so is anyone thinking of repeating?

!?!

i think i might, after yesterday's disaster....:rolleyes:

shi7zman

What hapend yday? ah dont think like that!!! repeatn shud be a last resort jus focus on finishin exams nd avin a good summer!!:)

gant0

Never....repeating would only be a complete last resort.Never think about repeating now,it'll ruin your summer

wayhey

Ha I was going to post the same thing but I didn't want to wreck the mood in the forum. But yeah, if I don't get Medicine (and probably won't, reckon I'm only around 500) then I think I'll repeat. Been ready to all year in case it doesn't work out so not really too bothered saying it now... but to anyone not done don't waste time on that thought, just study!!

Diabhal Beag

It's always an option.

seanaor

Before yesterday: Never, no way.

After yesterday: Sign me up, Ma, im probably gonna have to go back...

highlydebased

Not if you paid me to.

wayhey

Isn't this the last year for our Irish course? I mean, with An Triail going off it? And also Project Maths is on the Leaving 2012, no? Figure it'd be better to repeat now while at least some of the stuff is fresh in my head..

LouiseZ

Yeah I think I am. 2 or 3 exams really didn't go my way AT ALL. I was gunna go for medicine but now after those exams I don't think I'll get any higher than 500-510.
Guess that's what I get for spending my entire life on youtube and facebook...

ChristianLC

I'm not confident on how I did on Maths Paper 1 (ordinary). I don't it was extremely difficult and I just shut off completely after question 2. I thought all the part C's were really hard and I could barely answer any of them. I done alot better on paper 2 but having said I hardly did amazing either. Last week I was thinking I passed but for some reason since Monday I know that I failed.

I hope this isn't the case and that I pass but I doubt it. I can't stop thinking about it and I really just want to know my results so I'll find out whether or not I'll have to repeat next year. If I fail Maths I'm going to have to repeat the entire thing because I applied for Business courses through the CAO so a pass is essential.

muffinz

i really dont think i could handle another year of the stress that is involved in 6th year.... im pretty sure Id die of a heart attack or somethin -.-

ChristianLC

Yeah I've been stressed out of mind for the past two months and would hate to have to repeat but it's the most likely scenario in my case. Thing is though I know I'll do so much better next year if I repeat. I'll do more honor level subjects and will work harder. I know how much effort has to be put in after doing it so I'll be much prepared next year.

GVNDNN

Don't make any decisions yet, wait till results and enjoy your summer, i didn't know i would be repeating last year till i got my results, anything can happen, just stay calm and enjoy the 2 months before the results, if it comes to repeating ,it's not as bad as the first time anyway, it flies by

ChristianLC

Yeah I keep getting told not to stress over it but I can't help it. I applied for several PLC courses aswell involving business. I got accepted to them all. I've heard that I could still be allowed entry into the course if I repeat just Maths next year.

Does anyone know if this is true or not?

GVNDNN

ChristianLC wrote: »

Yeah I keep getting told not to stress over it but I can't help it. I applied for several PLC courses aswell involving business. I got accepted to them all. I've heard that I could still be allowed entry into the course if I repeat just Maths next year.

Does anyone know if this is true or not?

Well would you prefer to do a PLC or do the leaving again for higher points, i went for a plc but decided i'd prefer to go back get the points and get the course i really wanted, yes i think you can do that

almostnever

Having just spent a year repeating, I'm not considering it, no. :pac:

It's really not so bad though!

ChristianLC

I wouldn't mind doing a PLC course. I would prefer to go straight into one of my choices from the CAO but during my interview for Rathmines College I was told I could go on to university the following year if I do a good job on their course.

For the courses I want to do from the CAO the points aren't that high. They range from about 200 to 300 points. Would it be worth my while repeating getting higher points and going straight to university or would I just be better off doing a PLC and going to proper college the following year? I'm leaning towards the latter right now.

wayhey

almostnever wrote: »

Having just spent a year repeating, I'm not considering it, no. :pac:

It's really not so bad though!

Did you go back to your old school or what? What was it like?

Doyler92

Not a hope in hell am I repeating.

RedXIV

If you can guys, I'd strongly suggest anyone thinking of repeating talk to a guidance councilor. There are other ways to get into college courses, for example, doing a year in a related course elsewhere and transfer the credits etc. I know a girl in my year when I did the leaving 5 years ago got into medicine by switching in after a year in a different course. Just food for thought, the LC is NOT the only way to get what you want in college

MaggieNF

If i had to, I will hope not though


fiar do hardly any subjects if i did next year, not bother with irish or chemistry classes :L

!?!

I want to do Medicine, but I got sick in the echemisty exam, biology didn't go well and art history was a catastrophe

LC2010HIS

Before it, I felt on top of the world.
Last thursday - IM SCREWED. SEE YA AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER....


:mad::mad::mad::mad: So stupid. Another fecking year like

Scatterbrain

Yeah, I'll definitely be repeating. Need around 500 points, but probably only got 380 or so, as I honestly did nothing all year - not even homework - and have really just been coasting through school all these years.
For me this LC was a much needed wake-up call.
Oh well! Back we go! :rolleyes:

EuropeanSon

Scatterbrain wrote: »

Yeah, I'll definitely be repeating. Need around 500 points, but probably only got 380 or so, as I honestly did nothing all year - not even homework - and have really just been coasting through school all these years.
For me this LC was a much needed wake-up call.
Oh well! Back we go! :rolleyes:

Isn't that what the mocks are for?

LC2010HIS

EuropeanSon wrote: »

Isn't that what the mocks are for?

My bio and fre teachers picked the mocks to suit themselves and what they had done. The LC was horrible.:P

muffinz

LC2010HIS wrote: »

My bio and fre teachers picked the mocks to suit themselves and what they had done. The LC was horrible.:P

my Bio teacher did that too! We had never done Ecology, but my grind tutor told me that Ecology was easy, so I studied it... The day of the exam, I see my teacher had edited out alllll the Ecology and replaced it with stuff from Section 3:pac:

pathway33

LC2010HIS wrote: »

Before it, I felt on top of the world.
Last thursday - IM SCREWED. SEE YA AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER....


:mad::mad::mad::mad: So stupid. Another fecking year like

But that means changing your username. Too much hassle in my book

LC2010HIS

do you have to resit 6 subjects or can you sit only 2 or 3 you want to improve????:eek::eek::eek:

irish_man

If i dont get what my 1st choice i'll seriously consider repeating

*giggles*

I've been thinking about it even before I started my exams:( If I don't get enough points for my first choice, I'd repeat just to give me some more time to decide what it is I want to do.

fairyprincessx

Would never, ever repeat. I wouldn't go through that year again if you offered me a place in Harvard!

Of course its more understandable if you want something like medicine or primary teaching, and thats all you wanted to do. I'm lucky though, I can fill up my CAO with general generic business stuff and I'd be happy enough on most of them!

HOBO123

RedXIV wrote: »

If you can guys, I'd strongly suggest anyone thinking of repeating talk to a guidance councilor. There are other ways to get into college courses, for example, doing a year in a related course elsewhere and transfer the credits etc. I know a girl in my year when I did the leaving 5 years ago got into medicine by switching in after a year in a different course. Just food for thought, the LC is NOT the only way to get what you want in college

i would hate to have to repeat but im not the smartest button in the pile :P and im reaching past the stars here but i just have to become a vet .. its all i ever wanted and all ill ever want but ill be struggling to get up to 560 to get into study it... there is no other way into veterinary without the points .. or so i was told but if anyone else knows different please please tell me ... and if it came down to it i would repeat ... but only if i got close otherwise i would hate to do the LC again and not get it the 2nd time ...


but i do have a second option , i would like optometry either but again im not even sure id get enough points to do that .... but who knows
**heres hoping i become a vet :P

EuropeanSon

HOBO123 wrote: »

i would hate to have to repeat but im not the smartest button in the pile :P and im reaching past the stars here but i just have to become a vet .. its all i ever wanted and all ill ever want but ill be struggling to get up to 560 to get into study it... there is no other way into veterinary without the points .. or so i was told but if anyone else knows different please please tell me ... and if it came down to it i would repeat ... but only if i got close otherwise i would hate to do the LC again and not get it the 2nd time ...


but i do have a second option , i would like optometry either but again im not even sure id get enough points to do that .... but who knows
**heres hoping i become a vet :P

I think general science must have a way into veterinary eventually. Or maybe Zoology, I thought I saw that in a prospectus somewhere.

unknown13

If I got 5 points I wouldn't repeat once is enough.

RedXIV

HOBO123 wrote: »

i would hate to have to repeat but im not the smartest button in the pile :P and im reaching past the stars here but i just have to become a vet .. its all i ever wanted and all ill ever want but ill be struggling to get up to 560 to get into study it... there is no other way into veterinary without the points .. or so i was told but if anyone else knows different please please tell me ... and if it came down to it i would repeat ... but only if i got close otherwise i would hate to do the LC again and not get it the 2nd time ...


but i do have a second option , i would like optometry either but again im not even sure id get enough points to do that .... but who knows
**heres hoping i become a vet :P

There is ALWAYS another way into a career path. The leaving cert is not the key to everything. When I started in college I watched alot of people switch into courses they wanted. And if you go for a year in college and then into your chosen career path as opposed to repeating the LC, you can get the grades you need with continuous assessment, a method far nicer on the ole nerves than 2 weeks of exams.

DEF talk to a guidence councillor, a college/Uni/IT one if possible and you'll be shown how to find the other ways into a course.

HOBO123

i have spoke with a career guidance counsellor and it seems in ireland veterinary is the only course in which it is almost impossible to get in as a graduate or even transfer .. it is because there is only 1 vet school here and the demand is so huge .. there are 5 graduate places and i was told last year approx 2000 people applied .. its a lottery .. only other choice is to go to budapest which costs 50,000 .. which i dont have .. i have done so much research but it seems medicine is now easier to get into than veterinary..

Seloth

After the way the tests went this year I would not repeat.

Repeat friends of mine said these papers were way harder and ones even afraid of re-repeating!

DancingQueen:)

If I really had to I would. I'd prefer to do another year in school and getting into a course I really want then doing a course I didn't like just for the sake of doing it. Hopefully I won't have that problem though.

Rosie_McRose

I screwed up my leaving cert 17 years ago. It was a case of 'could do better' plus the stress of it made me mess up a few papers I knew I could have done really well in. I missed out my first choice of career by 5 points. But I wouldn't repeat. Wild horses couldn't have dragged me back.
I've regretted it since I graduated. After 10 years in a career I hate I'm now going back to repeat. At the ripe old age of 35.
I've got at least 30 working years left. If I do 5 years study I'll have 25 in a career I might actually love.
Repeating is not the end of the world. In fact it may be the smartest move you ever make.

pfannkuchen

Not a chance. I want Medicine and probably won't get it, but I think that there's always another way into the career you want. To me, anything would be better than going back into a classroom for another 9+ months.

Good luck to anyone considering it though, hope it all works out for the best for you!

pathway33

pfannkuchen wrote: »

anything would be better than going back into a classroom for another 9+ months.

or you could repeat the leaving by spending 9 months in bed / at home. Just get up / out for the orals and written. sweet year

pfannkuchen

pathway33 wrote: »

or you could repeat the leaving by spending 9 months in bed / at home. Just get up / out for the orals and written. sweet year

Ha, I wish! My mother would shoot me :pac:

I'm not really that kind of person though, I always need to be doing something. I mean, I'm already feeling guilty for not studying :rolleyes:

MyHair

Don't even consider repeating until you get those results back. You don't want to be thinking about it all summer:cool:

Fete

Repeating really isn't that bad. I just repeated and am glad I did. It was horrible for the first week but you get used to it quickly. And this year flew by. If it doesn't go well in august I really suggest repeating.

LC2010HIS wrote: »

do you have to resit 6 subjects or can you sit only 2 or 3 you want to improve????:eek::eek::eek:

You can resit just 3 but they won't raise your points from last year in any way.