Overall boundaries, every session on record
| Session | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | Gap 6 to 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | 83 | 69 | 57 | 43 | 28 | 14 | 14 |
| May 2023 | 83 | 70 | 57 | 44 | 29 | 15 | 13 |
Paper by paper: May 2024
| Component | Out of | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 as % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essay | 20 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 90% |
| Internal assessment (oral) | 40 | 34 | 29 | 24 | 19 | 13 | 85% |
| Paper 1 | 40 | 33 | 28 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 83% |
| Paper 2 | 30 | 26 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 87% |
What do I need
IB Russian A: Language and Literature HL: the mark you need, paper by paper
In May 2024 a 7 overall started at 83 out of 100 scaled marks. On each component:
| Component | Out of | Minimum for a 7 | As % | Your raw mark | Your grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essay | 20 | 18 | 90% | ||
| Internal assessment (oral) | 40 | 34 | 85% | ||
| Paper 1 | 40 | 33 | 83% | ||
| Paper 2 | 30 | 26 | 87% |
Component grades come straight from the IB document for that session. The overall grade is on a 100-mark scale built from the components with the weightings in the subject guide, so it is not computed here: a strong component carries a weaker one, and the table shows how much room each one leaves.
What the components say about where to work
In May 2024 a 7 needed 90% on Essay and 83% on Paper 1. The component with the lower threshold is the one candidates found hard, and it is usually the one where a few marks are cheapest to gain.
Marked work (internal assessment, orals, written tasks) is assessed against criteria known in advance, so it is the part of the grade under the student’s control before the exam. Which written paper has the lowest threshold changes from session to session, so a past paper should be marked against the boundaries of its own session, not against the latest one.
The gap between a 6 and a 7
In Russian A: Language and Literature HL the 6 sits on average 13.5 marks below the 7 on the 100-mark scale. That is roughly one question answered fully instead of half-answered, or the marks lost to misread instructions across a whole paper.
Use the range, not the last session. A student scoring 83% or more on full mocks under exam conditions has a 7 in every session on record. A student at 83% has a 7 only on the hardest paper, and should plan for the 6 to 7 gap rather than assume it.
Sources
All 2 sessions were read from the grade boundaries document the IB issues to Diploma Programme coordinators after each session (one document per session; 2021 and 2022 have an examination-route and a non-examination-route document). The full dataset for every IB subject is on the
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Frequently asked questions
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