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

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.

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!