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

Chavways

partyatmygaff wrote: »

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.

I'm sorry but theres no way the average leaving cert points is 475.It'd be much closer to 350 or even 375 I would think.An average of 475 means most people are getting B2's and B1's and that just doesn't happen.

Coeurdepirate

StayFrosty wrote: »

any wan got the links to the marking schemes ??

Here!

Luno

Chavways wrote: »

I'm sorry but theres no way the average leaving cert points is 475.It'd be much closer to 350 or even 375 I would think.An average of 475 means most people are getting B2's and B1's and that just doesn't happen.

I'm assuming that's of the people who submitted their results not an overall average of the country.

Canard

Chavways wrote: »

I'm sorry but theres no way the average leaving cert points is 475.It'd be much closer to 350 or even 375 I would think.An average of 475 means most people are getting B2's and B1's and that just doesn't happen.

Yeah I heard its around 320. Those estimates must be from boardsies and lets face it, people on boards are generally not the types to get 320 :P

partyatmygaff

Chavways wrote: »

I'm sorry but theres no way the average leaving cert points is 475.It'd be much closer to 350 or even 375 I would think.An average of 475 means most people are getting B2's and B1's and that just doesn't happen.

I'm aware. This is a boards.ie study for boards members who (For some unknown reason) happen to be higher achievers when compared to the rest of the cohort. Also, you have to bear in mind that the sample size is fairly small.

In any case, the actual points achieved isn't what's really being looked at. The point of this survey is to see the general trend in differences between mock points and actual points.

Eathrin

Chavways wrote: »

I'm sorry but theres no way the average leaving cert points is 475.It'd be much closer to 350 or even 375 I would think.An average of 475 means most people are getting B2's and B1's and that just doesn't happen.

That was a survey done on Boards.ie by Partyatmygaff.
So members here appear to be above the national average, of course 475 isn't the national average.

Really good survey btw and interesting too.
One person trebled their points.:cool:
One person Fell from 600 to 580.:(
And one got 600 and 600 again:rolleyes:

Chavways

partyatmygaff wrote: »

I'm aware. This is a boards.ie study for boards members who (For some unknown reason) happen to be higher achievers when compared to the rest of the cohort. Also, you have to bear in mind that the sample size is fairly small.

In any case, the actual points achieved isn't what's really being looked at. The point of this survey is to see the general trend in differences between mock points and actual points.

Sorry my bad.If thats the case every teenager in the country should join Boards and within a few years exam results will skyrocket.Won't cost the government a penny

Namlub

I've conducted a series of Bernoulli trials and I'm positive I'm going to drop.

galwaymusic

I have 355 so far and waiting for my full art result. Fair enough for me anyways. Happy enough but would love 400+.
I know I can do it!

PictureFrame

galwaymusic wrote: »

I have 355 so far and waiting for my full art result. Fair enough for me anyways. Happy enough but would love 400+.
I know I can do it!

Maith thú! ..

In my case i'm still waiting on my results. My French teacher got really angry that they weren't back today rang DEB and gave out sh** to them! :P

Anyway, off to try and understand the brilliant mind of the one and only Thomas Kinsella!

sdiff

100% in maths

I also got a B3 in English and German... what are my chances of bringing these up to an A1? I don't think I have TOO much work to do in my other subjects and I'd love 6-7 A1's... B3 in the mock isn't very promising though..

finality

sdiff wrote: »

100% in maths

I also got a B3 in English and German... what are my chances of bringing these up to an A1? I don't think I have TOO much work to do in my other subjects and I'd love 6-7 A1's... B3 in the mock isn't very promising though..

So jelly. I got A1s in English and German and I'd gladly trade them in for 100% in maths.

brownstone

Got 92% in Accounting, 90% in Chemistry and 71% in English. Pretty disappointed with English. Have dropped from an A2. Did really bad in the Comparative and Composition, even though I found the actual questions pretty easy. I got the highest in my year which is kind of shocking... Hopefully thinks will improve for June. Waiting for the rest back...

brownstone

I used to be so good at maths and love the subject. But I'm really struggling now and our teacher is hopeless. I would be one of the best in my class....Any advice?

sdiff

brownstone wrote: »

I used to be so good at maths and love the subject. But I'm really struggling now and our teacher is hopeless. I would be one of the best in my class....Any advice?

All I can recommend in the case of a bad teacher is a lot of DIY. Get a set of leaving cert papers that include 2012 project maths sample papers. Do a full exam paper, get an idea where you're going wrong, study these areas rigorously. Do another exam paper, aware yourself of any tricks the examiner has. That's it really. If you're the best in your class then you have innate talent and that's the most important thing for maths.

Zomg Okay

Pure crap, to be honest. Which I'm happy with - really motivated me to take the finger out. :P

English - HL D1. Wrote a ton but because we don't often have big exams I wasn't aware of exactly how much I had a tendancy to ramble off-topic/without answering the question in front of me. Going to start working on essay writing with the question firmly in mind and being more descriptive in my short story. Apparently my short story was quite good and well written but I never once thought to describe the background, etc. :rolleyes:

French - OL C2. Quite happy with this. I realised I hadn't a hope in HL and dropped down literally days before the mocks. Had no real time to practise the OL paper and I'm confident I can push that up to a B1 by June.

Irish - OL D1. Might be able to push this up to a C2 or so if I put enough work into the prose and oral. Always been horrible at Irish though.

Maths - OL D3. 40% exactly. Hoping to get this up to ~60% by June but I'm useless at Maths. At the moment, it was enough for me that I passed.

History: HL D2. Disgusted with this. History is my strongest subject but I just can't write fast enough to get the marks. Hoping that if I practise a lot I'll be able to write a lot more come June.

HL Biology and Business. I haven't gotten these back yet but expecting around 70% in Business and maybe 50% in Biology.

Sorry for the longish post, I'm ordering my own thoughts on the results as much as anything else. :rolleyes:

brownstone

Thank you. I have them exam papers. Like according to her we've the course done, even though we haven't done sequences and series, induction or binomial... I'm trying to teach myself sequences and series as I'd like to have a choice in paper one...

The Radiator

English is Paper 2 only and Maths is just Paper 1

English - E (Didn't answer the prescribed poetry Q)
Maths OL - B1
Biology - E (Only did one half-arsed long question, full marks on experiment Q's)
French - E (Didn't write anything for the written part, got full marks on one comprehension)
Geography - D3 (Didn't answer the elective Q, but got 80/80 on the short Q's)

Pretty much what I was expecting, kinda starting to worry now. So hopefully, I'll begin my study soon

Still have to get Business, but I think that was my weakest exam
Didn't do the Irish or Physics exams

I'm doing Physics outside school, but out of 17 in the class in school only one person passed (44%), everyone else between 6-38

Canard

My friend was going to get his geography result off his teacher who's my English teacher so I couldnt resist, I asked my result too :P

I got 82 I'm soooooo happy with that, I want an A2/A1 in June but we hadnt even revised Hamlet yet and I'd never done a B part of a comprehension before but I still managed a B1

Wesc.

So far:

Maths - A1, 96%...not going to deny that I'm a bit disappointed considering I had so much time left and really ****ing pissed off that I calculated the correlation co-efficient slightly wrong.

Applied Maths - A1, 93%... GET IN!!! Soooooooo delighted with this result considering I did no study whatsoever and the exam paper was far harder than an actual leaving cert. paper

English - B2, 75%... Happy enough with the result especially since I got full marks in the Hamlet question and my awful short story somehow managed 73 marks :P But god I was not expecting to fail the comprehension, it's quite embarrasing tbh

Irish - B1, 83%... Bit disappointed because I really don't think I can write a better essay than what I did considering it was a sample essay I learned off from the institute :P The oral was marked really easy I thought!

Physics - 89%... Sound, no opinion really :P


And that's it for now waiting on french and geography and then I'll be able to count my points

David1994

Wesc. wrote: »

So far:

Maths - A1, 96%...not going to deny that I'm a bit disappointed considering I had so much time left and really ****ing pissed off that I calculated the correlation co-efficient slightly wrong.

Applied Maths - A1, 93%... GET IN!!! Soooooooo delighted with this result considering I did no study whatsoever and the exam paper was far harder than an actual leaving cert. paper

English - B2, 75%... Happy enough with the result especially since I got full marks in the Hamlet question and my awful short story somehow managed 73 marks :P But god I was not expecting to fail the comprehension, it's quite embarrasing tbh

Irish - B1, 83%... Bit disappointed because I really don't think I can write a better essay than what I did considering it was a sample essay I learned off from the institute :P The oral was marked really easy I thought!

Physics - 89%... Sound, no opinion really :P


And that's it for now waiting on french and geography and then I'll be able to count my points

Jeez nice an B2 and failed comprehension aint bad Also btw what u get in the oral? :P

Wesc.

David1994 wrote: »

Jeez nice an B2 and failed comprehension aint bad Also btw what u get in the oral? :P

Well I lost 1 mark in reading poetry for reading a little too quick. Lost 12 marks in sraith pictiuiri which I didn't mind because I really really couldn't be bothered studying them..christ the thought of it :P And I only lost like 10 marks in the general conversation so I ended up with 217/240 or 90.4%

David1994

Wesc. wrote: »

Well I lost 1 mark in reading poetry for reading a little too quick. Lost 12 marks in sraith pictiuiri which I didn't mind because I really really couldn't be bothered studying them..christ the thought of it :P And I only lost like 10 marks in the general conversation so I ended up with 217/240 or 90.4%

Nice I got 190/240 which is 80% I think so not too bad I got 30/35 in filiocht dunno where I went wrong must of read too fast and now come to think of it I forgot the teideal :P Nerves made me forget to..
Lost about 13 marks in sraith pictiur(like you hadnt learnt them off)
Somehow I lost 30 marks in the comhra whereas that is usually my strong point Anyways hapy enough

David1994

For now I have a few back so will add some later

Biology-59%(C3) Not happy but considering the highest was like a B3 Im optimistic anyways
Maths(OL)-55%(C3) Haha our class did so bad not even funny :P Not counting for points and considered thought I scraped a pass happy
Irish oral-80% Happy enough for now :P I know where i slipped up so its grand..

Stalin and rugby

Maths Hl - Failed

Chem Failed

Physics Failed

Biology - Didn't turn up

English - Didn't turn up

Applied Maths - 49%

German - 44 %

Trying to get into Medicine Tcd - Challenge accepted :cool:

Impossible LC

A1 Maths
A1 Economics
A1 Engineering
B3 Spanish
B3 Physics
D1 English

Hate languages, it always drags me down... Spanish, i got 84.x% in written, 72% for the overall
feel i am pure lucky to get these results... dont know why
especially physics, highest in the class was 76% n i got 74% n yet i never pay attention in class

Impossible LC

How accurate are the mock results, if you get an A or B in maths, would that mean you'll be getting the same grade again in the real thing?
Because some teachers in my school say our mock result + about 10% would be what you should get in the real thing
Is this true, and is it reliable?

Bears and Vodka

It all depends on how closely the Mock paper resembled the actual paper, if you did equally well in both and all that. There's no definite answer.

We were told the same though, so there must be some truth to that. Mainly because people study between the mocks and LC

Fireball07

It is possible to make a big improvement between the mocks and the real thing. It is also possible to drop down, depending on the toughness of the mock/real thing and how much work you do.

I did improve in every one of my subjects... I worked a small bit more, but the mocks are good preparation, they give you an idea of where to focus your efforts.

ash2012

i got 390 and need 520 do u think it is possible? well done to everyone. .

That Handsome Devil

English - A1
Irish - B3
Maths - A1
Spanish - B2
Applied Maths - A1
Physics - A1
Chemistry - A2
Biology - A1
Religion - A1

Well happy

Togepi

That Handsome Devil wrote: »

English - A1
Irish - B3
Maths - A1
Spanish - B2
Applied Maths - A1
Physics - A1
Chemistry - A2
Biology - A1
Religion - A1

Well happy

Holy crap! :eek: Is that 625??

Anro

Does anyone have mocks marking schemes they can post?

Eathrin

That Handsome Devil wrote: »

English - A1
Irish - B3
Maths - A1
Spanish - B2
Applied Maths - A1
Physics - A1
Chemistry - A2
Biology - A1
Religion - A1

Well happy

Really? You're happy? With that! No offence man but do you really think anyone will be impressed with a peasant 6 A1s? Anyone possessing the fundamentals of self-respect would not settle for anything less than 9. Pah, call yourself a leaving cert student, for shame...
:rolleyes:

Wesc.

That Handsome Devil wrote: »

English - A1
Irish - B3
Maths - A1
Spanish - B2
Applied Maths - A1
Physics - A1
Chemistry - A2
Biology - A1
Religion - A1

Well happy

But you didn't realllllyyy get that because that would be impossible right? Rigtht!?!?


Ok, in all seriousness, that's how many, 9 subjects with 6 fookin A1's...!? :eek: That's not attainable unless some of those are pass subjects :P





Unless you don't leave your house and study all day :P

LoonyLovegood

I hate ye all.

English: B1 (Paper One Only)
Irish: D2
French: D1
Economics: D3
Biology: B1
History: C3

Still waiting on Business, English Paper 2 and Maths. So far I've gotten 370. I need 440. Oh, ****e.

And then, I mess up writing my grades. ARGH.

Chavways

PictureFrame wrote: »

Just waiting on English here's what I have so far:

Business- 92.25% (A1)
Economics- 87% (A2)
Geography- 81% (B1)
Maths- 75% (B2)
Irish- 73% (B3)
Music- 70% (B3)
French- 61% (C2)
LCVP- Distinction

Happy enough with most, delighted with Business and Economics. Slightly disappointed with French but it's something to work for at least! Currently on 420 I think with best 5, hope to get a B2 in English which would bring me to 500! My goal for the Leaving!

You're on 430 with best 5. 505 with best 6 :rolleyes:

PictureFrame

Chavways wrote: »

You're on 430 with best 5. 505 with best 6 :rolleyes:

No actually i'm not, I do Maths and Irish at OL. Awaiting English HL to show my points overall.

Chavways

PictureFrame wrote: »

No actually i'm not, I do Maths and Irish at OL. Awaiting English HL to show my points overall.

Oh right.I just thought they were all HL because you never mentioned it.

cloud493

B2 in English, sure I did better than that :mad:
C3 in business
A1 in history, chuffed
D something in maths :mad:

PictureFrame

Chavways wrote: »

Oh right.I just thought they were all HL because you never mentioned it.

Totz slipped my mind! :P

PictureFrame

Fireball07 wrote: »

It is possible to make a big improvement between the mocks and the real thing. It is also possible to drop down, depending on the toughness of the mock/real thing and how much work you do.

I did improve in every one of my subjects... I worked a small bit more, but the mocks are good preparation, they give you an idea of where to focus your efforts.

My 2 best results were an A1 in Business (92%) and an A2 in Economics (87%) if I kept pushing myself in these subjects, revised every topic and did every exam question possible between now and June, could my grades fall?

I would be hoping to get 2 A1's in these subjects. I have 5 days off during the Leaving to study Economics so that could help also.

So, basically i'm asking with a lot more serious study and exam analysis, could my grades in these subjects fall? (the mocks seemed to be in line, if not slightly more difficult than past papers btw)

That Handsome Devil

Wesc. wrote: »

But you didn't realllllyyy get that because that would be impossible right? Rigtht!?!?


Ok, in all seriousness, that's how many, 9 subjects with 6 fookin A1's...!? :eek: That's not attainable unless some of those are pass subjects :P





Unless you don't leave your house and study all day :P

Haha, no, all honours. I just started from fifth year. Doing little bits of work, but consistently like, spread over a long time. Benefits so much in 6th year, cause I felt real comfortable with the 5th year stuff like. I'm hardly a recluse or anything like that though IME locking yourself away for hours on end is just counterproductive

Fireball07

PictureFrame wrote: »

My 2 best results were an A1 in Business (92%) and an A2 in Economics (87%) if I kept pushing myself in these subjects, revised every topic and did every exam question possible between now and June, could my grades fall?

I would be hoping to get 2 A1's in these subjects. I have 5 days off during the Leaving to study Economics so that could help also.

So, basically i'm asking with a lot more serious study and exam analysis, could my grades in these subjects fall? (the mocks seemed to be in line, if not slightly more difficult than past papers btw)

They could fall, of course. But if you're putting in a lot more work and you're already at that level, then you'd have to think that an A is likely. A bad paper could throw you and certainly don't get complacent but personally, I would have been confident of getting an A in the real thing if I did in the mocks.

I didn't get any A1s in the mocks at all, and got 2 in the real thing. And I would have been reasonably confident about them both.

Coeurdepirate

I've got 5 results back and they were all shít but honestly I don't even care anymore.

French - 81%
Irish - 54%
Biology - 47%
Maths (OL) - 46%
Chemistry - .............17%

lolabearxx

if i got 365 in my mocks without any work at all do you think i will manage to pull 500 points out of the bag in june?

lolabearxx

ash2012 wrote: »

i got 390 and need 520 do u think it is possible? well done to everyone. .

im the exact same!! its gona be a long three months..im gona have to lock myself up

PictureFrame

lolabearxx wrote: »

if i got 365 in my mocks without any work at all do you think i will manage to pull 500 points out of the bag in june?

It's certainly not impossible, but you will have to do a lot of work to get it. I basically have locked myself up since the start of this year and hope to get 510 in the Mocks (I need a B2 in English though which I hope i'll get). But basically i've been doing 3.5-4 hours solid study every night and about 5-6 hours on a Saturday. My course is 460 but I want to get around 520 for myself. You'll really have to study hard though! Best od luck!

PictureFrame

Fireball07 wrote: »

They could fall, of course. But if you're putting in a lot more work and you're already at that level, then you'd have to think that an A is likely. A bad paper could throw you and certainly don't get complacent but personally, I would have been confident of getting an A in the real thing if I did in the mocks.

I didn't get any A1s in the mocks at all, and got 2 in the real thing. And I would have been reasonably confident about them both.

Thanks! Yep I just need to keep going I suppose! My Geography Teacher has told me that my project is definitely 95%+ material and that with it I could get an A2, she offered to do this for me (as she did with every other member of the class) but I told her i'd rather get a B1 in the Mocks instead of an A2 to keep me motivated!

I got a B3 in Music without the practical which is my strong point. I hope to pull this up to an A2 with serious revision for the Listening and Composing papers. Slightly dubious about this one though.

Have you any advice in regard to achieving A1's?

lolabearxx

i got these results on the left with no study in the mocks but on the right is what i'd like to get in the real thing..is it possible?

irish higher 77% - but i'd like an A
english higher 70% - maybe a few percent more
maths ordinary 65% - a little higher maybe
business 73% higher - a littler higher
music higher - failed - i want a B1 or B2!!!
chemistry - failed - i would be delighted with c2
geog- 51% - i want a B
french- not counting in top 6 but i got 59

any help appreciated guys thanks:D