[dabestman1]

failed accounting inthe mocks, got an A2 in the real thing.

[joseywhales]

failed french english irish and got about 330 in the mocks but i had never done any papers at that stage and I hadn't enough to actually attempt all the questions in any of the papers despite my teachers basically telling me what was coming up. Put in some painful work for a couple of months and got 500 exactly, which was quite lucky as it was the minimum requirement for the course I wanted.
Actually going on a tangent here, although it still might be in someway useful, I then went to university and scraped through all my exams, failed the finals, got to repeat a couple and scraped a 2.1.
scraped into a masters and scraped through that. Scraped into a job and am currently scraping my way around a hedge fund in NY. I'm sure I'll scrape myself somewhere else soon enough.

The point is that now is a great chance for you to establish good habits and organisation that are really what is being tested.

Don't do what I did and be immature and lazy, even if you scrape through it, it'll cause you 3 times the pain for half the reward. In the end I had to use the thought of having to repeat to motivate me, I went from not giving a **** at all to not sleeping, the panic set in about a week from the first exam. I honestly might have killed myself if I had had to endure another year of school, that was the best motivation of all.
University was more,"this single exam is worth about 5k, if someone offered me 5k for an exam I'd ace it so why not this one?"

[luciemc]

Originally Posted by EuropeanSon

It's excellent. There is a very wide variety of stuff you can do (which isn't really the case if you do a TSM by the way), so you'll certainly find an area you enjoy more than others, and if there is one particular area you dislike, we had the option of dropping it at Christmas in first year. The choice gets larger in 2nd year, and gets really large as you get to 3rd year, so you can really specialise too if that's what you want, or get a broader knowledge.

For first semester this year we had:
Linear Algebra I
Introduction to Analysis
Advanced Calculus
Introduction to Mechanics I
Introduction to Statistics I
Mathematical Computation I (C Programming)

You have the option to drop one of the latter 3 at Christmas, I dropped mechanics, and am now doing:
Linear Algebra II
Analysis on the Real Line
Introduction to Group Theory
Introduction to Statistics II
Mathematical Computation II (C++ Programming)

TSM students don't get to do Stats, Mechanics or Computation, or Linear Algebra II, at least not till 2nd year. You could also do theoretical physics, which forgoes Stats, Computation and Group Theory, but does Physics modules too, plus all the other Maths modules. Some of the lecturers are amazing, some are pretty difficult to comprehend, but I suppose you'll get that anywhere.

Trinity in general is just fantastic too, all the societies etc. are great.

yeh TP is first at the moment but I am stuck between them, I just know that it's possible to change from TP to maths.. then there's the TSM maths and economics which I've been told I should do if I don't want to work in academia..which I don't.. ughh too many good courses.. ah well I still have time! thanks for all your help!!

[keeirs]

cant wait for the mock results to come out..i'll admit i didnt try too hard for them but seems to be going fine (apart from the fact i have most definatly failed german & maths paper 1!) we're doing the project maths course which is IMPOSSIBLE. Im aiming for primary teaching which is currently 475 so fingers crossed i'll get it! It's the only thing I want & I really dont want to have to repeat

[Dr. Ring]

Came up 70 points. Went from 460 to 530

[niamhallen]

Originally Posted by EuropeanSon

Here are my results.

Mock Real
English B3 B3
Maths A1 A1
App Maths A2 A1
History C2 A1
Chemistry C1 A1
Accounting A1 A1
Irish B3 B3
German C3 B2
Points 510 580

Any tips for applied maths?

[EuropeanSon]

Originally Posted by niamhallen

Any tips for applied maths?

Do Q9.

Apart from that, general things which you've probably heard before, but which are definitely true, like (i) do as many exam questions as you can, particularly older, more challenging ones and (ii) make sure that, even if you think your answers may be way off, make sure you go through the procedures and method as far as is practicable, as the vast majority of marks don't go for correct answers, but for methods. It's actually possible to get an A without getting a single question right, or so I was told at an Applied Maths revision day last year.

[surfergirl92]

Originally Posted by EuropeanSon

Chemistry: Just did exam papers for a month, very little else, over and over and over till I pretty much knew them by heart. Also had a book of quasi-exam questions, the name of which I cannot recall, which I did too. Just questions, questions, questions.

Any chance you could remember the name of this quasi-exam book of yours?

[surfergirl92]

Originally Posted by keeirs

I really dont want to have to repeat

Me neither...EVER!!It just wouldn't be the same with different people anyway,afer spending 6 years along side your buddies!And all the LC again of course...yuk!4 months,put in the effort and everything will be graaaaaaaaand

[caroline1111]

510 mocks, 550 real thing, went down in two subjects though:
cant remember exactly but something like:
Economics A1 down to A2
Chemistry A2 down to B1
Maths B1 to B1
Spanish B1 to A1
English B2 to A2
Biology B2 to A1
Irish(O) B1 to A2
In my opinion you're better to do poorly in the mocks because in my situation it wasn't that I got lazy in the real thing but I was under too much pressure to do as well as the mocks in the real thing.

[Sophia91]

I cheated my way throuh the mocks by going on boards and all honours every night and finding out the questions for the next days exam......i seriously spent more time doing that then studying! I still managed to fail english but then got an A2 in the real thing!
It depends on the person, but for me I found I was much better not worrying too much about the mocks, as they would have caused a lot of unnecessary stress and worry. I probably would have failed a few subjects as I hadn't studied at all, and then I would have dropped down to pass when I didn't need to!
I got 480 points in the real thing and got my first choice so I'm glad I didn't let the mocks take over!! Good luck everyone!

[cup of tea]

Over Hyped IMO...the quality of correcting in the vast majority of them is embarrassing. Tbh I didn't put a whole lot of effort into them got around the 200mark. Got 470 in the real thing. They are a good indication of time management though. If you run over time in the mock, you can be sure you won't make the same mistake in the real thing.

[EuropeanSon]

Originally Posted by surfergirl92

Any chance you could remember the name of this quasi-exam book of yours?

Sorry, no. I set fire to it, along with several other books of mine which recalled hours of torment, the day the LC finished.

[ozzz]

Irish (Pass) B2-B1
English C2-B3
Maths B2-B2
Chemistry C2-B1
Biology A1-A2
Spanish B3-A2
D.C.G C3-A2

445-510

Its extremely important to practice as many past exam papers as you can for every subject, especially for practical subjects like Maths and DCG.

For foreign languages, I would suggest you learn as much vocab as possible and perfect your grammar. Also practicing aural and oral is very important as they carry nearly half of the marks combined.

For the Sciences, you just need to sit down and learn the theory. There is no easy way around it. If you think you know it, don't just leave it at that, test yourself by doing as many as questions that you can on each topic covered. For Chemistry, practice the Maths questions from different topics regularly as you might forget how to do them on the day.

Any one have any tips on getting an A1 in Accounting?

[Aoifey!]

Originally Posted by EuropeanSon

Sorry, no. I set fire to it, along with several other books of mine which recalled hours of torment, the day the LC finished.

I did the exact same. Had a bonfire and I burnt most of my books and my uniform - Best. Feeling. Ever.


I can't remember exactly what I got in all the mocks, but I pretty much cheated my way through them by getting all the questions on here. I think I got about 300 or so in it.

My biggest changes:

• Maths (O) - C1 to A2
• Biology (H) - E to B2 (worked my ass off for that one!)
• LCVP - Distinction to Merit

Went up to 405. If I had have done the Mocks without cheating I probably would have got about 200 or so. It is definitely possible to go up massively from the Mocks to the real thing.