joshiewonga Posted May 2, 2017 Report Share Posted May 2, 2017 Did anyone find paper 1 challenging? Paper 2 and 3 weren't as hard as I thought. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IB`NOT`ez Posted May 2, 2017 Report Share Posted May 2, 2017 I think we can discuss Paper 1 and 2, but not Paper 3 as 24 hours haven't passed by yet. Paper 1 and 2 were definitely rather challenging – Paper 2 more so for me. Paper 1 had an unprecedented number of data analysis questions, but I think I did fine. Hopefully would just get a 34~/40. Paper 2 had the hardest data-based question I've ever encountered, and I couldn't define osmolarity . Essay questions also weren't too my liking – none of the ones I was hoping for came out. Still, I think I did decently overall, and Paper 3 saved me so bad (perfect score on Paper 3 would be amazing lmao) Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonasK Posted May 2, 2017 Report Share Posted May 2, 2017 (edited) Paper 1 was just bad, I dont think there is a word to describe how it went. It was just terrible. Paper 2 was 50/50 I'd say. Section B, expected different questions or at least one easier from Topic 2, but they decided not to put any. Edited May 2, 2017 by JonasK Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IB`NOT`ez Posted May 2, 2017 Report Share Posted May 2, 2017 (edited) Removed it since it contained Paper 3 content Edited May 2, 2017 by IB`NOT`ez Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshiewonga Posted May 2, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2017 Damn, I was so lucky to guess Section B to be about topic 11. Also yeah, Paper 1 had a lot on ecology and evolution which kind of threw me off. Btw what options did u guys do? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IB`NOT`ez Posted May 2, 2017 Report Share Posted May 2, 2017 Just reminder to all future posters: Avoid mention of specific details on Biology Paper 3 as there are people who HAVE NOT taken the exam yet. To be honest, I'm not even sure if we're allowed to discuss it yet, even in extreme generality. Only Paper 1 and 2 are up for discussion now I think, as all timezones have completed their exams, and about 24 hours have passed. 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45'er Posted May 2, 2017 Report Share Posted May 2, 2017 I personally think that paper 1 and 2 were quite manageable Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
christinaa Posted May 2, 2017 Report Share Posted May 2, 2017 (edited) Paper 1 was really bad for me. I feel like all the past papers were way easier. And Paper 2 I misunderstood the last question, and couldn't draw the damn amino acid. I'll at least have lost 12 points from that. and a bunch of other stuff. in general this exam was **** oops. lets hope my other subjects can bring my points up Edited May 2, 2017 by christinaa 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
inriya Posted May 2, 2017 Report Share Posted May 2, 2017 4 hours ago, IB`NOT`ez said: Ok real quick I think you should edit out that detail on Paper 3 – there are others who haven't taken the exams yet. I actually found Paper 3 to be the easiest of the three papers, though some of the topics present were ones I literally just reviewed in the morning. But yeah I agree Paper 2 being 50/50 and Paper 1 was generally a very tough paper. Think overall boundaries will either stay the same or a little bit lower, with lower grade boundaries on Papers 1 & 2, but higher boundaries on Paper 3. You will also have to delete the quote. It still includes paper 3 content. Thank you so much. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshiewonga Posted May 2, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, christinaa said: Paper 1 was really bad for me. I feel like all the past papers were way easier. And Paper 2 I misunderstood the last question, and couldn't draw the damn amino acid. I'll at least have lost 12 points from that. Plus, I couldn't define osmolarity... oops. Haha yeah I messed the osmolarity question, too, but it was only 1 mark right? Edited May 2, 2017 by joshiewonga Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meraj Posted May 2, 2017 Report Share Posted May 2, 2017 I think the term 'Osmolarity' was not defined explicitly in any of the books. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
revumol7 Posted May 2, 2017 Report Share Posted May 2, 2017 Paper 1 for Timezone 1 was pretty hard... It asked a lot of specifics I didn't expect to see on a paper 1... Paper two was much better, though I am not so sure how I did one the first data based question... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosalina Posted May 2, 2017 Report Share Posted May 2, 2017 1 hour ago, Meraj said: I think the term 'Osmolarity' was not defined explicitly in any of the books. I believe the Oxford one does. 3 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarah_kupke Posted May 2, 2017 Report Share Posted May 2, 2017 14 hours ago, IB`NOT`ez said: I think we can discuss Paper 1 and 2, but not Paper 3 as 24 hours haven't passed by yet. Paper 1 and 2 were definitely rather challenging – Paper 2 more so for me. Paper 1 had an unprecedented number of data analysis questions, but I think I did fine. Hopefully would just get a 34~/40. Paper 2 had the hardest data-based question I've ever encountered, and I couldn't define osmolarity . Essay questions also weren't too my liking – none of the ones I was hoping for came out. Still, I think I did decently overall, and Paper 3 saved me so bad (perfect score on Paper 3 would be amazing lmao) The question about the reaction in the liver really threw me off - but in Paper 2 I really struggled with the data analysis as well though I hope I interpreted the data correctly. I hope I did decently overall.. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songlines Posted May 3, 2017 Report Share Posted May 3, 2017 SL kid over here. I found SL paper 1 to be quite hard compared to the past papers. Maybe they made the paper 1 hard this year? I don't know. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45'er Posted May 3, 2017 Report Share Posted May 3, 2017 2 hours ago, sarah_kupke said: The question about the reaction in the liver really threw me off - but in Paper 2 I really struggled with the data analysis as well though I hope I interpreted the data correctly. I hope I did decently overall.. Liver? U meant the exocrine cell of pancreas (paper 1 num 3)? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarah_kupke Posted May 3, 2017 Report Share Posted May 3, 2017 4 hours ago, 45'er said: Liver? U meant the exocrine cell of pancreas (paper 1 num 3)? Yeah exactly Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IB2017student Posted May 5, 2017 Report Share Posted May 5, 2017 did anyone do option A? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meraj Posted May 5, 2017 Report Share Posted May 5, 2017 1 hour ago, IB2017student said: did anyone do option A? No..I soo wanted to do it though! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abc7 Posted May 5, 2017 Report Share Posted May 5, 2017 6 hours ago, IB2017student said: did anyone do option A? I did! I didn't think it was that bad, even without studying. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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