ib grade boundaries

hkl1994215

I am concerned about maths HL and physics sl

How do people think about the difficulty of both subjects this year?

Do you think the grade boundaries will be lower or higher?

Do the grade boundaries change drastically from year to year, or does it only change slightly or even no change?

Reply 1

aeyurttaser13

i take neither of those subjects, but i can answer ur last question.
usually they don't change drastically unless it was very easy/difficult compared to last year. boundaries for math sl for example change between 78-85% in the past 4 years depending on the difficulty. and for eg paper 1 changes between 69-78/90 depending on the difficulty compared to the other years.

Reply 2

saachi

Well I've seen my teachers refer to last year's grade boundaries quite a lot, so I'd say that they don't change TOO much from year to year. But of course, if a paper is especially difficult/ easy one year then it's bound to fluctuate. Math and Physics HL the boundaries are usually very low (65 %= 7) because they're generally considered hard, so I wouldn't worry about that. Unless you're like failing or something which I'm sure you're not :wink: