Countdown to August 17th

*marie*

OK I haven't been in this forum in a while and it's practically deserted now...where's everyone gone?? Off having a life and enjoying summer I suppose...
Anyway was just wondering if anyone is starting to get nervous about the results? Not long away now, isn't it going so fast?
I'm actually more excited than nervous about them, just can't wait to have it all finished once and for all. But is anyone actually getting stressed about them? Any panic attacks etc?

chillywilly

no, now go and enjoy your summer.......go on go....thread locked...hopefully

the smiley one

yes, dear lord...it will come around soon enough....we don't need to be reminded...go on now....scoot outta here...

:Keith:

Funny that you posted this. I had a dream about the result last night. Twas pretty weird.

Gileadi

good god the dreams,i remember waiting for the results last year and the dreams will soon start to kick in like a mofo

harsh that ill have to put up with them again

Scraggs

the nightmares have begun... :eek: :eek: :eek:

segadreamcast

3 weeks today...

JackKelly

not much you can do about them.So jst enjoy yourself.

D-Generate

Is it only girls who are getting nightmares about the results? I haven't had a dream about the Leaving Cert all year but I know some girls who wake up in cold sweats on a regular basis and one girl who still dreams of it even though it was about 5 years ago for her.
Neurotic chicks!

*marie*

Hhmmm ok, i wouldn't go that far. I think those people might need some help...

OTliddy

My dad was pressurised alot by his parents during his exams. Now(40 years on) every year around June he still has dreams/nightmares about exams. Unsurprisingly I was not pressurised

randomfella

This whole summer, the leaving has been the last thing on my mind. I Never think about or thought about, results this summer. Repeats are an absolute NO. Confident of getting 2 and 3 choices but i'm pessimistic about 1st choice. Being honest i haven't a clue if i got my course or not but either way it'll be really close.

scorpy

I keep having result dreams...

Last night, for instance: '60% in chemistry??! NOOOOOOOOOO!! *darth vader pose*'

Scraggs

16 days gulp....

o and D-generate i may be just a teensy-weensy-eeeensy bit neurotic!!!

EdgarAllenPoo

15 days to go. I'm not really nervous, I tend not to get nervous but even though I only need 300 points for my course I can't help worrying that I may not have got that much (and that I probably have failed maths).

*marie*

Some of my friends were saying that they heard on that Beat talk radio programme that this year's failure rate for Maths was the highest EVER. Not just in the last few years,now, but EVER. Of ALL TIME. After a bit of a panic I am now convinced that this cannot be true...aren't all the papers corrected about 10 times? So no-one might know the results yet... Also, even if they did know, surely they can't release this knid of stuff until AFTER we get our results?
Did anyone else hear this?
Imagine though...it would be very typical. Remember how unusual the papers were?

sock.rocker*

now im worried


like that just hit me in the chest and my face went white........

*Angel*

*marie* wrote:

heard on that Beat talk radio programme that this year's failure rate for Maths was the highest EVER.

Lol, of course it'd happen our year, tbh I doubt it's true.


2 weeks!

D-Generate

*marie* wrote:

Some of my friends were saying that they heard on that Beat talk radio programme that this year's failure rate for Maths was the highest EVER.

Something just isn't right about that sentance. It doesn't add up or make logical sense. You actually mean people listen to Beat FM?!?

:Keith:

Excuse me if I'm in anyway being naive but how the hell would Beat FM be able to obtain a statistic or find out about the failure rate yet?

Zukustious

:Keith: wrote:

Excuse me if I'm in anyway being naive but how the hell would Beat FM be able to obtain a statistic or find out about the failure rate yet?

Don't think they could to be honest.

Pretor

*marie* wrote:

Some of my friends were saying that they heard on that Beat talk radio programme that this year's failure rate for Maths was the highest EVER.

That cant be right noone really knows that until the results come out although the papers were a bit awkward this year. i had the unfortunate experience of repeating this year(which wasnt actually that bad) but last year i was pretty nervous before the results came out, the only thing u can do is relax and enjoy the summer, no sense worrying over something u cant change, right?

chillywilly

scorpy wrote:

I keep having result dreams...

Last night, for instance: '60% in chemistry??! NOOOOOOOOOO!! *darth vader pose*'

60%?.......you poor thing :rolleyes:

bounceymousey

its gotta be a rumour!!! They cant say that stuff. They probably wanna scare people and make them paranoid about failing!!! Come On D3!!!!

Chris_dub

It's over. You did the exams, you sealed the papers, you handed them up. It is too late to change anything, so stop thinking could you have done X better and relax about it. You will all find out how well you have done soon.

Come to think of it so will I.

randomfella

I never got round 2working out my result in maths (i wrote down all my answers). Papers are ALL corrected at this stage so maybe a leak could have happened though i doubt it.

Papers corrected 10 times, are u kidding? They are corrected once by an examiner, thats it. IF you want to appeal it. They correct again after you view the script yourself.

I'll admit the nerves are creeping up. It doesn't help that i HAVE to work on august 17 (stocktake) !!

bounceymousey

yeh, where ever this rumour of exams being corrected 10 times has come from, SOOOOOOOOOOO WRONG!!!! If an examiner cant read your paper, they wont bother correcting the rest of your paper, they have around 400 other papers to correct u know. And as for maths, im not surprised that there is a high failure rate, there always is, especially with thios year. Last year was the easiest ever. So it was easy to get an A or B. This year was too hard!!!!

*marie*

randomfella wrote:

I never got round 2working out my result in maths (i wrote down all my answers). Papers are ALL corrected at this stage so maybe a leak could have happened though i doubt it.

Papers corrected 10 times, are u kidding? They are corrected once by an examiner, thats it. IF you want to appeal it. They correct again after you view the script yourself.

I'll admit the nerves are creeping up. It doesn't help that i HAVE to work on august 17 (stocktake) !!

Well 10 times was obviously an exaggeration, but they are definitely corrected at least twice, that's why we're not supposed to use red or green pens, cos they are corrected first in red and then in green.
They are always re-checked in case the examiner is being too easy/hard on everyone or something.
Well that was according to my Irish teacher (who is an examiner) anyway!

sock.rocker*

i was never told not to use red..

some are marked twice to make sure the examiner is doin it right but not all.. why wud they waste money like that

Zukustious

Oh man. 13 days away. Getting a bit worried now.

Mina Loy

Chillax people...you're all still alive and breathing :P

bounceymousey

its sooo crap they mark them though!!! My school (or ex- school now) is a grinds school so they were all examiners!! But they say if ur answer doesnt match the marking scheme then u get no marks!!!! ESPECIALLY BIOLOGY!!!

the smiley one

Stop with the scare-mongering people!

It's all done and dusted now so forget about it as best you can for as long as you can! We've all heard the rumours etc. but it doesn't make any difference - it just makes you worry and on-edge...it's defo not worth it.

(the maths thing afaik, they are corrected once in red and then the chief examiner MAY take one or two from a bunch to see if they are being done properly...if they are correctly marked they will not re-correct the rest...you hardly think the cheapo dept of education is goin to correct every paper twice??!!!)

rosa

Is bad hand writing really such a big issue? Are examiners obliged to try and figure it out the best they can or if they come across a badly written script do they not bother? Cos I know my History paper was probably unreadable and now I'm worried that it'll effect my grade.

shay_562

Oh man...I've been out of town working for most of the summer so far, haven't really had time to think about it. But then I went out with my friends on Tuesday for the first time since June, and it's all anyone can talk about...I'm really starting to psych myself out. I know I shouldn't, I know it's illogical and pointless, but I'm still nervous and twitchy. The solution? Spend the 16th drinking. Seems like the most sensible option to me.

griffdaddy

i'm planning to get together as many of my friends as possible and get public transport about 10 miles away from school (it's in the city centre) then walk towards the school with a bag of cans each throughout the night, arriving just in time to pick up our results. the walk and the chat along the way, coupled with the buzz of walking into town so late at night and getting drunk will consolidate any shaky nerves hopefully

EdgarAllenPoo

Tis twelve days now, I am a bit puzzled about how I pick up my results. I did the LC from home and went to an exam centre but the Dept of Ed sent me a letter with a PIN number so I could ring or get my results on the net. Do I have to go to the exam centre to pick up the actual cert or would it be posted to me.

Sux2BYou

GDM wrote:

Tis twelve days now, I am a bit puzzled about how I pick up my results. I did the LC from home and went to an exam centre but the Dept of Ed sent me a letter with a PIN number so I could ring or get my results on the net. Do I have to go to the exam centre to pick up the actual cert or would it be posted to me.

Mabye its changed since I did it,but if you collect em at a school you get this small print out with your examination number(whatever it is),your name and your results...its kinda crappy lookin to be honest,but if you want the paper proof you should get that.....oh,yeah,you could just print it off the net aswell,forgot about that.Its more fun goin collecting it tho...see if ppl ya dont like are disappointed so you can laugh at em.

Gileadi

GDM- if you did the exams as an external student which it sounds like you did you will be sent them in the post on the day of the results

or you can use the internet service after mid day

bounceymousey

you go to the centre where u did ur exams and collect ur results from there after 9 o clock. Otherwise, if u dont go on the 17th, then they send u ur results. im an external cos i went to private grinds college. jst go to the centre.
oh...and an examiner will try to read ur exam but if it is really really really bad then they will jst give up. A lot of my teachers have done it, believe me!!! But im sure its not that bad!!!

D-Generate

I just got some results there.
You all failed Maths, every single one of you. Except me. Because I am fab.

shay_562

Curse you, D-Generate! *shakes fist, applies for repeats*

nobodythere

Shutup and enjoy the sunshine/rain schizophrenia

Zukustious

9 days now. Man it seems like time is just kinda slowing down as the date gets closer.

bounceymousey

ah sure we'll all b grand. stop worryin

EdgarAllenPoo

6 days left. Sort of worried about failing maths. I know I've at least passed all the others but I can't guess by how much. I have had a dream a few times now were I get the results and I've failed maths. Meh, I don't need maths for my course (although I've heard the story about failing maths and failing the whole thing) and as long as I pass everything I couldn't give a fraggle.

sixdraw

bounceymousey wrote:

And as for maths, im not surprised that there is a high failure rate, there always is, especially with thios year. Last year was the easiest ever. So it was easy to get an A or B. This year was too hard!!!!

It was actually quite difficult last year to get an A or B as the marking scheme was just totally unfair.for example matrices was hit or miss, the right answer at the end or no marks.this year that newton rephson thing will give plenty of marks for any correct work, so its a tough paper but at least its marked fair

segadreamcast

6 days... tick tock tick tock *hums and walks off*

Scarinae

I haven't been consciously worrying about the results, cos I've been so busy all summer, but I have been getting weird dreams - like one where I failed nearly everything but then realised that History and Music were on the results sheet, and I'd actually got someone else's results somehow; one where I failed Maths and only got 1% in Biology; one where I only got results back from two subjects because I'd forgotten to write my exam number on most of my scripts; and last night I had a dream that all the courses I had applied to were cancelled, and I had to do Arts in UCD
I can't believe time has gone so fast though! It's insane! It's weird that we're getting our results on Wednesday - I can't wait for college though, it's going to be such a blast!

pingu_girl

Thats weird because im also having dreams about failing subjects i didnt even do also when i get my results there huge books with all my scrip wrote in them and i also dream i get somebody elses results or that they cant find mine 6 dreams in the past 3 weeks very strange since in not to worried about my results

Awayindahils

rosa wrote:

Is bad hand writing really such a big issue? Are examiners obliged to try and figure it out the best they can or if they come across a badly written script do they not bother? Cos I know my History paper was probably unreadable and now I'm worried that it'll effect my grade.

yes it is. my mock examiner had a freaker at me by the end of the paper. they will correct it but itll be the last few on the last dya when theyre rushed tired and bored.