Overhyped to the max?

Dante

Does anyone else feel that the Leaving was horribly over hyped? I did absolutely no work all year apart from cramming the week before and I felt I did quite well in everything! Leading up to the exams I was shítting it but now that I'm finished I gotta admit that I actually found my summer tests in fifth year to be harder and more nerve wrecking! :pac::pac:

Anyone else agree or am I just a creeeeep??

EDIT: Yes....I too am trying to get into a course with high enough points so stop saying shizzle about me having no pressure! ^_^

You're finished? You lucky son of a...

peanuthead

DaaaaaaaaaaN wrote: »

Does anyone else feel that the Leaving was horribly over hyped?

Not for those looking for college places I would think

Dante

-JammyDodger- wrote: »

You're finished? You lucky son of a...

Well, pretty much, I only have music in like 10 days which I already have 50% done and theres nothing really much to study for the remaining 50%

Not for those looking for college places I would think

True, although I am trying to get into to Trinity so don't think I'm just doing nothing with my life!

9wetfckx43j5rg

DaaaaaaaaaaN wrote: »

Well, pretty much, I only have music in like 10 days which I already have 50% done and theres nothing really much to study for the remaining 50%


True, although I am trying to get into to Trinity so don't think I'm just doing nothing with my life!

Yeah I agree its over hyped. I found most of the exams except higher maths quite good and easy and i've done very little study over the two years, just barely spending two hours looking over things before the actual exams.

I finish tomorrow

likely_lass

we'll see how you feel if (touch wood) your results come and you dont get the course you want - i promise you'll understand the hype then

Gi joe!

Depends what you'er going for. If you got 450 in the mocks and you want to do a 380 point course, theres not much worry to about.

If you need 500+points and you bombed in the mocks, thats a different story

damienricefan

DaaaaaaaaaaN wrote: »

Does anyone else feel that the Leaving was horribly over hyped? I did absolutely no work all year apart from cramming the week before and I felt I did quite well in everything! Leading up to the exams I was shítting it but now that I'm finished I gotta admit that I actually found my summer tests in fifth year to be harder and more nerve wrecking! :pac::pac:

Anyone else agree or am I just a creeeeep??

EDIT: Yes....I too am trying to get into a course with high enough points so stop saying shizzle about me having no pressure! ^_^

agreed. History is over and its easy street for my last three now!!

zodac

damienricefan wrote: »

agreed. History is over and its easy street for my last three now!!

same... gotta put in a bit of work for physics but i got 4 days:D smooth sailing from here

manutd4life

take th rest of the day off,have a lie in tomorrow morning,do nothing until about 6pm when i will study german.then i'm finished altogether.

aiming for around 430 points and will hopefully get it but if i dont i've applied for hear so hopefully i'll get enough points for that

melissavm

I was surprised at how calm i was going into my exams. I think at this stage it's just like, i've been studying this for 2 years... if i don't know it now whats the point...

yummy91

ehhh, i think you're in the minority here.
but maybe it just depends on how much you paid attention in class or something so fair play to you:), we're just jealous,, but yea......
STOP MAKING THE REST OF US FEEL BAD:(:mad::(

xOxSinéadxOx

definitely overhyped. I did nothing for it and I don't feel I've done too badly in anything, don't think I'll get less than a C in anything really, except maybe french. the leaving cert is actually easy, imagine what I'd have gotten if I'd studied :pac:

Claypigeon

DaaaaaaaaaaN wrote: »

Does anyone else feel that the Leaving was horribly over hyped? I did absolutely no work all year apart from cramming the week before and I felt I did quite well in everything! Leading up to the exams I was shítting it but now that I'm finished I gotta admit that I actually found my summer tests in fifth year to be harder and more nerve wrecking! :pac::pac:

Anyone else agree or am I just a creeeeep??

EDIT: Yes....I too am trying to get into a course with high enough points so stop saying shizzle about me having no pressure! ^_^

I agree tbh, it is WAY overhyped, not to say "oh sure it's only a few tests" but really it isn't hard unless you're naturally a slow learner

likely_lass wrote: »

we'll see how you feel if (touch wood) your results come and you dont get the course you want - i promise you'll understand the hype then

What the hype has to do with his grades is beyond me - he's not saying they were exceptionally easy or a dos just that it doesn't take that much work and it isn't stressful unless you're one of the ones who was bricking it over the Mocks with no cop whatsoever

ya-ba-da-ba-doo

Really overhyped. Exept maths maybe but i did nothin in business and french for 2 years and id be surprised if i didnt get a B and C respectively. The leavin is a massive pain in the arse tho

Des23

Well I don't know what everyone was expecting, but like the leaving cert is for the most, part one of the most predictable exams around. Everyone has been doing exam questions for the past 2 years, if you are able to do them I don't see why you would be too worried going into an exam in the first place, by believing all the hype.

K4t

The LC is like talking about and worrying about a big pile of ****e for two years, albeit a pile of ****e that decides what you do in college. In conclusion, the LC is an important but over-hyped pile of ****e.

This is the best piece of analysis I've done in the last week.

GA361

Yeah . . . . it was fairly hyped alright but its still probably the fairest,most important exam you'll ever do . . . . . . so its worth all the work and hype. . . . . ..

leesmom

it is overhyped but i think its because some feel that theyre going to be faced with something they have no clue about or have never seen before, in reality thats not going to happen. i wasnt nervous about my exams just anxious to see what was on the papers. but i am pretty scared about biology tomorrow i desperately want to get an A in it, so far the exams have gone well but im just waiting for one thats really going to disapoint me, just hope its not biology

irishmonkey

Anyone noticed that all the stuff from junior cert, and 5th year comes flooding back?

Seriously, if you just pay attention in 5th and 6th year, and put effort into your homework, then there's no need for the 6hours a day or study.

I studied very little over the last month. maybe half an hour or an hour the night before for each subject.

I worked relatively hard in 5th, but got quite lazy in 6th.
If i had have paid a little more attention, and did my homework more consistantly, I'd say i'd do much better in these exams.
But, that said, I haven't had much problems with them thus far.
They've all been very dooable, and i think i did quite well in each - with little study.

I havent been that stressed at all really.

And yes, i am looking for points. I need 450+
Even took up Economics at Easter to maximise points.

Just take it easy for the remaining exams.
There's no need to stress and panic and cram like madmen.
Read over notes to refresh your memory.
You've been doing the subject for 2 years, and in some cases 6 years. You knew the stuff.

And in response to the OP..
Yes, there is definitely faaarr too much hype about the Leaving cert.
It's by no means easy, but its not too difficult if you've even slightly prepared.

LivingDeadGirl

Way way overhyped, I did nothing and I feel I did well enough in everything(need 450+) with practically no study, just a bit the night before. Reckon I got some sort of B at least in every subject I'm counting(still have to do music, looking for an A1 in that), and might have scraped a C in honours maths which I don't even need. Delighted. I sort of feel guilty though? I know I could have gotten A's in at least one other subject, pure laziness I guess...

baileyjackson

Def overhyped, all forgotten about a week later. Year on its hard to remember what it was like. Hyped again at results time, forgotten about 3 weeks later, after offers. LC is not the hardest exams you will do in your life. Total bull****!

naasface

totally agree.
i was more stressed/worried for the mocks. its best to just take exam one by one, like a check list instead of looking at the entire 2 wks and getting flustered.
I just studied the night before everything, have gone out every wknd without fail this yr. no study at the weekend, just listening in class and the basic homework.havent done a tap all year revision wise + missed about 60 days of school.. cramming has the night before has got me grand results so far (i think)
worried about biology though cos u cant bluff.

but yeah sooooo overhyped. surprised at the relaxed atmosphere in my school, everyones just happy to be doing the leaving at last. the build-up is the worst!
teachers, although they're only tryin to get u to study/do well the amt of pressure they put on is completely unneccessary and detrimental.
. celebrating the end tomoro night even thou ive music next wk. but i dont give a fcuk about that stupid subject so party on!!!!

antomorro-sei

Yeah. Overhyped to the max.

RHJ

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p1akuw47h5r3it

Ye it's over hyped, but I knew that already...

Still doesn't mean it isn't nerve racking and stressful tho

internetaddict

Definitely
My mother: "It's the worst bloody thing you'll do in your life!"

I've been through worse! There's definitely too much pressure for points. 500+ is ridiculous.. people are devastated if they don't get them.
What's really ridiculous is colleges that have 200 points in the difference for basically the same course.. Certain colleges apparently look better on your C.V. and that shoudn't happen.

gaeilgegrinds

I don't really agree that certain colleges look better. Nursing for eg. My friend trained in the college with the least points, walked into a job as soon as she graduated and has since done a postgrad. Maybe for certain courses but not for most.

star-pants

It isn't the worst thing you'll do in your life but by gods the stress for two years and at the time, I'd never go back and do it again.
My college thesis was one of the hardest things.

The leavingcert seems over hyped but mostly through retrospect It's hectic at the time

Running Bing

internetaddict wrote: »

Definitely
My mother: "It's the worst bloody thing you'll do in your life!"

I've been through worse! There's definitely too much pressure for points. 500+ is ridiculous.. people are devastated if they don't get them.
What's really ridiculous is colleges that have 200 points in the difference for basically the same course.. Certain colleges apparently look better on your C.V. and that shoudn't happen.

I assume you know how college points are set? Like it not just a case of Trinity saying "well we're better than Arsehole-of-nowhere IT so we'll require twice the points".


Anyway your not supposed to do your bragging until you get the results. All this talk of doing no work and finding them easy, could be a very different story come results day. A little humility goes a long way.

electriks

i mean seriously!! for us at the start of the year, the teachers made the leaving out to be the most stressful thing in the world and all this rubbish about hard work and not watching tv and putting every free minute into study, not going out and getting pissed anymore. all you really need to study for is the 2 weeks before the exams and listen in class for the year.

okay, give honours maths a month to be fair.

no need to even do that much homework for the year.

come on. well, nobody can speard **** like teachers i spose.

am i totally off the mark or do soime people agree??

celtic723

this year is all about how you approach it. if you didn't attend class went on the hop and just took it with a pinch of salt i'd be worried about your results. i thought it was a stressful year but i'm glad it's over and the Leaving Cert is nearly over. it feels ****ing amazing if i'm honest.

phasers

It was only overhyped if you let it overwhelm you. I took it as any other year in school and I was fine. My teachers tried to scare us into doing a ton of revision but only a couple of people listened, and they're all having meltdowns atm.

Springbreak

Wayyyyyyy overhyped....well a bit, bit of study night before exams or day and think i got C+ in all.....apart from honours maths which i failed i think but hey, u win some u lose some! :D .....physics/accounting might change my thoughts though :P

xOxSinéadxOx

I find that the people who are big study freaks are the ones have panic attacks and crying. everyone else is just tipping along nicely

snazzy

I'm not sure what to make of it personally

Coming into 5th Yr, I had a meltdown with all the talk of it but then I chipped away, doing my homework and doing my best.
5th Yr exams though were scary. I thought I was going to fail those.

Coming into 6th Yr, I didn't realise it but there was a level of stress that just folllowed you around all year.
It's like you couldn't go out or take a whole day off without thinking of the consequences later. But at the same time I was enjoying school, teachers were more relaxed, everything was steadily working away grand.
I never believed people who told me the first 3 months up to Christmas drag but then they'll fly.

How wrong was I!
It totally did fly and the pre's flew out of nowhere really and I felt guilty because while I was working away, I knew I wasn't dedicating any time to extra study. This is despite doing after school study till 7 each night!

Then the orals came swooping in from nowhere too. I was really worried about those but first one over it was a relief.

Then coming up to easter, I don't know where the time went. Seemed I was focusing so much on Graduation, the actual Leaving was put to the back of my mind.

Now having only two exams left, I've mixed feelings.
I'm happy with some of my exams, using the days before to really know the facts. Other exams like Irish P2 and History were utter disasters though I know that I didn't put in the work necessary for them, excluding the project and oral.

Now nearly finished, I'm so tired of this and wish it was over now [not till Wednesday!]

I think that as long as you take one step as a time, you'll be fine.
Having said that I think the hype surrounding it is necessary as a motivant to study. I don't want to open my results in August and feel like I took the whole thing too casually.

Though I agree that if you are studying hard throughout the year, then you deserve a trophy. I literally couldn't do it for homework and sanity!

internetaddict

Running Bing wrote: »

I assume you know how college points are set? Like it not just a case of Trinity saying "well we're better than Arsehole-of-nowhere IT so we'll require twice the points".


Anyway your not supposed to do your bragging until you get the results. All this talk of doing no work and finding them easy, could be a very different story come results day. A little humility goes a long way.

I am aware how points are set, I am just making the point that people are obviously choosing certain colleges because of their prestige as the courses are more or less the same.

I also was not bragging. I was just agreeing with the fact that the actual atmosphere of the exams is a lot less pressurised than I expected. I never said I didn't do any work, I just think that some people got hysterical and made themselves ill by not sleeping etc whereas at the end of the day it's not worth having a nervous breakdown. There are ways around everything.

VinnyTGM

Yep, very overhped, I only did a bit of work the week or two before the LC.

internetaddict

phasers wrote: »

It was only overhyped if you let it overwhelm you. I took it as any other year in school and I was fine. My teachers tried to scare us into doing a ton of revision but only a couple of people listened, and they're all having meltdowns atm.

my point exactly.

jelomulawin

lol, i think it is overhyped, my parents keep pressuring me to study every day last month, but i just keep messing around listening to music or playing computer games. I only studied the day before each exam, i did all honours, but i think i'll get the points as much as i want them to be qualified for my cource choices. Although, i'd say i did bad on my physics this morning...applied maths is all left, and i'd have to study for that within 3 days, lol...never studied it before seriously

but procrastination is such a bad thing...and i hope i'd change on college, lol