Why are you getting a recheck??

turgon

Loads of people here seem to be getting rechecks. Im just wondering for what purpose - personal satisfaction, to make a points band, or simply because you pushed for points for collage.

I got 590, and some of my friends say I should get History rechecked to make 600 for scholarship (and boasting :rolleyes:) purposes. I wonder are there many people in such as a position (for example 495, want 500) around?

I dont think I will btw!!

Mark200

I haven't decided to get any rechecked. I'm gonna have a look at business and English. I'd only get English re-checked if there's a mistake in the calculations, because it'd be very hard for me to decide whether a long piece of writing should have been worth more.

I might get business re-checked, but only if I see somewhere that I'm very confident I should have got more.


And yeah, I got 395 and 400 would be cool hah

raah!

turgon wrote: »

Loads of people here seem to be getting rechecks. Im just wondering for what purpose - personal satisfaction, to make a points band, or simply because you pushed for points for collage.

I got 590, and some of my friends say I should get History rechecked to make 600 for scholarship (and boasting :rolleyes:) purposes. I wonder are there many people in such as a position (for example 495, want 500) around?

I dont think I will btw!!

mmm me too, got 590 also. Was gonna (well had a brief thought of) get apt rechecked, for teh glory (plus I thought I did better). But decided I was just being ridiculous. If you got what you need there's no point.

I am gonna apply for as many grants as possible now that I know I have a good score. Hopefully it's not too late. 590 is plenty for that anyway .

Holsten

Don't forget about the risk that you might actually go down, a bit rare but still happens.

KeyLimePie

i won't vote until you put it "i need a higher grade as it's a marticulation subject"

IceICEbaby

haha, im doing it to push up into the next "band"
Got 395, which i wasnt too happy about (faaar too many C's)
but hey! its enough for what i want:rolleyes:

Gettin English re-checked though, ended up with C2 and i was gutted!!! wanted an A there defo.
The poetry, i admit, was a disaster on the day, but i was still expecting at least a B....:(
Possibly will get business re-checked too, i thought it went great but came out with a C1....grrr

Anyyway, congrats on your results, pretty amazin scores i must say:D

1huge1

KeyLimePie wrote: »

i won't vote until you put it "i need a higher grade as it's a marticulation subject"

same

turgon

KeyLimePie wrote: »

i won't vote until you put it "i need a higher grade as it's a marticulation subject"

Sorry forgot about that. I cant seem to edit the poll though

Mr. Blah

I'm looking at 5 subjects and am more than likely getting 4 rechecked.
Reason: Need more points. I did worse than I did in my Pre and based on what happened in my Pre judged by how I felt I did in the real exam I thought I would climb up in the grades and not drop down in some of my best!

E.g. Never finished the Business Pre (60 marks worth left blank) and had to guess a few answers but got a B3 from a tough correcting teacher. The real thing - didn't have to guess and answered everything. Got a C1!

Got 60% in my Art Batik in the Pre (it was brutal!) and got a B1 overall. Exactly what I wanted came up in the Art History in the real thing and my Batik was VERY much improved. Got a B2.

In LCVP for the Pre I handed up an unfinished project (no CV at all!) and got a Distinction (84% I think overall?). Finished and corrected errors found in the Pre and polished up work... Dropped to a Merit in the real exam! (And the test paper was easy considering I do Honours Business so I doubt that's the problem but will check when I look at them)

And the other two I will look at are English and Maths (I won't appeal Maths unless I spot something obviously wrong but will most likely appeal English also - I am intrigued how my secret lesbian love affair for my english essay was marked )

LayLay

I feel like I should of passed the subject that I'm getting rechecked. I got an E and saying I was shocked by that. I came out of it convinced I had actually done well.

tabouli

I'm going to have a look at Biology and German, only because I really thought they were definite A1's. Although I won't get them rechecked unless there's a glaring obvious mistake.

pedanticwretch

I wanna move up a points band. At 495, want the 500 purely because I set that target for myself and it would give me a huge satisfaction achieving it. Also, got an A2 in Business want the A1. At worst I'm only small amount of marks off.

spillit67

I have my points(i hope) but i feel that i did better in geog than i got-C1. Sure there's no harm viewing anyway i highly doubt ill go down but if my teacher works out i might i wont. I also want to see my A scripts as well as that.

Ri na hEireann

College....

I'm gettin one or two rechecked just because I thought I did better in them. I wasn't going to originally because I got 60points more than I needed but sure it's the principle of it.

Oh and if I got 590 I'd have it rechecked.

Bajingo

I got the points I needed for my course but im still going to look over some of my papers...some just out of curiosity but I feel I deserved higher in some subjects and even though I got the points I wanted I want to make sure I got the grades I deserved...

NU8

Does anyone know how likely it is for a recheck to result in a grade falling?
and also if you fall in points after you have accepted your offer and you know longer have sufficient points will you drop to the next course on your CAO??

Cokehead Mother

NU8 wrote: »

Does anyone know how likely it is for a recheck to result in a grade falling?

Much more rechecks result in a grade rising than falling. But people aren't likely to appeal if they're at say 50% and they were given 3 extra marks in error so it's not like the statistics tell us they're reluctant to decrease grades or anything. Just view your script and you should be able to make a good judgement about whether you'll go up or not. A lot of mistakes in marking will be obvious stuff like not correcting a question or adding up wrong.

NU8 wrote: »

and also if you fall in points after you have accepted your offer and you know longer have sufficient points will you drop to the next course on your CAO??

Nope.

pedanticwretch

only about 9 people dropped down last year after a re-check. That was 9 out of 10,000. There is a possibility of going UP from say a B2 to an A1/2 but the likelihood of dropping from an A1 down to a C1 is as good as impossible. The most you'd go down from a recheck would be 5/10 points. Put it this way, if you get your course by 5 points then don't run the risk of re-checking!!!

To the second part, there are some horror stories about losing your course so don't think your safe yet! A friend of mine who was aiming for Medicine got 565 in the LC. Enough for RCoS at the time. She was offered a place but would not accept it as she was determined to study Medicine at Trinity which was 575. Didn't accept the RCoS offer and got the re-check. She then lost 5 points in French and ended up repeating!!!!!!!!

Just-A-Phase

I went down to my school with the recheck form today, as i want to get english rechecked, while talking to the person dealing with this down there, they said that even if you go up a grade or w/e that it makes no difference to the cao and your college choice for this year and you'd have to wait and apply again next year for the additional points to be recognised. luckily im not relying on points, got enough for my course, just feel i deserved higher in english. does anyone know if she was right about this or wrong as previous to today i wasn't aware of this?

Bajingo

Just-A-Phase wrote: »

I went down to my school with the recheck form today, as i want to get english rechecked, while talking to the person dealing with this down there, they said that even if you go up a grade or w/e that it makes no difference to the cao and your college choice for this year and you'd have to wait and apply again next year for the additional points to be recognised. luckily im not relying on points, got enough for my course, just feel i deserved higher in english. does anyone know if she was right about this or wrong as previous to today i wasn't aware of this?

Firstly I was told that only around 2% or less go down in grades...

In answer to the above she is right and wrong if your paper is rechecked and you get enough points for the course you get offered a place...however that would be six weeks into the course in most cases(trinity would be an exception)which means you could be six weeks behind on notes so most students just re-apply...

hope that helps

Cokehead Mother

pedanticwretch wrote: »

To the second part, there are some horror stories about losing your course so don't think your safe yet! A friend of mine who was aiming for Medicine got 565 in the LC. Enough for RCoS at the time. She was offered a place but would not accept it as she was determined to study Medicine at Trinity which was 575. Didn't accept the RCoS offer and got the re-check. She then lost 5 points in French and ended up repeating!!!!!!!!

The question was whether or not you'll have your offer taken off you after accepting it should your points drop. Had she accepted RCoS and subsequently dropped to 560 then she would not lose her place there.

You will not be asked to leave your course when the appeals come out if your points drop below the cut-off point.

muffinman

Bajingo wrote: »

Firstly I was told that only around 2% or less go down in grades...

Much less.. According to the Herald :P
It was the only article I could find but they say:

The statistical probability of being downgraded is very slight, based on the evidence of the past few years. Last year, 2007, the SEC reported just three downgrades.

http://www.herald.ie/lifestyle/take-care-if-appealing-your-results-1453839.html

I'm really happy with my results but I'm getting my geo B1 re-checked as I felt it was a certain A1.. Just doing it as I felt I deserved it tbh.. Can't hurt..
Plus, according to the same article, of 722 appeals, 212 were upgraded last year.. that's nearly 30% which is a bit of a joke but meh..

aleyra

i'm getting English , Maths and Physics re-checked. i'm 5 pts away from my second choice and 15 from my first.
hopefully the points for my first choice go down and i'll gain a few in the re-check!

In reference to the cao thing, there are usually a few places left on a course(depending on its popularity) as some people drop out or dont take the offer.so you can go in late in the term or they willlkeep a place for you for next year

I got my third option which is luckily in the same college as my first, so if i get enough points i can just switch courses .

philologos

I'm getting a recheck because I was 5 points away from the NUIM scholarship.

tasha1

I'm thinking about getting history and french re checked..

I got a d2 in french and a c1 in history.

But i can't afford for my points to drop and i don't need more but i really think i deserve at least a b3 in history definitely..

armbruster

I'm getting history rechecked - I think the B2 was ill deserved!!!!
I left the exam hall expecting an A2, if I was lucky A1!

GA361

turgon wrote: »

Loads of people here seem to be getting rechecks. Im just wondering for what purpose - personal satisfaction, to make a points band, or simply because you pushed for points for collage.

I got 590, and some of my friends say I should get History rechecked to make 600 for scholarship (and boasting :rolleyes:) purposes. I wonder are there many people in such as a position (for example 495, want 500) around?

I dont think I will btw!!

Whatever about the 590 points,An A2 in History is absolutely excellent.It is damn near impossible to get an A1 in history Imo!

Fair play to ya

NU8

Cokehead Mother wrote: »

You will not be asked to leave your course when the appeals come out if your points drop below the cut-off point.

Thanks for clearing that up. I need an extra 5 points for a scholarship but it's gonna be tight whether I get the course I want or not. Just needed to know if I was taking a risk.

Mermy

turgon wrote: »

Loads of people here seem to be getting rechecks. Im just wondering for what purpose - personal satisfaction, to make a points band, or simply because you pushed for points for collage.

I got 590, and some of my friends say I should get History rechecked to make 600 for scholarship (and boasting :rolleyes:) purposes. I wonder are there many people in such as a position (for example 495, want 500) around?

I dont think I will btw!!

Yeah Im kind of in the same position got 580 but an A2 in history, I got an A1 in the mocks ...I only need 350 pts tho so I dont need to recheck,
Im going to view my script tho to see what I got in each essay and my special topic, if Im really close to an A1 I might send it back...:rolleyes: Not sure though:)

turgon

GA361 wrote: »

Whatever about the 590 points,An A2 in History is absolutely excellent.It is damn near impossible to get an A1 in history Imo!

Fair play to ya

Well got 89% in the mocks, and 5ther were at least two other As in class, on A1. I think there is like a 15% A rate nationwide.

Mermy wrote: »

Yeah Im kind of in the same position got 580 but an A2 in history, I got an A1 in the mocks ...I only need 350 pts tho so I dont need to recheck,

Funny, cas my course is around the same points. Im going to call up to my history teacher tomorrow and see what he says. I would feel like such an elitist arrogant prick though to get it rechecked.

blue-army

BUMP




Did everyone who viewed their papers so far get given the marking scheme in the school?
or will I have to print out one?

fivetwenty

Business was 299 marks out of 400 - 1 more mark = 5 more points!

And off-topic, but reading my English paper I can't believe I got 93 for my Essay which I wrote off the cuff!:D

Bajingo

fivetwenty wrote: »

Business was 299 marks out of 400 - 1 more mark = 5 more points!

And off-topic, but reading my English paper I can't believe I got 93 for my Essay which I wrote off the cuff!:D

Im getting my English papers remarked im sure ill go up..I deserved more than I got...the guy who marked it was a stingey sh1te.

Oh yea and that 299 out of 400 did they not round you up to 75%...

Also, on a better note I got 95% in my geaography well chuffed with that!

for-why?

Getting my english rechecked....only got a B3 and got an A1 in the mocks. I knew I hadnt got an A when I came out after the paper but still expected a bit higher! Viewed it yesterday and my teacher thought the examiner had totally had screwed me over! Have enough for my course, but im only 5 points over. Today im thinkin is it worth the risk of being downgraded? I know its miniscule, but still......

cHaTbOx

for-why? wrote: »

Getting my english rechecked....only got a B3 and got an A1 in the mocks. I knew I hadnt got an A when I came out after the paper but still expected a bit higher! Viewed it yesterday and my teacher thought the examiner had totally had screwed me over! Have enough for my course, but im only 5 points over. Today im thinkin is it worth the risk of being downgraded? I know its miniscule, but still......

That's all i'm saying, if you think you can show you can do way better do it at uni:)

Bajingo

for-why? wrote: »

Getting my english rechecked....only got a B3 and got an A1 in the mocks. I knew I hadnt got an A when I came out after the paper but still expected a bit higher! Viewed it yesterday and my teacher thought the examiner had totally had screwed me over! Have enough for my course, but im only 5 points over. Today im thinkin is it worth the risk of being downgraded? I know its miniscule, but still......

It depends if they mark you down could you lose your course..5 pints isnt a big margin so I probably wouldnt risk it...

thebeertalking

If you've got the points you need, then leave it out!! Don't risk a re-check on something that won't matter a damn in five years, wait, 2 years.

The poll results were funny. More people are concerned with getting what they 'felt they were owed' than getting their course.

Which is more important - enjoying your life, experiencing new things, liking your job and getting on in it, travelling and generally being happy, or an exam that says nothing about the person who sat it.

Have a bit of confidence in yourselves people!! Don't be defined by an exam! The leaving cert is a means to an end, it's there, you have to get through it to get what you want, but once you've got those points, leave it!!!

Like they always say, there's life after the leaving!

philologos

So frustrating. My Business paper was 1 mark away from a B1, and that's why I didn't get 500 points. (not for the sake of it but to qualify for NUIM scholarship) Definetely appealing that.

Ri na hEireann

fivetwenty wrote: »

Business was 299 marks out of 400 - 1 more mark = 5 more points!

And off-topic, but reading my English paper I can't believe I got 93 for my Essay which I wrote off the cuff!:D

299/400 is 74.75% surely you should have been brought up?

Only essays written off the cuff (nearly all of the time anyway) can get that kind of mark....learning essays off for that question defeats the purpose of doing it and usually the examiner will cop on.

philologos

Ri na hEireann wrote: »

299/400 is 74.75% surely you should have been brought up?

They don't round up according to the page they gave us. I got 79.75% (319/400), it's probably because of a quota?

Tea-a-Maria

Well for 2 out of the 3 papers I viewed,it was the teachers and not me who wanted to view them!I'm 1.5% of an A2 in history and if I get an upgrade,I'm eligble for a scholaship.Paying €37 with the chance of gaining €1270 seems like a risk worth taking to me.:P