bingbangsurvivor Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 Just out of curiousity - and preparation... I'm taking both of them at HL, and I was wondering wether those who took them (or know people who did) - both - at HL could tell me the differences in amount of work, how easy/hard is to get a 7, or anyway a top grade. Oooh and if you did your extended essays on them, was it easy of harder compared to others' (in terms of work and effort and grade attained)...? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneyfaery Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 I've found HL Chem pretty easy so far. I haven't heard HL Phys being easy though. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
uummmdonuts1 Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 please please please say HL physics is easier. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
__inthemaking Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 Physics HL is harder by far.I believe the mark boundary for a 7 in chem HL is a 72%+ and for physics, it's slightly lower. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
slatkodobola Posted September 11, 2008 Report Share Posted September 11, 2008 Physics HL is harder by far.I believe the mark boundary for a 7 in chem HL is a 72%+ and for physics, it's slightly lower.Mark boundaries are not an accurate form of comparison due to the fact that different number of people take each class. take for example HL bio, who has 15,000 students taking the exam - and only 3% of people get the 7. Chemistry you have around 7,000 and people with a 7 get 9%. I believe physics was a 7% for 7's, but I dont remember how many people took it. If you would like to REALLY know if the two subjects are difficult, you should asking someone taking both. I personally don't take Physics (Hl Chem and Hl Bio), but my friend in the UK does. He is a 2009 May candidate, and so far he would tel you that HL chem is harder. Besides the fact that he scored higher on his physics IA, the papers 1,2,3 for chem are more difficult than Physics for him. Chem is a lot more applied knowledge, while Physics is conceptual. Thats what he would tell you. However, he is predicted a 6 in both subjects as of now. I couldn't really make an effort to tell you about Physics...but I can tell you the papers for chem are extremely hard. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyting Posted September 11, 2008 Report Share Posted September 11, 2008 I'm in IB2 of Chem HL and must say that I simply LOVE it.I don't find it difficult at all and our class has an average of 7. (with 8 or 9 ppl taking Chem HL)I think Chem HL is the only class in which I actually enjoy EVERY single minute.however, most of the ppl taking Physics in our school are failing...both SL and HL.this could be highly subjective, as it's just our school..could be different for other schools tho. dunno. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gouzhen1 Posted September 11, 2008 Report Share Posted September 11, 2008 HL Chemistry and Physycis are both easy but in different ways. HL chemistry is easier, because it only cost your time to remember things. Hence, if you pay more time on reciting ,a high mark is 100% ensured. HL physics is easier because you can get a good mark without costing too much time. But this need your brain to be smart and thoughtful. When you have deeply understood principles of physics, you don't need to spend much time on remembering boring facts and paragraphs. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solarstorm Posted September 11, 2008 Report Share Posted September 11, 2008 Of course Physics is harder. Physics is being logical and thinking like a philosopher. Chemistry is just being organized and submitting your lab reports on time. Comparatively Chemistry is easy to score than physics. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeBlake Posted September 12, 2008 Report Share Posted September 12, 2008 Just out of curiousity - and preparation... I'm taking both of them at HL, and I was wondering wether those who took them (or know people who did) - both - at HL could tell me the differences in amount of work, how easy/hard is to get a 7, or anyway a top grade. Oooh and if you did your extended essays on them, was it easy of harder compared to others' (in terms of work and effort and grade attained)...?i always struggled in physics...so i think chem is easier...physics, you have to really think to understand it...chem is more of a combination of memorisation and application, whereas physics is purely application...physics for me is just hard to understand Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stereoisomer Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 It depends on you really. You know, your strengths, interests..I don't think Im taking HL Physics because quite frankly I am not that good at Physics. I am especially bad at anything with the word: "Discuss or Explain"Unlike me, my sis is a Physics Genius. She took HL Physics and got a 7 in it. She said it's really easy.Though I really don't think so. CHeck the Syllabus. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
youcantstopthebeat Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 I do HL Chem but I don't do any Physics, however I've heard that physics is much harder, especially HL Physics! Some of my friends are doing SL Physics and HL Chem and sometimes they say that physics is harder! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solarstorm Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 The Physics Labs are easier than Chemistry.. But the AHL stuff is more difficult in Physics. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBdoc Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 At my school Physics HL and Math HL are the two hardest subjects. Then comes Chemistry HL. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bingbangsurvivor Posted September 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 I'm taking Chem SL and Physics HL, so I can only comment on Physics HL. To be perfectly honest, I don't find it to be particularly hard, you get most of the equations on the data booklet, you just need to remember concepts and what the symbols mean, if you're decent with unit analysis, the test shouldn't be much problem.Besides, Physics HL is fun! There's relativity, particle physics and astrophysics I find those topics to be greatly interesting, far more than anything chemistry can provide.YEAH, YEAH I KNOW!! I looked over the topics and they're soo freakin' awesome. especially in the options the 3 which u mentioned. Shame that you can't have 3 options, I think u take only 2... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stereoisomer Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 HmmmmYeah I agree. HL Maths/HL Physics are two of the hardest...But I might take HL Physics now because I really want to do the Biomedical Physics =. Has anyone done that? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tilia Posted September 20, 2008 Report Share Posted September 20, 2008 (edited) I've heard that the hardest HLs you can have are chemistry and maths...Not sure that I believe it though, how can someone think that chemistry is harder than physics? Edited September 20, 2008 by Tilia Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
babakren Posted September 21, 2008 Report Share Posted September 21, 2008 well once again.. its all relative to the teacher, how u like the subject and what parts of the subject are in comparison. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roseadage Posted September 23, 2008 Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 It definitely depends on you. Generally though, I think Physics is accepted as being "harder." Some universities give credit for lower exam scores for Physics HL than Chem HL and/or give credit for Physics SL and not for any other SL subjects. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubii Posted September 23, 2008 Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 it really depends on what you're best at, if you find conceptual ideas easier to understand then of course you'll end up finding physics easier...our school's the first year of IB and everyone claims their subject is hard I only do SL physics, and I hav to say it's not really difficult for me...i do know for a fact that HL bio and chem students (many take both in my school) seem to have been coping quite well with their course and acheiving well in test results; whereas the HL physics students hav so far often failed their tests...our only SL class did the exact end of year test as the HL physics class and a handful of us actually did much better than the HL students...maybe that's just because there's like one HL bio and one HL chem class whilst there're three HL phy class Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel6 Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 (edited) Physics HL is harder by far.I believe the mark boundary for a 7 in chem HL is a 72%+ and for physics, it's slightly lower.My Chem/Physics teacher told me the 7 boundary for Chem is around a 95% and physics a 70%+.... Someone help me with this.Edit: Oh btw, Physics is so much harder. Chemsitry in gr 11 has around a 80% avg. Physics has a 53% avg currently in our class. Edited October 6, 2008 by daniel6 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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