***2015 LC Biology - All levels - June 9th***

westernfrenzy

Still amazed at how I finished Biology in 80 minutes

Edit:

Could eveyone state their level when discussing their paper? Thanks

Peregrine

westernfrenzy wrote: »

Still amazed at how I finished Biology in 80 minutes

I think Biology is the only exam that most people actually finish on time

westernfrenzy

Nim wrote: »

I think Biology is the only exam that most people actually finish on time

Seems like it is. Though I done ordinary level which helped

Bartekm1996

It certainly want the easiest paper. Experiment and short questing were simple but the long question will let me down

Peregrine

I don't think there will be enough demand for two threads so could everyone state their level when discussing the exam?

westernfrenzy wrote: »

Seems like it is. Though I done ordinary level which helped

Okay, HL might not finish it in 80 mins but it's still quite a handy subject for timing!

bmea

I found the HL short Qs challenging. Experiments were very predictable though and the long Qs were ok

nickys

Were the expirinents laid out differently?

Laurenom

Well there goes my chances of getting the points I need
I thought it was so bad!

(HL)

pa limerick

HIGHER LEVEL
Worst exam so far! Found it really difficult the question for both short and Long aswell as experiments were quiet difficult not hoping for much now!

Tet2015

Higher Level:

I don't even know how I went wrong in Biology, there were just so many different chapters which I didn't know in detail, I knew it was over for me as soon as I started progressing through short questions, I felt as if the short q's were totally different from the ones I did in the previous years. The experiments were decent. I did all long questions as I was beyond desperate. Feels like everything I studied went to the trash (and I studied my ass off).

Laurenom

Tet2015 wrote: »

Higher Level:

I don't even know how I went wrong in Biology, there were just so many different chapters which I didn't know in detail, I knew it was over for me as soon as I started progressing through short questions, I felt as if the short q's were totally different from the ones I did in the previous years. The experiments were decent. I did all long questions as I was beyond desperate. Feels like everything I studied went to the trash (and I studied my ass off).

I'm the exact same ; studied for months put so much work in for biology but it just never sticks and I feel like none of the questions asked were what I studied they were so difficult

BlueWolf16

Higher Level:

My answer to probably like 8 questions was - protein. Very tough exam, any chances of getting an A were out the window in the first minute. Hoping for a B now, even that might not be possible. The third experiment was pretty nice, and the ecology long question was fairly straighforward.

Did all of the questions, then looked over them, left last with like 10min. left.. Up there with French as handiest exam in terms of timing, you never have to worry about rushing.

Kat97

Pretty sure I failed.

My worst exam by far Studied so so much for it and it has all gone to waste.

dazzadazza

Probably one of the worst biology papers I've ever done. I've been an A student and haven't got less than 81% yet (mock). I've a feeling this could be the first. I was counting on it for an A1. I did all the questions I was that desperate. What is even worse is that all the people in my class who get 60s and even fail said that they thought it went well. Fml

Ps higher level

sushua

Higher Level
Thought it was okay at the start but just got worse and worse could only answer 3.5 of the long Q's so thats already 30 marks gone! Praying I get at least a C

is mise spartacus

Such an oddly phrased exam
Went well however
(HL)

Peg14

Agreed at the start I thought this would be absolutely terrible with the questions but once you moved on it was grand, though short questions were tricky I think (hl)

blobcat

(hl) Really disappointed with that. I don't know if it was the exam or the fact that I spent the whole of last night revising for Irish and not biology. I feel like I guessed/half-answered so many things that it's going to seem to the examiner that I barely revised.

Oh well

R2015

HL
What did anyone else put down for the concentration question?

Bah_Humbug

Supposed to be my best subject but that was definitely the hardest paper yet

I'd say that genetics Q where male and female were reversed probably tripped up a few who didn't read the question

The_Mac

Hard paper, was hoping for some more human Biology (HL). Reckon I'll get a C3/C2 out of it.

bmea

R2015 wrote: »

HL
What did anyone else put down for the concentration question?

0.3% I think. That was so confusing

Ladyystardust

Studied so hard for biology thought it was so hard!! Really wanted endocrine,excretion,nutrition,homeostasis,lymph,heart,blood and more genetics!!! Hardly anything!! Left feeling ****e


HL

BlueWolf16

R2015 wrote: »

HL
What did anyone else put down for the concentration question?

yeah, I think it was 0.3% too. It was where the black line at zero went through the graph, I think it was C, so around 0.3%

R2015

bmea wrote: »

0.3% I think. That was so confusing

I wrote 0.32% so hopefully we are both with in the range.. I presume you just dropped a line from C?

Shanmcg97

Thought I was going to cry half way through that exam (HL) put a lot of time into biology, needed an A and Id say I've struggled to get a C really dissapointing exam. Defo my hardest exam

Noire

HL

It was a tricky enough exam! A lot of very unfamiliar terms were used that I couldn't wrap my head around ( Hopefully the marking scheme might be a lot more lenient as many are finding it difficult too.

sushua

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought it was a more challenging exam than usual!

Leitrim96

I hope nobody found that paper easy because wow it was difficult. I've spent day after day studying biology and actually took an interest in it which I haven't with any subject before.
People coming out were saying it was grand but I don't know, they may just be looking for just a pass. So much info gone down the drain.

bmea

R2015 wrote: »

I wrote 0.32% so hopefully we are both with in the range.. I presume you just dropped a line from C?

ya exactly

dazzadazza

BlueWolf16 wrote: »

yeah, I think it was 0.3% too. It was where the black line at zero went through the graph, I think it was C, so around 0.3%

Damn it I wrote 99.7% because I took .3 from 100%.