External Assessment — Paper 3 #
Paper 3 asks a number of questions related to a pre-released case study.
Here is the case study for use in May and November 2024
Case studies from other years.
The maximum number of marks you can get for Paper 3 is 30. Your Paper 3 score translates into 20% of your final HL grade, see grade boundaries.
Grade boundaries #
Computer science course has a variety of assessment components. Paper 3 is marked using markschemes and markbands and assigned a numerical mark by the external examiner. Grade boundaries are then applied to determine the overall grade on the 1-7 scale for this component.
These boundaries have no impact on your final grade. However, they may be used to estimate the difficulty of the component.
Higher Level #
| Grade | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2014 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 |
| May 2015 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 |
| May 2016 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 20 |
| May 2017 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 |
| May 2018 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 21 |
| May 2019 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 19 |
| May 2020 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| May 2021 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
