22 april 2025
exam ranting
sooo mock exams start now, 4 wed-fri this week and 2 tue-wed next week. my point score based on my subjects right now is 36 (in which the grades for the 6 core subjects are marked 7 (best) to 1 (worst) and added, the final score is different since it adds points from the EE, TOK & CAS) which i'm relatively happy about, since entry to top universities is around this mark. but my mark so far has just been based on coursework since we haven't done any mocks yet, which makes me worried about how i'll score in a different context. i'm predicting roughly 32, but God knows... my first exam is maths, which i find easy in class since we focus on one topic at a time and i can get into a groove, but recall from further back is difficult considering how complicated the calculator is. do not get me started on functions do NOT get me started on probability. the same day is science, which isn't so hard, but i'm not interested at all so it's difficult to remember. then literature, which is an unseen text meaning you can't revise content. i'm happy about this since i'm already good at literature, it's actually the reason i got into the programme, and it's one less thing i have to revise- though the real exam will obviously be different... then language acquisition, which i'm kind of shitting myself over ibr, since before IBDP i was getting consistently >95% and now i'm on a 5
which just makes me feel kinda dumb in comparison to natives in my class. especially since before DP i was known as terminally locked in for language, so it's embarrassing on top of everything if i get a bad mark... but more than that i'll be mad at myself for not having done enough. i've been doing a lot of listening practice since it's the one i suck most at but if i don't know the vocab there's not all that much i can do... as soon as my science exam is over i'm locking in for language so hard it'll be a threat to my health. THEN THREE DAYS OF RESPITE YAYYYY!!!!! except i'll be cramming anthro and philo so it won't be that fun... these are the ones i'm most confident for though, since they're both mostly skill based, which i'm good at. for philosophy i don't know as much of the content as i probably should but you can get by pretty well without that, plus our teacher told us what the one content based question would be about since he felt it was unfair that we rushed it in class. anthropology i felt like i knew none of and was sweating over easter, so much so that after revising with a friend i feel i'm actually alright, at least in comparison... and then i have normal classes the literal next day. not even a single day off urghhghh. at least since my exams are all in the morning i can rest most of wednesday, but i'd like to be able to sleep in a little... tomorrow will start with my pre-exam ritual: incense & PRAY PRAY PRAY PRAY PRAY. i'm nervous but these first two exams are the worst since they're so boring, language is at least marginally better since it's interesting even though it batters me. please spare a moment of your lives to consciously wish me well, i will send good karma to you in return...
exam ranting
sooo mock exams start now, 4 wed-fri this week and 2 tue-wed next week. my point score based on my subjects right now is 36 (in which the grades for the 6 core subjects are marked 7 (best) to 1 (worst) and added, the final score is different since it adds points from the EE, TOK & CAS) which i'm relatively happy about, since entry to top universities is around this mark. but my mark so far has just been based on coursework since we haven't done any mocks yet, which makes me worried about how i'll score in a different context. i'm predicting roughly 32, but God knows... my first exam is maths, which i find easy in class since we focus on one topic at a time and i can get into a groove, but recall from further back is difficult considering how complicated the calculator is. do not get me started on functions do NOT get me started on probability. the same day is science, which isn't so hard, but i'm not interested at all so it's difficult to remember. then literature, which is an unseen text meaning you can't revise content. i'm happy about this since i'm already good at literature, it's actually the reason i got into the programme, and it's one less thing i have to revise- though the real exam will obviously be different... then language acquisition, which i'm kind of shitting myself over ibr, since before IBDP i was getting consistently >95% and now i'm on a 5
which just makes me feel kinda dumb in comparison to natives in my class. especially since before DP i was known as terminally locked in for language, so it's embarrassing on top of everything if i get a bad mark... but more than that i'll be mad at myself for not having done enough. i've been doing a lot of listening practice since it's the one i suck most at but if i don't know the vocab there's not all that much i can do... as soon as my science exam is over i'm locking in for language so hard it'll be a threat to my health. THEN THREE DAYS OF RESPITE YAYYYY!!!!! except i'll be cramming anthro and philo so it won't be that fun... these are the ones i'm most confident for though, since they're both mostly skill based, which i'm good at. for philosophy i don't know as much of the content as i probably should but you can get by pretty well without that, plus our teacher told us what the one content based question would be about since he felt it was unfair that we rushed it in class. anthropology i felt like i knew none of and was sweating over easter, so much so that after revising with a friend i feel i'm actually alright, at least in comparison... and then i have normal classes the literal next day. not even a single day off urghhghh. at least since my exams are all in the morning i can rest most of wednesday, but i'd like to be able to sleep in a little... tomorrow will start with my pre-exam ritual: incense & PRAY PRAY PRAY PRAY PRAY. i'm nervous but these first two exams are the worst since they're so boring, language is at least marginally better since it's interesting even though it batters me. please spare a moment of your lives to consciously wish me well, i will send good karma to you in return...