade boundaries for paper 3 are flexible) Que tal! Sorry to hear about paper 3! :/ I'm sure the grade boundaries will be low for paper 3 as my other 5 classmates who do HL found it really hard. Paper 3 counts as 20% of your final grade. So it's either what makes your 7 or what destroys your 7. Fingers crossed for you dude!!! Suerte iHola! Que tal? The third paper was indeed so weird... I was NOT prepared for those types of questions ! And just like you I couldn't finish it. You know those 4points questions...However, just like abrio98 said, I think that the grade boundaries are going to be low. iSiguamos trabajar! La pelea no esta terminada Edited May 7, 2015 by Youss Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgen Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 Well usually I can do Paper 1, and Paper 2 easily, for example in my mocks I got solid sevens in both... And Paper three is usually my worst - having got a 5 in my mock. This said - when I opened Paper 1 my heart sank - I mean I answered the questions okay, but they were a hell of a lot harder than what I have seen in past papers, and certainly the 2013 specimen papers!!!!!! The night before paper 2, and 3 i was bricking it, as I was worried that the same thing will happen again, and even worse - to paper 3.... However, when I opened the Paper 2 I was so happy... I answered the questions on Latvia joining the EU, and Peru. When I opened the Paper three my initial thoughts were pretty scared actually when reading question one, as I am really bad at anything on theory of the firm (formulas etc), however questions 2, and 3 were a god send! Well I hope so at least...! Anyone else find Paper 1 really hard? Especially in comparison with previous papers? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
apoorva97 Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 The questions on Paper 1 this year were a lot harder than previous years (I mean, the May 2014 questions were like a blessing)! That being said, Paper 2 was a lot better than I expected - I sighed out loud with relief when I saw the questions. Mixed feelings about paper 3, haha. I did questions 2 (monopoly power) and 3 (multiplier, unemployment) for Paper 1, questions 2 and 4 (India and Peru) for Paper 2, and questions 2 and 3 for Paper 3. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nishadigaitonde Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 Paper 1 i did 2 and 3, paper 2 i did 1 and 4 and paper 3 i did 1 and 3... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youss Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 Paper 1 i did 2 and 3, paper 2 i did 1 and 4 and paper 3 i did 1 and 3... Same! Except for p3, I chose 1 and 2. How was it though??I personally feel like it was not really hard but I didn't do my best Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tozai160 Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 Paper 1: I think that it is much more difficult than last year, with common access resources and the Keynesian Multiplier on the list. I ended up doing Q2 and 4 though. Despite this I found I have mistakenly put incentives to work as an interventionist policy when answering 4(b)... Paper 2 was OK, although I struggled a bit in defining interest rate. I did Q2 and 4. Paper 3: Also much more difficult than last year, never expected such kind of questions. However I was able to answer all the question parts. I did Q2 and 3. 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nishadigaitonde Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 I think paper 2 was good.. paper 3 was tougher but i managed. However, paper 1 was a mess for me. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellorainchan Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 Actually I think paper 1 was the hardest :/For paper 2 I did question 2 about rupee and question 3 about china / african nationspaper 3 simply made my day hahaha Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
justatalker Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 I think that my paper 1 went best! I did numbers 2 and 3. It's usually because our school's really strict so they always made our eco papers hard. This was the easiest paper 1 I've given to date. Paper 2 was okay- I did the questions on the rupee and china and africa trade. I think it was fine. Paper 3 was definitely not what I expected! The past papers I've done are so easy- the change in pattern was a bit weird to me. I did micro and macro (the long run thing in micro took me a while to figure out haha). The macro one was fine but the AD/AS intersection was not at an exact grid point which confused me considering it was only a 1 mark response? For the first time, paper 1 went well and paper 3 was the bottom rung for me. What about you guys? 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vish97 Posted May 8, 2015 Report Share Posted May 8, 2015 I'm glad I'm not the only one who found paper 3 tricky!I'm hoping the grade boundaries will be low for Paper 3. Paper 2 was really really great. I did Peru and India (super easy) Paper 1 was sort of weird. It wasn't bad but I'm not sure if I wrote enough for the marks allotted. The questions were so specific that I didn't know what to explore further. 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurriepie Posted May 8, 2015 Report Share Posted May 8, 2015 i got tz2 and for paper 1 i did question 2 & 3. should've picked question 4 tbh. i think i made some mistakes and missed lots of points when answering q3 for paper 2, i did question 1 & 3. wasn't so bad. but who knows, points might be missed. paper 3 was woah hahaha confusing. i was so shocked when i saw q1 asi couldnt really understand it but when i saw q2 and 3 i was relieved. i really hope they lower the grade boundaries this year. almost everyone who did hl eco said it was tough! 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swapnil Posted May 8, 2015 Report Share Posted May 8, 2015 (edited) what did you guys write for question 1 (Paper 1)? The question was regarding Government changing price to reallocate the resources.I wrote about price controls. Edited May 8, 2015 by Swapnil Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shriyasrini Posted May 8, 2015 Report Share Posted May 8, 2015 did anyone else write about market mechanism in paper 1 question 1 TZ2? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodgreatawesome Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 I found paper 1 horrible The invigilator was telling me how during the 5 minute reading time, all the standard level kids looked absolutely delighted while the higher level kids looked devastated.... Hopefully paper 3 and paper 2 will bring my marks up... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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