Mocks

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Only 13 weeks until the mocks. Time will fly by between the mocks and the junior. Everyone ready? :P

bluejay14

eh no and I don't think i will ever be.We have christmas tests that start on Monday and I'm nowhere near ready for them!:eek:

CookieMonster.x

Dreading them! I said I'd study in September and made a timetable but I think I put too much and now I am really behind

GO'S

lads pres will be impossible...way harder than the actual junior cert

soccymonster

GO'S wrote: »

lads pres will be impossible...way harder than the actual junior cert

They aren't impossible... but they are harder then the actual Junior Cert.

GO'S

soccymonster wrote: »

They aren't impossible... but they are harder then the actual Junior Cert.

it a metaphor really...no need to be all oxford don

Evan93

GO'S wrote: »

it a metaphor really...no need to be all oxford don

What ?

partyatmygaff

You all need to chill out slightly, the mocks are more than likely going to be harder than the actual JC. The marking will vary depending on who corrects it, but in the JC It is marked relative to everyone else, i.e. there can only be a certain amount of each grade.

The maths mock last year was a nightmare compared to the actual J.C. and it shows, I went from barely scraping a C to getting a B in my JC and I had gotten an A in the christmas exam two months before my mock.

Closed ac

Hmm, well I had pre-mocks before mid-term and I've started getting some results back this week. 4B's & 2A's so far, so I'm quite happy but will still work hard to bring some B's up to A's.

coldwood92

bluejaymraz wrote: »

eh no and I don't think i will ever be.We have christmas tests that start on Monday and I'm nowhere near ready for them!:eek:

xmas tests in november?

Eathrin

You often wont be fully prepared before the mocks nor do they expect you to be. Relax and whatever result you get you should improve on 1 or 2 grades depending on the amount of work you do. Good luck but remember they are marked hard

Steve Collins

We call them Pres instead of mocks here. In our school we have Pre Pres in November (they're the same as Christmas exams really, except a little earlier) and I just finished them today. I'd say I got really mixed results. But no one studies for these as much as they do for the actual pres or the JC, so I'm not too pushed.

But at the moment I'm not ready for the the actual pres, we have so much of the course left in Maths and History. I dunno how we're gonna finish it by February.

knockane_ali09

finished my xmas test 2day !!
i know what you mean i have a terrible history teache and she moves sooo slow i am never going to get the course finished !!

my pres start the 22 febuary when r yours??

Closed ac

Steve Collins wrote: »

We call them Pres instead of mocks here. In our school we have Pre Pres in November (they're the same as Christmas exams really, except a little earlier) and I just finished them today. I'd say I got really mixed results. But no one studies for these as much as they do for the actual pres or the JC, so I'm not too pushed.

But at the moment I'm not ready for the the actual pres, we have so much of the course left in Maths and History. I dunno how we're gonna finish it by February.

We have Pre's also, but we did then just before Halloween. Got my report card today & I'm quite happy with my results.

knockane_ali09

did you do well ??;)

CookieMonster.x

knockane_ali09 wrote: »

my pres start the 22 febuary when r yours??

3rd of February!

soccymonster

GO'S wrote: »

it a metaphor really...no need to be all oxford don

what are you on about????

You are making them out harder then they'll be. They are grand!

bluejay14

coldwood92 wrote: »

xmas tests in november?

Yeah finished them yesterday.I think we had them so early because they would be too close to the mocks to do them at the end of December.Already have 3 results back: English - B
Science - A
Irish - A

Feels so good to be feel, going to take a nice long rest now:D

knockane_ali09 wrote: »

my pres start the 22 febuary when r yours??

1st of February :eek:They cost 130euro aswell!

CookieMonster.x

bluejaymraz wrote: »

1st of February :eek:They cost 130euro aswell!

Ours are only 115 euro? Ourteacher said they're the same as last year I think.

knockane_ali09

mine are 131 aswell its sooo expensive, maths business, english,irish are all double papers so they cost double the price of normal papers !!

Closed ac

knockane_ali09 wrote: »

did you do well ??;)

Yes, I did thanks. I'll be looking to try and bring a few B's up to A's though for the JC.

knockane_ali09

thats good... i get my results back next week i hope i do well !!;)

bluejay14

CookieMonster.x wrote: »

Ours are only 115 euro? Ourteacher said they're the same as last year I think.

Maybe you're not doing as many subjects?Are you doing 11(I think it's 11)Do ye have to do religion as compulsory?

GO'S

my pres are split a week before and a week after the midterm which means no rest duribng that.They start on the 8th of feb and cost 110 euro which is dearer than jumior cert .i also have xmas tests on the 16th of december

bluejay14

GO'S wrote: »

my pres are split a week before and a week after the midterm which means no rest duribng that.They start on the 8th of feb and cost 110 euro which is dearer than jumior cert .i also have xmas tests on the 16th of december

We did our Christmas testas tests last week, although they should have been called November tests rather then Christmas tests.Our mocks start on the 1st of February and last eiher 2 weeks or a week and a half so we'll be finished before the mid-term.Delighted I am:D!

Closed ac

knockane_ali09 wrote: »

thats good... i get my results back next week i hope i do well !!;)

Yeah, good luck!

CookieMonster.x

bluejaymraz wrote: »

Maybe you're not doing as many subjects?Are you doing 11(I think it's 11)Do ye have to do religion as compulsory?

I do 12, but everyone else is doing 11. Maybe I'm wrong but I could've sworn she said 115

knockane_ali09

i only do 10 and mine are €131.. we got a form to fill out from our teachers with all the prices and what level we r doing and stuff like that... maybe your school are paying for some of the price???

bluejay14

we're doing 11 but ours cost 130euro (sorry still don't have a clue where the euro symbol is, I am so blind:D)All we got was a note saying that they were 130euro and when we had to have them paid by

Groe

We've been told to aim to get around 60 percent in everything and we will be able to get an A or B if we keep working untill junior cert. If i didnt touch a book until the mocks I could pass everything but since I am studying every night I'll be fine so, yes I'm ready :P

bluejay14

well you're starting early enough aren't you?I'm taking a break because we've just finished our Christmas tests last week, so far I've got 2 B's and 3 A's

Steve Collins

Got my Pre Pre results in the post yesterday. I did kinda bad, 2 B's, 6 C's and 2 D's, they're all higher level. I know a C's an honour like, but I wish I got at least one A. And the results were more lss the same as my class mates, a lot of people failed so in that way I'm happy.

I gotta work really hard from now to June.

Gaeilge-go-deo

Steve Collins wrote: »

Got my Pre Pre results in the post yesterday. I did kinda bad, 2 B's, 6 C's and 2 D's, they're all higher level. I know a C's an honour like, but I wish I got at least one A. And the results were more lss the same as my class mates, a lot of people failed so in that way I'm happy.

I gotta work really hard from now to June.

pre pres? thats kinda a waste of money.. how much was it? :O

bluejay14

Gaeilge-go-deo wrote: »

pre pres? thats kinda a waste of money.. how much was it? :O

I think he just means like Christmas tests, well not "Christmas" tests but normal tests.

knockane_ali09

thats what our teachers call our Christmas too "pre pres" cause they are the biggest exam we will do before our pres

bluejay14

Are your normal class tests called pre pre pres?;):D:rolleyes:

So far in my Christmas tests I've got 6 A's and 2 B's, I think

CookieMonster.x

We don't get Christmas tests, just the mocks

Closed ac

bluejaymraz wrote: »

Are your normal class tests called pre pre pres?;):D:rolleyes:

So far in my Christmas tests I've got 6 A's and 2 B's, I think

Well done.

Closed ac

Steve Collins wrote: »

Got my Pre Pre results in the post yesterday. I did kinda bad, 2 B's, 6 C's and 2 D's, they're all higher level. I know a C's an honour like, but I wish I got at least one A. And the results were more lss the same as my class mates, a lot of people failed so in that way I'm happy.

I gotta work really hard from now to June.

Don't worry about it, they aren't bad results at all. Remember, the teachers mark pre's really hard to encourage you to study more.

bluejay14

DKZ wrote: »

Well done.

Thanks:)

Piste

I thought the mocks themselves were prety similar to the JC, the marking was just stricter, same with the LC.

Fad

It varies a lot.

I got a B in my HL Irish mock and stopped working in Irish because I assumed I was set (I was never going to get more than a B in Irish!) but it turns out he had marked the exam really easily.........

Needless to say I got a C in the real thing.

vladglenin

Fad wrote: »

It varies a lot.

I got a B in my HL Irish mock and stopped working in Irish because I assumed I was set (I was never going to get more than a B in Irish!) but it turns out he had marked the exam really easily.........

Needless to say I got a C in the real thing.

On a more serious note, Fad is completely correct. The mocks are not regulated at all, so they really are all over the shop.