The Leaving Cert- does it really matter?

xLisaBx

Finished yesterday and it didn't go as planned. Fairly ****e in my eyes, I'd be lucky to scrape 500 points.. so I pose the question: does it matter that much? I probably got my college course, but does anyone ever care after this?

500 POINTS you must be really smart all the got in my leaving was 180

this time of year you'd be stressed about the leaving cert its over now relax

Lucifer MorningStar

500 points ? Is that all

Iwasfrozen

xLisaBx wrote: »

Finished yesterday and it didn't go as planned. Fairly ****e in my eyes, I'd be lucky to scrape 500 points.. so I pose the question: does it matter that much? I probably got my college course, but does anyone ever care after this?

Nope. Once you get into your college place no one will ever ask you for your lc results.

wazky

Do what all the other wasters do.

An arts degree.

xLisaBx

[Deleted User] wrote: »

500 POINTS you must be really smart all the got in my leaving was 180

this time of year you'd be stressed about the leaving cert its over now relax

I thought I would immediately de-stress yesterday but apparently not!

The Backwards Man

xLisaBx wrote: »

Finished yesterday and it didn't go as planned. Fairly ****e in my eyes, I'd be lucky to scrape 500 points.. so I pose the question: does it matter that much? I probably got my college course, but does anyone ever care after this?

I got over 500 points on in my LC.

I'm currently sharing a week old apple with my dog whilst cleaning bird crap off a wall for painting.

So no, it doesn't matter.

wes

Me things, this be a wind up....

xLisaBx

[Deleted User] wrote: »

500 POINTS you must be really smart all the got in my leaving was 180

this time of year you'd be stressed about the leaving cert its over now relax

I thought I would immediately de-stress yesterday but apparently not!

xLisaBx

xLisaBx wrote: »

I thought I would immediately de-stress yesterday but apparently not!

what do you like to do in your spare time play a game watch tv or listen to music is relax or just go to sleep

xLisaBx

I'd die at the thought of an arts degree it's just perceived to be a life changing event and I think I've already kinda realised it's not

TimeToShine

Yup, when you get to college everyone has their LC points stamped on their forehead for the first week. This allows you to pick and choose your friends and social circle based on their intellectual capabilities so you aren't stuck with any riff-raff that might drag you down with their neanderthal instincts.

Stay away from the sub 450 crowd, they'll steer you well off the straight and narrow with their drink and drugs and whatnot.

xLisaBx

TimeToShine wrote: »

Yup, when you get to college everyone has their LC points stamped on their forehead for the first week. This allows you to pick and choose your friends and social circle based on their intellectual capabilities so you aren't stuck with any riff-raff that might drag you down with their neanderthal instincts.

Stay away from the sub 450 crowd, they'll steer you well off the straight and narrow with their drink and drugs and whatnot.

Haha I may very well be part of that dodgy sub crowd!

jimgoose

TimeToShine wrote: »

Yup, when you get to college everyone has their LC points stamped on their forehead for the first week. This allows you to pick and choose your friends and social circle based on their intellectual capabilities so you aren't stuck with any riff-raff that might drag you down with their neanderthal instincts.

Stay away from the sub 450 crowd, they'll steer you well off the straight and narrow with their drink and drugs and whatnot.

And motorbikes. Don't forget motorbikes. There was a half-dozen of us with 125s used pal around together in college, all sub-300 merchants mind you, so this kind of knuckle-dragging is to be expected.

OP, you should flagellate yourself thoroughly with a steel cat-'o'-the-nine-tails, then thoroughly forget about all that horsepuckey and live your life. :cool:

Ruu

Anyway the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me, to me.

ScumLord

xLisaBx wrote: »

Finished yesterday and it didn't go as planned. Fairly ****e in my eyes, I'd be lucky to scrape 500 points.. so I pose the question: does it matter that much? I probably got my college course, but does anyone ever care after this?

No, the first 18 years of life are essentially a complete waste of time. All most people end up getting out of school is a bit of English and enough math do the shopping.

It's time to forget everything you've learned and start from scratch. That is unless you join a corporation then being an obedient child is perfect for a long career.

Mr. CooL ICE

I have it in good faith that seagulls have recently evolved to be highly intelligent and plan on taking over the world. The Isle of Man has already been lost. Soon, an education means nothing and the ability to defend yourself against bloodthirsty coastal avian invaders is the difference between life and death. So scrap college and arm yourself to the teeth.

Davarus Walrus

Some of the large IT and Finance consultancies requirea potential employees to have obtained over 450 points in the LC if entering through a graduate scheme.

maguic24

Barely scraped 500? Gawd that is bad. :-/ Maybe you could repeat next year? Seriously, what will you do when someone asks you what you got?

*Awkward*

recyclops

i completed my leaving and got a degree in programming, my brother left school in 4th and became and electrian

he lost his job as a electrician, i lost mine as a programmer

we both currently have the same job, very well paid with a growing big company in ireland

yep the leaving cert does not matter in the long wrong

jimgoose

Davarus Walrus wrote: »

Some of the large IT and Finance consultancies requirea potential employees to have obtained over 450 points in the LC if entering through a graduate scheme.

Proper order. And that, kids, is why you never see thick people working in Large IT or Finance.

Alf. A. Male

recyclops wrote: »

yep the leaving cert does not matter in the long wrong

Unless you want to write legible English.

snaphook

You obviously were focussed on getting a course with your points.
You feel like that's in the bag.
The total points will be irrelevant if that was your goal.

For me there was a lot of pressure to get a certain course and I just about managed to get it. I found the whole LC to be quite traumatic due to the stress and the expectations I was under.

Congrats in advance on getting the course you wanted.

maguic24

Alf. A. Male wrote: »

Unless you want to write legible English.

I did quite well in HL LC English, I still herp the derps though.

xLisaBx

snaphook wrote: »

You obviously were focussed on getting a course with your points.
You feel like that's in the bag.
The total points will be irrelevant if that was your goal.

For me there was a lot of pressure to get a certain course and I just about managed to get it. I found the whole LC to be quite traumatic due to the stress and the expectations I was under.

Congrats in advance on getting the course you wanted.

Thank you we seem to have been in the same boat- a lot of pressure from some people as they view me as 'intelligent', something I'm not

Jesus Wept

ffs.

Right Turn Clyde

If you're not happy with 500 points then you must have been hoping for something like medicine. If that's the case then either re-sit the LC or start thinking about a different career. But 500 point is an excellent result. My advice would be to get a grip on yourself and enjoy the summer.

jimgoose

xLisaBx wrote: »

Thank you we seem to have been in the same boat- a lot of pressure from some people as they view me as 'intelligent', something I'm not

Of course you're intelligent, young lady. Why would you say such a thing?

xLisaBx

Right Turn Clyde wrote: »

If you're not happy with 500 points then you must have been hoping for something like medicine. If that's the case then either re-sit the LC or start thinking about a different career. But 500 point is an excellent result. My advice would be to get a grip on yourself and enjoy the summer.

My course is in Dublin, Cork and Galway. Points range from 410 to 520 for the exact same course. So it should be ok yeah I need to get a grip, some people see this as sarcasm but it's not

bb1234567

xLisaBx wrote: »

Finished yesterday and it didn't go as planned. Fairly ****e in my eyes, I'd be lucky to scrape 500 points.. so I pose the question: does it matter that much? I probably got my college course, but does anyone ever care after this?

you act like 500 points is bad...a lot of people are lucky to get over 350.. with 500 points youre up near the top points in the country. its a huge achievement, well done.

xLisaBx

jimgoose wrote: »

Of course you're intelligent, young lady. Why would you say such a thing?

I think there's a difference between education and rote learning, and actual intelligence

Right Turn Clyde

xLisaBx wrote: »

My course is in Dublin, Cork and Galway. Points range from 410 to 520 for the exact same course. So it should be ok yeah I need to get a grip, some people see this as sarcasm but it's not

I'm sure you'll be fine. And to answer your original question, the LC does and doesn't matter, depending on who you're talking to. But you'll never be held back for having a good one, that's for sure. Best of luck.

jimgoose

xLisaBx wrote: »

I think there's a difference between education and rote learning, and actual intelligence

Who are you telling. I'm not talking about the LC.

xLisaBx

jimgoose wrote: »

Who are you telling. I'm not talking about the LC.

Some people think they are Ireland's version of Einstein with about 540 of rote learned material haha

jimgoose

xLisaBx wrote: »

Some people think they are Ireland's version of Einstein with about 540 of rote learned material haha

They do indeed. And I'm waiting like a 21st-century Minotaur here in my electronic labyrinth to put them straight. Hooyah, Instructor Goose!!

xLisaBx

jimgoose wrote: »

They do indeed. And I'm waiting like a 21st-century Minotaur here in my electronic labyrinth to put them straight. Hooyah, Instructor Goose!!

I'll help!!

Mr.Prodston

xLisaBx wrote: »

I'd die at the thought of an arts degree it's just perceived to be a life changing event and I think I've already kinda realised it's not

Just to let you know arts is actually quite a safe course to do. It's Chemistry or Zoology that might prove to be more dangerous.

Arts may be a running joke for those misinformed but like any degree you get back what you put in. I did arts and I'm in the middle of a masters so it's not the end of the world. Just relax and don't worry what other people think.

dee_mc

The end of the Leaving Cert is a big ole anticlimax - you've been working towards it for so long, it's hard to get to grips with the fact it's over.
You sound confident enough that you'll get your course anyway, so that's a major plus!
I convinced myself I wouldn't get a place on my 'first choice' course, and spent a miserable few weeks at the beginning of August worrying that I wouldn't have enough points, and then when i saw that i had a points surplus of something like 80 (compared to the previous years) I convinced myself that I still wouldn't get in... On my 18th birthday i was offered the course i wanted. I spent 4 fairly miserable years in college, and 5 somewhat miserable years working in my chosen field. Now I work in a completely unrelated, menial position and I love it.
The Leaving Cert is important, but doing what makes you happy is much, much more important
Enjoy your stress free summer!

xLisaBx

dee_mc wrote: »

The end of the Leaving Cert is a big ole anticlimax - you've been working towards it for so long, it's hard to get to grips with the fact it's over.
You sound confident enough that you'll get your course anyway, so that's a major plus!
I convinced myself I wouldn't get a place on my 'first choice' course, and spent a miserable few weeks at the beginning of August worrying that I wouldn't have enough points, and then when i saw that i had a points surplus of something like 80 (compared to the previous years) I convinced myself that I still wouldn't get in... On my 18th birthday i was offered the course i wanted. I spent 4 fairly miserable years in college, and 5 somewhat miserable years working in my chosen field. Now I work in a completely unrelated, menial position and i love it.
The Leaving Cert is important, but doing what makes you happy is much, much more important
Enjoy your stress free summer!

Glad everything worked out so well for you Yeah I'm even thinking do I want the course at this stage, such uncertainty

dee_mc

xLisaBx wrote: »

Glad everything worked out so well for you Yeah I'm even thinking do I want the course at this stage, such uncertainty

Ah the uncertainty is all part of the package, try not to dwell on it too much!

snaphook

xLisaBx wrote: »

Some people think they are Ireland's version of Einstein with about 540 of rote learned material haha

Exactly. Current LC exam is basically this.

Q: What is Einstein's equation for energy/mass equivalance?
A: E=MC2

As opposed to;

Q: Why does E=MC2?
A: *engages brain*

snaphook

dee_mc wrote: »

I convinced myself that I still wouldn't get in... On my 18th birthday i was offered the course i wanted. I spent 4 fairly miserable years in college, and 5 somewhat miserable years working in my chosen field.

The amount of points you get is not an indication of intelligence.

The amount of points required for a course is not an indication of the quality of that course.

dee_mc

snaphook wrote: »

The amount of points you get is not an indication of intelligence.

The amount of points required for a course is not an indication of the quality of that course.

Sorry, where did i say/insinuate either of those things?
I related my experience because I thought it might help the OP to see the bigger picture.

steddyeddy

snaphook wrote: »

Exactly. Current LC exam is basically this.

Q: What is Einstein's equation for energy/mass equivalance?
A: E=MC2

As opposed to;

Q: Why does E=MC2?
A: *engages brain*

Best post of the thread. The leaving cert is a state exam. It's indicative of intelligence the same way that any memory test is indicative of intelligence.

clairehennig1

Wazky
did u not pass your arts degree? is that why u say its for wasters when it was too difficult for u?

snaphook

dee_mc wrote: »

Sorry, where did i say/insinuate either of those things?
I related my experience because I thought it might help the OP to see the bigger picture.

You didn't. Sorry for the confusion. I experienced the same.

I chose my course because I knew the points would be high and it would be top quality because of that.
After the first year I knew it was because of the demand and not the quality of the course itself.

Mr. CooL ICE

clairehennig1 wrote: »

Wazky
did u not pass your arts degree? is that why u say its for wasters when it was too difficult for u?

Can I have fries with that?

BeerWolf

Think I heard a Chinese fella crying at you mentioning something less than 500... must've had a bad experience with the angry and disappointed father.

Scuid Mhór

TimeToShine wrote: »

Stay away from the sub 450 crowd, they'll steer you well off the straight and narrow with their drink and drugs and whatnot.

455 represent, looks like Scuid Mhór made the future potential cut :cool:

Shakespeare's Sister

xLisaBx wrote: »

I pose the question: does it matter that much? I probably got my college course

Therefore you've just answered your own question - it does matter. The fact it might not matter after that is irrelevant; at the moment you wouldn't get your course without it.

riclad

IT matters if you want to do a college course,
that needs x amount of points in the leaving.
BUT i think its crazy, how some people seem to think ,
if i get x amount of points ,
i,ll apply for medicine,or law.
Just cos i got high points.
Think about what job ,you, will like to do for the rest of your life.
Work out what points you might need .
Apart from getting into college, in a few years time ,
no one will care what results you got.
OF course some jobs ,may look at your leaving, when screening for interviews.Many graduates end up working in retail ,etc
job s which have nothing to do with the degree you have.

There,s plenty of successful people out there who never went to college.