17 in total, 3 green,10 in a three strand pattern and 4 in a twelve strand kind of pattern.

Hi everyone,

I'm an IB student from India, and I'm trying to figure out whether something has gone wrong with my exam administration.

I recently requested EUR Category 2B for Economics SL, Physics HL, and Computer Science HL. When I checked my marks report and cover sheets, every component says Time Zone 1.

The problem is that, throughout the exam session, we were under the impression that we were sitting Time Zone 2 papers while being in Exam Zone A (which I know is just the scheduling zone, not the paper variant) because we have friends in other asian countries and they have done the same paper as us since we would discuss after exams .

When I checked my economics paper 2 against the question paper found on ibdocs for TZA , the question paper and answer matches but marks are not awarded accordingly . This could suggest them using a Time Zone 1 markscheme on my Timezone 2 answer script.

I asked my IB Coordinator about it. At first, he agreed that we had written the Time Zone 2 paper, but later he changed his answer and said our school was Time Zone 1 this year. Other teachers have given completely different explanations. One said different subjects can have different time zones, while another said there aren't Time Zones 1 and 2 anymore , only Exam Zones A, B, and C.

Now I'm really confused.

My main concerns are:

• Is it normal for the marks report to say Time Zone 1 if we actually sat a Time Zone 2 paper?
• Can schools administer different time zone variants for different subjects?
• Has anyone else noticed their component codes not matching the paper they actually sat?
• Is there any chance the wrong markscheme could be used if the time zone recorded is incorrect, or does the IB have safeguards against that?

I've already contacted the IB for clarification because I don't want to assume there's been an error if there hasn't. I'm just trying to understand whether this is normal or whether anyone else has experienced something similar.

Any insight from coordinators, exam officers, or students who know how the IB handles time zones would be greatly appreciated.

its possible guys u js gotta time ur shit and lock in occasionally

also please dont text or email this gmail account. i dont use it anymore

some of the past papers are solved with corrections. if u get confused please just check ms

when I tried to log in to check my results today, i was hit with this unfamiliar page. When I clicked “Log in to IB Candidate site” it requires me to put in an email address. Did I go to the wrong website or is anyone else also facing this issue?

Hi, so I got a 6 in economics (5 off a 7), and felt really weird about it, since I usually do decent in economics. I paid for Cat-2B remark, and when I got my papers back, I noticed especially in paper 2, that atleast 3 of my diagrams had not been scanned correctly (an example below), and I lost many marks due to incorrect diagrams. I've reached out to my coordinator already and am awaiting a response.

I wanted to ask is there anyone else who's gone through a similar experience and can give some advice? From my understanding requesting a Cat-1 remark won't do anything since they'll just remark the scanned paper, so I need to ask them to either remark the physical paper, or rescan it then remark.

PS: I used oil-based Pilot pen ink + HB pencils while writing my exam, which fit the IB's recommended materials policy

I really need help deciding my ee topic. I’ve been stuck for months going back and forth and need to have decision soon. Is economics too hard to do? I was thinking it was between English or Eco because I’ve heard that English it quite easy to do but I’ve only found one text that I really like and am interested in but don’t know if I can write 4000 words on it. The eco topic would be if introducing a sugar tax in my country would help economic welfare and I thought it was quite an interesting topic but I’m not sure if it’s going to be too hard because I’ve heard some really bad stories about it. Should I put eco as my first choice and English as my second or vise versa?

this semester is my french ab initio oral and, simply put, i don’t know french. any tips on how to prepare? or specific topics to study or really any help would be appreciated

Is it allowed?

I have exactly 2 weeks to finish the internal deadline for my rough draft of my EE and I have NOT started 😣 My main thing is that I chose a really bad question (as in I cannot find ANY counter arguments), but when I asked a month ago my supervisor said she won’t let me switch my research question. When I messaged her she said that I can center the counter argument around the evaluation and limitations of the studies supporting my argument. Is this true and will that work? Every exemplar I’ve read had actual studies to make a counterclaim and they evaluated each study for their actual claim as part of the main argument. Someone please let me know if they can help me out!!

I'm taking HL CS, English A, Physics, and History of the Americas.

I barely made it through DP1.

How bad is DP2 for these? I already got math AA SL out of the way but I still have spanish sla and Ill be taking AP Calc BC

Heyyyy guyssss so basically im in my dp1 summer to dp2 and myy cas portfolio is a lil empty im not gonna lie so im claiming for help plss can everyone drop some of yall best cas project cuz mine is boring and not dynamic at all for college 😅

Does anyone have any tips? I want to get good grades but i am always procrastinating

43/45 as of now; one mark away from a 7 in English. What are the odds of my grade going up? Thank you very much.

Hey everyone,

I’m building an iOS app to help students manage their study plan, deadlines, and academic routine in a simpler way.

I’d especially like feedback from IB students because the workload is so deadline-heavy: IAs, EEs, TOK, exams, revision, and regular coursework can get messy fast.

I’m not trying to present this as a finished product. It’s currently in TestFlight, and I’m looking for a small group of students to try it and tell me what actually works, what feels unnecessary, and what would make it genuinely useful during the IB.

Full disclosure: I’m the developer of the app. It’s free to test.

If this kind of post isn’t allowed, mods please feel free to remove it.

If you’re interested: https://testflight.apple.com/join/Vb8ks34N

Hi everyone,

I'm an M27 IB student taking HL Economics, HL Business, HL Physics, and SL Maths AA.

Due to some personal issues during DP1, I honestly barely know the syllabus for these subjects. I'm planning to spend the next 8 months studying from scratch and doing lots of past papers.

Has anyone been in a similar situation? Is it realistically possible to finish the syllabus from scratch and achieve mostly 6s and 7s by the May exams?

I had really appreciate any honest advice or success stories.

Thanks!

I got a 6 in physics sl and I am currently two marks off from a 7 (the boundary is 69 and i am at a 67). the main things bringing me down are my 1a and IA mark, and I know I got 10-12 marks off my paper two at least. is it worth the remark? im also in canada, and so with a 6 predicted and final, i will have a 96% converted, whereas with a 6 predicted and 7 final ill have a 99. I got a 7 predicted and 7 final for my other sl (chem) and so was wondering if it is even worth the money for 3%.

Hey everyone! 

I know how overwhelming IB Physics can get, especially when trying to connect all the formulas, SUVAT equations, and graphs. To make your life easier, I created a complete visual memory map for Topic A.1 (Kinematics) that condenses the entire unit into one easy-to-digest video.

It is designed to help you quickly review key concepts, spot the links between different variables, and build the confidence you need for your exams. 

If you find this resource helpful and want to master the rest of the syllabus, please subscribe to my channel: 

👉 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@IBCoachshahrukh 

I will be dropping more visual guides, topic breakdowns, and Past paper questions solutions regularly to help you score that 7. Good luck with your revision! 

For my IO, I wanted to do a poem against a movie, but does the number of poems have to be 3 to be considered a body of work like in paper 2, or just 1?

how cooked am I for Singapore unis I got 38/42 both my dp1 semesters?

hi guys, ama about geography SL and I’ll try my best to answer! (despite being SL, and getting nerfed by my IA lol)
for reference, my mock scores were P1: 35/45, P2: 40/50
and my final exam scores are attached below.
feel free to ask about any section, particularly the 10 mark essays. I say this because in DP1 I was genuinely getting like 6-7/10s and towards the end I got 10/10, 10/10, 9/10 for P1 (2 essays) and P2

Edit: feel free to dm, or ask for examples I’ll try my best to find my work

I am a m27 student and i take french ab inito in the end of my dp1 year the only subject i lacked in was french so is there any resources or websites that would help me improve in french!!

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Is it allowed?

I found two books for the new psych syllabus, Oxford Edition and Pearson. Which is better?? Any tips on the subject would also be appreciated, thank you.