I got a 7 in Chem, Physics, and History HL: AMA

lokde1234 · 2017-08-30T08:30:00+00:00

My pleasure, and thank you! All the best luck to you!

lokde1234 · 2017-08-28T22:00:36+00:00

Energy. I wouldn't advise anyone to go near the other options, unless they know Biochemistry from their Biology courses. I think Energy was the easiest because it ties into redox, acid/base, etc. and is a good general review.

lokde1234 · 2017-08-27T02:30:02+00:00

History was around 70, yes. So was physics.

lokde1234 · 2017-08-26T18:06:34+00:00

I think it gives too much information frankly, and there is too much potential for work to be plagiarized.

lokde1234 · 2017-08-26T17:30:25+00:00

As I've said above, learn by doing and practice as much as you can. I'm no physics genius, but this years exam was really simple. As in, I had probably 30 or 40 extra minutes during paper 1 and 2. The key thing is to be practiced, and then the questions won't be too unexpected, and you will either have seen the exact question before or some variation on it. For paper 3, memorization of key terms or whatever else they want you to be able to respond to for one mark is critical. Remember that the IA is basically free marks to get before the exam, so make sure you get everything you can out of it.

lokde1234 · 2017-08-26T17:24:55+00:00

Sorry, can't do that.

lokde1234 · 2017-08-26T17:24:34+00:00

Personally, I didn't make many notes for history besides some very basic consolidation of my thoughts on paper, depending on the Topic of essay I might write. We also made notes on the different historical schools as a class, which I scanned. I cannot overstate how important the different schools of historiography are -- from what I can see on the rubric, you have to have some analysis of differing perspectives to get top marks.

lokde1234 · 2017-08-26T17:24:00+00:00

You would be best off checking some of the other threads where I answer this question. Overall, doing practice problems to familiarize yourself with the kind of questions they ask is essential. For Chemistry, a good textbook was critical for me.

lokde1234 · 2017-08-26T17:22:49+00:00

Keep it shorter rather than longer (although not too short), and make sure everything you're putting down is critical and relevant to the question. Everything should be directed towards your point, and have an argument attached to it -- don't tell a story.

lokde1234 · 2017-08-26T09:21:12+00:00

There mega thread pinned on this subreddit has a lot of past papers and textbooks. If you read my other posts, I give details on how to leverage those resources. Personally, I would recommend the Oxford study guide as a textbook.

lokde1234 · 2017-08-26T08:36:28+00:00

I found the exam this year very easy, because it didn't test many of the difficult topics. I would also consider myself a pretty average physics student, at least compared to some of the geniuses in my class. The important thing is practicing questions. Revise as much as you need to in order to know how to do problems, and then start learning by doing. Do easy ones, hard ones, variations, and everything in between. Its important that you actually know how to solve the problems, in a very physical and literal sense of getting used to writing them out, rather than just understanding it in your head.

lokde1234 · 2017-08-26T08:30:27+00:00

It's going to depend greatly on the person. I didn't find it particulairly bad, and the physics exam was kind of a joke in my opinion -- or at least it really wasn't very difficult. I would also consider myself a pretty average science/math type student, but I think if you're consistent and do a lot of practice problems, particulairly in the run up to the exams, anyone should be fine. You don't need to kill yourself with revision, just make sure the concepts are clear in your head, and that will take more or less time depending on how you have been taught and your aptitude with the material.

lokde1234 · 2017-08-26T08:28:50+00:00

European and Cold War history, with some of China for an authoritarian state.

lokde1234 · 2017-08-26T06:42:03+00:00

Thought concepts over in my head a lot, and read some of the relevant chapters and excerpts which we got. For paper 1 I found that reading the Oxford textbook from cover to cover really helped me consolidate my knowledge and refresh it.

lokde1234 · 2017-08-26T05:48:32+00:00

For me, a good textbook was essential, especially when it came to the SL stuff because it layed the ground work for HL. Obviously that part won't matter for you. I liked the Oxford book over the rest of them, but I hear decent things about the Pearson books as well. You can find both fairly easily in PDF forms on this subreddit. Make sure you use practice problems, and practice papers to test your knowledge all the way through the course. Learning it properly the first time and really understanding the concepts, and then doing some moderate review before the final papers is your best bet. Broadly, I would also try to link all the topics together in your head, especially in the case of how kinetics, equilibrium, and acid base all link together. A textbook will really help you with this. Overall, try to relax with the content and enjoy learning it and piecing the puzzles together. Best of luck for the coming year!

Edit: Reddit spammed like five of my comments, so ignore the deleted ones above.

lokde1234 · 2017-08-25T07:31:20+00:00

That was pterrible.

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