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subject choice for leaving cert

  • 26-03-2015 10:32pm
    #1
    shenno
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 76 ✭✭


    Hi I am currently in fourth year and the subjects I have chosen for the leaving cert are biology chemistry economics and accounting and the compulsory subjects.I am doing ordinary level Irish and English so I want to do an extra subject out side school. I was thinking about ag science but I have heard by many people who have done it that its not that easy with the project and its has a very low a rate. Does anybody know easier subjects I could do outside of school? Thanks


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  • #2
    rainbowtrout
    Registered Users Posts: 15,381 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    A grade rates have little or no meaning.


    About 10% of students get an A in ag science. About 25% of students doing applied maths get an A. Should you do applied maths instead? Not necessarily. Applied maths is fairly self selective, students that do it, are often taking it as an extra subject, and typically are doing HL maths and physics along with it so there is a huge overlap between the three. Students who typically dislike maths /physics and find them difficult would not choose it as a subject. So it's not surprising that it has a high A rate, because students that do it are typically good at it. It's not because it's an easy A.

    On the other hand, ag science is often perceived as an easy subject/easy honour/ good for points, so it gets a much broader range of candidates. However you do have to put the work into it like any other subject, and it helps to have an interest. It's perfectly possible for a student to get an A in it if they are interested, have the aptitude and put in the work.

    Less than 5% of students who take HL Art get an A in it. Yet you never hear of students being discouraged from art if they have an interest/talent because of the low A rate.

    Base your choices on your abilities and interests, not on statistics. There is a huge overlap in ag science with biology. About 40% of the written paper is biology. If you are good at biology, there's no reason why you can't be good at ag science.


  • #3
    shenno
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 76 ✭✭shenno


    Do you know any places that do outside school grinds for ag science


  • #4
    rainbowtrout
    Registered Users Posts: 15,381 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    shenno wrote: »
    Do you know any places that do outside school grinds for ag science

    That depends on what part of the country you are in


  • #5
    shenno
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 76 ✭✭shenno


    In Dublin city. Do you know if the institute do them or would I have to get a one on one grind


  • #6
    rainbowtrout
    Registered Users Posts: 15,381 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    shenno wrote: »
    In Dublin city. Do you know if the institute do them or would I have to get a one on one grind

    Ring the institute. It's the fastest way to find out


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