What subjects are doable in a year to repeat the LC?

Gav77

A lot of people are put off by history but i did higher level myself this year and got a B2. I think if you have any interest in history and understand how to write essays, it can be picked up quite well by just reading it. As if you find it interesting the information will stick pretty well

LC2010HIS

I did Agricultural Science HL this year. Didnt understand ANY OF IT.
Half of it is Biology which gave me a benefit!

I got same as the mock, HL C3. I aint complainin

Heard Geography and Biology are duable in a year too.
You gotta be studying all the time if you do an new subject to get a good grade.

Mysteriouschic

Can you do ag science outside the college?

How hard is classics? and economics?

Mysteriouschic

I think I'll be picking classics. Maybe economics still undecided but I know I really do not want to do french again.

Is classical studies easy to get a B in higher?

How much books do you need to read? would you be answering questions similar to the way you'd do in english?

Would you need to learn of quotes for it?

implausible

Mysteriouschic wrote: »

My results weren't the best. I'm gonna keep geography , maths ,business and English and pick up 2 new subjects I'm dropping my other two I'm not that good at them.

To be honest, I think that you're going to make life very difficult for yourself in an effort to try and do 'easy' subjects for the LC. You didn't get great results in the subjects you studied over 2 years. Why do you think that taking up a brand new subject for one year is going to be different?

You have an excuse for everything you did badly in, you say you like English and reading, but you don't want to put the effort in to read new texts (even though you would be in a class where they could be starting from scratch too). Maybe it's time to take responsibility for yourself this year and really give it your all. An extra year at the subjects you're not too good at has to improve your mark and may allow you to go from OL to HL.

There is no easy way to improve your results, hard work is what it'll take. I apologise if I sound harsh, but you could be using this time to revise your old subjects or read a novel, instead of looking for a shortcut to great results.

Mysteriouschic

deemark wrote: »

To be honest, I think that you're going to make life very difficult for yourself in an effort to try and do 'easy' subjects for the LC. You didn't get great results in the subjects you studied over 2 years. Why do you think that taking up a brand new subject for one year is going to be different?

You have an excuse for everything you did badly in, you say you like English and reading, but you don't want to put the effort in to read new texts (even though you would be in a class where they could be starting from scratch too). Maybe it's time to take responsibility for yourself this year and really give it your all. An extra year at the subjects you're not too good at has to improve your mark and may allow you to go from OL to HL.

There is no easy way to improve your results, hard work is what it'll take. I apologise if I sound harsh, but you could be using this time to revise your old subjects or read a novel, instead of looking for a shortcut to great results.

I would do the english it's just most people would have done the honours for the leaving cert. Paper 1 in english is usually where I score the highest. I'd have to learn Hamlet and poetry and be able to write an essay in a year.I'm not sure I might try in english I'll see what the place says. I might stick with the french and keep it as a 7th subject , I've just always found it really hard. I'm really interested in the two subjects I'd be picking up. With french I know I'm not capable to do the honours, I could do well in the ordinary but the honours is too hard. I'm just worried about making the wrong choice when picking the subjects to repeat .

dnalyh

hey i was wondering could anyone help i am thinking of repeating my leaving cert and that this yr but i hear there are a few new changes to the course could anyone help me please and give me some information on this also i would be very grateful if anyone could tell me of any night colleges that do the leaving cert at night as i am in college already but want to do this as part time to see can i get into the course i want for next yr ?

TeachMealog

all those years ago I did Geography in one year and turned out to be one of my better subjects embarrassingly.
Subjects like Geography, Accounting, Classics, Agri Science, Applied Math and Economics where the curriculum stays the same from year to year are the most possible to do in a single year

A number of repeat schools do evening classes in subjects which you can add on to your existing year if your school doesn't do it

e.g.
www.ashfieldcollege.ie (templeogue)
www.plunketcollege.ie (whitehall)

I am sure yeates and bruce college do them as well

sckool

Japanese would be doable in a year contact the Language Intiative as they do classes in dUBLIN and Cork, i think they are free

Mysteriouschic

TeachMealog wrote: »

all those years ago I did Geography in one year and turned out to be one of my better subjects embarrassingly.
Subjects like Geography, Accounting, Classics, Agri Science, Applied Math and Economics where the curriculum stays the same from year to year are the most possible to do in a single year

A number of repeat schools do evening classes in subjects which you can add on to your existing year if your school doesn't do it

e.g.
www.ashfieldcollege.ie (templeogue)
www.plunketcollege.ie (whitehall)

I am sure yeates and bruce college do them as well

I've had a look at plunketts I can't find what subjects they do and the ones I saw were the ones that they did in my old school. They haven't got classics or economics or they might not too sure. So I'm not quite sure. I think I'll be going to rathmines.

Mysteriouschic

Which place is better to repeat in Rathmines or Plunketts?

crayon1

Would it be possible to take up home ec in a year as a repeat?

irishgirl10

Business is probably one of the easiest but as someone said, Economics is a much shorter course. It depends how much work you are willing to put in though. I'l warn you now, economics is a very hard subject to get an A in. Alot of straight A students slipped down to a b or a c this year in the leaving.

prettybb

can anybody tell me what an external candidate must do I'm going to repeat LC again~

KizzyMonster

In 2007 I sat Bio, Geo, Music, French, Irish, English (higher) and ordinary maths...
In 2012 I am going to sit Bio, Phys, Chem, Maths, Classics, Music (higher) and ordinary Irish, English and French

Mysteriouschic

I think I'm doing home economics and economics as my two new subjects. Then keeping the others business, geography, maths, english, maybe french I'm keeping it for now I might drop it later in the year it's just a backup subject .

megan17

I am doing 8 subjects atm
English(H)
Biology(H)
Home Ec(H)
Business(H)
French(H)
L.C.V.P.
Irish(H)
Math(O)
But i have decided to drop to ordinary irish because i hate it! I also wish don't like business and didnt pay much attention to it last year. I was concidering giving it up and taking up another subject I was thinking about geography I did it for my junior cert and find it alot more interesting than business but I am curious is it douable in a year or what other subjects are? I am a good worker!

irelandfan

megan17 wrote: »

I am doing 8 subjects atm
English(H)
Biology(H)
Home Ec(H)
Business(H)
French(H)
L.C.V.P.
Irish(H)
Math(O)
But i have decided to drop to ordinary irish because i hate it! I also wish don't like business and didnt pay much attention to it last year. I was concidering giving it up and taking up another subject I was thinking about geography I did it for my junior cert and find it alot more interesting than business but I am curious is it douable in a year or what other subjects are? I am a good worker!

I don't mean to alarm if you don't know this already but as far as I know you can't repeat LCVP.

Lexii307

irelandfan wrote: »

I don't mean to alarm if you don't know this already but as far as I know you can't repeat LCVP.

You can actually repeat the exam but you cant do another portfolio. It has to be the first one you did. A guy in my year repeated the exam and he was the first in the school to do it.

rainbowtrout

Mysteriouschic wrote: »

Can you do ag science outside the college?

How hard is classics? and economics?

Your teacher grades your ag science project and that is checked by an external examiner who may interview you (if you are the only student sitting in the subject in the school you will definitely be interviewer, i.e. an oral examination). Your teacher must be teaching the subject in a school, so you can't just sign up for the subject and send in your project to the SEC. You can't just get anyone to sign off on it, so don't make a commitment to this subject unless you have sorted yourself out with a teacher who is willing to take you first.

Eggy Baby!

0987654321 wrote: »

REligion and Ag Science trust me!

I find Religion easy but NOBODY would be able to do it in a year!

angela1711

home ec is not double in a year... it is a long course involved a lot of learning
it is a bit similar to biology but not the same.. and there is also a project to do with takes a good amount of time
it is hard to do on well

eamonn11

I'm repeating the leaving cert this year and im looking for some advice on the 3 most practical/easiest leaving cert subjects to get covered in one year? i would rather subjects that are theory and factual learning instead of problem solving ones.

I'm just looking for points this year as i have passed english, irish, maths and german.

I will already be doing geography, biology and ag. science already this year as i got higher B3's in each of them.

I will probably be getting 2 grinds a week in each of my 3 new subjects, so ill be putting alot of work into them.

I was thinking of doing....

Economics
Business
Phys/Chem or History or Home Ec or Construction??

If anyone has any info on these subjects it would be greatly appreciated!

And im wondering what Ag. Economics is like if anyone has any info?

Any advice or info would be much great.........

Mysteriouschic

So home ec is not doable in a year?
The only subjects they do in the place is history , biology and then physics . I'm taking up economics I need one other out of those. Some people have told me history as I'm quite good at english. But they said ordinary level I need a honours.

the_big_shmoke

keep in mind that u wud hav to do a project in history and construction, i don't know about the others

i'm repeatin as well and i'm gona take up ag science, supposed to be one of the easier subjects

ag ec?? lookin on internet and i think it was in 2009 that only 30 students took exam

smalls

I loved History and went on to get an A2 but it is a serious amount of work with a lot to remember but it is interesting. However bare in mind Bio and Geo have a vast amount to cover, but are easier to print on the brian than history

spurious

Already a thread on this - merged.

Mysteriouschic

Is home ec just learning like learning food biology basically?
I had a look at the paper it looks sort of like biology.

angela1711

well i'm not doing any of those myself: history , biology and then physics
But i think out of those biology would be the best one. Don't want to judge here as i said i'm not doing any of those but from what i have heard biology is managable

angela1711

Mysteriouschic wrote: »

Is home ec just learning like learning food biology basically?
I had a look at the paper it looks sort of like biology.

There are some bits similar to biology but it is not the same. Having home ec and biology is useful. Home ec to be honest is a mixture of everything bit of biology, bit of sociology, bit of business, bit of chemistry, bit of common sense and a lot of the food industry. The project is worth 20% of the overall mark and then the paper is obviously 80%. I'm only in 6th year know but I'm doing home ec since 1st year and I know how much effort it requires.... It is mostly learning but it is hard to get without having everything properly explained. If you decide to join the home ec class only for 6th year than you may find yourself lost as they would have done a lot in 5th year.
Taking my home ec class as an example we've done most of the long questions in 5th year. And we've done all of the project in 5th year.
I'm not weak at home ec I was getting A's all throughout 5th year. I had one C i think and in my opinion it is not an easy subject to do well in.
The best thing to do is talk to home ec teacher in your school.

Mysteriouschic

I think I'll stick with home ec and the economics. I know loads of people whos done home ec and can get notes off them. I'm not bad at science stuff.

or maybe take up history if I'm good at english , if I was able to do honours :S.

cavanman52

These subjects are all easily doable in one year.:D

Murp7784

Hi, I am thinking of repeating my leaving cert.
I am going to drop English because I cannot be bothered relearning everything again. I took on Biology, business, art, Accounting, but I failed art and business due to some unfortunate circumstances that had happened within the two years. I am now looking into physics, DCG, ag science and applied maths.

Also, since I done ordinary maths, could I achieve between 40-50% with a year of doing Higher maths