Unhappy with my Leaving cert results

Daniellekerr

I got 152 in the LC. I know it's my own fault and I was just lazy. I was planning to wait till Monday to see about college offers. I applied for level 7 courses. I was planning to repeat external. I don't know what to do. If I do repeat, I would study more. The only reason I got a bad result, I was off a lot due to my chronic asthma. Can someone offer some advice?

Daniellekerr

august12 wrote: »

What are your interests? Have you checked the new apprentice website, i.e. learning on the job with some study days, where are you living?

I live in Donegal.

mrhoppy

Have you considered a PLC?

Teyla Emmagan

Repeat external? Like not go into school but study by yourself? That would be a complete disaster. You would only be fooling yourself. You could have been studying this year when you were off sick if you had wanted to.

There are loads of articles in the paper and help lines this time of the year. Go and ring some of them and see what your options are. A PLC sounds like your best bet.

Red Alert

I think a PLC would be a great idea, if you can find one that you're interested in. Unless you've a specific goal in mind for why you need the points, I think repeating the Leaving Cert is a waste of time. I teach at third level and find that some of our students who come via a PLC can be the most motivated and mature in the class, even though their original leaving cert points mightn't be too great.

deceit

You could repeat 6th year and complete your Leaving cert again. This would be a much better idea than studying yourself.

freshpopcorn

Look at a PLC course that you might have an interest in, also remember if you do decide to repeat you don't have to go back to the same school. You could go to some kind of repeat college/etc. It's not the end of the world.

Bowlardo

Op, what points to do you think you capable of if you put im the effort and is there a particular course would you like to do?
Repeat if there is a course you really want to do. Do not repeat externally.

Daniellekerr

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

Repeat external? Like not go into school but study by yourself? That would be a complete disaster. You would only be fooling yourself. You could have been studying this year when you were off sick if you had wanted to.

There are loads of articles in the paper and help lines this time of the year. Go and ring some of them and see what your options are. A PLC sounds like your best bet.

There is no Plc for law. I could hardly be studying when I was lying in bed having problems breathing.

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Look at a PLC course that you might have an interest in, also remember if you do decide to repeat you don't have to go back to the same school. You could go to some kind of repeat college/etc. It's not the end of the world.

I live in Donegal. There is no repeat college in my area. The nearest one is in Galway.

freshpopcorn

Daniellekerr wrote: »

I live in Donegal. There is no repeat college in my area. The nearest one is in Galway.

Sorry, I didn't relies that would you be willing to go to a different secondary school or back to your own?
Have you any relatives down the country you could stay with if you did have to travel?
Can I ask what were you interested in doing?

randylonghorn

Daniellekerr wrote: »

There is no Plc for law.

Law by the sounds of it ...

Daniellekerr

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Sorry, I didn't relies that would you be willing to go to a different secondary school or back to your own?
Have you any relatives down the country you could stay with if you did have to travel?
Can I ask what were you interested in doing?

Law with Criminal Justice.

randylonghorn wrote: »

Law by the sounds of it ...

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randylonghorn

Daniellekerr wrote: »

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?? yourself!

Fresh asked what you were interested in doing, I said it sounded like you wanted Law, you've just confirmed it!!

beechwood55

Daniellekerr wrote: »

I got 152 in the LC. I know it's my own fault and I was just lazy. I was planning to wait till Monday to see about college offers. I applied for level 7 courses. I was planning to repeat external. I don't know what to do. If I do repeat, I would study more. The only reason I got a bad result, I was off a lot due to my chronic asthma. Can someone offer some advice?

So were you just lazy as you say or was it your asthma as you also say?

Daniellekerr

randylonghorn wrote: »

?? yourself!

Fresh asked what you were interested in doing, I said it sounded like you wanted Law, you've just confirmed it!!

😂 Alright

beechwood55 wrote: »

So were you just lazy as you say or was it your asthma as you also say?

Both but mostly it was my asthma

trihead

https://www.fetchcourses.ie

The new site for all Further Education / PLC courses

http://www.apprenticeship.ie/en/apprentice/Pages/ApprenticeInfo.aspx

List of apprenticeships - not sure if locations are suitable

Daniellekerr

trihead wrote: »

https://www.fetchcourses.ie

The new site for all Further Education / PLC courses

http://www.apprenticeship.ie/en/apprentice/Pages/ApprenticeInfo.aspx

List of apprenticeships - not sure if locations are suitable

Thanks

Lackey

Daniellekerr wrote: »

There is no Plc for law.

I think there are gateway plc courses you could do to get in
Might be better than repeating

https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/study-maynooth/undergraduate-studies/how-apply/qqifetac-recognised-courses-linked-our-degrees

Daniellekerr

Lackey wrote: »

Daniellekerr wrote: »

There is no Plc for law.

I think there are gateway plc courses you could do to get in
Might be better than repeating

https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/study-maynooth/undergraduate-studies/how-apply/qqifetac-recognised-courses-linked-our-degrees

Thanks but I applied for law in the local college. I can't move away due to personal reasons.

Postgrad10

You could do a further education course in legal studies in north west regional college, give you a year to mature, and give you a chance to get in to Letterkenny IT.

Daniellekerr

Postgrad10 wrote: »

You could do a further education course in legal studies in north west regional college, give you a year to mature, and give you a chance to get in to Letterkenny IT.

Thank you

tedpan

Did you do business for the LC? Maybe that could help you into a sales role?

august12

Daniellekerr wrote:

I got 152 in the LC. I know it's my own fault and I was just lazy. I was planning to wait till Monday to see about college offers. I applied for level 7 courses. I was planning to repeat external. I don't know what to do. If I do repeat, I would study more. The only reason I got a bad result, I was off a lot due to my chronic asthma. Can someone offer some advice?

What level 7 courses were you interested in doing, list them in order of preference from 1st to third? Then someone here might be able to suggest plc course linking to third level. This would save you having to repeat if you are willing to work hard in order to achieve as many distinctions as possible.

Daniellekerr

tedpan wrote: »

Did you do business for the LC? Maybe that could help you into a sales role?

I did.

Madjackjr

As a teacher and someone who repeated myself this would be my advice. Repeating externally is a disaster trust me. If you get on with the staff in the school you are in, repeat there. You don't have to sit all the same subjects again. This includes English, Irish and Maths. The grades from these subjects will carry to the next leaving cert but the points won't. Think of repeating as a points game. Pick your best 8 subjects. Drop anything you really weak at and replace with easier subjects. Look to practical subjects or subjects with project work. These projects often make up to 50% of you marks before you even sit your exam. For example I got a C2 in Higher English first time around, I dropped it and replaced it with Higher Engineering and got a B1 in it.
Hope this helps

randylonghorn

Good advice, except I wouldn't be doing 8 subjects in a repeat LC; 7 at maximum!

Daniellekerr

Madjackjr wrote: »

As a teacher and someone who repeated myself this would be my advice. Repeating externally is a disaster trust me. If you get on with the staff in the school you are in, repeat there. You don't have to sit all the same subjects again. This includes English, Irish and Maths. The grades from these subjects will carry to the next leaving cert but the points won't. Think of repeating as a points game. Pick your best 8 subjects. Drop anything you really weak at and replace with easier subjects. Look to practical subjects or subjects with project work. These projects often make up to 50% of you marks before you even sit your exam. For example I got a C2 in Higher English first time around, I dropped it and replaced it with Higher Engineering and got a B1 in it.
Hope this helps

Thank you

Postgrad10

6 is more than enough for repeating !