Question about matriculation requirements

camroc · 10-06-2005 6:36pm #1

I'm doing the leaving cert this year and I'm after having something of a disaster in Irish and there's a chance I may have failed. I was looking at the general matriculation requirements for DCU today and I noticed something that's worrying me: "Grade C3 in two Higher Level subjects and Grade D3 in four Ordinary or Higher Level subjects". The two higher C3s are fine but I was wondering if they accept LCVP as an ordinary subject, they definitely count it for points so they probably do. If anyone could confirm this I'll be able to sleep a lot better! Thanks.

rugbug86 · 11-06-2005 9:16am

did you only do 6 subjects and lcvp?

camroc · 12-06-2005 8:15am

Yes, there was a shortage of places available when I applied to my school. The subject I missed out on was German. I was always crap at it anyway. I probably have passed Irish but it would be a lot easier to relax if I knew it didn't matter.

segadreamcast · 12-06-2005 8:56am

As far as I'm aware, though this is by no means concrete, LCVP *can* replace a subject for matriculation purposes.

However, I can't find anything to back this up - stop worrying about it for now though, research it after your final exam.

Brow · 12-06-2005 2:02pm

I didnt do LCVP but others in my year did. They told me it could count as a subject worth 60 points if you did perfectly in it if I remember right.

segadreamcast · 15-06-2005 10:22pm

Brow wrote:

I didnt do LCVP but others in my year did. They told me it could count as a subject worth 60 points if you did perfectly in it if I remember right.

70 infact.

Brow · 16-06-2005 6:40pm

^^^ Touché. Heard nothing but bad things about LCVP though. Dont know if anyone here actually did it. Is it as muck as people make it out to be?

stringy · 17-06-2005 1:15pm

You need to pass Maths and then either English or Irish

Then any combination of 2 higher C3s and 4 D3s in higher or ordinary papers

LCVP will only be used for points, not entry requirements

camroc · 18-06-2005 10:17am

In that case it's going to be a real nerve wracking summer! I'll go mad if I don't get in over Irish. I want to do computer applications, it was 300pts last year. I'm probably going to break 350 and there's still a good chance I won't get in over one pointless subject that has absolutely nothing to do with my course!

rugbug86 · 18-06-2005 5:12pm

i was bricking the whole summer of the leaving cert cos i thought i had failed physics. i passed though. just relax and have a good summer.

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