Viewing the scripts

tolosenc

It's this weekend. Has anyone heard about times/dates etc.?

cocoa

yep, I'm saturday morning. Does anyone else find it kind of weird/amusing that they won't allow you bring any sort of recording equipment in with you? *shrug*

Your Man

in my school its friday 6-9 saturday and sunday, dunno if every school is different though?

cocoa

oh! hmmm, I never realised that... In my school there will be script viewing on friday evening, saturday morning and saturday afternoon but each student is assigned one viewing period and can only view their scripts in that time.

Naikon

I am going to view mine on 2nd september.

cookiemonst3r

i havent heard anything yet... did ye get a letter in the post??

sd123

cookiemonst3r wrote:

i havent heard anything yet... did ye get a letter in the post??

At the bottom of the form you fill in there were three dates. This was sent back to me with one ticked and i was told to come in then, fri between 6 and 9 pm. Also, the postcard must be brought in to be given access to your papers afaik

cookiemonst3r

just got mine this morning... thanx! was just gettin kinda worried

Corruptedmorals

Friday 6-9.

E92

Friday 6-9 for me too.

Will the marking schemes be available in there?

Corruptedmorals

Yep, to check your paper against. You're allowed a calculator, to add up marks I suppose, but no phones or 'writing instruments'.

Naikon

Just a thought, is it necessary/ideal to bring a teacher along?
I mean I am not a teacher, so I don't know how to judge papers like Business etc besides incorrectly totted up marks, If I deserved a better/worse mark
I think I might just go along by myself tbh.

D. Coughlan

Naikon wrote:

Just a thought, is it necessary/ideal to bring a teacher along?
I mean I am not a teacher, so I don't know how to judge papers like Business etc besides incorrectly totted up marks, If I deserved a better/worse mark
I think I might just go along by myself tbh.

I looking at all my eight papers, so it would be a bit much to ask all my teachers to come in. Most of them would probaly be busy anyway. Are many people still waiting on their times, i still haven't got mine?

tolosenc

I haven't heard anything yet... Should I be worried?

TheInvisibleFie

I wouldn't be worried obl. It's not like it's the department sending them all out together. It's the individual school so yours might just be taking a while. Nothing to worry about.

I got mine for Saturday morning for English. I didn't want to look but my teacher told me too. I'm just bringing a calculator.

btothei

D. Coughlan wrote:

I looking at all my eight papers, so it would be a bit much to ask all my teachers to come in. Most of them would probaly be busy anyway. Are many people still waiting on their times, i still haven't got mine?

u can only bring ONE teacher for all ure papers......ie u need t bring a teacher with expertise in as many subjects as possible

jst lettin u kno as u wud hav gotten quite a shock if u found dis out minutes before

carlowboy

obl, don't worry, as far as I know, every single script you did is being sent to the school anyway.

JSK 252

btothei wrote:

u can only bring ONE teacher for all ure papers......ie u need t bring a teacher with expertise in as many subjects as possible

jst lettin u kno as u wud hav gotten quite a shock if u found dis out minutes before

Sources Please. I dont believe this rubbish as my sister a few years ago viewed all of her papers and brought in a good few teachers into the viewing room with her. Obviously she was only allowed 1 teacher at a time. They werent strict about it what so ever.

Could you try to brush up in your spelling a bit as I HATE people who write "U" instead of "you".

ethernet

I think you can bring in only one person per script, not one person for the whole lot.

Just got the slip yesterday. Got the Friday session from 6:00-9:00 pm.

im...LOST

Friday from 6-9 for me. My Engineering teacher will be there because he's the coordinator for the viewing of the scripts.

I dunno about my maths teacher though.

cookiemonst3r

what are you allowed to bring in?? do they give u a marking scheme when you're in there??

shazzyshaz

i heard they do....
do the teachers come in anyway without having to be asked...surely they do??

cocoa

shazzyshaz wrote:

i heard they do....
do the teachers come in anyway without having to be asked...surely they do??

again, as with teachers coming in to hear results, it is not a given that they will be present, they are not obligated to do so.

I know teachers in my school made it clear that if you wanted them to view your script and help you decide, you had better get in touch and ask them politely.

ZorbaTehZ

As a point of interest, who is getting papers checked even though they don't need (potentially extra) points?

JBoyle4eva

I was given my slip the day of the results. My principal was there so it was all done and sorted by the time i left with my results. Thinking back, i wish i applied for English. I'd loved to see how the marks went.

dan719

ZorbaTehZ wrote:

As a point of interest, who is getting papers checked even though they don't need (potentially extra) points?

I am, getting both Economics(A2) and English (C2) rechecked, economics should have been an A1 and English at least an A2. Am also considering having German(A2) rechecked, will look at script first.

cocoa

I don't know I'm getting anything rechecked, I haven't viewed my scripts ...

I'm viewing English (consistent A2 or higher and got a B1) and Chemistry (got an A2 but I reckon I rock more than that :P)

would be nice to higher english and have straight As :P

carlowboy

Really having a look at everything, just to see how I did.

JC 2K3

ZorbaTehZ wrote:

As a point of interest, who is getting papers checked even though they don't need (potentially extra) points?

I don't see the sense in doing that tbh. I mean you're potentially risking losing €37 for a chance of a small amount of extra satisfaction which will last about a month before no one gives a **** what points you got in the LC anymore(actually, by the time you get the results of the appeal, it's likely that no one will give a **** at that stage anyway, so....).

Like, I personally think I was pretty unlucky not to get an A1 in maths, but an A2 isn't exactly a disaster, I have my course, and, while I'm viewing it out of curiousity(/I filled out the form impulsively on the day, right now I'm not looking forward to missing my lie in on Saturday), there's no way I could be arsed to have it rechecked.

ZorbaTehZ

JC 2K3 wrote:

Like, I personally think I was pretty unlucky not to get an A1 in maths, but an A2 isn't exactly a disaster, I have my course, and, while I'm viewing it out of curiousity(/I filled out the form impulsively on the day, right now I'm not looking forward to missing my lie in on Saturday), there's no way I could be arsed to have it rechecked.

And if you see that you should of been awarded an A1? I find that hard to believe tbh.

And next time you decide to go on one of your expletive-licious rants, you might read the post twice - because I said nothing about me getting viewings/checks, I got 590 why would I.

JC 2K3

Ah now, 2 expletives is hardly expletive-licious.

And I don't see where I directed that at you personally. Sure, I quoted you, but the rant was directed universally.

And although I would, of course, consider getting a recheck if there were a glaring correction error on my Maths paper, I really don't think I would bother actually getting one.

ethernet

ZorbaTehZ wrote:

As a point of interest, who is getting papers checked even though they don't need (potentially extra) points?

Right here. Probably won't have any rechecked but do want to look. Think of it as window-shopping. Would regret it if I didn't look while I have the chance. Just curious really. Wouldn't have minded getting a little higher in one subject though.

marco murphy

Just to clear up. One Student + One Other Person for EACH viewing.

tolosenc

I still haven't been given times. Should I be worried?

JBoyle4eva

obl wrote:

I still haven't been given times. Should I be worried?

give your school a ring tomorrow. Someone there surely knows whats happening (Or isn;t? )

Hopefully, they do have the forms sent out otherwise it'll be appealing exams without viewing them.

Jackie-B

Doesnt hurt to view and when you do, you get a fair idea if you need to get anything rechecked cos you have the marking scheme there and one of your teachers. Was 10 points off what I needed last year got three subjects checked, went up in maths and geog and got my 10 points.
So it was defo worth doin:D

Bluefox21

Did anybody get a different day then friday I mean I haven't come across one person who has! and I lost my little slip I presume that won't cause any problems and yes I would be getting worried if it wasn't sent out yet coz if it didn't reach the principle the scripts won't be there for you to see!!!!!!!!

Enemy Of Fate

Bluefox21 wrote:

Did anybody get a different day then friday I mean I haven't come across one person who has! and I lost my little slip I presume that won't cause any problems and yes I would be getting worried if it wasn't sent out yet coz if it didn't reach the principle the scripts won't be there for you to see!!!!!!!!

I'm in on Saturday afternoon.....go me!

D. Coughlan

I am 9 am saturday, far too early

Corruptedmorals

Eh to the person who lost the slip, it says you need it to gain entry to your papers. I'd be looking frantically if I were you. I got Friday, but there's 2 sessions on Saturday, why would you be worried if you got a different one to other people..?

Shox

i got 600, but still viewing all my scripts.. just very curious rely.
Got an a2 in chemistry which i felt was my most certain a1 before the results. Don't know if i'd bother rechecking it, i no dat 37 is refunded if your right but by the time they are out, its all a distant memory anyway!!!

Corruptedmorals

Shox wrote:

i got 600, but still viewing all my scripts.. just very curious rely.
Got an a2 in chemistry which i felt was my most certain a1 before the results. Don't know if i'd bother rechecking it, i no dat 37 is refunded if your right but by the time they are out, its all a distant memory anyway!!!

Oh please, don't recheck it. Seriously, that's just being a wanker, clogging up the system for people who actually need the recheck results. Look at your papers by all means, I've no problem with that.

Selphie

Corruptedmorals wrote:

Oh please, don't recheck it. Seriously, that's just being a wanker, clogging up the system for people who actually need the recheck results. Look at your papers by all means, I've no problem with that.

Its a shame, but you're gonna get so many people who do that, just for "self-satisfaction" or some other stuff. And its so stupid really, because when the rechecks do come back, in October, they're just gonna say, "meh, I went up," or "meh, I stayed the same," and if they say to someone then, "Oh I actually got 600, rather than 590" who is really going to care? No-one in college thats for sure! My boyfriend rechecked his maths last year, because he was "sure" he deserved an A1. So, he spends 37 euros on a recheck...he gets his course on second round offers, starts college.....recheck comes back, he says, "oh, I stayed the same," and it's all a big pointless waste of time. You cant really fault people for wanting to make the most of all their hard work that they put in during the year, but it just seems like nothing more than a pointless ego-stroking exercise at the end of the day. Still, there'll be SO many people do it.

Thomas_S_Hunterson

Well the leaving cert isn't solely about the CAO. There's nothing wrong with wanting to get the mark you deserve. Maybe it is just ego-stroking, but it's ego-stroking in the exact same way that any competitive activity is ego stroking.

Personally, i'm only appealing to get an entrance scholarship, but I can completely understand anyone appealing for no other reason than just to get a mark that they feel they deserved.

As for clogging up the system, that's a stupid argument. One could just as easily say that people who missed out on their courses and are appealing are clogging up the system just because they feel hard done by the system when in reality they're not good enough.

D. Coughlan

Sean_K wrote:

Well the leaving cert isn't solely about the CAO. There's nothing wrong with wanting to get the mark you deserve. Maybe it is just ego-stroking, but it's ego-stroking in the exact same way that any competitive activity is ego stroking.

Personally, i'm only appealing to get an entrance scholarship, but I can completely understand anyone appealing for no other reason than just to get a mark that they feel they deserved.

As for clogging up the system, that's a stupid argument. One could just as easily say that people who missed out on their courses and are appealing are clogging up the system just because they feel hard done by the system when in reality they're not good enough.

Ah, that's a bit harsh there isn't it !
Nobody is clogging up the system, the date for the results is set for the 10th October, no matter how many appilcations there is, five weeks from the deadline from applications. Appeal if you think after viewing your script that you are entitled to a higher grade. People should get what they deserved for the work they put in and not to be cheated by a mistake by the correcter

Thomas_S_Hunterson

D. Coughlan wrote:

Ah, that's a bit harsh there isn't it !

Sorry, I didn't mean it in that tone, I just meant it to highlight that it is just as legitimate for a 600 point student to appeal a subject as it is for a 100 point student to appeal a subject.

ZorbaTehZ

Ok, I know shag-all about the rechecking process - but if someone aiming for a scholarship ended up with extra points after a recheck, wouldn't it be October at that stage and the scholarships would already have been given out?

carlowboy

D. Coughlan wrote:

Ah, that's a bit harsh there isn't it !
Nobody is clogging up the system, the date for the results is set for the 10th October, no matter how many appilcations there is, five weeks from the deadline from applications. Appeal if you think after viewing your script that you are entitled to a higher grade. People should get what they deserved for the work they put in and not to be cheated by a mistake by the correcter

Good post. Agree 100%. You should get what you deserve in the Leaving Cert, whatever points you deserve.

Thomas_S_Hunterson

ZorbaTehZ wrote:

Ok, I know shag-all about the rechecking process - but if someone aiming for a scholarship ended up with extra points after a recheck, wouldn't it be October at that stage and the scholarships would already have been given out?

In UCD they wait till after the rechecks to hand out the cheques. So that'll hopefully keep me going until christmas, provided I get 10 more points:D

Corruptedmorals

I think there should be a 'priority' system and a slower one for the satisfaction people. I just think the way the system is, that a lot of colleges won't accept people if they get the course on rechecks because it's too late. If it was just people appealing for points, obviously it could be done a lot faster. And yeah, I think appealing if you have 600 is just ridiculous, yes one subject only got the A2, but €37 just to see it almost definitely stay the same? Won't make a difference to the 600 point max.

ZorbaTehZ

I would have agreed with the poster above a few days ago but I think I've changed my mind. I guess the key issue is receiving the point score/grades you deserved, and if a mistake has been made, then a student should get it rechecked even if he received 600 or 590 or a score 10 points below what he needed.