Higher Level Economics Result

Vito Corleone

Just wondering how the people who did Higher Level Economics fared today. Did you improve from your mock? Were you happy with the result?

Poll has been added. :cool:

decisions

I got a B3 and I'm really not happy about it, it was my A1 subject but I made a balls of the exam.

aimzLc2

I was delighted with a B3 in economics as I only took it up this year and didn't do more work in it than any other subject , think they must have marked me nicely enough

woopah92

It was one of my best subjects but I fecked it up. Happy enough with the A2 in the end though.

teach88

They always mark it to death. Any ambiguity at all and marks are gone. Only 1.9% A1s this year.

LostBoy101

It was quite a tricky exam this year and to be fair I think C2 is good reflection for my hard work

HeaneyBabe

I did my LC last year and economics was one of my best subjects. I always got As and got 2 Bs in two years of studying in economics. Then I do my Leaving Cert, think it went amazingly and come out with a C1.

I viewed it and I think they're really strict on the standard of english used in the exam. I said something about taxes being unfair and because I didn't use inequitable I lost something like 10 marks.

SeanyboyQPR

Pulled a B1 from god knows where!

crow2

A2 in mocks

B2 in LC

short questions..WTF??

sganyfx

Absolute ****ing sham, A1s every test since 5th year and a B3 in the actual thing...

Vito Corleone

sganyfx wrote: »

Absolute ****ing sham, A1s every test since 5th year and a B3 in the actual thing...

Same thing man, spoiled my results and leaves me in a nervous position for Sunday night. Can't wait to see the paper.

sganyfx

Vito Corleone wrote: »

Same thing man, spoiled my results and leaves me in a nervous position for Sunday night. Can't wait to see the paper.

I should be safe for my course, but it am just so annoyed, disappointed with my points. I hope things go right for you on Sunday.

spurious

sganyfx wrote: »

Absolute ****ing sham, A1s every test since 5th year and a B3 in the actual thing...

That sort of discrepancy is often down to a mis-tot. Make sure to view the papers with someone who has corrected. Doesn't have to be a corrector of Economics - any SEC examiner will do. Ask in your school if you're not sure who has or hasn't corrected.

stephenjmcd

Crap paper , got a c3 , a and b student all through the course

olazbabes

Still dissappointed as I wanted A1 desparetely

LostBoy101

They wanted to decrease the number of A1s this year as it is one of the highest to receive A1s. It's a shame really as I really enjoyed this subject.

Niamh Chinn Oir

I had been getting As all through 5th and 6th year, I got a B in the mock and was very disappointed on Wednesday when I got a C1. On the day I didn't think the exam went extremely well but I did think it had gone better than that!

yournerd

Got B/C and then an A wdff?

SeanyboyQPR

Same here, I failed my fifth year summer exam and then got a B1 in the LC!

aimzLc2

This thread is really helpful for anyone in fifth year , it shows that the subject is really unpredictable!

SeanyboyQPR

Whatever about its predictability, you can be sure your paper next year will be at least slightly easier than ours this year, because his knows it couldn't be harder!

keith012

Got an a1 in the mocks and come out with a b2 ..... thought the paper was hard but i know i did better than that !

teach88

LostBoy101 wrote: »

They wanted to decrease the number of A1s this year as it is one of the highest to receive A1s. It's a shame really as I really enjoyed this subject.

I don't know why they are so strict with the A1s in Economics but it is not a recent development. The A1 rate in Economics has been notoriously low for years.

yournerd

Can you check how the grades were in each subject somewhere?

shawki

yournerd wrote: »

Can you check how the grades were in each subject somewhere?

http://www.examinations.ie/index.php?l=en&mc=st&sc=r13