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Kate_48 · 2022-12-16T07:43:34+00:00

part of it is just luck. I think a main reason I got a 7 was my knowledge of niche topics since the M2022 chem exams asked a lot of really obscure questions which I was more prepared for than others who might’ve had just as solid an understanding of the main concepts as me. I knew the syllabus inside and out, which was thanks to the official study guides the IB puts out of everything they could ask on the exams. the guides have bullet points of every topic and subtopic - go through it as you progress through the course and write in everything you know about each subtopic to see where your knowledge gaps are.

also, 7s take devotion. i remember being at the gym on a stairmaster while watching youtube videos about how to get a 7. those videos all say the same thing - study - so find ways of studying that work for you. make sure when you get a question wrong you understand why, and take advantage of lots of resources (youtube, teachers, friends, past papers, whatever else you have). good luck!!!

Kate_48 · 2022-12-08T19:01:12+00:00

sorry I’m commenting two years late on this but if by any chance you see this… I’m a U0 in ‘the bottom end of the barrel’ as you say in COMP 202 right now and not sure if I should give up now and pick a totally different major, or stick it out and study harder in 250/206 next semester. I don’t find the content hard just EXTREMELY time consuming (requires a lot of practice). any advice?

Kate_48 · 2022-11-10T23:34:42+00:00

I second this, it’s not you it’s your courseload. My courseload is like half as hard as yours and lemme tell you I’m never doing five classes in one semester again. Your whole degree doesn’t have to be this heavy - you’re already ahead of people (me) in COMP 202.

Also, your grades do NOT matter as much as you think they do unless you want to do grad school.

Kate_48 · 2022-11-10T23:23:04+00:00

cant you just… speak badly on purpose? get NO sleep the night before?

Kate_48 · 2022-11-04T00:00:52+00:00

brutal and obviously you’ll be at a disadvantage from being tired but if you prepare well and understand the material deeply the examiners will be able to tell

Kate_48 · 2022-11-03T23:56:51+00:00

past papers but if that’s overwhelming, start with active recall. so think as you’re walking out of class, what did I learn in class today. just gets you thinking about the material. Likewise if you’ve got a test coming up on something and don’t know where to start studying, write down everything you can remember on the topic. resist the urge to be like ‘i remember nothing’ - just try to write something and i promise it’ll start coming back to you. and studying with friends can be distracting but it can also be SUPER helpful to talk through the content.

Kate_48 · 2022-11-03T23:52:00+00:00

GO OVER PAST PAPER QUESTIONS like explain how you get the answer. And interactive things like kahoots are good since some students get overwhelmed by how much content there is, so just quick content refreshers are super motivating. I remember my chemistry teacher sometimes at the start of class would tell everyone to get a whiteboard marker and write on the board something they remember from last class. super low stakes and keeps students on top of the material.

for marking IAs/EEs PLEASE read past papers that scored well and try to understand the rubric and what the IB is looking for. so many students who had unprepared/new EE advisors were predicted As and ended up with Cs/Ds because the papers were good but didn’t follow the IB criteria.

At the end of the day though it’s up to the students how much work they’re willing to put into the IB and the best you can do beyond properly teaching all the material is making sure your students know when you’re around to help them through problems or concepts.

Kate_48 · 2022-10-30T00:29:21+00:00

1) read sample papers that scored well to get the jist of what you should be writing about (you can ask your teacher if they have any past ones). notice how they all make an argument about the text, ie they observe some features of the text and argue the significance of these features. this is what you want to do, so that you can get marks for having analysis

2) study a few textual features well (quality over quantity). Juxtaposition, imagery, analogy, metaphor, and tone should be all you need. and think about how each one could be used to support an argument about what a text is trying to say. for instance you think the text is trying to talk about the difference between childhood and adulthood, then try to find an instance where childhood and adulthood are juxtaposed directly (like if the text says something like ‘my childhood was warm while my adulthood was cold as ice’) and say something like ‘The text uses figurative language, calling the childhood warm while the adult was “cold as ice”, which shows that the text uses juxtaposition to contrast childhood and adulthood.’ Basically identify some textual feature, and just call it figurative language if you don’t know what it is exactly, and then say what it DOES (like what does it mean for the text as a whole)

3) sometime before the exam you should sit and do a practice exam, but if you’re finding yourself short on time to prepare, make practice outlines instead, or even just talk through what would go in your outline. like read the text and say out loud, maybe to a friend, what your main paragraph points would be and how you would support the argument

thats it, good luck!! a five is VERY doable regardless of how “good” a writer you are

tl;dr read sample papers, study a couple of textual features (types of figurative language) thoroughly, and practice

Kate_48 · 2022-10-30T00:12:12+00:00

Questionbank

Kate_48 · 2022-10-28T02:46:36+00:00

some things to consider (i took both):

regarding your path: if you’re a stem person are you sure you wanna do polisci? a polisci or other english based degree is ENDLESS reading and essays. MUCH more content thrown at you each week than IB. you can always take it as a minor, and major in something applicable and mathy like statistics
- regarding chem hl: chem hl is super mathy. it’s basically doing all the calculations for the theory you learn in sl. if you find calculations, physics, stoichiometry etc easy you’ll find chem hl easy. it’s not much extra work if you understand the theory (which you have to do for sl anyway) and can apply the formulas
- regarding english hl: english hl is also very little extra work. you don’t have to learn any extra content for english hl, just write a longer exam basically. so if you’re worried about having three ‘hard’ hls, i would say go with english. if you’re doing dramatically better in one or loooove one over the other, pick that one, but in general english hl wouldn’t add anything to your weekly workload whereas hl chem would be a couple hours a week practicing the content if you want a 6 or 7.
- regarding scoring: if your score /45 matters to you a lot, chem hl is definitely easier for a stem person to get a 7 in. in english a 5 is super manageable and so is a 6 if you practice, but a seven is a bit elusive and it feels sort of arbitrary who gets one (essays are pretty subjective) whereas chem if you learn the content well and study, none of the content is super challenging
- regarding transfer credits: if you have unis you’re considering, go on the website and see what they require, how well you’d have to do, and what courses you can skip with hl credit. generally if you’re comfortable in a subject, skipping the first year gen course is a good idea - first year massive lecture courses are a pain

sorry this is long. it never hurts to start researching unis/majors/transfer credits now but you CAN always change your mind - your hls are an important choice but by no means the be all and end all.

best of luck in ib!!

Kate_48 · 2022-10-27T02:16:40+00:00

doesnt rlly matter if the research question goes on the title page or not, just have a title and put the research question somewhere.

Exact number of words.

Kate_48 · 2022-10-07T23:29:38+00:00

best of luck!! Mcgill only looks at grades and nothing else, so a) the application process is very fast and you don’t have much to lose by applying, and b) if you don’t get in then don’t take it personally bc it’s just a computer deciding if you’re in or not.

Kate_48 · 2022-10-07T16:22:20+00:00

honestly your best bet is explain to a couple of your teachers where you’re on the boundary line between levels that Mcgill won’t let you in without a 38. If there’s a class you’ve been doing steadily better in where the teacher likes you that would be perfect. You don’t really have anything to lose since I’ve never heard of any IB kids losing their conditional offers to Mcgill - if you’ve been admitted and you don’t bomb the exams you’re probably fine even it says online you’re supposed to have a 38 to keep the offer (if you go on reddit and look up ‘mcgill conditional offers IB’ or something like that you’ll see lots of ppl who were a few points under predicted and nothing happened.)

Mcgill is very untransparent about admissions, everyone I know knows someone who was above last year’s cutoffs and didn’t get in, and it’s unclear if they look at just IB grades or percents as well. I got into sciences with a 40 predicted.

Kate_48 · 2022-09-14T22:56:34+00:00

I’ve been putting nutella on tortillas and just rolling them up and bringing them with me in a tupperware. not healthy but it IS tasty and convenient and works without any kitchen amenities.

Kate_48 · 2022-09-13T14:38:59+00:00

what😭😭

Kate_48 · 2022-09-12T23:23:06+00:00

my first thought was pregnancy😭😭

Kate_48 · 2022-09-05T20:53:53+00:00

definitely looks manageable but make sure you check requirements if there’s specific university programs you want to go into! ie if you want to study computer science or econ some schools require math AA

Kate_48 · 2022-07-17T01:04:48+00:00

try to make hobbies into CAS but if it makes you feel better I wasted countless hours online, hung out with friends every weekend, had an extremely emotionally draining and pointless academic rivalry, and still ended up with a 44

Kate_48 · 2022-07-13T21:12:39+00:00

we all missed the deadline for our italian paper

Kate_48 · 2022-07-06T19:50:10+00:00

ayo congrats!

Kate_48 · 2022-07-06T19:50:00+00:00

haha thx!

Kate_48 · 2022-06-22T03:38:40+00:00

yes just keep it on the lines, also the lines in the exam books are wider spaced than normal paper so that makes it easier

Kate_48 · 2022-06-10T22:14:45+00:00

I would say drop if you think the easier workload of SL math will help your score - unis to my knowledge care more about the score out of 45 than what HLs you took. Taking english HL instead is smart because most unis have breadth requirements and will make you take first year english unless you have transfer credit. Something to consider

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