How did everyone find Biology paper 31?

[hazel nut rocks]

I personally found it alright, slightly harder than last year's paper.

 

[afshinsalim]

I personally found it alright, slightly harder than last year's paper.

Mine was actually really nyc. I think i faired

 

[areebaization]

I personally found it alright, slightly harder than last year's paper.

I found the 2011 papers easier...I think it depends on which area of biology you r good in I think the graph is gonna shoot up this time :/

 

[Reem2195]

last question sucked

 

[K Raja]

well it was kwool alrite...required some pretty lengthy answers though..

 

[ZainH]

I found the 2011 papers easier...I think it depends on which area of biology you r good in I think the graph is gonna shoot up this time :/

Im not sure what variant I did, I think it was 2. But yeah it wasn't that EASY.
I think the thresholds going to be low.

EDIT: I did variant 1.

 

[teddy cookie 94]

yeah i think so too hopefully they will be low

 

[Ibrahim Basar]

The last question sucked....!! But the paper was great over all...

 

[Reem2195]

The last question sucked....!! But the paper was great over all...

I TOTALLY agree!

 

[Ibrahim Basar]

Two questions were identical right?! They talked of the same thing soil erosion , high co2 conc and flooding..

 

[Ahmed Raouf]

it wasnt easy. what if i lose a total of 30 marks in the three papers do i still get an A*????

 

[Reem2195]

it wasnt easy. what if i lose a total of 30 marks in the three papers do i still get an A*????

Last year you'd still get an A* if you lost around 60

 

[Ahmed Raouf]

Last year you'd still get an A* if you lost around 60

thnx,

 

[Ibrahim Basar]

What if I get an A in paper 1 and 6 and a B in the paper 3 of like 56/80..??!

 

[IGCSE O/L student]

I personally found it alright, slightly harder than last year's paper.

same here!

 

[hazel nut rocks]

it wasnt easy. what if i lose a total of 30 marks in the three papers do i still get an A*????

An A* last year was 67% and an A was 56% so you can lose 66 marks in all three papers. Look at the grade thresholds of Summer 2011 (http://www.xtremepapers.com/papers/CIE/Cambridge IGCSE/Biology (0610)/0610_s11_gt.pdf).

The maximum total mark for the CIE IGCSE biology syllabus is 200. An A* is 134 marks in total. I still have no idea why everyone thinks that an A* is 97%-100%. An A* has always been around 56%-68% ever since the creation of CIE IGCSE and it generally depends on the curve. Last year's curve was low because most people didn't perform well in paper 3. You can lose nearly 51 marks from paper 3 and still get an A in paper 3 since the minimum mark required for grade A in paper 3 is usually somewhere between 32-38. There are 80 marks in total from paper 3.

 

[hazel nut rocks]

What if I get an A in paper 1 and 6 and a B in the paper 3 of like 56/80..??!

38/80 is an A in paper 3. Look at the grade boundaries.

 

[Ahmed Raouf]

the first question in the page before last and another were same i think, i wrote the same answer in both

 

[Ahmed Raouf]

An A* last year was 67% and an A was 56% so you can lose 66 marks in all three papers. Look at the grade thresholds of Summer 2011 (http://www.xtremepapers.com/papers/CIE/Cambridge IGCSE/Biology (0610)/0610_s11_gt.pdf).

The maximum total mark for the CIE IGCSE biology syllabus is 200. An A* is 134 marks in total. I still have no idea why everyone thinks that an A* is 97%-100%. An A* has always been around 56%-68% ever since the creation of CIE IGCSE and it generally depends on the curve. Last year's curve was low because most people didn't perform well in paper 3. You can lose nearly 51 marks from paper 3 and still get an A in paper 3 since the minimum mark required for grade A in paper 3 is usually somewhere between 32-38. There are 80 marks in total from paper 3.

thank you very much

 

[Ibrahim Basar]

What this year?! It cant be the paper was simpler it will shoot up.