Welcome Leaving Certs 2009! :D

Poxyshamrock

Guess this is our place now.
Whoever thought it would come this fast?

This is where we'll ask about points, places and pres.
and in a year, our results. :eek:

Hello and Welcome. :pac:

Piste

Heh, there are a good few threads with 2009 LC students getting stressed already.

/me looks at date

Did someone go and steal Christmas again?

KnifeWRENCH

Ha! Ye'll NEVER be as cool as the class of '07. FACT :cool:

*does '70's disco moves*

Ricky91t

well thanks for bringing this up!:pac:
Im so not excited
TBH im sick of school at this point it keeps dragging on

BaRcOe

Its too early to be getting 2009 leaving cert students worried!!

Why would yo mention leaving cert for them, the summer isnt even over!!!!



Post sometime when ya'll are back at school!!

Gavin "shels"

Ppppfffffff not back in school till 26th August I'll think about it then.:D

~Candy~

lol...:pac:

*sigh*..i want to live in this summer :P
so not ready but the leaving cert
but hey bring it on!!:p


:owoohoo..

KeyLimePie

hahhahaha sucks to be ye!!!oh wait no im repeating french oh joy..

phasers

I bought most of my exam papers yesterday, I wanted to cry :pac:

Jello

Sh*t. Just realised I'm back in 11 days. That summer went way too quick.

1huge1

Poxyshamrock wrote: »

Guess this is our place now.
Whoever thought it would come this fast?

This is where we'll ask about points, places and pres.
and in a year, our results. :eek:

Hello and Welcome. :pac:

Hey poxy, its not a bad year really (though I am glad its over!), I knew id see ya on this board sooner or later.
Most people don't really start studying till after the pre's so I wouldn't let it bother ya too much.
I recommend going to grinds on a saturday in Limerick tutorial and for study classes, really helped me.

King Ludvig

Welcome to your new home! I kept a seat warm for someone!! Its actually pretty helpful this place

crunchycorner

Only came across this place a few weeks ago + i'm so glad i did!! Its been so helpful already....it's really made me think about how hard i have to work this year....not that i'm lookin foward to it or anything, but i have a fair idea of what to expect now.

I'm also really glad to see i'm not the only one kinda freakin out about goin into 6th year:p

rhapsody!

Hullo woeful people.
Odd that it's quite possible some of us will end up in the same courses maybe next year...
dun dun duun!

It's possible!!

I can't wait to get it out the way though, I don't need many points for my course so I'm hoping I'll get it lol. Ah well, year away yet. =]

9 months of school WOO.. then exams.. but then WOOO! xD

Niamh-17

Hello fellow leaving certs of '09! Im niamh.....thought id introduce myself ;)well im looking forward to going into leaving,.........yeah il probably regret that, but im excited about trying to establish a new study routine for myself and work hard to achieve good grades.

Im pleased to meet you all lol

timmywex

Ohohohoh, heres the plan, im not going to spend much time here, im going to spend it studying! But lets be honest, that just wont work......its worth a try, so if you dont see me, thats where i am...in my room.....probably bed rather than studying though!

*belle*

Welcome.
Best of luck to ye all.

Ill be leaving soon........:( the end of an era and all that.
It will be weird not to have to think about the LC again.Ha but tbh its also a pretty good feeling;).

1huge1

You'll probably find yourself coming on here and reading through topics about people who are on about finding it hard to study, you'll be able to relate to so many people here that you'll become more and more addicted as the months go by...
Well thats what happened to me, finally starting to move away from this addictive yet very helpful place.

Jack Sheehan

Ugh, don't bloody remind me. Anyone else do no work last year?

nycman

Dear LC Students,Welcome to the most stressful year of your life:(....(so far):(:(
Not being one to discourage,I wish all of you the best of luck in the upcoming year.Believe the hype its horrible.:D

My best advice to you would be to do a little bit every night,especially with regards to languages. When it comes to English poetry,make sure you write a PERSONAL response.


I'm writing this reply while anxiously awiating my CAO offer:eek: so I know what I'm talking about.


So good luck and enjoy,it only comes once.

banjopaul

Ah come on, the summer's not even over yet! Can we not have a little more fun before the 26th?!:D I'm sure I'll be back here come september but until then I'm enjoying the last few days of freedom!

JSK 252

Might aswell introduce myself if I havent already. My name is James and Im hoping for Pharmacy, UCC next year.:) Im also an alcoholic;) Anybody else?

*whos next in the circle of chairs*

Niamh-17

Im between Education Psychology, Speech and Language Therapy or a Psychology course in general.........not sure yet!

Il be interested to look at the newspaper tomorrow to see how points change for courses.

donmeister

Jack Sheehan wrote: »

Ugh, don't bloody remind me. Anyone else do no work last year?

+1 :rolleyes:,still ended up getting what I wanted in college,so its all good!:D

Plug-me-in

Wow, you lucky lucky people, i only found this place in May last year, so i had about a month of helpful addiction before i had to cut the wires!


(new username etc.. old account just HAD to be deleted for the sake of the LC!)

Make wise decisions, use your initiative, and LISTEN TO YOUR TEACHERS!!

Also, when you feel like no-one else you know understands you, log in here ... At least reading the endless posts about others and their apparent lack of study will make you feel like you're actually doing something with yourself!


Anyways, best of luck LCer's of 2009, it's only nine months of your life, a bit of hard work pays off!!

rhapsody!

JSK 252 wrote: »

Might aswell introduce myself if I havent already. My name is James and Im hoping for Pharmacy, UCC next year.:) Im also an alcoholic;) Anybody else?

*whos next in the circle of chairs*

I too want to go to UCC (to do Zoology) so I might see you there next year! lol *waves*

Fad

JSK 252 wrote: »

Might aswell introduce myself if I havent already. My name is James and Im hoping for Pharmacy, UCC next year.:) Im also an alcoholic;) Anybody else?

*whos next in the circle of chairs*

My name is Conor and i hope to do either Radiation Therapy or Science in TCD next year, i am a crystal meth addict :pac:

Damn going back to school so early, going to a gig the night before, Wednesday will not be pleasant. Going back early will be worth it though, with our monster St.Patricks Day weekend.

aine-maire

I'm already freaking out! *panics* I know it's early, but I still don't know what I want to do..............................:(
Wow, last year of school though, how strange?! Didn't feel like it would ever come!

crunchycorner

I know what u mean, doesn't feel like 5 years since i started secondary school!:(

I'm Claire btw, i'd like to study medicine or science..........its sooo hard to make up my mind!!:(:(

Fad

crunchycorner wrote: »

I know what u mean, doesn't feel like 5 years since i started secondary school!:(

I know, feels like at least 10:pac:

2nd and 3rd felt like theyd never end for me, im pretty much looking foward to 6th year, its meant to pass the quickest.

rhapsody!

Same. My friends all say 6th year flies.

Niamh-17

Yeah i heard 6th year goes very fast but I also found 5th year went very fast as well, but i was looking back over everything we have done and its true to say an awful a lot of stuff is covered in 5th year and 6th year is spent mostly on revision.

Yuugib

JSK 252 wrote: »

Im also an alcoholic;) Anybody else?

Boardoholic maybe? :rolleyes:

HouseHippo

I can't bare to think about it. I already feel sick at the thought of exams....
I cried during my JC exams had to leave the room, can only imagine how i'll be for the leaving:(

Piste

I found 1-5th year all passed very quickly for me!



What exactly has people stressed at this stage? Is it feeling not smart enough? Not having enough time?

HouseHippo

Piste wrote: »

I found 1-5th year all passed very quickly for me!



What exactly has people stressed at this stage? Is it feeling not smart enough? Not having enough time?

Both and more

timmywex

May aswell join the circle,

Niall, from wexford, engineering omnibus in ucd perhaps! Ill have to try to cut down on the whole alco thing when school starts, it wont mix well!

Piste

HouseHippo wrote: »

Both and more

Well as far as time goes you have from End of August/Beginning September til June 2009, same as everyone else so you have plenty of time if you start studying right away, and if you're really very worried you can do some study now towards the end of the Summer, if you put in work from the start you wont feel pushed for time


How have you done in school so far, have you done well? Are you looking for high points? You might be really underestimating yourself!

HouseHippo

Piste wrote: »

Well as far as time goes you have from End of August/Beginning September til June 2009, same as everyone else so you have plenty of time if you start studying right away, and if you're really very worried you can do some study now towards the end of the Summer, if you put in work from the start you wont feel pushed for time


How have you done in school so far, have you done well? Are you looking for high points? You might be really underestimating yourself!

I studied for alot of the summer. Still studying now.


Well I got 10 honours in my junior cert and I do ok. Only thing is I have A.D.D so studying is pretty hard,I prob am but I cant help it. Got a portfolio to do aswell really panicing about that. Hoping for 550-600

Piste

Eep that is a lot of work to do! But you seem very focused and committed so I'm sure you'll push yourself to do well! IS it an art portfolio you're prepapring?

HouseHippo

Piste wrote: »

Eep that is a lot of work to do! But you seem very focused and committed so I'm sure you'll push yourself to do well! IS it an art portfolio you're prepapring?

Tis indeed for NCAD. I have a thread about it in Arts and Crafts.

JSK 252

timmywex wrote: »

May aswell join the circle,

Niall, from wexford, engineering omnibus in ucd perhaps! Ill have to try to cut down on the whole alco thing when school starts, it wont mix well!

Sure a few britneys will calm the nerves and kill a few aswell!:D

I have heard of this "omnibus" in UCD but what does actually involove? Mixtures of subjects?

JSK 252

Fad wrote: »

, i am a crystal meth addict :pac:

Even one better!

JSK 252

Yuugib wrote: »

Boardoholic maybe? :rolleyes:

Its the newest disease to hit the information superhighway!

PurpleFistMixer

Hate dah, I'll be relaxing on a beach in California while yizzer all in school.

I mean, uh...

There's already a thread about advice so I won't go into a "how to approach studying" rant, you'll be sick of the word "study" by May next year, believe me.

However, don't freak out! 6th year is good fun. Your teachers treat you like humans, you'll probably find your year group bonds in weird, possibly-stress induced ways, and walking out of secondary school for the last time is a great feeling, once you get there. Yes, the year will fly, but so long as you don't let it overwhelm you, you'll probably do grand. Even if you don't, it's not the end of the world. The media hypes those exams waaay too much.

Piste

HouseHippo wrote: »

Tis indeed for NCAD. I have a thread about it in Arts and Crafts.

Do you really need 550-600 points for Art though? Or is it just incase you get low marks on your portfolio?



If you do well in the portfolio that should take some pressure of points-wise.

JSK 252

rhapsody! wrote: »

I too want to go to UCC (to do Zoology) so I might see you there next year! lol *waves*

You might well do! Thats what you want to major into in 2nd year Chemical & Biological Sciences? Or do you major in 3rd year?

HouseHippo

Piste wrote: »

Do you really need 550-600 points for Art though? Or is it just incase you get low marks on your portfolio?



If you do well in the portfolio that should take some pressure of points-wise.

Na my back up is psychology in Trinity 545

timmywex

JSK 252 wrote: »

Sure a few britneys will calm the nerves and kill a few aswell!:D

I have heard of this "omnibus" in UCD but what does actually involove? Mixtures of subjects?

Basically, you study general engineering in first year and then you can choose which area you want to go into (civil, mechanical, electronic etc) it means that you dont have to choose when youn go in directly, meaning you can change your mind, and figure out what the courses are actualy about! Its higher points though!

Piste

HouseHippo wrote: »

Na my back up is psychology in Trinity 545

Ah lots of work! Well when you find out if your portfolio got you into NCAD then you'll know if you have to work super hard or if you can ease up a bit.