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siobhanod93 wrote: »One week done and about 4 and a half hours study done every week night since....
well, got called in for a meeting with an príomhaide inné...
got study tips from him, and the best one was:
"dont start studying yet... just get your homework up to the standard YOU want, not your teacher- then build that up, once you have your homework up to scratch- THEN start study"
coolest advice i've gotten- no guilt about study
and i am proud of my homework 0 -
you only got it now most get them in like 5th year. i made loadsa stupid points loses in that book be crazy specific about everything is my tip.
Our teacher never gives them to fifth years.. I guess she has a point, you'll just want to write it in sooner and rush it if you have the book. Plus she said they come back in some state!
I've so much homework this weekend it's unreal. 0 -
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Strongly considering dropping to pass Irish because I'm never going to do well in it and I don't even like it, but I want to have higher because it might come in handy for some things I want to do in the future.
What are people doing in terms of extracurricular things? I'm doing 3 things (all within school) and I'm worried I've taken on too much.
I would loved to have been part of a science olympiad quiz team thing or whatever. But at the start of fifth year there was nothing really said about it so I forgot really
I wish I had said something though. 0 -
Hey guys, I'm looking for some advice. Since the beginning of the year (I know its only been two weeks but..) I've felt awful stressed out and anxious for some reason, I haven't started doing any study or anything, so it's not because I'm doing too much of it. Basically i think its because I'm doing all Higher subjects at the moment, and I think I need to drop down in one, but cannot decide at all. I'm quite good at most subjects which makes it difficult to decide. the subjects i'm doing are:
Irish- Got a B in the JC and am good enough at it, had a bad teacher last year but a fairly good one this year
English- Got an A in the JC, have a fantastic teacher, and doubt i'll drop it, but at the same time would only expect a B in the LC because I think I kinda fluked the A in the JC
Maths- Got an A in the JC, however my teacher isnt the best, however she is better this year. I did very little work last year and done poorly in the christmas and summer exams, however have started doing homework this year and doing good at the topic we're one, differentiation.
Chemistry- Im good at science and definetely wont be dropping this
Biology- not dropping this either
Business- Won't be dropping this because I do well in it
French- I always thought I was good at this in the JC and had a very good teacher, got a B in the JC and was happy enough with it. However for these two years I have had a not so great teacher, 60% of people in my class are doing ordinary ( yes the teacher does have to teach both levels) but still seem to do better then others in exams, and like I said, I seem to be good with languages.
These are the courses I am interested in:
Dental Science, TCD
Pharmacy, TCD OR RCSI
Medicine, TCD, UCD, RCSI OR NUIG
International Business(transatlantic studies)- DCU
Business with French- DCU, UCD, TCD
Occupational Therapy- UCD, TCD, NUIG etc
Law- any of the main universities
Law and French
Science- TCD, UCD
Radiography
Business
Human Nutrition
Biotechnology
Genetics
The list goes on really :eek:0 -
^^ It's still really early in the year, don't get too stressed. If I were you, I'd probably drop to pass Irish. You don't need higher Irish for much anymore, so you won't be missing out on anything really.
I think it'll all become clearer to you when you decide what you want to do. You can find out what you don't need and drop in one or two subjects. Keep in mind that it's only 6 subjects that make up your points, so you could drop in your worst and still have a chance of getting really high points. Don't stress. 0 -
Hey guys
Also finding it quite hard to study at the weekends! :O
but on a sunday evening I suddenly become organised and motivated haha :P
Anyone got any tips for teaching myself Economics?
I know a lot of people have prob asked but I can't find much info or help about the subject. 0 -
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leavingcert. wrote: »Hey guys, I'm looking for some advice. Since the beginning of the year (I know its only been two weeks but..) I've felt awful stressed out and anxious for some reason, I haven't started doing any study or anything, so it's not because I'm doing too much of it. Basically i think its because I'm doing all Higher subjects at the moment, and I think I need to drop down in one, but cannot decide at all. I'm quite good at most subjects which makes it difficult to decide. the subjects i'm doing are:
Irish- Got a B in the JC and am good enough at it, had a bad teacher last year but a fairly good one this year
English- Got an A in the JC, have a fantastic teacher, and doubt i'll drop it, but at the same time would only expect a B in the LC because I think I kinda fluked the A in the JC
Maths- Got an A in the JC, however my teacher isnt the best, however she is better this year. I did very little work last year and done poorly in the christmas and summer exams, however have started doing homework this year and doing good at the topic we're one, differentiation.
Chemistry- Im good at science and definetely wont be dropping this
Biology- not dropping this either
Business- Won't be dropping this because I do well in it
French- I always thought I was good at this in the JC and had a very good teacher, got a B in the JC and was happy enough with it. However for these two years I have had a not so great teacher, 60% of people in my class are doing ordinary ( yes the teacher does have to teach both levels) but still seem to do better then others in exams, and like I said, I seem to be good with languages.
These are the courses I am interested in:
Dental Science, TCD
Pharmacy, TCD OR RCSI
Medicine, TCD, UCD, RCSI OR NUIG
International Business(transatlantic studies)- DCU
Business with French- DCU, UCD, TCD
Occupational Therapy- UCD, TCD, NUIG etc
Law- any of the main universities
Law and French
Science- TCD, UCD
Radiography
Business
Human Nutrition
Biotechnology
Genetics
The list goes on really :eek:
I had that exact same feeling when I started in third year. I didn't study at the start, at all, and unfortunately, I didn't all year until just before the mocks and the actual exams. Fortunately, I am good at school and always listened in class, so I got a majority of B's in mostly higher level subjects (Got a D in Higher Level Maths and barely passed Spanish in the real thing) But I worked like hell in first and second year, so that helped too.
This showed me how well I could do, and from your enclosed results, you seem like a smart student.
My Junior Cert experience showed me that if I worked, I could've nearly gotten all A's (Exception to Maths and Spanish). So now I'm (and I actually can't believe it) really chilled out about the Leaving Cert. Because I know I can do well, and you can too...just tell yourself that.
I did TY which gave me a break from study, but when picking my subjects I bore in mind what I was good at. I gave up Spanish (because I don't need it to do what I want in U.L. anyway) and dropped down to pass Maths (which I'm finding really easy atm). I took up Music outside of school to make up my six higher level subjects, in order to "just pass and not want points" for Maths and Irish. But they're still there for minimum requirements. You don't need to count them as points to get into a course (in a majority, but other courses WILL be different and make sure you check out yours prior to dropping back in anything).
My point is that you should take into account what points you need, and fit your subjects somewhat around them. I could aim for 500 or 600 points, but the max I'll need is 450. So don't stress yourself thinking "I have to get 500+ points", think that "I need to get at least *insert points here*" and aim for that, but work to get a little bit more.
A word of advice to you is that remember that the Irish Oral now counts for 40% of your overall result, and I do urge you to start studying for that soon as. I started grinds during the Summer, focusing mainly on the oral, and if you can get nearly full marks in that, then you are guaranteed to pass Irish (as you will most likely get the remaining marks to the 40% overall mark) and pass. Bearing that in mind, I think you should deffo keep up honours Irish, and maybe consider doing pass maths, if you feel nervous about it (I assure you pass is very, very easy in comparison to honours). And don't go from my word alone, think about what you want yourself, and what you feel most comfortable with. But make sure that none of your courses require honours in any particular subject you would consider dropping back in.
But as a general word as regards feeling stressed, it's only the third week starting, and you have loads of time. Set yourself out some sort of study plan (nothing too staunch at the start) and get into the studying habit, and then as time goes on, become stricter. But I urge you to study from now on, as it will alleviate stress much nearer exam time.
Hope this helped (sorry for rambling :P)0 -
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E) A college student/graduateNic Neptune wrote: »I'm actually not worried about the leaving cert. Does that make me:
A) A Dork.
A Freak.
C) In Denial or
D) All of the above.
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**** what was I thinking doing 3 sciences and HL maths. The tedium is something else. I am so sick of learning experiments and definitions its unreal. Never do 3 sciences! Its grand for fifth year but now I'm back into a whole timetable of maths science maths science its killing me. The things I'd do for a few essays instead of a stupid write up
I love studying them, I genuinely enjoy all 3 of them i'd hate to have to study business or something 
I don't do the higher maths though.0 -
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EmptyWithMe wrote: »Got the CAO handbook and forms stuff today..
This just became very real.
I want mine! The boys school down the road from ours got theirs last week. We're getting injections tomorrow :eek:0 -
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