Sunday 6th July 2014 IB Results official discussion thread

Well done everyone, we survived

I needed 32, with 5 5 5 higher for Kings in London, got 39 points;

chemistry hl ; 6
biology hl ; 6
psychology hl ; 6
english sl ; 6
spanish ab sl ; 6
maths studies sl ; 7
ee; A (full marks nonetheless! )
TOK; C - our 'new' teacher let our whole class down it seems! but tis only tok

So happy, seems I can have medicine as my back up for nursing now which seems unreal!

Good luck to everyone for the future and try not to stress over a couple points missed with unis, most understand I'm told

i got 36
slightly disappointed as i could have done a lot better BUT it was just enough for my first choice which was Warwick
1% off of a 7 in History , not sure whether I should get it remarked

Hi guys, sorry first post *bear with me!

I was predicted 35 and I got 29! Which was a big shock, considering the time and effort I put in. I also didn't get into my first choice ( exceter) or my insurance ( Lancaster ) because of the significant drop in my marks. And it seems to be the same case in my school with on average people dropping 4-9 points! I don't really understand it? Where the marks really hard this year? As the exceptional people still did very well but then everyone below 40 got 4-9 points worse? I'm not sure if this is a national thing or just a local thing? Though the teachers haven't given us a breakdown of our marks yet. But I was basically wondering if anyone else was in a similar situation and how they're dealing with it? hope everyone else did better though x

Well, I was predicted a 43 and got a 37, so that was a big shock for me too. 6 points less is a lot! Among my peers, most people have had big drops as well, regardless of whether they were predicted 40+ or less. Seems like its a hard year I haven't met either of my offers either, I am sending in stuff for remarks and will call the universities for now. Its tough!

i'm in a similar situation! my results are about 4 points off from my firm (rhul) offer and 2 points from my insurance (essex) - i called them both up and they told me to send my results in and wait. did you get rejected from your choices straight away? because my track hasn't been updated yet - meaning they havent rejected me yet - which gives me a bit of hope! im an international student, so hoping they might be a bit more lenient with me

I was only 1 mark off a 6 in english and a 7 in history- shall I mention that the bath uni when I call? I am getting both remarked.

Thanks. I've been walking around the house muttering 'three blasted points' under my breath. Needless to say, I'm worrying the family...

Ah well, what's done is done. There's always Biomed at UCL

(I'm trying so hard to look on the bright side, I might as well be desperately staring straight at the sun and smiling through the pain..)

I missed getting a 45 by one mark on my TOK essay... met my Oxford offer though, so I'm happy nonetheless

My brother went to RHUL! They asked him for 33 and he got 30 and he still got in. He called them as you did and sent the results and they accepted him.
So good luck to you, you still have a decent chance of getting in. A classmate of his got 28-29 points instead of 33 and they let him in also. Its entirely up to the university, its never 100% certain but still looking good!

I missed getting a 45 by one mark on my TOK essay... met my Oxford offer though, so I'm happy nonetheless

are anyone else's school's having a shock with their English results? everyone at our school got lower than expected and everyone aiming for a 7 either got a 5 or a low 6. i know that happens with inexperienced schools but our school is very experienced in the IB and gets good marks in English - but this year everyone that had been getting 7s in mocks and practice essays suddenly got very low scores? (in my practice for Paper 2s i'd been getting scores in the 20s - but for the exam I suddenly got a 14? what happened there?)

are anyone else's school's having a shock with their English results? everyone at our school got lower than expected and everyone aiming for a 7 either got a 5 or a low 6. i know that happens with inexperienced schools but our school is very experienced in the IB and gets good marks in English - but this year everyone that had been getting 7s in mocks and practice essays suddenly got very low scores? (in my practice for Paper 2s i'd been getting scores in the 20s - but for the exam I suddenly got a 14? what happened there?)