11 students get 8 A1s

Carsinian Thau

No information about where they're from, who they are etc. yet.
But still...









I feel inferior....

Creamy Goodness

why,

they are no better than you, just because they can memorise stuff and maintain it for 2 weeks in june means ****e.

also no matter what interviews they do for the paper saying "i have a life" doesn't make it true.

fitzgese

why do 8 subjects. imo it is stupid. i got 600 myself and am delighted but i agree that everyone have different levels and points are not everything

genericgoon

Well congrats to them. They obviously went that extra mile to get the ultimate result. In terms of points pretty useless but its a sparkling achievement for them. Also Well done Fitzgese! Incredible. Only (:p) 540 points meself but more than enough for me.

Spyral

8 A1s = no life and 600 points

6a1 = more or a life and 600 points

telling your parents you're joining the priesthood = priceless

there are some things LC points can't buy for everything else there's mastercard


additonally if you get the points to do what you want then be happy. I know a girl who got 500+ she's doing accounting -.-

muppet boy here got 450 and is doing forensics.

so as long as you get the points you need be happy.

besides in the real world the LC isnt really worth sh*t - experience is

Thomas_S_Hunterson

Cremo wrote:

they are no better than you, just because they can memorise stuff and maintain it for 2 weeks in june means ****e.

Or maybe they're just very intelligent.

Admittedly it is possible to do really well by just memorising stuff, but that's doing it the hard way. I know i would have been more than capable of getting 8 A1s had I been bothered to revise before May. I wasn't though, and I had the best year of my life so far and I got 580.

I don't mean it to sound like I'm boasting bu that's my experience of the year. I'm disappointed i didn't reach my full potential...but what i'm trying to say is that you don't have to live in seclusion to get 8 A1s

remus808

One of my friends got 7 A1's, so proud of her!

lucernarian

You did well to get 580 if you started proper revision in May. Not many people can say that.

8 A1s are a bit pointless, and I'd see it as time wasted on one subject.

No one has to do that well to know the potential's there. College is the time to get the highest marks I think.

And homework/bits and pieces of revision will do wonders for LC time. I wish I did my h/w more!!

Marshy

Spyral wrote:

8 A1s = no life and 600 points

6a1 = more or a life and 600 points

All credit to sweeping generalisations :rolleyes:

challengemaster

Spyral wrote:

muppet boy here got 450 and is doing forensics.

out of general interest.. where, and what points are needed?

Agent Smith

think of it as 11 students have no social life

slumped

eoj wrote:

think of it as 11 students have no social life

OR

Think of it as 11 students will will earn significantly more than you over the next 40 years!

Tar.Aldarion

Or else they were just smart and did. I may only have got 7A1s when I did it(people do 8 subjects now, when will it be 9?) but I was drunk half my teenage years. :P

Mars Bar

My friend got 580 points..she didn't study too much. She is a natural genious, if she did study she'd do worse.
She turned around and said to me, "What I got was ridiculous, I hate myself." All she needed was 300 so she didn't study!

genericgoon

slumped wrote:

OR

Think of it as 11 students will will earn significantly more than you over the next 40 years!

Id disagree with both of you. While its likely that someone who did enough study to get 8 As will not have an active social life, they could just be exceptionally gifted or hang out with other intellignet people. On the other hand LC success =/= financial/employment success. Lets just say theyre hard workers and can enjoy this day. What they did to get it and what will happen to them is unknown.

Spud83

slumped wrote:

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Think of it as 11 students will will earn significantly more than you over the next 40 years!

Well that really depends on where they go from here. I dont think they can now walk into a high paying job because of there leaving cert. They got into college, now they have to prove it all over again. I did crap in my leaving cert, didn't try didn't care, but got into college. Finished college top of my year, and I know people who did brill in the LC put picked the wrong course for them and ended up dropping out and they are still trying to figure out what to do.

projectmayhem

slumped wrote:

OR

Think of it as 11 students will will earn significantly more than you over the next 40 years!

not really. there comes a point in certain sectors that your leaving cert is useless. you could have a bloody awful LC but get a great job in IT because you know a lot about the job.

life doesn't begin/end at the LC, it's really just a way into other things.

Taekwon-joe

slumped wrote:

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Think of it as 11 students will will earn significantly more than you over the next 40 years!

I once met a millionaire who failed his leaving cert.

Heinrich

Money is the objective. Get some top LC results, go to Caw-lege, get a big jawb, buy a beamer and spend the rest of your life figuring out why the Brinks van never follows the hearse.

Of course you can annoy and bore all your pals with your straight "A"s. Isn't jealousy a great thing?:rolleyes:
Impressive!

How many srtaight A Lc students does it take to put in a light bulb?:cool:

Spud83

Taekwon-joe wrote:

I once met a millionaire who failed his leaving cert.

Many of the top business men, dropped out of school, failed exams, never went to college.

projectmayhem

Heinrich wrote:

How many srtaight A Lc students does it take to put in a light bulb?:cool:

1, because they've no friends to do it for them

Tar.Aldarion

None, Heinrich the butler does it for them.

Heinrich

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

None, Heinrich the butler does it for them.

Nope, not the butler - mammy does it for them.

How many get to wipe their own derrieres?
See above.:D

Hopkirk

A girl in my school got 8 AI's, I was talking to her. She asked me what I got and said 540, She said congratulations. Then I asked her :rolleyes: :rolleyes: ,

mental07

2 or 3 people in my year (back in the early noughties - man I feel old now) got 600, I remember talking to one of them when we were out that night and asking her what she got in history

Congrats to all who did well and got what they wanted.

JC 2K3

Heinrich wrote:

Money is the objective.

For me it's happiness.....

I dunno about anyone else....

ethernet

You'd want a year out after working that hard at eight subjects. Must be admired. Some achievement. I just hope they managed to strike a good balance in their lives between study and socialising.

genericgoon

JC 2K3 wrote:

For me it's happiness.....

I dunno about anyone else....

Hot womenfolk here I should probably have come up with a better plan

AdMMM

Studies published reveal that graudates of the "premium demand" courses (eg: Medicine, Vetinary Care etc) earn more in their first year of employment than the majority of other graduates. While we can't generalise that students who attain 600 points will earn more than everybody else, we can say that by getting 600 points, those students have the power and ability to choose and persue careers and courses that offer high starting salaries.

WildCardDoW

Fair play, they probably put in a **** load of work, pointless though IMO, it's quite an achievement but despite what people say here, doing well in the LC does not equate to future success.

lemansky

One of my friends was one of the 11.

He has a great social life, hes a great laugh on a night out. Also with my 580, and assuming both of our careers go to plan, we'll be earning the same kind of money.

So really 8 A1s don't mean no social life, and don't mean more money.

po0k

It's 8 A1s.

Silly rabbit.

lemansky

SyxPak wrote:

It's 8 A1s.

Silly rabbit.

Ah thanks for spotting that.

*goes back to edit*

Mushy

My second cousin was one of the people who got 8 A1's. I got 385. Am I jealous...not a bit. I got my first choice. Happiness is the key for me, and sure theres good money in teaching.

eZe^

One of my good friends got his 8 A1s, and tbh throughout the year he didnt strain himself with study, just took it at a nice pace..... Some people can do that!

Squeeonline

I know one of the 11 personally. I will just call him Eamon cos he doesnt know im writing this. He is a machine when it comes to books. He doesnt have the most amount of "street smarts" but he will be fine in anything he choses. Hes going into medicine. I dont know if he will have the personality for it but he will be good at it anyway.

When he got his results, he just shrugged it off as if he already knew. Crazy! Suppose he did get 785 in the MOCKS! insane. Im quite jelous

tolosenc

A mate of mine got 7 A1s and an A2. Not lacking socially either. Still, he's having maths rechecked.

Gangsta

One of the guys who was in my school got 800. He was a sound guy alright, but no he didn't have a life On the other hand, he can say "Ya well I got medicine, the other two were just backup" Fair enough I think.

Mars Bar

He got 800??

Gangsta

mars bar wrote:

He got 800??

Yes.

Mars Bar

How the?

po0k

8x100pts=800

JC 2K3

You can't literally get 700 or 800, it's just a common way of expressing someone getting 7 or 8 A1s(ie. 600 points with 1/2 A1s to spare).

Cateym

slumped wrote:

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Think of it as 11 students will will earn significantly more than you over the next 40 years!

Honestly that is the greatest load of Sh*te I have ever read!! I did a fantastic LC, had my choice of courses (medicine, vetinary,pharmacy etc etc) and ended up making a wrong decision and def don't earn anything like I could have if I had chosen something different. I followed my heart (at least I thought I did!!) and now am relatively unhappy in my career and wondering what am I to do about it.

Get that out of your head now. Big points does not equate to big bucks neccesarily!!! Alot of it is luck! My other halfs course was 420 and he earns as much as a pharmacist does.

jackjack555

I got 600 points but i am by no means a loser with no social life!! It infuriates me when i see so many of you begrudging those who studied to the best of their ability - simply because their capability may be superior to yours.

Also, i agree that maximum points does NOT automatically translate to huge salary and great career. It doesn't. Yet, it shows that that person is ambitious, capable and hard-working.

End of rant............

JC 2K3

Hear hear.

Devil5434

Carsinian Thau wrote:

No information about where they're from, who they are etc. yet.
But still...









I feel inferior....

one of 'em is from my school, her name in Martina and my school is Castleknock Community College

Thomas_S_Hunterson

One of them goes to Rock

lemansky

Squeeonline wrote:

I know one of the 11 personally. I will just call him Eamon cos he doesnt know im writing this. He is a machine when it comes to books. He doesnt have the most amount of "street smarts" but he will be fine in anything he choses. Hes going into medicine. I dont know if he will have the personality for it but he will be good at it anyway.

When he got his results, he just shrugged it off as if he already knew. Crazy! Suppose he did get 785 in the MOCKS! insane. Im quite jelous

I think everyone in our year accepted from day one that he would get that though-i think we all expected it more than him:D

Naikon

If you are capable of 600 and not lazy, go for it:D

spinandscribble

alanmurphy83 wrote:

Many of the top business men, dropped out of school, failed exams, never went to college.

while this may be true of our mothers and fathers its extremely difficult these days to have the same luck. its difficult to get by in any profession these days without business training. on the site experience cant always cut it and far fewer avenues of high paid jobs are left open to you.