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LC Off Topic Thread (2015/16)

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    #1982
    Consonata
    Registered Users Posts: 1,304 ✭✭✭Consonata


    DublinArnie wrote: »
    I'm the only LC student in Ireland who happens to do Italian and know how to use the Internet...

    You use Memrise too? Nice to know theres a good few people who do. It's really useful. Maybe if we can get a list of names, we can set up a group on it


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    #1983
    hubluh
    Registered Users Posts: 69 ✭✭hubluh


    Consonata wrote: »
    Yeah ikr? maybe if 4 or 5 of us are using it we can set up a group for people on boards to join.bitta fun

    Not really. :p


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    #1984
    Consonata
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    hubluh wrote: »
    Not really. :p

    True, but like as much fun as studying can be like lol


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    #1985
    DublinArnie
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    hubluh wrote: »
    Not really. :p

    Studying is always fun mate ;)


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    #1986
    Consonata
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    How are people studying for French Oral around here. Are you Learning off pieces of writing or Just lots Of vocab on each of the topics ?


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    #1987
    Beca19
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    Consonata wrote: »
    How are people studying for French Oral around here. Are you Learning off pieces of writing or Just lots Of vocab on each of the topics ?
    Haven't really stared learning stuff yet but for 5th year oral I learned off good phrases more than vocab with the subjonctif and other tenses.. Apart from that just used vocab I've built up already

    People doing applied maths.. what questions have you done/are you doing? And do you think an A is achievable if I took it up now? Averaging a high B in maths and A/B in physics but that's with a fair amount of work.. Do you need to be super mathsy or would hard work be enough? :P


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    #1988
    Bazinga_N
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    Consonata wrote: »
    How are people studying for French Oral around here. Are you Learning off pieces of writing or Just lots Of vocab on each of the topics ?
    For me it's pieces of writing anyways! Like under school I have three paragraphs just learned off (one on my school & subjects, one on my uniform and one on what I want to do next year).
    Beca19 wrote: »
    People doing applied maths.. what questions have you done/are you doing? And do you think an A is achievable if I took it up now? Averaging a high B in maths and A/B in physics but that's with a fair amount of work.. Do you need to be super mathsy or would hard work be enough? :P

    I think it'd be possible to achieve an A-grade now if you took it up, but it'd take a bit of work.

    So far we've done: Q.1, Q.2, Q.3, Q.4 and Q.5. We're just finishing up Q.3 at the moment (we did projectiles on a horizontal plane last year so we're doing it on an inclined plane now). I know we're doing Question 10 as well but we're waiting until we've done Differentiation in Maths first and we're doing another question too as a back-up but our teacher hasn't said which yet :o

    Honestly, if you're good at maths and good at Physics give it a go! Start with Question 1 and give it a try and see how it goes!


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    #1989
    Kremin
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    Beca19 wrote: »
    People doing applied maths.. what questions have you done/are you doing? And do you think an A is achievable if I took it up now? Averaging a high B in maths and A/B in physics but that's with a fair amount of work.. Do you need to be super mathsy or would hard work be enough? :P

    started in september and i got an A2, definitely possible.


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    #1990
    DublinArnie
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    Kremin wrote: »
    started in september and i got an A2, definitely possible.

    Motivational :) what did you get for maths?


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    #1991
    Kremin
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    DublinArnie wrote: »
    Motivational :) what did you get for maths?

    A1 in LC, 67% in the Mocks iirc.


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    #1992
    Beca19
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    Bazinga_N wrote: »

    Honestly, if you're good at maths and good at Physics give it a go! Start with Question 1 and give it a try and see how it goes!

    Aw okay thank you Bazinga :D what question did you find the most difficult so far?


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    #1993
    Bazinga_N
    Registered Users Posts: 3,232 ✭✭✭Bazinga_N


    Beca19 wrote: »
    Aw okay thank you Bazinga :D what question did you find the most difficult so far?
    Probably Question 3 tbh :o It gets a bit confusing at times but it's still not too bad! :)


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    #1994
    randylonghorn
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    hubluh wrote: »
    We're still 'in-waiting' 6th years :rolleyes:

    No longer! :p


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    #1995
    iCrazzy
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    How would one find the equation of the tangent to the curve f(x)=xsquared-6x at the point where x=2.
    I have derived it, found the slope which works out at -2, but from there on I don't know what to do.


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    #1996
    Consonata
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    iCrazzy wrote: »
    How would one find the equation of the tangent to the curve f(x)=xsquared-6x at the point where x=2.
    I have derived it, found the slope which works out at -2, but from there on I don't know what to do.

    F (2) = 2^2 - 6 (2) =-8 therefore point = (2,-8)

    Then use the y-y1=m (x-x1) formula

    Could be completely wrong though


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    #1997
    GeneralC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 754 ✭✭✭GeneralC


    Can anyone kindly recommend what books/materials are needed for LC HL Bio and Chemistry and OL Maths? I'll be sitting as an external candiadate Thanks


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    #1998
    Beca19
    Registered Users Posts: 337 ✭✭Beca19


    GeneralC wrote: »
    Can anyone kindly recommend what books/materials are needed for LC HL Bio and Chemistry and OL Maths? I'll be sitting as an external candiadate Thanks
    We use Leaving Cert Biology by Michael Callaghan which seems to be perfect so far.. For Chemistry it's Chemistry Live which is a good book but can be hard enough to follow sometimes without a teacher and OL maths use Active Maths 3 but I don't know if it's good or not - Active Maths 4 (HL) is decent though. A lot of schools use texts and tests too I think :)

    EDIT: You'll need copies obviously for questions, a log table, calculator, past papers and scientific notebooks for Bio and Chem experiments. Workbooks if you want them and binders/hardbacks for notes. Also studyclix.ie is a good website especially for Biology!


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    #1999
    GeneralC
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    Beca19 wrote: »
    We use Leaving Cert Biology by Michael Callaghan which seems to be perfect so far.. For Chemistry it's Chemistry Live which is a good book but can be hard enough to follow sometimes without a teacher and OL maths use Active Maths 3 but I don't know if it's good or not - Active Maths 4 (HL) is decent though. A lot of schools use texts and tests too I think :)

    EDIT: You'll need copies obviously for questions, a log table, calculator, past papers and scientific notebooks for Bio and Chem experiments. Workbooks if you want them and binders/hardbacks for notes. Also studyclix.ie is a good website especially for Biology!

    Thanks Beca19. How are you finding the maths? would there be a significant difference between the HL and OL maths?


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    #2000
    Consonata
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    Is there many going to the UCD Open Day? I'm really really excited for it. It looks fantastic


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    #2001
    Beca19
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    GeneralC wrote: »
    Thanks Beca19. How are you finding the maths? would there be a significant difference between the HL and OL maths?


    I don't find HL too hard but it requires a lot of work.. There definitely is a significant difference though - take a look at both of the papers yourself! Having said that though a lot of people who wouldn't normally take up higher level now do it because of the bonus points and usually manage to at least pass! If you're capable of even a solid D in HL I'd say go for it seeing as a D3 is worth more points than an A1 in OL :)


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    #2002
    DublinArnie
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    Consonata wrote: »
    Is there many going to the UCD Open Day? I'm really really excited for it. It looks fantastic

    When is it?


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    #2003
    kb98
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    Anyone going to higher options?


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    #2004
    DublinArnie
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    kb98 wrote: »
    Anyone going to higher options?

    Yeah, armed with tones of questions.


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    #2005
    kb98
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    DublinArnie wrote:
    Yeah, armed with tones of questions.
    Ha same! Gonna have a route of stands I want to go to😂 are you going on the friday?


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    #2006
    DublinArnie
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    kb98 wrote: »
    Ha same! Gonna have a route of stands I want to go to😂 are you going on the friday?

    Yeah the Friday.

    Should be a good day, but don't know how I'd decide between engineering and science. UCD and TCD both have nice courses but TCD is way closer to me.


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    #2007
    Parachutes
    Registered Users Posts: 975 ✭✭✭Parachutes


    Starting my repeat LC year tomorrow :( Going through the ordeal once again. I'll be a bloody man-child leaving school.


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    #2008
    TheBiz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 511 ✭✭✭TheBiz


    Does anyone else here ever feel like they're doing the wrong subject?.
    I'm not sure if I should be doing Construction instead of biology (they're opposite)
    But I'm not sure!


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    #2009
    Consonata
    Registered Users Posts: 1,304 ✭✭✭Consonata


    Its Nov. 5th Guys for the UCD open day. NUIG is beginning of october.


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    #2010
    cxxlin
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    My parents called me down to say that they can't afford to send me anywhere but UL, since I live close to it and I've never felt so disappointed. I know they can't help it, but I just wanted to reinvent myself. I don't want to stay home for college :(


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    #2011
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,142 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    Parachutes wrote: »
    Starting my repeat LC year tomorrow :( Going through the ordeal once again. I'll be a bloody man-child leaving school.

    Nobody will care. You might not believe that now, but they won't.
    cxxlin wrote: »
    My parents called me down to say that they can't afford to send me anywhere but UL, since I live close to it and I've never felt so disappointed. I know they can't help it, but I just wanted to reinvent myself. I don't want to stay home for college :(

    Could you take a couple of years out, get a job and save some money?


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