goingtoib Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 If one gets 7's on the IA's and 5 on the External exams --> what will the final score be? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merril889 Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 It is hard to say because in order to know you would have to get the actual score for each and then use that to find your final score. 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
goingtoib Posted July 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 @Merril889 I meant the "final" score for the specific subject. So if I got 7's on ALL the IA's in say Biology, and a 5 on the External Exams in Biology, what would my final score in Biology be? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merril889 Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 you can estimate using the grading scale but unless you know the total amount received per Ea and IA then you cant get an exact answer Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaby Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 The way IB grading works is that the final grade is a combination of the other ones, not an average or anything like that. We don't know if that 5 was closer to the lower or upper boundary, or if those 7s are high or low, or if they will get marked down heavily. E.g. in SL maths, I had a 6 in P1, 4 in P2 and 6 in IAs, but got a 5. 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kw0573 Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 Agree with previous repliers: you need to add up the weighted raw scores so it's out of 100, then convert to a scale out of 7, based on that year's published boundaries. Typically IAs worth only 20-25% of final grade, so they are not as significant as external assessments. If you get 34 out of 40 on an IA that's worth 20% of final grade, then you have accumulated 17 marks for your final grade out of 100. Back to your question, probably a medium 5 to low 6. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merril889 Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 Yeah I was actually going to questimate about a 5 or a really low 6 since you made 5's on each EA which are worth more!!! Don't depend on your IA to carry you!!! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
inriya Posted July 9, 2016 Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 This question is not that easy to answer because it really depends on if you get a higher 5 or a lower 5 in the external exam. Assuming you do Biology HL (I think you are talking about Bio right): IA will count for 20% and the rest is 80%. For example, currently Biology IA is out of 24 (not 40), so if I assume you get 21/24 (87%, moderate 7) then in the exam around 65% , you will get around a medium 5 to a higher 6. The external exam has a much heavier weighting in terms of the final grade. Personally, my IA just got a 5 and my exam got a 6, so I got a 6 in the end. Your IA solely cannot carry you to a high grade if your EA is not as well performed. Hope my analysis helps. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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