Mock VS Leaving Cert Results

Lollipop95

How did yours compare? I had very big gaps in home ec and biology. Did higher level home ec. In the mocks I got an E and came out with a C3 in the real thing. For my ordinary level biology mock, I received an F - C2 for the leaving cert. For English at higher level. I got a C3 in the mocks and this time I got a C1. Failed higher business by a few percentage, dropped to ordinary and got a B2. Also failed FL maths embarrassingly in the mocks (subject I've always struggled with majorly) and got a D2 this time. However, my grades did drop in French and Irish, which I know is definitely due to the orals! C2 in irish this time, got a C1 in the mocks. For French, I received a B3 in the mocks and my lc result was a C1. Irish and French were both ordinary! SO, yeah quite a lot of fluctuating How did everyone else do compared to the mocks?

robman60

525->600

I improved all my results except for the subject I wasn't counting. I got no A1s in the mocks. I'll list them all with mock result first followed by actual result.

Eng: A2 -> A1
Irish: A2 -> A1
Maths: C1 -> B1
Acc: A2 -> A1
French: B1 -> A1
Chem: B3 -> B3
Business: C1 -> A2

My business mock was probably worth about a B2 but the "corrector" didn't actually read our answers at all.

I'm glad I got all the A2s in the mocks to A1s though, and I was really happy with the languages.

MightyMandarin

Got 545 in the mocks and 535 in the LC. Safe to say I was pretty annoyed on Wednesday. Got consistent A1's in Geography and Economics the past 2 years and ended up with an A2 and B1 respectively. Honestly don't know where I went wrong between Feb. and June but I guess I just didn't perform on the day.

Daniel2590

MightyMandarin wrote: »

Got 545 in the mocks and 535 in the LC. Safe to say I was pretty annoyed on Wednesday. Got consistent A1's in Geography and Economics the past 2 years and ended up with an A2 and B1 respectively. Honestly don't know where I went wrong between Feb. and June but I guess I just didn't perform on the day.

Same here points-wise

Went down from an A1 in maths in both mocks (we did 2) to a B1, but went from a B3 in applied maths to an A2 which made up for it :pac:

2thousand14

Went from 285 in the mocks to 460 in the real thing
I was very disappointed in the mocks and that motivated me to work a lot harder for the LC
Got and E in Business and Physics in the mocks and got a B1 and B3 respectively in the real thing.
Just goes to show that anything is possible.

aleatorio

English - C1 - A1
Irish - B2 - B1
Maths - A2 - A1
Spanish - B1 - A1
Business - A2 - A1
Biology - A1 - A1
Physics - A1 - A1

570 -> 625
So happy that literally every subject, bar two, improved!

peekachoo

All HL
English - B3 - A2
Irish - C1 - B2
Maths - C2 - D1 (gonna view it)
Geography - A1 - A1
Biology - B2 - B1
Art - B3 - B1

Very surprised with english and irish going up so I'm fairly delighted overall. except for maths, im gonna view it and see if its worth appealing but I'm not exactly gifted at maths so I wasn't expecting more than a C2 and if I got a D1 I'm not all that surprised :pac:

FHB

English - B2 - A2
Physics - A2 - A1
Chemistry - A1 - A1
Maths - A1 - A1
Geography - A1 - A1
French - A1 - A1
Applied Maths - A1 - A1

So 615 --> 625

aleatorio

FHB wrote: »

English - B2 - A2
Physics - A2 - A1
Chemistry - A1 - A1
Maths - A1 - A1
Geography - A1 - A1
French - A1 - A1
Applied Maths - A1 - A1

So 615 --> 625

No Irish? Lucky fecker... If I didn't have to do Irish I could have replaced that B1 with and A in something I'm actually good at :pac:

FHB

aleatorio wrote: »

No Irish? Lucky fecker... If I didn't have to do Irish I could have replaced that B1 with and A in something I'm actually good at :pac:

Oh yeah, Irish. :rolleyes:

No I did actually do Irish. Up until the mocks I actually did a decent bit of work for it, but I hated the course and just wasn't bothered, so I did ordinary level for the real thing. I'm a little bit bitter about it to be honest so I just decided to leave it out hoping nobody would notice.

aleatorio

FHB wrote: »

Oh yeah, Irish. :rolleyes:

No I did actually do Irish. Up until the mocks I actually did a decent bit of work for it, but I hated the course and just wasn't bothered, so I did ordinary level for the real thing. I'm a little bit bitter about it to be honest so I just decided to leave it out hoping nobody would notice.

Ahhhhh so you did 8 subjects XD
Irish is the devil subject, never get an A

bb1234567

450 in mocks - 530 in Leaving cert

Maths(O) D1 - B2
Irish (H) A2 - A1
English(H) B2- B1
Geography(H) C1- A1
Biology (H) C2 - B2
Art(H) C1- B2
German (H) B2- B1

nailforhammer

Went from 525 to 535

Pres ............LC
Irish B2 > A2
English A2 > B2
Maths B3 > B2
Spanish A1 > A1
History B3 > B3
Business B3 > B3
Biology B2 > B1

I was really disappointed with Maths and English (I had been getting A's in English all through 6th year) but at least I didn't go down points wise.

sammydev

435 in mocks---> 480 in leaving cert

English hl c2---> c2 disappointed but a lot of work in! getting it rechecked
Irish ol b1---> b3 just wanted a pass
Maths hl d3---> b2 unbelievably happy!!!!
French ol a2---> b1 c'est nul!
Ag hl b2---> a2 delighted
Biology hl b1---> b2 was getting a's in every test, getting it rechecked
Music hl b1---> a2 happy cause I thought I fùcked up the practical
Lcvp merit--->merit ill review it, sure you'd never no!!

yohan the great

Went up by 110 from the mocks. All HL
French D1-C1 (Fair enough, what I expected really)
Maths D3-B3 (don't know how this happened)
English D1-B3 (don't know how this happened either)
Business C1-B3 (thought I did better actually)
Geography D2-C1 (again thought I did better)
Construction D1-B3 (Bit better than expected)
Irish E-C1 (Despite my mock result, I was always decent at Irish so I expected a C really)

Lara_15

English........ B1 -> B2
Irish........... B1 -> A2
Maths........ B2 -> B1
Spanish...... B3 -> B1
Accounting. A1 -> B1 (getting it checked)
Home Ec.... B2 -> A2
Physics...... B2 -> A2


soo.... 535 -> 550

everything went up except english (which I knew was marked far to easily for the mocks) and accounting (which i knew went worse, but not by too much)
overall im really happy

whoopsadaisy

English: B3 -> A2
Maths: D1 -> B3
Irish: C3 -> C1
French (OL): B3 -> B2
Biology: C1 -> A2
Chemistry: B3 -> B2
Business: C3 -> A2

410 -> 520

Very very happy, it's nice to see a big jump from a lot of people between Mocks and LC. So it's true it actually can happen, I really didn't believe I'd get any higher than about 440 :P

Phte

I went from 560 in the mocks to 600 in the LC :pac:

Irish - A2 -> A1
English - B1 -> A2
Maths - C1 -> B1
Biology - A1 -> A1
Chemistry - B3 -> A1
Geography - A1 -> A2 ( )
German - A2 -> A1

Gonna view English and Geography to see if I could go up to 610

LC12395

Irish B2-A2(got a D in my Junior cert mock and an A in higher level LC, wasn't expecting that one at all!)
English B1-A1
Maths A1-B1(so annoyed definitely getting rechecked)
Geography A2-A1
Economics A1-A1
French A2-B1(also getting rechecked)
Biology A2-A2
Music D1-B3

575-575

Header15

English B2->A1
Irish. A2->A1
Maths. B1->A1
German A1->A1
Biology A1->A1
Chemistry A1->A1
Accounting A1->A1
Economics A1->A1

Hollister11

Mocks Leaving cert

Maths E > C3
English D1 > C1
Irish F > D2
Biology E > D1
Business B1 > B1
History C3 > A2
Geography D2 > D1

130 245

Louisew97

I went up but unhappy with some subjects.

Irish HL b3-b3 (wasnt counting and did about 20m study)
English HL b1-C1 (!!!)
Maths HL C2- B1
Business HL B1-A1
Spanish HL B1 - A1
Art HL B1- B1
Ag Science HL A2- B2.
(520-550)

really frustrated at english as ive been a good B1 student all year and got a couple of A graded essays before June. Not sure if it was something on the day but definitely looking at it. Did anybody else go down substantially in english?
Went down in AG science too, but a b2 isnt too unbelievable , maybe im just too used to getting 100% in our teachers handy tests.

bb1234567

Wow such ridiculously high standards on here!! Id say average is mid 500's Why is this because thats certainly not representative of most the country

Ompala

bb1234567 wrote: »

Wow such ridiculously high standards on here!! Id say average is mid 500's Why is this because thats certainly not representative of most the country

People who scored lowly may not want to post on this thread because of others scoring so highly
Also some people may not be totally truthful either (it happens)
There are a lot of factors to consider here to answer that question...

robman60

bb1234567 wrote: »

Wow such ridiculously high standards on here!! Id say average is mid 500's Why is this because thats certainly not representative of most the country

Because it takes an exceptionally strange kind to use their free time in Leaving Cert to talk about the Leaving Cert.

bb1234567

Ompala wrote: »

People who scored lowly may not want to post on this thread because of others scoring so highly
Also some people may not be totally truthful either (it happens)
There are a lot of factors to consider here to answer that question...

Kind of embarassed for anyone who feels the need to lie about their score on an anonymous forum

Ompala

bb1234567 wrote: »

Kind of embarassed for anyone who feels the need to lie about their score on an anonymous forum

People are just utterly ridiculous at times, its a fact :rolleyes:
I would be surprised if mods haven't seen a similar trend in threads like this over the years myself

randylonghorn

Ompala wrote: »

People are just utterly ridiculous at times, its a fact :rolleyes:
I would be surprised if mods haven't seen a similar trend in threads like this over the years myself

It can happen, but mainly it's ...

Ompala wrote: »

People who scored lowly may not want to post on this thread because of others scoring so highly

robman60 wrote: »

Because it takes an exceptionally strange kind to use their free time in Leaving Cert to talk about the Leaving Cert.

and it's the high achievers who tend to obsess.

Plus this site / forum always seems to be the "go to" place for the wannabe meds, and they tend to be high scorers.

Macavity.

I went up 10 points.

GillespieRoad

Went up a minute 5 points, Geography has totally bamboozled me and I'm disappointed with English as I was expected to get a B1/A2. Other than that it makes sense I think.
English C1 > B3
Maths C2 > A2
Econ A1 > A2
Geog A1 > B2
Dcg B2 > B1
French B1 > B1

Thats 525 to 530 provisionally before recheck in geography.

chatterboxxx95

570 -> 625

Irish A2-> A1
Maths B3-> B1->A1 (we had 2 mocks)
English C2-> A2
Chemistry A1-> A1
Biology A1-> A1
Music A2-> A1
Spanish A2-> A1

Sucette!

I actually went down 5 points.
English B2 > B3
Irish A1 > A1
Maths C2 > B3
French A2 > A2
Biology A2 > A2
History B1 > B1
Chemistry A1 > B1
555>550
Pres were a pretty good indicator tbh, but for me anyway it really did depend on the paper on the dag .

lapetitefraise

525 -> 555

OL Maths C2 -> A1
HL English B3 -> B2
HL French B1 -> A1
HL German A1 -> A1
HL Biology A1 -> A1
HL Ag Science A1 -> B1
HL Chemistry C2 -> A2

Absolutely delighted with my results!

I managed to improve on all my grades except Ag Science... Our mock was ridiculously easy though and I never really enjoyed the subject so I neglected it a tiny bit... Really regret that now tbh.

Other than that I have to admit I'm a German native speaker so I was basically guaranteed an A1 in that subject, additionally I was exempted from Irish. Almost feels like cheating haha.
I'm pretty proud of that B1 in HL English tbh, since I've only been living here for two years that's a big achievement for me

I'm going to view all of my exam scripts just because I'm curious as to how they were marked, I also feel like I just need that sense of closure, y'know?
And who knows maybe I can up that grade in Chemistry a bit, >560 points would be fantastic as I would qualify for the NUIG Excellence Scholarship, having missed it by 5 points ready annoys me (thinking about the money )!
I'm going for Biomedical Science BTW, hope the points will stay close to 545 so I'm definitely safe getting in...

Anyone else going for Biomed in NUIG?

richardh330

English B2 - B2 didnt count it, didnt care
Irish B1 - B1 thought i was gonna get an A2, ill recheck it
Maths B3 - A1 Delighted!! And shocked!!
French A2 - A1
Physics A2 - A1
Accounting A1 - A1
Music A2 - A2 quite annoyed, this was the only exam i came out of thinking "I got an A1"

So thats 555 - 600
Just after realising that 4 subjects stayed the same from the mocks, kinda pissed off that irish abd music didnt improve

Ciaran511

Mocks -> LC
Points: 315 -> 365

Irish B2 -> B1
English D2 -> C1
French D1 -> C3
Maths (O) D1 -> C2
Chemistry E -> E
Business D2 -> D1
Music C3 -> C1

Mr Rhode Island Red

Statistics on CAO website show the most common points recieved was the 400/405 points band this year (2.8 % of all candidates that applied to the cao if I remember correctly. Im using phone so can't post link)

LauraaWhelann

Irish C3-B1
Maths D3-B2
English A2-A1
Business A2-A1
Biology A2-A1
German B1-A2
Music C3-B3
Chemistry B3-A1

So that's 500-595 all higher level

FlyingIrishMan

Maths HL E - OL B1 (Dropped on day)
English HL D1 - B2
Physics HL E - D3
Music HL - C2 - B2
DCG HL E - B3
French OL B2 - C2
Irish OL E - C1

Didn't study for mocks, failed 4 subjects got about 160 points.
Started studying for LC about two weeks beforehand, upped it to 370 points.

randylonghorn

Isn't it an awful fecking shame you didn't start four weeks before the LC?

Kmac16

Mocks: 490 LC:535

English B3-B2 (Happy, I didn't think I would improve tbh)
Irish B1-A1
Maths (Ordinary Level) D2-B1
Spanish B1-A2
Home Ec B2-A2
Biology B1-A2
Religion B2-B1

Over all, I'm quite happy. The results were a pleasant surprise.

The Floyd p

English: B3-C2 HL
Maths: C3-A2 OL
Irish: D3-C3 OL
Geography: B3-B2 HL
History: B2-B2 HL
Biology: C2-C1 HL
Economics: B1-B1 HL

400->430

Absolutely delighted.

Aspiring

500 --> 540

English: B2 --> A1
Irish: C1 --> B3
Maths: C2 --> B3
Accounting: B2 --> B2
Business: A2 --> A2
Physics: B2 --> A2
French: C3 --> C2
Applied Maths: Fail (23%) --> B3 :cool:

Delighted with English and App. Maths. So annoyed about business but for accounting I was expecting it to stay the same

EoghanIRL

All my results stayed pretty much the same except maths .
D2-b1

Definitely worth sticking with hl for bonus points as I knew the mock in my school was poor .

spurious

EoghanIRL wrote: »

I knew the mock in my school was poor .

This is key. So much depends on the quality of the mock paper and even more so the quality of the correction.

sinead18

455>530

HL Maths. D2>A2
English B3>B2
Gaeilge. B3>B2
Music. C3>B1
Biology. B2>B1
Accounting B2>B1
French. C2>C1


Absolutely shocked with Maths as I was praying for a C1!! Also delighted with Music concentrating on practical and improving listening skills finally worked!!😊 overall I'm happy that I improved on each subjectðŸ‘

BauBau19

Maths E(H) -> B1(O)
English D1 -> C3
Biology D2 -> C1
Chemistry C2 -> C3
Irish C1 -> B3
DCG D3 -> B3
French C2 -> C1

Went up around 70 points.

Andrewmcmahon

I went down 25 points
(all HL)
Maths B1-> A2
English C2-> B3
Irish B1 -> A2
Physics B2 -> B1
French A1 -> A2
Economics A1-> B1
Accounting A1 -> B1 (rechecking the last 2 subjects)

went from 575 to 550

robman60

Are the people who went down surprised or was the mocks thread on here to blame?

MightyMandarin

robman60 wrote: »

Are the people who went down surprised or was the mocks thread on here to blame?

Thought it was a reason, but I had thought our mocks were DEB, but all turned out to be Examcraft so none of the stuff I helped me.

philip46951

Mocks: 465
Leaving Cert: 575

Maths: B3 - A1
French: B1 - B3
Irish: C2 - C1
Physics: C2-A2
DCG: C2 - A2
Biology: B3 - A2
English: C3 - B2
Applied Maths: C2 - A1

So yeah pretty big improvement, did study during the first week of easter, and the 2 weeks before the exams, nobody believes me when i tell them this but its true thats all I did.