Fear of Repeatin Coming On??

mcw92

Is Anyone else starting to get tyhe fear they will have to repeat?:eek::(

i was fine up until like a week ago, then everyone i knew started asking me if i was mervous about it, they really got to me and now i am:(

poisonated

I know exactly what you mean.Im not aiming that high and yet I still fear that I am going to do poorly.If I have to repeat it may actualy be the best thing that has ever happened to me though.I will study my ass off.I obivoulsy still don't want to though.I think as time draws near,everybody is feeling the crunch.

ironictoaster

Yep, I did awful on my maths exam and then I realised all my courses on the CAO required a C3

GallowsGhost

I think I'd rather do a PLC course than repeat, six years in one school is long enough.

ironictoaster

I did also apply for a PLC, pre-uni science and it also requires a C3! Life's a bitch.

JSK 252

You had to start this thread to make us all go the ****ters.

Secoundrow

Just a question lads:D

A freind mentioned the last day if I fail irish I dont get a leaving, And ive been getting e & fs in irish for five years (im just useless at it) I expect to fail!


Im pretty sure this is not the case, Ill get a leaving anyway and im not too worryed
but could some one confirm this for me?:o

None of my chosen courses/colleges require irish for entry or to meet the maticulation requirements!

IRISH DAYWALKER

no way if you fail irish your grand you still pass the leaving i made sure of this as i plan on failing it....unfortuneately.... i also think that i may not do as well as i should do but no way im repeating i couldnt handle another year i think i would die!

ANTIFA!

repeating wouldn't be that big of a deal tbh especially the way the economy is at the moment, might as well avoid the big bad world for as long as possible. If I don't get my course I'm definetly repeating, I only put down one thing on the CAO.

bythewoods

Ah here lads, repeating's not that bad.

Just did it myself, the year literally flew by.
I wouldn't have been able to go back to my old school though, yeah.

Anyway, you lot are just panicing. Keep the oul' chin up.
Don't stress yourselves out and so on.

ANTIFA!

It really isn't bad I agree. TBH I have no deep love for going to college, if I get my course(which I highly doubt-European Studies in Trinity) I'd be happy but I wouldn't shed any tears. I didn't hate the Leaving Cert at all, maby its because I loved my year, the banter was class and if you got a crap repeating year it might suck but it be more next August if I didn't get the result I want that I'd be pissed off.

Actually for the record in history, what is the document question next year? Is it the same format? Will there be two European History essays?

paulhealy1991

if youre repeating theres more chance of been hit with collage fees in the year 2010 if they bring them in!!! god i hope i pass maths

ANTIFA!

meh if they implement it right i cant think about that when i'm out working in brussels on €100,000 a year

paulhealy1991

ara who wants to live out there!!!

Michaelrsh

I felt like I needed to repeat even since I finished paper 1 in English on the first day. I'm more worried that I might have failed maths with means I would have to repeat the leaving because most colleges accept only a D3.

star-pants

Some accept an E in higher level if you have 3 HC3 s in other qualifying subjects. That's how I got into galway. I'd thought i'd have to repeat maths externally but it could have been used to save money for college and get the course you really want. Some people just accept any course to go to college and can end up dropping out because they don't really like it. Always go for what your heart wants and even if its delayed sure its it the direction you want?

Irishtrojan

I repeated, do NOT go back to your old school.

holadivaldfe

i completely agree that repeating is a good idea if you don't get what you want as i know at least 10 people that either have dropped out or want to drop out simply because they want a different course deep down. infact i fear i may become one of those people but i just can't afford to repeat especially with fees coming in, even if i go back to my old school. eugh.... i either need good results or a winning lotto ticket. :rolleyes:

bythewoods

Mr.S wrote: »

the way i see it, if i repeat, i know i'm going to do much more study etc and tbh i'd rather do another year of school to get a course i actually want to do for the next 3-4 years instead of settling for another course that i only put down because it had low points.

That's what all repeats say.
Personally, I think I did less study..

SarcasticFairy

Yeah, but I imagine it would be hard to keep that up. You've done the courses for two years already. You did the exam. You'd imagine by the end of it, you'd have a somewhat decent grasp on the material. You then choose to spend a whole year studying the same stuff. I imagine the motivation to go over it a million times would run out pretty fast.

Pretty convinced I'm going to be repeating. Not all that bothered by it tbh, because I've thought I would be for a while. Though I'd rather spend another year doing 6th year again, to get exactly what I want, than spend 3 years doing a PLC to move up to my course. The LC wasn't that awful that I'd spend two extra years fecking around to avoid it.

ANTIFA!

where would people be thinking of repeating?

Fad

I really wouldnt mind repeating, I'm getting way too old to be starting uni as a non-mature student, if I repeat I'll be 20!

bythewoods

Mr.S wrote: »

Be pritty retarded to do less study and end up getting the same/worse mark as the year before, what a waste of a year?

Well, yes, but...

SarcasticFairy wrote: »

Yeah, but I imagine it would be hard to keep that up. You've done the courses for two years already. You did the exam. You'd imagine by the end of it, you'd have a somewhat decent grasp on the material. You then choose to spend a whole year studying the same stuff. I imagine the motivation to go over it a million times would run out pretty fast.
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Yeah.
Motivation. It's hard to come by.
I was so psyched up at the start of it. It all sort of dwindled- the motivation, the will to bother, etc...

I repeated in a public school, but one with an emphasis on repeating. As in,t here was enough repeats there to make special repeat cl;asses for some subjects.

A lot of us were just completely fed up towards the end.

Saying that, I do think it's worthwhile and also possible to do less work and get better grades.
Meh, i dunno. Let's just see how the results go...

poisonated

does anyone know anything about any of these:
bruce(cork or dublin)
yeats college(galway or waterford)
limerick tutorial college

Thanks

Secoundrow

Yeats galway has a good rep
but extorionate fees and really? Do you want to spend a year surrounded by total swats in a posh private school;)

Personally I think if your teachers are good and you liked your old school why not?

well except to avoid teachers constantly making a example out of you to get the other "first timers:rolleyes:" to work harder

:pac:

nicola09

Fad wrote: »

I really wouldnt mind repeating, I'm getting way too old to be starting uni as a non-mature student, if I repeat I'll be 20!

Same here, my birthday is the day after our results, if I do it again next year I'll be positively ANCIENT! :pac: But I suppose it's better than being stuck with a course I didn't want!

ironictoaster

I definitely wouldn't go back to my old school because I would have to deal with repeating the same ****e again, like people messing at the start of the year and not taking it serious and then all of sudden Christmas arrives and the mocks etc.

At least going to a repeat school, everyone is in the same boat and the leaving cert seriously.

Plunkett's College in Whitehall is meant to good for repeating also, it isn't private.

Xtina!!

This is my story if I end up not getting my course. I hope to do medicine but very much doubht I'll get in. Like many of us I've had a lot of thinking time over the summer and i've changed my plan B so many times!

If I don't get into medicine then thats it, I'm taking the year out to try again next year. I didnt do chemistry for the leaving so I wasnt able to apply for veterinary medicine this year. If I don't get into medicine again next year then Im' gonna head for veterinary med.

If I do repeat I'm gonna stay at my old school as I loved it there. Also when my brother repeated he moved to a different school, but he was so unhappy there he moved back to his old one. I know that this is not the situation for everyone. Some may hate there school, but if you liked it and was comfortable there, I think it might be worth staying there.

Anyway, the only dilemma i'm facing now is whether I should repeat the entire leaving or just do chemistry on it's own.I know i have the points achieved for vet med (hopefully!!!!) and an adequate amount for med, so I dont know whether theres any point in repeating the entire leaving. If I did repeat I'd prob drop down to pass in english and irish, use my other six subjects for points plus getting the HL C3 min in chemistry. It's taken me awhile to come up with a solid plan B and its very likely im gonna have to use it, so do ye think its a good plan? Please let me know if I have left out anything or if there are any restrictions that might face me??

Just want to say good luck to everyone on the 12th and I hope you will be happy with whatever happens.:) Ive learnt that if you have your heart set on something then its not the end of the world if you have to repeat. I know so many people who didnt get there first choice, doing another course and dropping out because they hated it.

Thanks in advance!!:)

Pygmalion

I'm terrified I'll get **** results but I won't repeat. Just won't.
No idea what the hell i'm supposed to do but I'm not going back.

Worst thing is that I know I'm more than good enough for the college course I want (in that I already knows tons of it and have been teaching myself since I was like 13) and I may not get in just because I didn't study a bunch of irrelevant stuff I'd never need.

star-pants

Pygmalion wrote: »

I'm terrified I'll get **** results but I won't repeat. Just won't.
No idea what the hell i'm supposed to do but I'm not going back.

Worst thing is that I know I'm more than good enough for the college course I want (in that I already knows tons of it and have been teaching myself since I was like 13) and I may not get in just because I didn't study a bunch of irrelevant stuff I'd never need.

You won't know until results are out - but you might only need to repeat maybe one subject, which wouldn't be as bad. And there may be other ways into your course. Don't despair just yet.

Swizz

Irishtrojan wrote: »

I repeated, do NOT go back to your old school.

Why?

If you dont theres a chance you wont be doing the same optional topics that you did the year before...

~Candy~

i had that idea in my mind alright, but no, i don't think i will go back ....
i don't think i can stick with it, although i love the ppl in school etc etc,
but i just don't want to put myself through it again , anyway,

i only have 5 opinions down in my CAO, if it went terribly wrong..well, i will still be happy with my last opinion...if i do happen to get less than 400..and didn't even get that,then i will think about it ....

tootyflutty

Swizz wrote: »

Why?

If you dont theres a chance you wont be doing the same optional topics that you did the year before...

It's not about the topics you cover. If you repeat in the same school
A) you may have some of the bad teachers you had
usually you will fall back into the same bad habits
C) you spend more time talking and getting closer to people you know
D) it's just a bad idea

Repeating is not about socialising, and a whole new year of friends to get to know. A new school gives you a fresh start to break old habits, and really gets you ready to work hard instead of doing the same lack of work again. You may have a bad relationship with some teachers, and to be honest that's really not what you want or need when you are there to repeat.
My friend repeated in our school, the same school she had gone to. And in my opinion did even less. Not only did she spend half the year worrying about going out with her new friends, but because she didn't get on with some of the teachers she had again, she spent the vast majority of class time bad mouthing them instead of actually listening to them in class.
A complete waste of a year for her.

Mr.Helpful

I've no fear of repeating....i know that seems cocky but I am not going back to school come hell or high water!!! That chapter closed on the 16th June!

Kournikova

I thought I had other options but with the economic crisis now Airlines are hiring flight attendants so I don't know what to do if the results are disasterous.

Twilightning

If you flat out refuse to repeat, what other options are there? You can redo any of the core 3 subjects while keeping previous results from other subjects, right?

i'm a smiler

I 'm 60% sure i'll have to repeat.... but I've still I got a whole optimistic 40% of my head that tells me everything "will be ok!!!!":)

I worked sooo hard but I don't think the exams went my way..... I'm soooo worried:(:(:(

ayapatrick

Twilightning wrote: »

If you flat out refuse to repeat, what other options are there? You can redo any of the core 3 subjects while keeping previous results from other subjects, right?

afaik you can repeat any subject! maybe im wrong though?

Twilightning

ayapatrick wrote: »

afaik you can repeat any subject! maybe im wrong though?

I know you can do any subject, but I thought taking one outside of the core 3 meant you had to take everything again.

thomond2006

I've probably lost a stone of weight in sweat, reading this thread!

Gee, thanks!!!! :D:D:D

The Frayed Ends

Twilightning wrote: »

I know you can do any subject, but I thought taking one outside of the core 3 meant you had to take everything again.

I'm pretty sure it does. If you fail anything outside the core subjects and have to repeat you need to do everything again.

I think... :pac:

ayapatrick

Twilightning wrote: »

I know you can do any subject, but I thought taking one outside of the core 3 meant you had to take everything again.

oh maybe your right. It was a core subject i repeated this year and i was thinking that it might apply across the board!

Saruwatari

Repeating is out of the question. If I don't get into either of the only two courses I'm interested in, then I'll find another way.
I'm an artist, so I could just send my portfolio around and hope for some work. I'm covered!

ynwa_17

Bruce FTW

Anyone else joining me?

Ricky91t

I've no fear,I'm pretty sure i'm repeating,And it's all for the best,I know a few fella's who left and are coming back and one who did sweet FA for it and need almost 400 points,So i don't think it'll be bad..

I only have one thing on my CAO and don't want to do it so i've got to wait till next year anyway,I've got a year of free time which i was gonna' go to england for but what with all the swine flu i'd rather not :pac:,If i feel i could of done better i'll repeat

Cheeky monkey

I repeated last year and I have to say its well more enjoyable then your normal sixth year and it feels alot more like college we were given alot more freedom then we had in a normal sixth year.

To anyone planning to repeat your leaving cert I'd suggest not going in around the winter months its ****e. Alot of people from my year seemed to quit around that time and i almost did myself.

almostnever

I have to repeat. Balls.