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how many subjects...

  • 03-03-2011 9:04pm
    #1
    fontdor
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 531 ✭✭✭


    Can you drop in 5th year?


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  • #2
    Willbbz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 894 ✭✭✭Willbbz


    Well whatever you want to drop. In my school (and most if not all schools) we do Eng, Irish, Maths, and then 4 subjects of our choice for the leaving cert


  • #3
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,316 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    In all but the largest schools the selection to pick your four 'other' subjects from is limited. If you and 3 others want to do Chemistry and everyone else wants Biology, you're unlikely to have a class in Chemistry.


  • #4
    DarkDusk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 914 ✭✭✭DarkDusk


    spurious wrote: »
    In all but the largest schools the selection to pick your four 'other' subjects from is limited. If you and 3 others want to do Chemistry and everyone else wants Biology, you're unlikely to have a class in Chemistry.

    Ya, same here with my school. There will probably be enough demand for Chemistry (which I want to do) although I really want to do my favourite subject, Physics, but I doubt we'll have the numbers...:(


  • #5
    pancakes rule
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 137 ✭✭pancakes rule


    By law you have to do 5 subjects. Almost everyone does English, Irish, Maths and a foreign language. Usually you do at least 7 subjects all together, you can do 6, but 7 means that you can fall back on one, just incase.


  • #6
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,316 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    There is no minimum number of subjects you have to take in the Leaving.

    A generally accepted measure of having 'passed the Leaving' is at least grade D in five subjects at any level, but there is no reason you couldn't have done them in two sittings. College entrance requirements are different.


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  • #7
    johnmcdnl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,739 ✭✭✭johnmcdnl


    well your going to need at least 6 subject if you want to have a good chance of getting a decent result in the leaving seeing as 6*100=600pts max

    5 subjects and you can only get 500 points max

    most people do 7 because if they do crap in one exam they have 6 still to fall back on...


    simple answer and probably the best - you only have to do 6-7 subjects for the leaving


    but don't expect their to be less of a work load which seems to be what your after - content is way harder and more intense so your work load will increase regardless


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