what are you...?

gerardoleary

what course will you be doing next year?how many points are you aiming for?lc 2009 cant wait :pac::pac:
ill be happy with at least 350:)

Pigwidgeon

well, i want to do radiography, which went up to 510 this year, seriously considering going to scotland.

Jay P

Aiming for 560. Actuary Studies in UCD would be great, but if I don't get it I won't cry. Plan B is maths in either UCC or UCD As long as I'm ot in Galway, I'm happy out!

K-Bowie

hopefully the 500+ mark and aiming for maybe BESS in Trinity or if I do really well Med in Imperial College London!!! And if everything fails Arts UCD

ironictoaster

385 for Social Science in NUIM. Maybe 400 to be safe. I really need to work though!

Fad

Im aiming for around the 550 mark

I want either radio therapy or science in trinity, i was all set for radio therapy but then going back to school threw a spanner in the works and i remembered how much i LOVE organic chemistry. GRRRRRRRR

Davidius

Actuarial & Financial Studies in UCD is what I'm currently aiming for but probably won't get. Probably Mathematical Science in UCD after that.

Piste

I want to do medicine in trinity, and cos no-one knows what kinda points will be needed I guess I'll just have to aim as high as possible.

Fringe

Science in Trinity at 415. I should be able to get 5 A's easily. I'm waiting to see how my Christmas exam goes first to decide on my goal.

challengemaster

Fringe wrote: »

Science in Trinity at 415. I should be able to get 5 A's easily. I'm waiting to see how my Christmas exam goes first to decide on my goal.

See ya there? :P

K4t

Fringe wrote: »

Science in Trinity at 415. I should be able to get 5 A's easily. I'm waiting to see how my Christmas exam goes first to decide on my goal.

It's easy for some :rolleyes:

The most I can get is 560 but I don't care what result I receive as long as I get whatever course I go for.

Fringe

It's really convenient for me since I'm doing Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Applied Maths. I'm planning on doing Science for a reason.

xOxSinéadxOx

i haven't a clue what to do yet. not interested in anything really i'll be happy with 400+

challengemaster

Fringe wrote: »

It's really convenient for me since I'm doing Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Applied Maths. I'm planning on doing Science for a reason.

Jesus christ, stop being me. lol. Same subjects, same college course.. gtfo!

GA361

Law in any of the nui colleges.
Prob not Trinity because the points are a bit high and more importantly. . . . . . .
To become a lawyer or teacher in this country,you must be competent at both Irish and English(and maths for a teacher).
All teaching and law colleges reguire you pass Irish for that very reason. . . except Trinity because of its unionism.Sorry about that rant,but to be a lawyer you must be able to speak Irish,but the officials at Trinity are to good for that.

Cokehead Mother

GA361 wrote: »

Law in any of the nui colleges.
Prob not Trinity because the points are a bit high and more importantly. . . . . . .
To become a lawyer or teacher in this country,you must be competent at both Irish and English(and maths for a teacher).
All teaching and law colleges reguire you pass Irish for that very reason. . . except Trinity because of its unionism.Sorry about that rant,but to be a lawyer you must be able to speak Irish,but the officials at Trinity are to good for that.

Some great logic there.

GA361

Cokehead Mother wrote: »

Some great logic there.

Yeah I know

randylonghorn

GA361 wrote: »

Law in any of the nui colleges.
Prob not Trinity because the points are a bit high and more importantly. . . . . . .
To become a lawyer or teacher in this country,you must be competent at both Irish and English(and maths for a teacher).
All teaching and law colleges reguire you pass Irish for that very reason. . . except Trinity because of its unionism.Sorry about that rant,but to be a lawyer you must be able to speak Irish,but the officials at Trinity are to good for that.

Many students who hate Irish love Trinity's matriculation requirements simply because they don't designate it as mandatory ... which is the main reason in this ultra-pragmatic age why they retain that policy, it gives them a competitive edge.

Oh, I'm sure there are a few old fossils holed up in a corner somewhere in the college who would get upset if that "foreign tongue" Irish was made mandatory for Matriculation, but the reality is that many of Trinity's lecturers and officers speak excellent Irish, and some of them would be strong supporters of and workers for the language ... in fact, I suspect there are more of the latter in Trinity than in most Irish colleges.

And just because they don't require it doesn't mean that Trinity will discriminate against you because you do well in your LC Irish ... so what's stopping you getting that A1 and still doing Law in Trinity?

GA361

GA361 wrote: »

Law in any of the nui colleges.
Prob not Trinity because the points are a bit high and more importantly. . . . . . .
To become a lawyer or teacher in this country,you must be competent at both Irish and English(and maths for a teacher).
All teaching and law colleges reguire you pass Irish for that very reason. . . except Trinity because of its unionism.Sorry about that rant,but to be a lawyer you must be able to speak Irish,but the officials at Trinity are to good for that.

Law-l.

Piste

I'd ban you if I could -_-

GA361

Piste wrote: »

I'd ban you if I could -_-

You talkin ta me?

Jack Sheehan

Computer Science in Trinners-355. I'm going for higher than that though, mabye around the 490 500 mark?

Cokehead Mother

GA361 wrote: »

You talkin ta me?

Yes she was, that unionist bitch. I think it's time for another one of these.

GA361

Cokehead Mother wrote: »

Yes she was, that unionist bitch. I think it's time for another one of these.

Ha ha ha.Aren't you the clever one.:p

K-Bowie

Jack Sheehan wrote: »

Computer Science in Trinners-355. I'm going for higher than that though, mabye around the 490 500 mark?

I actually hope you like computers and are willing to work hard unless ofcourse you can already do some programming because I really disliked it and ended up droping out last year and i'm repeating the leaving this year as a result. You should really look into the carrer prospects for CS graduates

highlydebased

New Media and English in UL. Tis only 360 or so, therefore won't have to kill myself.....

K-Bowie

GA361 wrote: »

Law in any of the nui colleges.
Prob not Trinity because the points are a bit high and more importantly. . . . . . .
To become a lawyer or teacher in this country,you must be competent at both Irish and English(and maths for a teacher).
All teaching and law colleges reguire you pass Irish for that very reason. . . except Trinity because of its unionism.Sorry about that rant,but to be a lawyer you must be able to speak Irish,but the officials at Trinity are to good for that.

And whats the logic behind you need to be fluent in Irish too become a lawyer my brother and I were both educated in the UK all our lives and now he's a qualified lawyer working for one of the biggest companies in Ireland.

GA361

K-Bowie wrote: »

And whats the logic behind you need to be fluent in Irish too become a lawyer my brother and I were both educated in the UK all our lives and now he's a qualified lawyer working for one of the biggest companies in Ireland.

I'm not expressing my opinions here.By law,lawyers must speak Irish competently.

postalservice

To do the blackhalls they just have to do a really easy irish test.
Very difficult to fail and students can do it in first year college when its still fresh in the mind.

daffy-duck

hopefully commerce with chinese studies in UCD. Points went up this year to 475:(.
Aiming for around 500. So hopefully will get it.

anyone else planning on doin it?

spurious

Neon-Circles wrote: »

New Media and English in UL. Tis only 360 or so, therefore won't have to kill myself.....

*deleted*
D'Oh, sorry, not relevant

Time Magazine

GA361 wrote: »

To become a lawyer or teacher in this country,you must be competent at both Irish and English(and maths for a teacher).

This is not true. Regardless of the irrelevance of talking about becoming a teacher, there is no such thing as "a lawyer" in Ireland. The Irish matriculation requirement for the Bar, for example, is about the level of the Higher-Level oral exam. You pass it and you need not speak a word of Irish again. Also, being "a lawyer" is increasingly external to the traditional solicitor and barrister roles.

All teaching and law colleges reguire you pass Irish for that very reason. . . except Trinity because of its unionism.

How much do you know about Trinity and unionism? Do you know much about the Provost? A Mayo man, who went to NUIM and has a son named Ciaran? The laws of the College date back to 1592. They're so antiquated and unwieldy that after the Universities Act 1997, TCD needed its own Act passed to accommodate its old laws. Do you know about the Scéim that gives preference for on-campus accommodation to those who agree to promote Gaeilge?

Of course you don't. It's more fun to assume an institution that you know nothing about is old and unionist and those old crusty conservatives in the Law School like Ivana Bacik like nothing more than to beat the natives when they're down. That's why the Law School never appoints anyone with nationalist tendencies such as the last two presidents or the Minister for Finance. Sure what'd a former Chief Justice have to do with those lads anyway? When you intermingle TCD's history with its current rules, you're being oblivious to the fact that institutions might have more important things to do than go about requiring Physics student speak Irish.

You're talking pure and utter shit. Why would spew such bile about something you know nothing about?

Prob not Trinity because the points are a bit high

Oh, that might explain something.

Bitter much?

GA361

David McWilliams wrote: »

This is not true. Regardless of the irrelevance of talking about becoming a teacher, there is no such thing as "a lawyer" in Ireland. The Irish matriculation requirement for the Bar, for example, is about the level of the Higher-Level oral exam. You pass it and you need not speak a word of Irish again. Also, being "a lawyer" is increasingly external to the traditional solicitor and barrister roles.

How much do you know about Trinity and unionism? Do you know much about the Provost? A Mayo man, who went to NUIM and has a son named Ciaran? The laws of the College date back to 1592. They're so antiquated and unwieldy that after the Universities Act 1997, TCD needed its own Act passed to accommodate its old laws. Do you know about the Scéim that gives preference for on-campus accommodation to those who agree to promote Gaeilge?

Of course you don't. It's more fun to assume an institution that you know nothing about is old and unionist and those old crusty conservatives in the Law School like Ivana Bacik like nothing more than to beat the natives when they're down. That's why the Law School never appoints anyone with nationalist tendencies such as the last two presidents or the Minister for Finance. Sure what'd a former Chief Justice have to do with those lads anyway? When you intermingle TCD's history with its current rules, you're being oblivious to the fact that institutions might have more important things to do than go about requiring Physics student speak Irish.

You're talking pure and utter shit. Why would spew such bile about something you know nothing about?

Oh, that might explain something.

Bitter much?

Take it easy there boss.It is just a light-hearted post.. . .

Piste

GA361 wrote: »

You talkin ta me?

Lol no, I was talking to Myth, for the woeful pun he made.

Cokehead Mother wrote: »

Yes she was, that unionist bitch. I think it's time for another one of these.

Heh, if I were unionist my comod Purplefistmixer would have my head on a plate -_-. Less of the B-word please!



EDIT: wtf? How did I not see page 3? Let's try to keep this thread as on topic as we can!

Gavin "shels"

Aiming for about 400, only need about 330. One of the courses I'll be putting on my CAO is only 230 points and that's Computer Science in Kevin St DIT.

blue-army

kateos2 wrote: »

well, i want to do radiography, which went up to 510 this year, seriously considering going to scotland.

It's only 365 in Wales (Bangor University). My friends going for that..

Pigwidgeon

blue-army wrote: »

It's only 365 in Wales (Bangor University). My friends going for that..

only need 3 b's including a science to do it in scotland whatever that is in points. think you have to pay to do it in wales though.

phasers

I have no idea :eek:

I heard about this jam making course that sounds pretty good

imakenoise

I really have no idea what i wanna do yet
At the moment anyway im aiming between 350-400 but that could all change when finally pick something!

Piste

kateos2 wrote: »

only need 3 b's including a science to do it in scotland whatever that is in points. think you have to pay to do it in wales though.

Wales and Scotland are covered under the free fees according to some people who came in to talk to us about UCAS yesterday.

Pigwidgeon

Piste wrote: »

Wales and Scotland are covered under the free fees according to some people who came in to talk to us about UCAS yesterday.

oh didn't know that, will ask them at higher options tomorrow anyway.

degausserxo

Need 555 for vet med. Looking to do it abroad but it's so expensive!

Piste

kateos2 wrote: »

oh didn't know that, will ask them at higher options tomorrow anyway.

Yeah they'd probably know better than some random girl on the internet, I'd listen to them over me!

JSK 252

Pharmacy in UCC hopefully. Was 555* this year so I need 570 to be completely safe in case the points increase. I will hopefully get the points if everything goes right this year for me and Im able to calm down and relax ( I suffer from anxiety problems which I havent mentioned before).

Acid_Violet

In making up my mind I'm somewhere between wanting to do music in DIT and English with either French or German in Trinity. I'd need 550 for the latter to be comfortable but I'm just trying to get as high as possible and hope a good leaving will stand to me

Aisling(",)

ive no idea what courses im going to do but at the moment im just hoping i pass everything.way too stresssed so far.
i know a girl who wont be happy unless she gets all a's and b's.ive never seen her get below an a in a test so i woudnt be suprised if she did it.

ordinary_girl

Media Production, most likely in University of Glamorgan. I'm not entirely sure how many points I'll need, as they mention A-Levels and GCSEs.

djcervi

I am hoping to do European Studies with French and Spanish which is 490. Hopefully I'll get it with a bit of study

~Candy~

i need at least 500,ucd ,business and law
or 500 + + for trinity

=( i don't am i not confidence enough or what..
i shoud be work really hard now but i am not....
i need a good kick in the bud....i just cant seem to settle down??
no..whats the word

Fad

Piste wrote: »

Wales and Scotland are covered under the free fees according to some people who came in to talk to us about UCAS yesterday.

I think scotland definitly is covered but wales isnt, (or they lied to me at the UCAS stand yesterday)

Piste

Yeah I'd say the Wales stand would know better than me!