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Home-educated sitting the Leaving Cert

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  • 02-09-2014 7:01pm
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    expiiplus1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 71 ✭✭


    Ok. I am a home-educated student (17) planning on sitting the LC in 2015. What are my options in terms of arranging a test centre? I would prefer (vastly) to do much of the study myself as I have never been to school. I am pretty sure of doing well, so study time/materials is not an issue, purely the exam itself.
    All help will really be appreciated. Thanks in advance!


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    PhoenixParker
    Registered Users Posts: 2,671 ✭✭✭PhoenixParker


    You'll be an "external candidate".

    https://www.examinations.ie/index.php?l=en&mc=ca&sc=ec

    Looks like you can't apply yet, that'll be January 2015.

    Yours is not an unusual situation.
    For instance many people who repeat at grind schools sit the exam as an external candidate at a school convenient to their home.


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    expiiplus1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 71 ✭✭expiiplus1


    Thanks!


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    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,163 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    Have you checked all the regulations regarding subjects with project work, or are you avoiding them?


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    expiiplus1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 71 ✭✭expiiplus1


    I've been kind of trying to avoid subjects with coursework. I specifically dropped History, Geography and RE for this reason. On the other hand I am doing all three sciences which have "Mandatory Experiments" Hopefully all you are required to do there is memorize the given experiment...


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    MathsManiac
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    That's not sufficient. You are required to have records of completing and writing up the practicals. Here's the regulation:
    "Chemistry, Physics, Biology:
    As the syllabus in each of these subjects has been drawn up on the basis that candidates will devote an appropriate amount of time to laboratory work (in Chemistry and in Physics), and to practical/laboratory work and fieldwork (in Biology), a candidate will not be admitted to the Leaving Certificate examination in any of these subjects in any case where the Commission considers that an adequate course of such work has not been followed by the candidate. For this purpose, records of the work done should be kept and be available for inspection or for submission to the Commission."

    However, I believe that there are institutions where you can go to carry out and write up all the experiments over a short intensive period - a day or two I think.


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    EoghanIRL
    Registered Users Posts: 4,080 ✭✭✭EoghanIRL


    MathsManiac wrote: »
    That's not sufficient. You are required to have records of completing and writing up the practicals. Here's the regulation:
    "Chemistry, Physics, Biology:
    As the syllabus in each of these subjects has been drawn up on the basis that candidates will devote an appropriate amount of time to laboratory work (in Chemistry and in Physics), and to practical/laboratory work and fieldwork (in Biology), a candidate will not be admitted to the Leaving Certificate examination in any of these subjects in any case where the Commission considers that an adequate course of such work has not been followed by the candidate. For this purpose, records of the work done should be kept and be available for inspection or for submission to the Commission."

    However, I believe that there are institutions where you can go to carry out and write up all the experiments over a short intensive period - a day or two I think.


    Nobody checks them for leaving cert . They are only checked at junior certificate .


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    expiiplus1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 71 ✭✭expiiplus1


    I'll look up doing the practicals in that short periods. A friend of mine told me that in their school nobody does ALL the experiments on the course. (And nobody checks) However things might be different for a home - educated student
    Thanks for all the replies!


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    expiiplus1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 71 ✭✭expiiplus1


    *period


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    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,163 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    I would think if anyone is going to be checked, it would be non-standard external students, so it's probably safest get them done. Better for learning the subject too.


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    quadrifoglio verde
    Registered Users Posts: 3,670 ✭✭✭quadrifoglio verde


    LeavingCert Accounting wrote: »
    shilly shill shill

    I hope your accounting is a lot better than your shilling


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    Esel
    Registered Users Posts: 22,122 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    quadrifoglio verde wrote: »
    I hope your accounting is a lot better than your shilling
    Nice spot, but next time, delete the shill's contact details from their post, if you quote it.

    Not your ornery onager



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    randylonghorn
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 29,509 Mod ✭✭✭✭randylonghorn


    Didn't cop it myself tbh, thanks for reporting, esel, done now.


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    rainbowtrout
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    expiiplus1 wrote: »
    I'll look up doing the practicals in that short periods. A friend of mine told me that in their school nobody does ALL the experiments on the course. (And nobody checks) However things might be different for a home - educated student
    Thanks for all the replies!

    Nobody might check, but not all schools are like that. My students do all of the experiments and extra on top. I'm sure there are plenty other schools the same.


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