Bad mocks results? how to get better?

aarong1169

I think i got bad results in my pres.
english 66%
irish 59%
science 84%
religion 71%
cspe 81%
french 63%
geography 69%
business 69%
Maths 45%
woodwork 64%
history 58%
everythin is higher level
do you think these are good or bad?

and how do i get better at the languages?
do people usually do much better in real jc or just bit bettter?

Indiego

aarong1169 wrote: »

I think i got bad results in my pres.
english 66%
irish 59%
science 84%
religion 71%
cspe 81%
french 63%
geography 69%
business 69%
Maths 45%
woodwork 64%
history 58%
everythin is higher level
do you think these are good or bad?

and how do i get better at the languages?
do people usually do much better in real jc or just bit bettter?

your results are by no means bad, some people in my year barely passed most subjects getting 41/42 in everything :O

you are only a few % off a grade in most subjects, and in the real thing most examiners will try there hardest to fond the points you need to bump up your grade, so id say you would have gotten a B in english, geography, and business, and an A in science and cspe, and when you take into consideratio the fact that for science, woodwork, cspe and religion there is projects worth a good %age that usually bumps up your grade a good bit if you do a good project and put in the work, and with a bit of study you grades will probably go up a grade, and if you really work hard you can even go up 2 grades or more, the key is to put the work in
good luck

spurious

Make sure you know where you lost your marks.

Did you just not know the information?
Did you leave out parts of questions?
Did you leave out questions?
Did you not answer the question you were asked?

iLikePiano99

aarong1169 wrote: »

I think i got bad results in my pres.
english 66%
irish 59%
science 84%
religion 71%
cspe 81%
french 63%
geography 69%
business 69%
Maths 45%
woodwork 64%
history 58%
everythin is higher level
do you think these are good or bad?

and how do i get better at the languages?
do people usually do much better in real jc or just bit bettter?

Those are not bad at all....I remember last year after my mocks half the people in my year failed at least one subject. You failed none so thats extremely good. And I agree with the first person...in the real thing the marking isn't as hard and the examiner tries their hardest to GIVE you marks. If you study between now and June you could easily move up a grade or two in each subject. In the mocks I got a a low B in Maths, English and Irish but then in the real thing I got A's in all three of them (higher level) so don't stress out over the mocks -- they are just there as an indication to you how much work needs to be done.

Also...I just want to say about maths that the best way to study for that is exam papers, exam papers, EXAM PAPERS!!! Just keep doing questions over and over until you can sit a full paper in your sleep! Its what worked for me.

And for the languages what I did (and I got an A in honours french and irish) is I put the tapes on to my ipod and listened to an excerpt from each tape every day or two just to get a taste for the language and to improve my ear. For the written paper, I made a Notaí Gaeilge and a French Notebook. Every night, after finishing my french and irish homework I would go through my exam papers or french/irish magazines and I would write out 5-10 new words and put them in my notebook (didn't take long -- about 10 minutes). Then I would learn off the words. So I would have learned 5-10 new words every day and by doing that my understanding of the language improved. The good thing about the notebooks too is that they are small so I would always have mine in my bag and every so often I would take it out and go through some of the words if I was incredibly bored! You probably think I am such a swat now but ah well...it really worked for me so give it a go!

Hope I helped! Good Luck! Let me know if you need any more help!

Meowth

aarong1169 wrote: »

I think i got bad results in my pres.
english 66%
irish 59%
science 84%
religion 71%
cspe 81%
french 63%
geography 69%
business 69%
Maths 45%
woodwork 64%
history 58%
everythin is higher level
do you think these are good or bad?

and how do i get better at the languages?
do people usually do much better in real jc or just bit bettter?

Hey thats pretty good i got lots of b's c's and d's in my mocks and in the JC i got 3As and 7Bs and i got an A in German which I only got a D in the mocks So to answer your question yes , your results will improve and i'd just say keep working on exam questions in maths and for me i would listen to tapes for the languages and write essays and letters to improve my writing , re doing essays and putting more vocab in to work on english, get a revise wise and read it trust me it will help loads , help you understand what they looking for and how to improve
Dont worry you'll be fine Best of luck