5th year summer results!

gaeilge-abú

hey! how'd all you 5th years do in your summer exams? Can these results be of guidance to what you can achieve in the LC do you think?

Finical

Depends how hard the tests were etc. I remember teachers in my school used give us great ''hints'' for them, but sure good results can indicate some positivity anyways.

gaeilge-abú

all my tests wer exams questions and in some cases full exam papers!

Curlyhatescurls

I don't really think so tbh, the leaving cert is a whole YEAR away from ye and a LOT can(and cannot) happen in a year, I'd say next years Christmas results will be more of a pointer

ManUtdFan10

gaeilge-abú wrote: »

hey! how'd all you 5th years do in your summer exams? Can these results be of guidance to what you can achieve in the LC do you think?

I did nothing for 5th year summer tests, failed a few. Went into 6th year, did some work & results improved significantly. As an example, failed geography last summer, then got a B at christmas.

Don't put too much emphases on them. They are forgotten about when you go into 6th year.

KingLear

God id hate to have the whole of 6th year ahead of me......................sucks to be you

EuropeanSon

gaeilge-abú wrote: »

hey! how'd all you 5th years do in your summer exams? Can these results be of guidance to what you can achieve in the LC do you think?

No. I did zero study in 5th year, and only aced maths and accounting. Now I'm hoping for 6 A1s, and confident of 5 of them.

Aoifums

Mine came today
English - C3
Irish - B3
Maths - A1
French - D1
Biology - A2 - 89%. So freakin' close to an A1!!!
Physics - B1
Home Ec - A2
I'm so upset over English. I know I screwed up my essay and I was a little lost for time during the comparative but I thought I did better. And I put a lot of work into French
I aced Home Ec though! I did so little work during the year! But I worked my ass off for Physics and I did pretty damn good!
I wil lhave a lot more work done by this time next year. And I should have better timing, especially in English.

_Exasperated_

To those who are doing the leaving next year:
Good luck . Don't slack off like I did lol. You're gonna struggle in June.

soccymonster

My results came today too *sigh*

English - B2
Irish - C2
Maths - E (:P, pass for me next year anyways)
French - C2
Economics - B3
Chemistry - A2 (<3)
Biology - B1

All honours and all and in particular maths, the bane of my life.

Next year is gonna be some bitch!

Cipango

soccymonster wrote: »

My results came today too *sigh*

English - B2
Irish - C2
Maths - E (:P, pass for me next year anyways)
French - C2
Economics - B3
Chemistry - A2 (<3)
Biology - B1

All honours and all and in particular maths, the bane of my life.

Next year is gonna be some bitch!

The SEC appears to be trying to stop predicitons so students will have to focus on everything not just certain questions! Be warned about predictions!

unknown13

Cipango wrote: »

The SEC appears to be trying to stop predicitons so students will have to focus on everything not just certain questions! Be warned about predictions!

It is up to people to believe them or not. Predictions are predictions they might might be right but at the same time they might be wrong.

Cipango

Well for 5th yrs its not too important to study for summer tests like not much depends on them and this doesnt give any student incentive to "properly" study! Well i finished my leaving today and i feel i did very well.

In my 5th year summer tests i got:

• ENGLISH - D3
• ECONOMICS - D2
• MATHS - A1
• PHYSICS - E1
• SPANISH - B2
• GEOGRAPHY - B2
• IRISH - E1

In my mocks i got

• ENGLISH - C1
• ECONOMICS - C1
• MATHS - C1
• PHYSICS - D3
• SPANISH - B1
• GEOGRAPHY - C3
• IRISH - D2

And now i feel i got the following grades in my leaving:

• ENGLISH - B2
• ECONOMICS - A2
• MATHS - B2
• PHYSICS - C3
• SPANISH - B1-A2
• GEOGRAPHY - B1-A2
• IRISH - C3

My point anyway is that i wasnt the dedicated type until i went into sixth year. I applied to UCAS (English CAO) and they give you a list of grades and i was faced with pretty high grades to achieve in order to get my course so i studied so so so hard! Woke up at 4am every morning during my exams to get that extra cramming in and it seemed to have worked!



Fifth years, people will say to you that you should have studied in fifth year but the truth is contrary to what people get in their summer tests i think that to start in sixth year is ok but try to avail of revision courses and decent revision books.

Good luck next year fifth years, trust me....ENJOY YOUR SUMMER!!!!

soccymonster

Cipango wrote: »

The SEC appears to be trying to stop predicitons so students will have to focus on everything not just certain questions! Be warned about predictions!

Meh, predictions.
I had no intentions of doing anything like bagging on one female poet or anything anyways :P

Cipango wrote: »

Good luck next year fifth years, trust me....ENJOY YOUR SUMMER!!!!

This makes me sad.
It makes me feel like I'm going to physically combust through the year or something like this

The___________

Personally I wouldn't place too much emphasise on 5th year results-mine were an absolute disaster largely due to working 25hrs a week every week during 5th year!

muffinz

my fifth year results were awful, i epicly failed physics, and got a low C in spanish... spanish is now my second best subject, and im pretty sure i got a D in physics

Scoobydooo

Haha me too pretty sure I failed History but hoping for a B in the real thing

sabrinaspelman

Mine were shameful dropped a grade in every subject, except english, from christmas.

gaeilge-abú

here are my results!

English-82%-B1
Irish-92%-A1
Maths-90%-A1
French-87%-A2
Business-94%-A1
Biology-85%-A2

( i do Accounting outside of school)

-all higher level and thats without the bonus marks for irish 'cause i do all my subjects through Irish!

soccymonster

gaeilge-abú wrote: »

here are my results!

English-82%-B1
Irish-92%-A1
Maths-90%-A1
French-87%-A2
Business-94%-A1
Biology-85%-A2

( i do Accounting outside of school)

-all higher level and thats without the bonus marks for irish 'cause i do all my subjects through Irish!

woah!
Any idea on what you wanna do?

gaeilge-abú

soccymonster wrote: »

woah!
Any idea on what you wanna do?

hmm, not sure as of yet! occupational therapy perhaps?.. if i get the points!... what about yourself?

soccymonster

Ah podiatry or science maybe.

*sigh*

This LC is gonna be some pain..

gaeilge-abú

soccymonster wrote: »

Ah podiatry or science maybe.

*sigh*

This LC is gonna be some pain..

how many points you need for that? ohh i know! :mad:

Nicolala

Not too good... but I didn't fail anything. And I got a B1 in honours English so I'm happy.

WallyGUFC

soccymonster wrote: »

Ah podiatry or science maybe.

*sigh*

This LC is gonna be some pain..

Believe me it's not half as bad as it's made out to be. Few weeks before the tests are a struggle but I had great craic this year.

soccymonster

gaeilge-abú wrote: »

how many points you need for that? ohh i know! :mad:

ah well it was in the low 400s last year.
But it's a new enough course in NUIG so it'll probably go up

aine92

soccymonster wrote: »

Meh, predictions.
I had no intentions of doing anything like bagging on one female poet or anything anyways :P

And I wasnt planning on relying on Kavanagh, but you'll be amazed what pressure forces you to do!!

gaeilge-abú

soccymonster wrote: »

ah well it was in the low 400s last year.
But it's a new enough course in NUIG so it'll probably go up

next year should be fun then!
i'll need 520 for occupational therapy next year to be safe! :eek:

turbanfever

Just got mine back today. I managed to get 5 a's and 2 b's. delighted with them!

xAnnex

Got mine yesterday (all honours)
Maths - A1
English - B1
Irish - B1
French - B2
Chemistry - B1
Business - A2
Technology - A1

Pretty pleased but my exams were easy, we got so many hints!

Prinkle

Did the bare minimum all year and got what comes out at 495 points. Delighted to be going back to pass Irish in September though

River Song

I did **** in mine, compared to previous exams. I had a lot of personal stuff going on the weeks during and previous the exams though. No excuse but still.

All HL bar Irish

Maths - 66% (Was the highest in class, he set a rediculously hard test, incl. questions from Linear Transformation and other stuff we haven't done! Still upset, maths is what I wanna do in later life)
English - 61% - Didn't study, don't really care lol
Irish - 79% (OL) - Was delighted with it, 2nd highest in class
German - 85% - Again delighted, highest
Physics - 77% - Not my best work
Chemistry - 77% - As above, we had class tests counting for summer too, I failed one (I got Avagadro's Constant confused with Newton's Gravitational Constant, I kept writing 6.7x10^23!!! )
Music - 75% - Highest in class, and i lost marks for not doing a practical too lol

plein de force

mine were pretty good
i studied well and it payed off

Irish(OL)- 72% quite surprised as it is my worst subject
English(HL)-79% (ugh just 1% away from a B1
Maths(OL)-74%
History(HL)-75%
French(HL)-95% and it was a challenging, best subject, always get As, hope to get around the same in the real LC
Accounting(HL)-55%
Business(HL)-77%

partyatmygaff

Didn't do that well this summer (For the points I need anyway)

Maths 59% C2 (Absolutely gutted)
Irish 58% C3
English B1 (Oddly enough the percentage wasn't on the results sheet)
Biology 95% A1
Chemistry 96% A1
Engineering 96% A1

Taking up business for sixth year, aiming for around 550 points so i'm nearing my target I guess.

CosmicCrusader

Mine went great!
My maths teacher gave us a rock hard exam! Was convinced I failed and ended up getting a B1
Eh, our teachers all tell to add up our points on all our exams in 5th year 'cause apparently they're usually very close to what you'll actually get if you continue working as you are. It added up to 560 for me! Was shocked!

turbanfever

CosmicCrusader wrote: »

Mine went great!
My maths teacher gave us a rock hard exam! Was convinced I failed and ended up getting a B1
Eh, our teachers all tell to add up our points on all our exams in 5th year 'cause apparently they're usually very close to what you'll actually get if you continue working as you are. It added up to 560 for me! Was shocked!

Hey i got the same points as you! and i also got a B1 in maths!! which i was not expecting!

CosmicCrusader

turbanfever wrote: »

Hey i got the same points as you! and i also got a B1 in maths!! which i was not expecting!

Well done mate!
Our maths exam was a right b***h! I was actually convinced I failed or just scraped a pass at best. I'm good at maths, I'm in honours and I love it! But god it was so hard!

3hn2givr7mx1sc

I did fairly terrible.
Irish-Ordinary-D2
English-Higher-F
Maths-Ordinary-C3
French-Higher-F
History-Higher-F
Business-Higher-E
Art-Higher-F
LCVP-Common-Pass

Ah well, basket-making is always an option.:P

gaeilge-abú

counted my points up!! got 565 counting english(which will be my 7th subject) because i do accounting outside of school and didnt do a test!! delighted!:D

gazzacarroll

5th year summer tests in reality are only bit parts of the LC. My advice is to not dwell on them too much. They are unreliable to be predicting future results as you may get a test you find easy or difficult on them future.

I got in terms of points:

x-mas 5th year: 530
summer 5th year: 500
x-mass 6th year: 480
mocks : 390 :P

see where this is goin :P haha

and LC 525

seriously dont dwell on them

soccymonster

God I feel stupid looking at these results....

turbanfever

soccymonster wrote: »

God I feel stupid looking at these results....

there's no need to! You know yourself 5th yr summer tests arent everything. I know people say that what you do in 5th year matters (and it does in a way) but at the same time theres people all over the country who bring their grades from a D in the mocks to an A1 in the LC from dedication and hard work! Chin up!

johnmcdnl

just remember the hints your teachers give you for the summer tests are always gonna be right... because he/she is the one setting the paper... your hints in the leavin are much more abstract...

don't even look at the 5th year results after you get them.. they mean nothin tbh... it's the year of work next year and next summer's results that actually matter..

don't look too deeply into them or your either setting the standard for yourself too low or setting yourself up for a huge fall..

ride-the-spiral

Was very happy with mine, works out to the big 600. But I don't trust 2 of those teacher's marking so it'd be a bit lower.

Keano!

Irish (H) - 27% [E]
English (H) - 76% [B2]
Maths (O) - 96% [A]
Geography (H) - 72% [B3]
French (H) - 50% [D1]
Economics (H) - 43% [D3]
Business (H) - 51% [D1]
LCVP - 89% Merit


Needless to say I'll be doing pass Irish for my Leaving next year. No disrespect to any avid Irish language fans here, but I ahte it so much. Dreaded every single class last year and my highest mark in all my class tests was a whopping 72% :rolleyes:

Disappointed with Business though. Should be capable of pushing my French up to a C.

gaeilge-abú

ride-the-spiral wrote: »

Was very happy with mine, works out to the big 600. But I don't trust 2 of those teacher's marking so it'd be a bit lower.

wow! congrats! what subjects do you do? what you hoping to do in college?

RoRoCullen

gaeilge-abú wrote: »

here are my results!

English-82%-B1
Irish-92%-A1
Maths-90%-A1
French-87%-A2
Business-94%-A1
Biology-85%-A2

( i do Accounting outside of school)

-all higher level and thats without the bonus marks for irish 'cause i do all my subjects through Irish!

*Claps*

Digits

Cant remember most but got 77% in Maths (Higher) so happy enough with that considring we were given no hints and had 2 full past pre-papers to do. Got 80% in english higher 78 and 79 in Construction and Engineering respectivly so im happy enough with them for my own standards. Done poor in Physics though (low 50s) so something to work on as I like Physics. Irish and French scraped passes but dont intend on counting them for points. All honours except Irish.

ride-the-spiral

gaeilge-abú wrote: »

wow! congrats! what subjects do you do? what you hoping to do in college?

Chemistry, French, DCG and Physics. I'm basically neglecting Irish at this stage, much to my mother's dismay. And I'm teaching myself Applied Maths.

Still not sure what I want to do. Might do physics...

gaeilge-abú

ride-the-spiral wrote: »

Chemistry, French, DCG and Physics. I'm basically neglecting Irish at this stage, much to my mother's dismay. And I'm teaching myself Applied Maths.

Still not sure what I want to do. Might do physics...

don't neglect irish!! sure you got an A1 in it in your summer exams?:eek: its eeeeeeeeeeeeeasy!

Evan93

Got mine today. Pretty happy, just thought I'd share it with the world haha.


English-A2
Maths-A2
History-A2
Business-A1
Physics-A1
French-B1
Irish-C1


Got 555 in total which is pretty good, hope I keep it up haha.

Oddly there was no percentages, which they usually include.

All higher level and I teach myself applied maths outside school, so we'll see how that goes next year. :pac: