Well, how did we all do in the Mocks??

lcstress2012

Some people have finished and some people are only starting their mocks this week and I know, though times with all of that studying! How many hours a day of studying did people do for the exams and what points do you need???

If anyone got results back, post them here!

PictureFrame

Only have Music Listening back as the Teacher Corrected it.

Got 75% (B2) Higher.

irishdub14

A2 in Biology!

Wesc.

Well I had time to correct myself in Maths and Geography so fairly sure I got A's in them :pac:

Mr.Fun

A1 in Biology,Physics and Higher Level Maths!!!!
I was pretty chuffed as for the rest.................

UnholyGregor

A1 in chem
A1 in bio
B2 in hr maths (105 points)
A2 in english
B2 in french
B3 in art

550 points in total.
Im planning on getting my b's up to b1's, then im laughing with 570 points... (hopefully)

kilianmanning

47 in geography, 52 in construction.. pretty crappy

curly from cork

Any HL Irish results back ? Interested to see how the new course results will be . How did anyone find the paper ?

kilianmanning

curly from cork wrote: »

Any HL Irish results back ? Interested to see how the new course results will be . How did anyone find the paper ?

I know a fella in my year that got 85% in the written paper

finality

A1 in English
A1 in German
A2 in maths
A2 in biology
B3 in physics
C2 in chemistry

that's 545ish I think, haven't got Irish or applied maths yet, I'll probably get a B in Irish so that'll maybe bring me up about 10 points. Not too bad for avoiding study til the night before. :L Not happy with physics, chemistry or maths at all though.

Canard

finality wrote: »

A1 in English
A1 in German
A2 in maths
A2 in biology
B3 in physics
C2 in chemistry

that's 545ish I think, haven't got Irish or applied maths yet, I'll probably get a B in Irish so that'll maybe bring me up about 10 points. Not too bad for avoiding study til the night before. :L Not happy with physics, chemistry or maths at all though.

A2 in hl maths and you're unhappy?!

...each to their own I guess, well done though :pac:

finality

Patchy~ wrote: »

A2 in hl maths and you're unhappy?!

...each to their own I guess, well done though :pac:

Haha, maths is supposed to be my best subject, I love it so much and it just doesn't treat me right.
thanks :P

Wesc.

finality wrote: »

Haha, maths is supposed to be my best subject, I love it so much and it just doesn't treat me right.
thanks :P

Yeah I'm the exact same with maths 89 ffs!.. Ah well thought I did crap in applied maths but ended up with 96! You'd be surprised at that marking scheme I tell ye :P Oh and how the f*ck did you get an A1 in English studying the night before?? Tell me your ways!

finality

Wesc. wrote: »

Yeah I'm the exact same with maths 89 ffs!.. Ah well thought I did crap in applied maths but ended up with 96! You'd be surprised at that marking scheme I tell ye :P Oh and how the f*ck did you get an A1 in English studying the night before?? Tell me your ways!

88 here. It's so frustrating that if I had just remembered to multiply by the conjugate at the end of one complex numbers question I would've gotten 90. Grr.

ok I'll admit I lied, I studied 2 nights before for English. :L
Did nothing for paper 1, thought of a short story idea the morning before the exam and went with it haha. For the poets I went back and condensed the essay I'd done on them into about an A4 page for each poet, I wrote down about 4 themes I'd be writing about and then listed the poems, with quotes and reminders relating to each theme.
For the comparative, literary genre, I read back over the essay I wrote on it and shortened it to SDSDSFNCM - social realism, dialogue, symbolism, dance, stage directions, flashback, narration, camera angles and music. Just learnt the 9 letters and then fleshed it out in the exam.
For Hamlet I just wrote out some points on post it's and tried to list everything I could on the characters - focused on the character question.
It's all about doing the bare minimum with me, to be fair I expected to get a B. I hate English, I think it would actually kill me if I had to study it after June.

JonnyMcNamee

curly from cork wrote: »

Any HL Irish results back ? Interested to see how the new course results will be . How did anyone find the paper ?

Got 70% with fairly minimal study tbh i.e the night before! The person correcting my paper seemed to be slightly stingy in the pros and filiocht sections though! Took two marks off me in each and even my Irish teacher said they were full mark answers :L oh well :rolleyes:

Sean.

B1 - Engineering
B2 - DCG
B2 - English
B3 - French
B3 - Irish
E1 - Physics

All higher. Maths not returned yet but I'm expecting somewhere between 45 and 60 (didn't finish P2). Results don't include projects, practical work or oral exams. All in all I'm pretty happy, the results aren't "ooh-la-la" brilliant but I have plenty of room to bump a few grades up between now and June!

SeanMadd

curly from cork wrote: »

Any HL Irish results back ? Interested to see how the new course results will be . How did anyone find the paper ?

Got a B1, was delirah My teacher graded our essays very strict though, because she hinted what was coming up, but I still did well in it. I think the tape brought me down though, can't understand the Donegal dialect at all :rolleyes:

Chavways

Sean. wrote: »

B1 - Engineering
B2 - DCG
B2 - English
B3 - French
B3 - Irish
E1 - Physics

You must have gotten the same physics paper as me. It was the worst test I've ever done.Dreading the results

Namlub

A1 in Biology
A2 in French
A2 in English
B1 in Business (2% away from an A, bawling)
B2 in Maths
B3 in Irish
Didn't get history back yet, but it's going to be disastrous

Irish is dragging my points down, stupid oral...

Canard

Holy crap well done Namlub :eek:

Starting to feel inadequate reading this thread and I havent even done half my mocks...better get studying

Eathrin

A1 Maths(+25)
A2 Accounting
A2 Business
A2 Irish
B1 English
B3 French
C1 Physics

So 555 total, okay considering I didn't open a book that's good and all but still really disappointed with how Physics went, it'd usually be one of my best, though I knew how badly I had done after the exam.
Didn't do Applied maths mock.

Canard

Eathrin wrote: »

A1 Maths(+25)
A2 Accounting
A2 Business
A2 Irish
B1 English
B3 French
C1 Physics

So 555 total, okay considering I didn't open a book that's good and all but still really disappointed with how Physics went, it'd usually be one of my best, though I knew how badly I had done after the exam.
Didn't do Applied maths mock.

Eathrin wrote: »

I didn't open a book

Eathrin wrote: »

didn't open a book

I think I speak for all of us when I say...:mad: :pac:
How the hell do you do that?!

*stops reading this depressing thread :P*

Eathrin

Patchy~ wrote: »

I think I speak for all of us when I say...:mad: :pac:
How the hell do you do that?!

*stops reading this depressing thread :P*

All about to change Patchy:D
I've got a feeling that I'm going to work much harder this term and get the results that really show what I'm made of.

Canard

Eathrin wrote: »

All about to change Patchy:D
I've got a feeling that I'm going to work much harder this term and get the results that really show what I'm made of.

Whats about to change? Your grades? :P

....I fear for all of our leaving certs if you do that... :pac:

Namlub

Patchy~ wrote: »

Holy crap well done Namlub :eek:

Starting to feel inadequate reading this thread and I havent even done half my mocks...better get studying

I'm just so dedicated to my studies >_>
Erra I wouldn't pay much attention to other people's results for the pres because there's bound to be a variation in the standard of marking

Eathrin

Patchy~ wrote: »

Whats about to change? Your grades? :P

....I fear for all of our leaving certs if you do that... :pac:

Both that and my epic laziness:pac:

Funny thing is, look at my grades, for what I want to do, I don't need any higher. I think doing the best I can will mean a lot to me and the motivation behind it will come from the thought of regret if I don't.
Hey, 3 months, I can do this, it'll be over in a flash;)

Togepi

@Namlub
@Eathrin

Tell us your ways!

(By the way, unbelievable results lads, sweet jaysus!) :eek:

Coeurdepirate

Patchy~ wrote: »

I think I speak for all of us when I say...:mad: :pac:
How the hell do you do that?!

*stops reading this depressing thread :P*

Togepi wrote: »

@Namlub
@Eathrin

Tell us your ways!

(By the way, unbelievable results lads, sweet jaysus!) :eek:

I agree. I've decided that I'm going to not believe Cian as it is simply impossible to get 555 with no study.

I also decided not to post my results up here, the shame of it

PictureFrame

Coeurdepirate wrote: »

I agree. I've decided that I'm going to not believe Cian as it is simply impossible to get 555 with no study.

I also decided not to post my results up here, the shame of it

Don't be ashamed Couer, they're only the Mocks like! I probably did ****ty too saying this though! :P..

PictureFrame

Eathrin wrote: »

A1 Maths(+25)
A2 Accounting
A2 Business
A2 Irish
B1 English
B3 French
C1 Physics

So 555 total, okay considering I didn't open a book that's good and all but still really disappointed with how Physics went, it'd usually be one of my best, though I knew how badly I had done after the exam.
Didn't do Applied maths mock.

This depresses me.. I've worked quite hard from 5th year and if i've pulled 430 in the Mocks i'll be lucky! ..

Luno

So far I've got
A1 - Geography
B1 - Irish
B2 - English
C2 - Biology
D2 - Maths
Waiting on French and Music, overall I'm pleased with the majority of my results expect for Biology which I actually worked for! :mad:

shefellover93

What I have so far, happy enough besides French but I got 80 in the oral and aural so the literary comprehension killed me!

Maths (Ordinary) - B1
English - B2
Irish - C2
French - B3

snoreborewhore

English - B1
Irish - B2
French - B1
History - C1 (very disappointed, 1% off a
Biology - B2
Maths - C1 (Ordinary Level) (again, 1% off a
And I'm still awaiting my Art result!
I could definately have done better but I'm happy enough with the results

brownstone

Anyone do the DEBS english paper for their pre? Our had to be sent back... Weren't corrected properly or something. And how do you get an A1 in German? :O

Rossie17

Guys don't let mocks get you down. It's not about the mock even though it shows you are in good shape if you get on well. It's all about preparing for June. I got 485 in my mocks in 2009 and got 590 in the actual leaving cert. There is always time if you apply yourself.

angela1711

Yeah how could you get an A1 in German ?

finality

brownstone wrote: »

Anyone do the DEBS english paper for their pre? Our had to be sent back... Weren't corrected properly or something. And how do you get an A1 in German? :O

I did 2 euro languages college courses, 1 as a student and 1 as an assistant. Pretty sure that's how I got an A1, it changed the standard of my spoken German completely. I think writing a lot helps too, for the comprehensions I never have enough space because I try to write down anything that could be remotely relevant to the question, sometimes the answers they accept are really obvious or weird. In one comprehension you're asked to give 3 details about a man in the text, and one of the answers accepted was "he has a mother". :L I also write about 2 A4 pages for the letter and three quarters of one for the Außerung. Writing a hell of a lot seems to be a good thing, I don't think you can answer the questions in any sort of detail in 160 words or whatever they suggest, more like 500 is necessary. :P

FaoiSin

finality wrote: »

I did 2 euro languages college courses, 1 as a student and 1 as an assistant. Pretty sure that's how I got an A1, it changed the standard of my spoken German completely. I think writing a lot helps too, for the comprehensions I never have enough space because I try to write down anything that could be remotely relevant to the question, sometimes the answers they accept are really obvious or weird. In one comprehension you're asked to give 3 details about a man in the text, and one of the answers accepted was "he has a mother". :L I also write about 2 A4 pages for the letter and three quarters of one for the Außerung. Writing a hell of a lot seems to be a good thing, I don't think you can answer the questions in any sort of detail in 160 words or whatever they suggest, more like 500 is necessary. :P

Any suggestions on how to improve on grammar? My teacher is out the whole time and we've nothing done on it... Also what book do you use? I'm getting all my phrases for my letters out of Achtung Deutsch but it doesn't seem to have a lot of phrases on some topics.

So far I got 82 in German and the rest haven't came back yet =P

finality

YeaaahFaoiSin wrote: »

Any suggestions on how to improve on grammar? My teacher is out the whole time and we've nothing done on it... Also what book do you use? I'm getting all my phrases for my letters out of Achtung Deutsch but it doesn't seem to have a lot of phrases on some topics.

So far I got 82 in German and the rest haven't came back yet =P

We used Deutsch Komplett, but we finished it a few months ago. It was ok, but our teacher gave us extra vocab on sheets on some topics.
For grammar, do you know which prepositions take which case, and what the word for 'the' changes to in every case? That's a big thing. People tend to find relative pronouns hard too, practise helps with them. Does your book have grammar exercises? Repeating those helps to sort of drill it into you. You could also go through grammar sections in the exam papers and check them with the marking scheme. If there's something specific you get stuck with or anything like that you can pm me if you like and I might be able to help.

FaoiSin

finality wrote: »

We used Deutsch Komplett, but we finished it a few months ago. It was ok, but our teacher gave us extra vocab on sheets on some topics.
For grammar, do you know which prepositions take which case, and what the word for 'the' changes to in every case? That's a big thing. People tend to find relative pronouns hard too, practise helps with them. Does your book have grammar exercises? Repeating those helps to sort of drill it into you. You could also go through grammar sections in the exam papers and check them with the marking scheme. If there's something specific you get stuck with or anything like that you can pm me if you like and I might be able to help.

Ok thanks very much for that finality I think the book has a few grammar exercises and it mighn't be a bad idea to do a few out of the exam papers =P

Reprazent

C3 - English
D1 - maths
E2 - Spanish
E2 - accounting

Haven't got the rest back.. I don't know what happened I studied hard enough and I did not think I did to bad in Spanish maths or English and I nee 450 in June I nearly lost it coming out of class.. Hopefully my geo and business results shape up I thought they were easy tests but then again I though English and maths were to.. Ive repeated 5th year I would rather die then repeat again I'm in seriously bad form here

Coeurdepirate

Reprazent wrote: »

C3 - English
D1 - maths
E2 - Spanish
E2 - accounting

Haven't got the rest back.. I don't know what happened I studied hard enough and I did not think I did to bad in Spanish maths or English and I nee 450 in June I nearly lost it coming out of class.. Hopefully my geo and business results shape up I thought they were easy tests but then again I though English and maths were to.. Ive repeated 5th year I would rather die then repeat again I'm in seriously bad form here

You've looooads of time to work on them, don't let poor results get you down, I'm expecting an NG in Chemistry and an E in maths! What's an E2 though?

PictureFrame

Coeurdepirate wrote: »

You've looooads of time to work on them, don't let poor results get you down, I'm expecting an NG in Chemistry and an E in maths! What's an E2 though?

There's no such thing as an E2 I don't think. It's D3, E, F. There's no subsections of failed grades.

_pure_mule_

Got Hl Irish back today.. Got 81, was a bit dies appointed considering I was going for an a1 but ah well! June is the 1 that counts:)

Guysim1993

B1 - Art (worked really hard for an A!)
B2 - Maths
B2 - Irish
C2 - English
C2 - Business
C3 - German
Still need to get Biology back I hoping for at least a B2

Maths and Irish are Ordinary Level, so I have 315 so far, and I'm hoping to get at least a B2 in Biology, so I'll nearly have 400. I'm aiming for 430-ish in June, not too worried about my results, since I spent a lot of my time making my Portfolio for Limerick School of Art and Design.

Reprazent

PictureFrame wrote: »

There's no such thing as an E2 I don't think. It's D3, E, F. There's no subsections of failed grades.

Fair enough my bad, still a fail though! I got my geography results back though today and lightened my spirits got a B1. I say I just got to stop being negative and turn into a hermit from here till June!

sh1994

shazzyshaz wrote: »

ya i got 455 in my mocks, and am hopeful to get 510/520 in June!! Totally ppossible for all g'luck!:D

im the same as you dude! i really need 515 and i got 455 in the mocks is it possible do you think??

QueenOfLeon

sh1994 wrote: »

im the same as you dude! i really need 515 and i got 455 in the mocks is it possible do you think??

Moved into the more recent mocks thread Please don't dig up threads started in 2007! :P

StayFrosty

any wan got the links to the marking schemes ??

BL1993

Higher

Chemistry - A1
Maths - A1
Biology - A1
Physics - A1
Applied Maths - A1
English - B3

Ordinary

French - A1
Irish - B3

I hope I can replicate this for my leaving cert. I'm over the moon.

partyatmygaff

For those of you worried about your mock results:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AjdswhIupxjadGE0ajFfdk5heFB6R2FaU1lXendBeEE&pli=1#gid=2

I started that study last year to see the general trend (And reassure myself ). Most people will go up so don't worry if you haven't done as well as you think you could have in the mocks. Some people have went up (And infrequently down) by a huge number of points.