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IB biology... let me die...

Hey there... i am new here... but i am DESPERATE...

I am one of those idiots who have decided not to open their biology book until five months before the exam...

on the other hand i am also an extreme over-acheiver...
See my problem?

so, right now i am attempting to read up 2 years of bio over 3 weeks of christmas... but i am a bit stuck on how i am supposed to interpret the syllabus...

the thing is, for those of you who have seen the exam (my teacher somehow does not, being an idiot, find that necessary)- do i see the syllabus as being a complete list of all of the things i should know?- Or, is it merely an indication of the stuff i should know?

For example...: i am doing digestion and the syllabus asks only for these absurd details about digestive enzymes and villi... thus; do will they only ask these details of me in the exam, or will they want me to be able to answere a shit-load of other stuff on digestion AND the absurd details...????

I AM SOOOOO STUCK... please somebody help me....

thankyou, luv. sofie´.
Reply 1
From what I've heard, you should stick closely to the syllabus. If you
look closely, the syllabus will point out things that you *don't* need
to know, versus things that you do need to know. It's really specific,
so follow what it says.

Meagan
Reply 2
Technically, they are only meant to ask stuff completely within the
syllabus and any questions that are grossly outside of the syllabus are
not counted as part of your mark. Unfortunately, the way they get around
this is to make the syllabus as general as possible. What you really
need is a teacher that has been teaching IB biology for 20+ years to
REALLY know what is going to be on the exam. If you read the syllabus
and read it religiously though, you are still pretty much guarenteed a
7, just a lot more work. Look on the bright side, I decided to do an
option in chem we had not done in class and I only read up on it the
night before the exam.

Sofie wrote:

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[q1]> I am one of those idiots who have decided not to open their biology[/q1]
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[q1]> on the other hand i am also an extreme over-acheiver... See my[/q1]
[q1]> problem?[/q1]
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[q1]> so, right now i am attempting to read up 2 years of bio over 3 weeks[/q1]
[q1]> of christmas... but i am a bit stuck on how i am supposed to interpret[/q1]
[q1]> the syllabus...[/q1]
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[q1]> the thing is, for those of you who have seen the exam (my teacher[/q1]
[q1]> somehow does not, being an idiot, find that necessary)- do i see the[/q1]
[q1]> syllabus as being a complete list of all of the things i should know?-[/q1]
[q1]> Or, is it merely an indication of the stuff i should know?[/q1]
[q1]>[/q1]
[q1]> For example...: i am doing digestion and the syllabus asks only for[/q1]
[q1]> these absurd details about digestive enzymes and villi... thus; do[/q1]
[q1]> will they only ask these details of me in the exam, or will they want[/q1]
[q1]> me to be able to answere a shit-load of other stuff on digestion AND[/q1]
[q1]> the absurd details...????[/q1]

[q1]>[/q1]
[q1]> I AM SOOOOO STUCK... please somebody help me....[/q1]
[q1]>[/q1]
[q1]> thankyou, luv. sofie´.[/q1]
Reply 3
<<If you read the syllabus and read it religiously though, you are still
pretty much guarenteed a 7, just a lot more work. >>

In the 5 or so years that my school has taken IB exams, nobody has ever
gotten over a 5 on bio. (I'm determined to be the first :-)

Meagan
Reply 4
Really, I think at our school 7's are more the rule than the exception.

PeaceLveVB wrote:

[q1]> <<If you read the syllabus and read it religiously though, you are[/q1]
[q1]> still pretty much guarenteed a 7, just a lot more work. >>[/q1]
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[q1]> In the 5 or so years that my school has taken IB exams, nobody has[/q1]
[q1]> ever gotten over a 5 on bio. (I'm determined to be the first :-)[/q1]
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[q1]> Meagan[/q1]

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