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  1. Lionheartat20's Avatar
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    The Official May 2012 IB Grade Boundaries
    So a few people requested it ... .Apparently though the IB doesn't realease them until closer to the 12th of July and so I typed out some of the most popular courses myself ... If you want below grade 4, just post or drop me a PM - I handtyped everything so tried to choose subjects the majority of people do

    Will add to the list on request

    English A1 HL...

    Grade 4: 42-54%
    Grade 5: 55-67
    Grade 6: 68-79
    Grade 7: 80-100

    SL....

    Grade 4: 40-52%
    Grade 5: 53-63%
    Grade 6: 65-77
    Grade 7: 78-100


    French B

    HL:

    Grade 4 47-60%
    Grade 5 61-72
    Grade 6 73-85
    Grade 7 86-100

    SL:

    Grade 4 48-60
    Grade 5 61-71
    Grade 6 72-84
    Grade 7 85-100

    Spanish B:

    HL

    Grade 4 42-56
    Grade 5 57-69
    Grade 6 70-84
    Grade 7 85-100

    SL

    Grade 4 42-56
    Grade 5 57-69
    Grade 6 70-84
    Grade 7 85-100


    Economics

    HL:

    Grade 4 38-49
    Grade 5 50-61
    Grade 6 62-73
    Grade 7 74-100

    SL:

    Grade 4 40-50
    Grade 5 51-63
    Grade 6 64-75
    Grade 7 76-100

    Geography

    HL:

    Grade 4 41-52
    Grade 5 53-63
    Grade 6 64-74
    Grade 7 75-100

    SL:

    Grade 4 39-49
    Grade 5 50-61
    Grade 6 62-72
    Grade 7 73-100


    Philosophy

    HL:

    Grade 4 41-53
    Grade 5 54-65
    Grade 6 66-78
    Grade 7 79-100

    SL:

    Grade 4 42-54
    Grade 5 55-65
    Grade 6 66-78
    Grade 7 79-100


    Biology

    HL

    Grade 4 43-54
    Grade 5 55-66
    Grade 6 67-78
    Grade 7 79-100

    SL

    Grade 4 43-53
    Grade 5 54-65
    Grade 6 66-76
    Grade 7 77-100


    Chemistry

    HL

    Grade 4 46-56
    Grade 5 57-67
    Grade 6 68-78
    Grade 7 79-100

    SL

    Grade 4 44-54
    Grade 5 55-64
    Grade 6 65-74
    Grade 7 75-100


    Physics

    HL

    Grade 4 43-52
    Grade 5 53-63
    Grade 6 64-72
    Grade 7 73-100

    SL

    Grade 4 40-48
    Grade 5 49-59
    Grade 6 60-68
    Grade 7 69-100


    Maths

    STANDARD LEVEL

    Grade 4 53-62
    Grade 5 63-73
    Grade 6 74-83
    Grade 7 84-100

    STUDIES

    Grade 4 45-57
    Grade 5 58-69
    Grade 6 70-81
    Grade 7 82-100

    MATHS HIGHER STATS

    Grade 4 39-50
    Grade 5 51-63
    Grade 6 64-75
    Grade 7 76-100

    MATHS HIGHER DISCRETE

    Grade 4 41-52
    Grade 5 53-64
    Grade 6 65-76
    Grade 7 77-100
  2. kingcoltzan's Avatar
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    Re: The Official May 2012 IB Grade Boundaries
    Are these tz1?
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    What about history, just wondering what I would have needed to get the almighty 7 !
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    (Original post by kingcoltzan)
    Are these tz1?
    Very good point. They are the grade boundaries for the timezone that UK / European students take.
    I'm not entirely sure whether that is TZ1 or TZ2 .. Always muddle them up myself
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    (Original post by Heeck)
    What about history, just wondering what I would have needed to get the almighty 7 !
    HL? SL?
    Peace-making or Communism ?


    UK is TZ2 apparently - so I have TZ2 grade boundaries only.
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    Re: The Official May 2012 IB Grade Boundaries
    (Original post by Lionheartat20)
    HL? SL?
    Peace-making or Communism ?


    UK is TZ2 apparently - so I have TZ2 grade boundaries only.
    HL, The Arab-Israeli conflict (1945-1979), which is in paper 1. What about the boundaries for papers 2 and 3?
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    (Original post by Heeck)
    HL, The Arab-Israeli conflict (1945-1979), which is in paper 1. What about the boundaries for papers 2 and 3?
    I only have for HL:
    SUBJECT
    HIST. EUROPE/ME - COMMUNISM
    and
    HIST. EUROPE/ME - PEACEMAKING

    Grade 4 for Communism : 33-42
    Grade 5: 43-54
    Grade 6: 55-65
    Grade 7: 66-100

    Grade 4 for Peacemaking : 33-42
    Grade 5: 43-53
    Grade 6: 54-64
    grade 7: 65-100

    Above are obviously percentages.

    The following are expressed as marks with scaling factors applied.

    Presuming you are doing peacemaking?

    Paper 2...
    Grade 4: 13-16
    Grade 5: 17-21
    Grade 6: 22-25
    Grade 7: 26-40
    *With a scaling factor multiplier of 0.625

    Paper 3:
    Grade 4: 19-24
    Grade 5: 25-30
    Grade 6: 31-36
    Grade 7: 37-60
    *With a scaling factor multipler of 0.583
    Last edited by Lionheartat20; 08-07-2012 at 16:47.
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    Re: The Official May 2012 IB Grade Boundaries
    Thanks for posting the boundaries, you really helped!!

    I would really appreciate it if you would post the following:
    1- maths HL series and differential equations
    2- business and management HL
    3- English B HL
    4- Arabic A1 SL
    5- ToK boundaries

    Thank you very much!! Really appreciate it!!!
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    Sorry to bother you again, but do you have the boundaries for German ab Initio SL??
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    (Original post by Lionheartat20)
    HL? SL?
    Peace-making or Communism ?


    UK is TZ2 apparently - so I have TZ2 grade boundaries only.
    Could you check your PM's please, or post the individual boundaries for all the components of English A1 HL here please? I would be eternally grateful.
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    Hi could you please post the boundaries for Chinese A2 SL? Many thanks.
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    Do you have the Social and Cultural Anthropology boundaries? :cool:
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    (Original post by YasserTech)
    Thanks for posting the boundaries, you really helped!!

    I would really appreciate it if you would post the following:
    1- maths HL series and differential equations
    2- business and management HL
    3- English B HL
    4- Arabic A1 SL
    5- ToK boundaries

    Thank you very much!! Really appreciate it!!!

    2.
    Grade 4 39-48
    Grade 5 49-60
    Grade 6 61-71
    Grade 7 72-100

    1+3+4
    Do not have i'm afraid Our school all take A1 English and so don't include it. Arabic also is not taught. Same with the maths one

    5. A = 48/60
    B = 38-47
    C = 29-37
    D = 18-28
    E = 0-17
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    (Original post by hin1994)
    Hi could you please post the boundaries for Chinese A2 SL? Many thanks.
    Grade 4: 39-52
    Grade 5: 53-68
    Grade 6: 69-81
    Grade 7: 82-100


    Do you have the Social and Cultural Anthropology boundaries?
    Afraid not - not taught here.

    Sorry to bother you again, but do you have the boundaries for German ab Initio SL??
    German HL and German SL - no ab initio i'm afraid



    Could you check your PM's please, or post the individual boundaries for all the components of English A1 HL here please? I would be eternally grateful.
    Sure

    Oral:

    Grade 4: 14-17
    Grade 5: 18-21
    Grade 6: 22-25
    Grade 7: 26-30

    P1 AND P2:

    Grade 4: 11-13
    Grade 5: 14-16
    Grade 6: 17-19
    Grade 7: 20-25

    World Lit:

    Grade 4: 18-22
    Grade 5: 23-28
    Grade 6: 29-33
    Grade 7: 34-40
    NOTE: World Lit has a scale multipler of 0.5

    Hope that helped
    Last edited by Lionheartat20; 08-07-2012 at 19:48.
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    Thank you very much! Wondering if anyone knows if I can get individual papers remarked, i.e. individual components, or is it all or nothing?
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    (Original post by Saelie)
    Thank you very much! Wondering if anyone knows if I can get individual papers remarked, i.e. individual components, or is it all or nothing?
    I'm pretty sure that when you appeal for a remark all of the externally marked components are looked at again - so everything apart from your IAs.
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    (Original post by Lionheartat20)
    German HL and German SL - no ab initio i'm afraid
    Thanks anyway!
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    I'm pretty sure that when you appeal for a remark all of the externally marked components are looked at again - so everything apart from your IAs.
    Alright, thanks! Do you know if the world lits count as externally marked as well?

    Thank you!
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    (Original post by Saelie)
    Alright, thanks! Do you know if the world lits count as externally marked as well?

    Thank you!
    Yeah they are - which is a lifesaver because I'm going to get mine remarked!
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    Yeah they are - which is a lifesaver because I'm going to get mine remarked!
    And the orals dont - awesome. Gonna do the same! Thanks for the help.
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