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LCVP-Urgent help needed

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  • 18-06-2008 7:06pm
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    LeCapitaine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 45 ✭


    Can anyone give me a quick run down as to what it about?

    Also what subjects do you need to do to qualify for it? Can I do it with theses French,History,Geography,business origination?

    Thanks.


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    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,130 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    It's an extra subject taken along with standard LC subjects. It covers the world of work (more or less). It's worth a maximum 70 points for CAO purposes.

    Some information about it
    Another link


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    #3
    LeCapitaine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 45 ✭LeCapitaine


    Is it worth doing?


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    cHaTbOx
    Registered Users Posts: 8,011 ✭✭✭cHaTbOx


    If you do 5 higher subjects or less you should consider it as it s 70 points for a distinction

    10 more than a1 at ordinary level


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    FibbersON
    Closed Accounts Posts: 66 ✭✭FibbersON


    It was an easy 70 points in my opinion, I had all the work done by the end of 5th year.

    I qualified for it with Construction Studies and Business, the school got an amount of cash for each of us that did it, so we were sort of brain washed into it, in the end I didn't do a science subject, this limited me in college choices for Computer Science, so be wary about subject choice for the leaving. And courses you may want to do in the future.


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    teckoda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 146 ✭✭teckoda


    I would certainly say it is worth doing anyway! Worked out great for me as two subjects didn't go all that well. So LCVP will be replacing them. Hoping for a distinction


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    Diarmsquid
    Registered Users Posts: 1,584 ✭✭✭Diarmsquid


    LeCapitaine wrote: »
    Is it worth doing?

    If you reckon you're gonna get more than 70 points in at least six subjects, then no.

    And are you good at projects? 60% is for a write up of projects and stuff.

    How did your JC go? How many A's and B's?
    Don't mean to be nosy, but if you've got brains to burn don't bother like...


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    NKJCPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 38 ✭NKJCPM


    Is it not 70 points ON TOP of the other 6, or does it count as 1 of the 6? Do economics and business count for doing this??


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    rachelmcg1989
    Closed Accounts Posts: 47 ✭rachelmcg1989


    i wish i was told more about this in 5th year...
    we were told u cud only do it if u were doin lower level maths, and since i tried my hand at HL maths in 5th i couldnt do lcvp, but then i dropped to OL maths.

    if i had known more about lcvp i wudnt have even bothered with maths...


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    superLeetive
    Registered Users Posts: 133 ✭✭superLeetive


    NKJCPM wrote: »
    Is it not 70 points ON TOP of the other 6, or does it count as 1 of the 6? Do economics and business count for doing this??

    No it's definitely NOT 70 points on top of the other 6 subjects. Our skool told our year that it was an extra 70 points to try and convince more people to do it as the skool gets funding for the LCVP programme that it can then use for other stuff.

    You use it in place of a subject in which you may have gotten less that 70 points. Economics and business are fine - that was my subject grouping too.


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    NKJCPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 38 ✭NKJCPM


    Oh I might take it then in place of Irish, that'll be a life saver for me, thanks man


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    #12
    blue-army
    Registered Users Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭blue-army


    damn...I dont qualify for it! I do Accounting, Geog, Tech Drawing and French. :(


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