DJ CAS Posted February 16, 2010 Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 inthemaking, any advice on getting an a? how do you make it not narrative? i find that pretty hard to do..This is one of the most important skills that the IB wants students to learn. The art of analysis. What you need to do in your Extended Essay is to find information and then question it by asking why and other related questions. A good EE will bring out issues of a research question and evaluate it critically and effectively.It took me a very long time to master this skill but once I learnt it, writing the EE became enjoyable (ignoring the fact that there were deadlines of course).I did mine in Computer Science and I am predicted an A. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinayP Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 I did my Extended Essay on ITGS and am predicted an A! =]Well, a prediction is a prediction, though. I might get a lower grade in the end. Fingers crossed! =x Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asheee Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 I got a B, but I think I was predicted at an A. But i'm still super happy with my B I did my EE in Geography. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdubthebassist Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 I did my EE on Maths... Pure Maths on Group Theory (Further Math SL EE)For the very few people who is doing their EE on Maths, notice that there are not that many things you can do anything 'new' in the field of Mathematics unless you are doing something like modelling. But as the nature of Extended Essay is 'research project' and as Maths EE specifically looks for 'reasoning', you might want to look at the point beyond the level of IB Maths. The most enjoyable part of my EE was that I was able to find my own way of getting the answer. It might be tried by others and probably there are several other ways of solving one question. However, if you acutally work as a Mathematician and find out the results 'in your own way', it becomes very delightful to write an EE on Maths. I did mine on Construction of non-isomorphic groups (Sets, Relations and Groups option for Math HL) and I had a chance to meet professor in University of Brussels and many others.I did get predicted A, but you never know as EE grades are unpredictable. (depending on who is grading, you might get ridiculously low marks) 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
uggy Posted March 25, 2010 Report Share Posted March 25, 2010 I did my EE on history and got an A. My advice is to make sure you have a solid structure and focus as well as a good bibliography with a variety of sources - books, internet, archives etc. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluxic Posted March 26, 2010 Report Share Posted March 26, 2010 Did mine in History, was predicted an A. Sure guide to success? Do lots of research, don't use the internet as a resource, do it in IB1, and be a decent writer. I read bits and pieces from about 10-12 different books, and had an obscure topic. I had minimal contact with my supervisor, all he advised was to make my "paragraphs into sandwich form". Probably the reason I didn't have a lot of contact with him. I spent about 1.5 weeks reading my material and brainstorming, a whole weekend and part of a week writing it (Friday evening, Saturday, Sunday, and bits and pieces for a couple more days). When I revised it this year, I made minimal changes and got my A.Especially if you're doing History, pick an obscure regional topic (ie: I choose to write my EE on the Maritimes in Canada), that way examiners won't know anything on your topic and will go with your supervisor's inflated prediction. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
katanne92813 Posted April 16, 2010 Report Share Posted April 16, 2010 Did mine in Psychology and am predicted an A grade so hopefully it stays that way Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
teresad Posted April 28, 2010 Report Share Posted April 28, 2010 So far I have gotten a predicted grade on my EE and it was an A. I wrote mine in History on the Olmec CivilizationApparantly the lowest predicted grade in my school was C(Small school in Iceland, there are 13 IB2 students so... ) and I also got predicted grade B for my TOK essay :') Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montressor Posted June 3, 2010 Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 I did my EE on English A1; so far I have predicted A. I hope it all goes well in the end. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason08 Posted June 11, 2010 Report Share Posted June 11, 2010 Well these are the grades achieved in my high school... im just entering my second year in IB and my EE is not due till November 1st, anyways here are the scores:Only 1 person from my high school ever achieved an A on the EE and it was in Biology, something about flat worms and cutting it up to see it grow back. All chemistry has been a CHistory has always been a C and rarely a BEnglish is most of the C and rare B's as well Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tilia Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 I got a B. Had actually almost thought I'd get an A, but I got and A for ToK, so it doesn't matter. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsubaki Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 By some ridiculous fluke of nature, I got a B in my extended essay. It was essentially a 4000 ramble about the FLQ that ended with something akin to "In conclusion, I am right." I was expecting a D; I'm quite happy with this. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrypton Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 By some divine miracle I actually got an A on my Extended Essay in Mathematics. My research question was: "Finding the total number of legal permutations of the Rubik's Cube". I was expecting a C, as not many people get As in Maths. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennysways Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 mmmh interesting!!! ALL of u pretty much have really good grades.... I got 29 points for May 2010 but got an A in EEand funny thing is, my EE essay was predicted to be a C - especially since I did pretty much the Whole EE in the last 3 weeks before it was offically due!!! haha Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kez Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 I did mine in History on the causes of the Falklands/Malvinas Conflict and I got an A! So happy! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IB_delusion Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 mmmh interesting!!! ALL of u pretty much have really good grades.... I got 29 points for May 2010 but got an A in EEand funny thing is, my EE essay was predicted to be a C - especially since I did pretty much the Whole EE in the last 3 weeks before it was offically due!!! hahaLOL! I am opposite to you. I was predicted A and then got a B. I did mine on Biology on the difference affects of disinfectants on gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria (it might sound fancy but it is totally crap!) Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCaffeine Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 I received an A on my Music EE. My topic was "the universality of protest song," and I compared techniques of the contemporary movements of Vietnam War-era American protest music and Chilean nueva cancion (which isn't always considered protest music, but for the purposes of my essay, it was suitable). I procrastinated a bit more than I probably should have, and was honestly pretty surprised at my score; I had received a 5 on my Musical Investigation after moderation and seriously doubted my musical analysis skills would be up to par for the IB, but things worked out much better this time around, I guess! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdubthebassist Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 I got an A in my EE. I did the one on 'classification of non-isomorphic groups of order under 15' Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdubthebassist Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 By some divine miracle I actually got an A on my Extended Essay in Mathematics. My research question was: "Finding the total number of legal permutations of the Rubik's Cube". I was expecting a C, as not many people get As in Maths.wow. on 3x3 or 2x2? either way, that is a biiiiiiiig number. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrypton Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 By some divine miracle I actually got an A on my Extended Essay in Mathematics. My research question was: "Finding the total number of legal permutations of the Rubik's Cube". I was expecting a C, as not many people get As in Maths.wow. on 3x3 or 2x2? either way, that is a biiiiiiiig number.I did the original 3x3x3, and the number is actually exactly 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 according to Wikipedia, which is also the number I got in my essay. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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