Schols Schols Schols, information and venting thread.

evercloserunion wrote: »

Aye. I haven't been studying at a schols level at all so far this year. Between now and beginning of next term I will be putting in as many hours as possible in the library down here (Wexford) covering what we've done so far and getting it proper sorted, and hopefully putting myself a bit ahead. Then it's bye bye Pav, hello Berkely. Hopefully it's not too late. How about you guys, have you been putting in tat extra study?

Anywho, Law which AFAIK entails:
Constitutional Law II
Contract Law
EC Law
Criminal Law
Tort Law

Big up the Wexford massive!
Where abouts in Wexford are you from, and what year are you in? I've a few wexfordian mates doing law in first year.

evercloserunion wrote: »

Out near Kilmore. Nailer, I've definitely heard that name before! I think I may know (or have known at some stage) a few of your group. (Including one guy I used to argue with about communism a lot on Bebo, wouldn't happen to be you would it?)

Haha, it would indeed! Conor/Nailer, whatever suits really, but yeah, im the guy who had many a heated debate with you over the pros and cons of communism on bebo. Alan, right?
Small e-world.

Good luck vibes to you all...

English-y tips: oh, god, the exams are scary. But fun. But scary. But fun. The questions are usually pretty vague rather than super-specific in terms of texts, but sometimes difficult - know a fair bit about the context of the texts you're looking at so as to be able to make the questions work for you, and keep an eye out in the past papers for the sections where questions tend to be of a 'answer with reference to any TWO texts' sort.

Also, and this is just my personal opinion (and because I suck at literary theory): you've a better chance of being able to impress the markers with a close reading of a text than by answering questions which require a more general overview of an entire field. My logic for this is that the people marking are always going to know more about, say, Literature and Sexuality or American Literature or whatever, because it's probably what they've written books on or taught since the dawn of time, but you do have a decent chance of bringing new insights to a text (or a new synthesis of previous criticism, or whatever).

And it helps a lot to be super-enthusiastic about the texts you're writing about - so pick the ones you really like (regardless of length; also easier to find new things to say about the long ones) rather than going for a 'oh, I bet everyone's going to look at Text X, I'll do this one to be different!' kind of approach.

I think I've probably said it somewhere on this thread before, but Schols-studying can sometimes be fun and a chance to be a little self-indulgent in your reading, so I really hope that you find that at least a teeny-tiny bit in between the inevitable nervous breakdowns et al.

cookiemonst3r wrote: »

Got my timetable today...Geometry is on Friday the 13th!! thank God I'm not superstitious

Not sure if this has been asked already but what happens if you apply to do schols but don't turn up to the exams??

Honestly, not much. No formal penalty. But if you're in a small class and you know you're not going to turn up, do make the effort and withdraw formally; you might be the only one sitting the paper and the only reason one has been drawn up.

Podge_irl wrote: »

No one can answer that question except yourself. You're the only one who knows how much study you need to do.

Erroneous.

OP-the answer to your question is 7 to 1 are your chances. Looking good.
Glad to help. :pac:













*This post is dedicated to Shay and his penchant for making lists.

I have a slightly unsettling issue; too many notes made and not enough space in my brain for them! Or time to stretch the cranium to slot 'em all in. All that time wasted reading new stuff instead of revising.

My timetable is a lot nicer than I was expecting from jamming two subjects together, no afternoon exams and not too many days in a row, although I will need an entire weekend of sleep after week 2. If Sir Ophiuchus is who I think he is, hello timetable buddy!