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Leaving Cert. '11/'12 Off-Topic
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fewtinsoffroth wrote: »We're back tomorrow aswell. My first class is a double free and my English teacher is taking the first month off cause the holidays weren't long enough seemingly. I'll keep my feet up
How do you know your classes if you're not back 'til tomorrow?
Yeah, a few teachers from mine have decided to go on maternity leave starting on the first. :pac:0 -
You'll need a good CV. it's one of the best uni's in the world (second I think). There's far too much demand to let everyone who has 7 As in unfortunately
CV? I'm assuming you're reffering to the personal statement, you don't send a CV or anything.
But generally, their sole requirement is academic potential and interest in your degree (but to a very high level). Yeah, obviously they're looking for extra-curricular stuff, but mostly just things you can relate back to your degree. Drama if you want English Lit, Science Olympiad stuff if you want maths or a science, things like that. Like, I could do guitar and drama and rugby and all the rest, be pretty smart, but the guy who does maths olympiad stuff well will be picked over me every time for a maths/science degree.
But as for me? I'm hoping for maths, and I have my Maths Olympiad participation, summer courses that I did in maths in DCU, some programming and general reading of maths stuff like GEB that I did myself, and a pilot programme where I did a full semester with the undergrads there in TY in Applied Physics and got a 1.1. And obviously I'm putting in a bit of some more general stuff, rowing competitions, all my drama stuff... its so hard to fit stuff in the personal statement!
What about you? I'm guessing you're also going for Cambridge? You got your personal statement done, stress and a half to write them, and in for six weeks time or so
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I am planning on applying via UCAS but I'm not considering it all that seriously. I've done maths olympiad last year and I'll be doing it again this year but I didn't qualify for the team so I'm not sure if that's of much value. Doing STEP will be difficult too as it's on the same week as the leaving cert so I'll need some arrangmenets if I want to do that. And then there's the whole money issue. But yeah I'd love to do maths in cambridge.That Handsome Devil wrote: »CV? I'm assuming you're reffering to the personal statement, you don't send a CV or anything.
But generally, their sole requirement is academic potential and interest in your degree (but to a very high level). Yeah, obviously they're looking for extra-curricular stuff, but mostly just things you can relate back to your degree. Drama if you want English Lit, Science Olympiad stuff if you want maths or a science, things like that. Like, I could do guitar and drama and rugby and all the rest, be pretty smart, but the guy who does maths olympiad stuff well will be picked over me every time for a maths/science degree.
But as for me? I'm hoping for maths, and I have my Maths Olympiad participation, summer courses that I did in maths in DCU, some programming and general reading of maths stuff like GEB that I did myself, and a pilot programme where I did a full semester with the undergrads there in TY in Applied Physics and got a 1.1. And obviously I'm putting in a bit of some more general stuff, rowing competitions, all my drama stuff... its so hard to fit stuff in the personal statement!
What about you? I'm guessing you're also going for Cambridge? You got your personal statement done, stress and a half to write them, and in for six weeks time or so
Edit: and yeah I mean EC stuff and a personal statement. I wish I had done TY now as I could have prepared better for the step, done a maths modelling course in limerick (didn't get in as there were 50 places and they took the older ones first - told me i was first reserve..) and perhaps even got on the irish maths olympiad team. Ah well, there's always post grad.
Just wondering btw - how well did you do in the maths olympiad and how long have you been doing it? What college are you going to for it?0 -
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I'm far too skeptical to say on this seeing as my entire year heard and I'd hate if someone was like omg you're in my year.fewtinsoffroth wrote: »
Let's just say I proclaimed something that was supposed to stay in my mind! 0 -
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First day was..not too terrible.
Craaaaap timetable though.
New principal! She's a ****.
We've got the school crest on the floor infront of the main hall anve we've been telling first years that if they step on it they'll get pregnant. They're so scared! :P
I need a day off..0 -
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Coeurdepirate wrote: »First day. Depression.
Thanks to cut-backs we have no more study classes and the two honours English classes have been joined, so there are like 32 people in my English class.
Thanks to cut-backs our music class are joined with the 5th years ugh.. 0 -
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coffeelover wrote: »Thanks to cut-backs our music class are joined with the 5th years ugh..
How would that work? :O are they doing what you did last year, next year? Or is your teacher splitting her time between ye? 0 -
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coffeelover wrote: »She has no idea what shes going to do Cos there is really no way it will work.
Oh right hopefully everything will work out okay 0 -
I am planning on applying via UCAS but I'm not considering it all that seriously. I've done maths olympiad last year and I'll be doing it again this year but I didn't qualify for the team so I'm not sure if that's of much value. Doing STEP will be difficult too as it's on the same week as the leaving cert so I'll need some arrangmenets if I want to do that. And then there's the whole money issue. But yeah I'd love to do maths in cambridge.
Edit: and yeah I mean EC stuff and a personal statement. I wish I had done TY now as I could have prepared better for the step, done a maths modelling course in limerick (didn't get in as there were 50 places and they took the older ones first - told me i was first reserve..) and perhaps even got on the irish maths olympiad team. Ah well, there's always post grad.
Just wondering btw - how well did you do in the maths olympiad and how long have you been doing it? What college are you going to for it?
Cool! I want to do Maths too!! I did the modelling course in Limerick (such an awesome course) and i did the IrMO too!! :L What subjects you doing? What do you think of the new maths course? I still prefer the old one... more logical which i prefer... Anyone do integration yet/? I love it... doing it in class now!!
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I'm doing Maths, Applied Maths, Economics, Physics, Chemistry, English, German, Irish. I heard the maths modelling was mostly financial models/wall street stuff? Gutted I didn't get it, that sounds awesome.ChemHickey wrote: »Cool! I want to do Maths too!! I did the modelling course in Limerick (such an awesome course) and i did the IrMO too!! :L What subjects you doing? What do you think of the new maths course? I still prefer the old one... more logical which i prefer... Anyone do integration yet/? I love it... doing it in class now!!0 -
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Just wondering what everyone has got covered in higher level maths? Apparently we are seriously behind but I don't see how we're that far behind!
Well we have algebra, coordinate geometry of the line and the circle, trig, diffenciation, intergration,the binomial theorem, induction and geometry......and we started probabily and statistics today....;)0 -
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That's just a bit more than my class!whistlin_boy wrote: »Well we have algebra, coordinate geometry of the line and the circle, trig, diffenciation, intergration,the binomial theorem, induction and geometry......and we started probabily and statistics today....;)
Ouch!Circle, line, algebra and differentiation. Just started trig and we're getting classes before school to catch up Did you have a teacher missing at some point?
Repeating could always be an option for me, I set my standards way too high!just be happy you arent repeating im still wrecked from last year. 0
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