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Repeating the Leaving Cert- what subjects?

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  • 13-08-2014 12:58pm
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    Rjmcguinness
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭


    I've just got my results, and unfortunately they aren't good enough for what I wanted, so I'm going to repeat the Leaving Cert. I want to do medicine, so I know that I need two sciences. I didn't do terribly in anything except French, but I need higher to get the course I really want.

    The subjects I did this year are:

    English
    HL Maths
    French
    History
    Biology
    Chemistry
    Physics

    I really don't want to repeat French and English at higher level, but I know I'll have to do them in ordinary.

    The subjects I'm thinking of doing next year are:

    OL English
    OL French
    Biology
    Chemistry
    Physics
    HL Maths

    However I need two more subjects and that means I'll be doing 8 subjects to repeat my leaving cert. It seems like too much, especially if I have to focus on the HPAT as well.

    I only need a minimum of a d3 in OL French and English, but would it be better to bump one of them up to higher level so I don't have to do 8 subjects?

    I got a B2 in History, but I'm not too sure whether to repeat that and see if I could get an A1.
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    aimzLc2
    Registered Users Posts: 662 ✭✭✭aimzLc2


    Hi, sorry you didn't get what you wanted, if you have any questions about repeating ,feel free to pm and i'll try to help :)

    Firstly why do you not want to repeat french and english at higher?
    I'd advise you to avoid ordinary if possible while repeating -you still need to put in the work for them so i kind of see it as a waste of time as you won't be counting them.(i know you need it as a requirement though) i'd prefer to use my time to do higher english and french than use the time doing ordinary english,french + another 2 subjects if you get what i mean.
    I understand that you may find those two really difficult compared to other subjects but 8 subjects is just so many :eek:
    If it was me i would definitely try to do one of them or even both:confused: at higher so you would only have 6 subjects?
    you know yourself though,if you are really weak in say french maybe stick with ordinary and then do history! If you did that well in it already ,i could definitely see you bringing that up.

    sorry for the long post ..what i'm saying is i think 7 subjects ,biology,chemistry,physics,maths, history, english at higher, and ordinary french may work best.
    Hopefully someone else will post here for a second opinion, best of luck anyway!


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    AtomicKoala
    Registered Users Posts: 881 ✭✭✭AtomicKoala


    Could you please tell us your results? Including your HPAT :)

    Also the 2015 English course is very different from that of 2014. Unless you are an A1 candidate I would leave that go. Do the exam at OL on the day. Unless you have an exemption you'll have to do Irish too (matriculation requirements for Med have to be obtained in the one year).

    Do French at HL I would say.


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    Rjmcguinness
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭Rjmcguinness


    My results were:

    French: D2 (I really messed up this subject)
    History: B2
    Chemistry: B3
    Biology: A1
    Physics: B3
    English: C2
    Maths: B3

    HPAT: 163... It wasn't very good, but hopefully it might get better next year

    Also I have an exemption from Irish :) I moved here 3 years ago so I didn't have to do it.


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    mentos_0097
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    hi I'm going to be repeating this year as well as I wouldn't be too worried about English if I were you. I looked up the 2015 syllabus and the only thing that you have to newly learn with be othello if you did macbeth last year or whatever. The paper one exam will be the same and only some of paper 2 is new.


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    mentos_0097
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭mentos_0097


    I'll be doing the same 7 subjects all at higher. I suggest you do the same and maybe consider grinds if you feel that you worked really hard in a certain subject but nothing came out of all those hours of studying. good luck with everything anyway!


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    JF77
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭JF77


    Hi all, I am looking for advice on whether i should repeat the leaving cert this year. I am definitely repeating the Hpat as i didn't score high enough this year.

    My grades and subjects(all higher) are as follows:
    Biology A2
    Chemistry A2
    Economics A2
    English A2 (Not counted)
    French A1
    Irish A2
    Maths B1

    This gives me 570 but i looked at my scripts on Saturday and have very good chances of going up to an A2 in Maths (I was 7 points off and wasn't awarded any marks for one of questions which is correct according to my teacher and is worth 10 marks). I also hope to move my biology up to an A1 (I was 5 points off and again filled in an apparent discrepancy form which should hopefully be brought up) These new grades would bring me up to 585. The question i have is if i should repeat.

    I scored 163 in the hpat (70th percentile) but was very disappointed as was hoping for 80/90th. I probably didn't work hard enough on my hpat but i'm willing to work very hard on hpat this year.


    To sum it up, is 585 too low a leaving cert to get medicine? Should i repeat both the Lc and hpat?

    Many thanks


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    Beca19
    Registered Users Posts: 337 ✭✭Beca19


    JF77 wrote: »
    Hi all, I am looking for advice on whether i should repeat the leaving cert this year. I am definitely repeating the Hpat as i didn't score high enough this year.

    My grades and subjects(all higher) are as follows:
    Biology A2
    Chemistry A2
    Economics A2
    English A2 (Not counted)
    French A1
    Irish A2
    Maths B1

    This gives me 570 but i looked at my scripts on Saturday and have very good chances of going up to an A2 in Maths (I was 7 points off and wasn't awarded any marks for one of questions which is correct according to my teacher and is worth 10 marks). I also hope to move my biology up to an A1 (I was 5 points off and again filled in an apparent discrepancy form which should hopefully be brought up) These new grades would bring me up to 585. The question i have is if i should repeat.

    I scored 163 in the hpat (70th percentile) but was very disappointed as was hoping for 80/90th. I probably didn't work hard enough on my hpat but i'm willing to work very hard on hpat this year.


    To sum it up, is 585 too low a leaving cert to get medicine? Should i repeat both the Lc and hpat?

    Many thanks
    If I were you I wouldn't do it.. even if you get 625 (which will be a massive amount of time and effort) it will only bring you up 8 points more than what you would get with 585. And there's no guarantee you'll get 625.
    585 is an excellent score and if you improve even marginally on your hpat you should have a very good chance of getting it this year.
    It's up to you though really, good luck and congrats on your LC!


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    Export
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    Go with the English, Irish, Maths, Biology and History. Take Home Economics. 6 subjects. 6A1s easy.


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    JF77
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭JF77


    Beca19 wrote: »
    If I were you I wouldn't do it.. even if you get 625 (which will be a massive amount of time and effort) it will only bring you up 8 points more than what you would get with 585. And there's no guarantee you'll get 625.
    585 is an excellent score and if you improve even marginally on your hpat you should have a very good chance of getting it this year.
    It's up to you though really, good luck and congrats on your LC!

    Thank you for your prompt reply. I've talked to a lot of people and i should hopefully get nuig even with a 72% hpat score which is a very small improvement from this year.
    I've already enrolled in a repeating school so I think that I should at least start that until the rechecks come up, if they come up!
    I do agree with you that it would take a colossal effort to get 625 and that might deter from my hpat score. Realistically if I repeated and did come up, the highest u think I'd get would be 600/610 which for an awful lot of work, only counts for 3 more points
    Thank you again for your response and hopefully the second examiners will be kind to me! :)


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    oncex
    Closed Accounts Posts: 505 ✭✭✭oncex


    Are you applying to the UK jf77?


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    JF77
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭JF77


    @oncex I'm not quite sure as of yet. To be honest, i don't think so. I'd rather go to Scotland (free fees and all) but from what I've heard, it's quite difficult but if i wasn't repeating my leaving, i guess i would have a lot of free time. :)

    Do you know anyone who has applied to the Uk successfully or do you plan or doing so?

    I lived in England for 10 years and i have lots of family friends over there so i wouldn't be completely closed to the idea of studying there. My best friend over there is actually applying for medicine but her AS results (5th year exams) might not be good enough. She got 2A's and 2B's but probably needs 4A's :(


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