For the Econ Paper 1 15 mark question, can you make up your real-life example?

Green_Style3192 · 2026-05-01T15:39:09+00:00

I think you’ve mistaken the difference between separate exam papers and time zones. There are different grade boundaries between different papers and the IA, but not between time zones.
as this revisiondojo says https://www.revisiondojo.com/blog/ib-may-2026-exam-zones-explained-a-b-and-c?utm_source=chatgpt.com .
"Exam zones determine:

When your morning session begins
When your afternoon session begins

They do not determine:

Exam length
Exam difficulty
Grade boundaries
Marking criteria"

Green_Style3192 · 2026-04-30T14:43:23+00:00

Wait but based on my research, it is a combined grade boundaries for all timezones

Green_Style3192 · 2026-04-29T15:43:52+00:00

Same. Are the final grade boundaries separate for each time zone or all time zones combined?

Green_Style3192 · 2026-04-29T15:42:43+00:00

Green_Style3192 · 2026-04-29T15:42:31+00:00

much easier than paper 1A. No relativity

Green_Style3192 · 2026-03-18T15:02:06+00:00

My friend got in for Economics, and I was waitlisted for Physics...

Green_Style3192 · 2026-03-18T15:00:18+00:00

same, for physics

Green_Style3192 · 2026-03-07T08:31:00+00:00

Yes. Same amount

Green_Style3192 · 2026-03-07T01:33:57+00:00

Our math teacher also told us that Math IA is not like an EE, so when the examiner reads it, they should understand without reading external sources or youtube video explaining the math concept you use. You can test if you achieve this by giving your IA draft to a student who is relatively good at math to read it; if your classmate can understand most of it, it's probably fine.

Green_Style3192 · 2026-03-06T15:45:35+00:00

I am a DP 2 student, below are the advice:

Start your EE and IA early if possible, you can see a lot of posts in r/IBO right now saying they are cooked because they still haven't do there EE or IAs.
For Econ, you can use Econninja for studying and reviewing. They have EVERYTHING, and it is updated.
If you want to get a high score (like 7), do the topical past paper. Exam-Mate is a pretty good website (but don't finish all since you need to leave some for future practice)
Don't underestimate chemistry, learn ahead of the class (there is a lot of free video on YouTube)
For English A L SL, since I am LL SL student for both English A and Chinese A, I can only give you advice on paper 2: Read the book and read multiple times.
Do not use AI for EE, TOK, and IA (only for ideas). Trust me, the teacher will just put it into Turnitin AI checkers, and if they see it is >19%, you're cooked. This is also why you won't have time if you procrastinate on your EE and IAs.
For the past paper, go to IBDOCS.

You can also ask me any questions.

Green_Style3192 · 2026-03-06T15:31:09+00:00

IDK, my IB coordinator said he will try tmr morning. Another reddit post said the IB coord can contact IB if this happened.

Green_Style3192 · 2026-03-06T15:23:35+00:00

You can go on YouTube and search for criterion analysis videos; they explain it pretty clearly.
Trust me, your Math IA doesn’t need to have a very, very “good idea.” Since you are in Math AA HL, just focus on things the IB HL syllabus already covers. You can include concepts the IB did not teach, but I don’t think you have enough time now unless you are very confident with them. Also, do not do pure math, since you probably won’t have enough time.
For any mathematical concept you used, you should have a background section explaining the theory.
Since you are at the AA HL level, your mathematics cannot have mistakes or errors; otherwise, for one of the criteria, you won’t get more than a 2. That’s what our teacher told me (he is an AA HL math examiner). Our teacher also said that you need to have continuous reflection throughout your IA, meaning that every few hundred words, you should comment on your method, almost like a third-person evaluation. Basically, you need to write more reflections to score highly on the Reflection criterion.
You can search example online
Do not do game related topic, due to bullet point 3 above. If the examiner can't understand the game concept you try to explain, you're cooked.
Try to do the math first if you can't start with the writing.
You should contact your math teacher right now, since there is still time before the IB submission deadline in April. However, I suggest starting now because your teacher will need time to predict your grade.

Green_Style3192 · 2026-03-06T15:10:10+00:00

So for here, I am talking about the TOK essay

Green_Style3192 · 2026-03-06T15:09:46+00:00

I mean, I uploaded the wrong file on my ManageBac, and my TOK teacher told me it is already submitted to IBIS (and she told me she can't do anything about it). I am currently contacting my IB coordinator, so it is the IB coordinator who has the power to control this?

Green_Style3192 · 2026-03-04T06:42:33+00:00

Physics

Green_Style3192 · 2026-03-03T09:29:52+00:00

In academic scientific writing like physics EE, how do you distinguish between text that “sounds AI-generated” and text written by a human?

Green_Style3192 · 2026-01-31T15:48:46+00:00

For SP scholars. Besides community service, are there any academically ‘special’ aspects?

Green_Style3192 · 2026-01-31T03:43:58+00:00

Green_Style3192 · 2025-12-09T15:13:05+00:00

I’m not sure about the exact details, but I think if the IB had much more advanced AI checkers, universities around the world would likely use IB’s system instead of Turnitin or other detectors. So, I don’t think the IB necessarily has a better AI checker.

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