Leaving Cert 2016/17 Off-Topic Thread

padraigmck · 02-06-2016 01:54PM

It's official 5th year has ended....

Liordi · 02-06-2016 05:02PM

meganob wrote: »

Before summer? Usually our careers teacher organises tickets in Sept and we have to pay then.
Do you know where to buy them?

She ordered them for us. I presume your careers teacher does the same but doesn't mention it until September.

Officially finished

Manutd_4life · 02-06-2016 07:44PM

Officially done

I'm absolutely knackered - can't wait to finally start living life again and hopefully make the most out of this miny heatwave!!

Exams were alright for the most part but they drain the soul out of you. Can't even begin to imagine how the current 6th years must be feeling!

What are your plans for this long summer ahead?

X6.430macman · 02-06-2016 08:36PM

Lovely last day and I completely mucked up maths.
Yep the teacher making it decided to put one chapter form the whole book in the test, of course the chapter that I wasn't good at. Now I give the rest of this month thinking about it waiting for my very bad result

Bored_lad · 02-06-2016 09:04PM

Am I the only one who has a full day of exams left tomorrow. It's only French and English so it will be long and boring. Exams haven't exactly been going great so far and my method of not studying isn't going to end well but que vivre verra.

X6.430macman · 02-06-2016 09:15PM

Bored_lad wrote:

Am I the only one who has a full day of exams left tomorrow. It's only French and English so it will be long and boring. Exams haven't exactly been going great so far and my method of not studying isn't going to end well but que vivre verra.

Wird still being in school this late. Was always off before June.
Are you in higher or ordinary subjects as the method of not studying wouldn't work in higher I don't think.

Bored_lad · 02-06-2016 09:31PM

X6.430macman wrote: »

Wird still being in school this late. Was always off before June.
Are you in higher or ordinary subjects as the method of not studying wouldn't work in higher I don't think.

Ya we were late back this year something was being done to the school I think. I'm doing all honours it always worked for me at junior cert so I'm hoping it will work this year. Obviously I will have to put in a lot of study next year. Supervised study will probably be best for me otherwise I end up on my phone or going out.

X6.430macman · 02-06-2016 09:57PM

Bored_lad wrote:

Ya we were late back this year something was being done to the school I think. I'm doing all honours it always worked for me at junior cert so I'm hoping it will work this year. Obviously I will have to put in a lot of study next year. Supervised study will probably be best for me otherwise I end up on my phone or going out.

Wow all honours, could only dream.
I do supervised study and I still manage to get distracted.

Mr Rhode Island Red · 02-06-2016 10:54PM

Finished up there yesterday. Did a pretty mediocre job in the exams to be honest...but still, here's to summer :pac:

leimmxvii · 02-06-2016 11:22PM

Just showing here what was covered for fifth year in my classes

HL Maths (14 chapters)

Book 1:
Chapter 1 Real Numbers
Chapter 2 Algebra I
Chapter 3 Alegbra II
Chapter 4 Algebra III
Chapter 7 Indices and Logarithms
Chapter 8 Functions
Chapter 9 Number Patterns, Sequences and Series
Chapter 12 Complex Numbers
Book 2:
Chapter 5 Geometry I
Chapter 6 Constructions
Chapter 7 Trigonometry
Chapter 8 Geometry II
Chapter 10 Co-ordinate Geometry: The line
Chapter 11 Co-ordinate Geometry: The circle

HL Irish

Poetry:
An tEarrach Thiar
Colscaradh
Géibheann
Mo Ghrá-sa
Fill Arís
Prose:
An Gnáthrud
An Triail
Cáca Milis
Hurlamaboc
Oisin i dtír na nóg

2 or 3 sraith pictúir
Reading comprehensions/listening here and there

HL Accounting

All Final a/c’s
Tabular Statements
Club a/c’s
Service firm a/c’s
Cash Flow Statements
Interpretation of a/c’s
Incomplete Records
Published a/c’s

HL Biology (16 chapters)

Unit 1 The Study of Life:
1 The Scientific Method
2 The Characteristics of life
3 Food
4 Ecology (half)
Unit 2 The Cell:
7 Cell structure
8 Cell diversity
9 Enzymes
10 Higher level enzymes and energy carriers
11 Photosynthesis
12 Respiration
13 Diffusion and osmosis
14 Cell division
15 DNA and RNA
16 Genetic crosses and heredity
17 Variation and evolution
18 Genetic engineering

HL Chemistry (Chemistry Live - 13 chapters)

2 The Atom
3 Arrangement of Electrons in the Atom
4 The Periodic Table
5 Chemical Bonding: Chemical Formulas
7 Trends in the Periodic Table
9 The Mole concept
11 Stoichiometry I
12 Acids and Bases
13 Volumetric Analysis: Acid-Base
14 Oxidation and Reduction
15 Volumetric Analysis: Oxidation-Reduction
16 Rates of Reactions
17 Chemical Equilibrium

HL French

Opinion pieces
Few letters
Oral q’s
Lots of listening/reading comprehensions

Feel free to compare lol, its pretty bad. Enjoy your summers

Liordi · 03-06-2016 11:08AM

Maths: (12 chapters)

Book 1:
Chapter 1 Real Numbers
Chapter 2 Algebra I
Chapter 3 Alegbra II
Chapter 4 Algebra III
Chapter 7 Indices and Logarithms
Chapter 8 Functions
Chapter 13 Differential Calculus I
Chapter 14 Differential Calculus II

Book 2:
Chapter 1 Statistics I
Chapter 2 Probability I
Chapter 3 Probability II
Chapter 4 Statistics II

English:

The Great Gatsby
Hamlet
Eavan Boland
Elizabeth Bishop

Irish:
Poetry:
An tEarrach Thiar
Colscaradh
Géibheann
Mo Ghrá-sa
An Spailpín Fánach
Prose:
An Gnáthrud
Hurlamaboc
Oisin i dtír na nóg
4 Essays
8 Sraithpics
Oral Questions

Accounting:
Interpretation of Accounts
Production Budgeting
Depreciation of Fixed Assets
Revaluation of Fixed Assets
Club Accounts
Service Firms
Farm Accounts
Tabular Statements

Biology (19 chapters)

Unit 1 The Study of Life:
1 The Scientific Method
2 The Characteristics of life
3 Food
4 Ecology
5 HL Ecology
Unit 2 The Cell:
7 Cell structure
8 Cell diversity
9 Enzymes
10 Higher level enzymes and energy carriers
13 Diffusion and osmosis
14 Cell division
Unit 3: The Organism
20 Classification of Organisms
21 Monera
22 Fungi
23 Protista
24 Structure of Flowering Plants
29 Human Nutrition
30 Homeostasis
39 Viruses

German:

2 Role Plays
2 Picture Stories
Oral Questions [Wohnort / Zukunfstplane / Frezeit / Arbeit / Schule ]
Comprehensions
Letters

Physics:

1 Introduction
2 Geometrical Optics
3 Reflection of Light from Spherical Mirrors
4 Refraction
5 Lenses
6 Speed, Displacement & Velocity
7 Acceleration
8 Vectors & Scalars
9 Force, Mass & Momentum
10 Pressure, Gravity & Moments
11 Work, Energy & Power
12 Circular Motion
13 Simple Harmonic Motion & Hooke's Law
14 Temperature & Thermometers
15 Quantity of Heat & Heat Transer
16 Waves & Wave Motion
17 Vibrations & Sound

Applied Maths:
Linear Motion
Projectiles
Relative Velocity

All HL..
I'm a little underwhelmed with the amount we've done in English, odds are we'll spend 0 time on Paper 1 next year.

VG31 · 03-06-2016 04:39PM

HL Maths (21 chapters)

Book 1:

1. Number Systems
2. Functions
3. Functions
4. Linear Equations
5. Quadratic Equations
6. Polynomials
7. Inequalities
8. Powers and Logs
9. Introduction to Geometry
10. Parallelograms and Triangles
11. Circle Theorems
12. Geometric Constructions
13. Enlargements
14. Trigonometric Rations and Functions
15. Trigonometric Graphs
16. Trigonometry of Triangle and Circle
17. Trigonometric Identities and Functions
18. Lengths, Areas and Volumes
19. Co-ordinate Geometry: The Line
20. Co-ordinate Geometry: The Circle

Book 2:

33. Complex Numbers 1

English (HL)

Poetry:

Elizabeth Bishop
Sylvia Plath
Eavan Boland
Paul Duncan

Hamlet
One text for comparative
Various QB questions

Irish (HL)

Poetry:

Géibheann
Colscaradh
Mo Ghrá-sa

Prose:

An Ghnathrud
Oísín i dTír Na nÓg
Hurlamaboc
3 essays

Comprehensions
Oral work
10 Sraith Pictiúrs

Economics

Microeconomics:

The Consumer
Demand
Supply
Equilibrium
Elasticity

Macroeconomics:

Money and Banking
Inflation
Employment
Government Budget and Finances
The Role of Government
Economic Development and Growth
Economics of Population
International Trade
Balance of Payments and Foreign Exchange
The Global Economic System

Physics

Mechanics:

Linear Motion
Force and Momentum
Moments, Density and Pressure
Work, Energy and Power
Circular Motion
Simple Harmonic Motion and Hooke's Law

Waves, Light and Sound:

Waves
Vibrations and Sound
Reflection of Light
Refraction of Light
Wave Nature of Light

Electricity:

Static Electricity
Voltage and Capacitance

Mldj · 04-06-2016 01:27PM

Chemistry Live -
1 - 7 on Atomic Theory/ Trends/ Anions etc
8 Radioactivity
9, 11, 24 on stoichiometry
10 gas laws
12-15 Volumetric Analysis and Acid/Base/Redox Theory
16 Rates of Reactions
20 Electrochemistry

Real World Physics -
1 - 5 Light
6 - 13 Mechanics
14,15 Heat
16 - 18 Wave motion

Leaving Certificate Economics -
1-9 Into, consumer, demand, supply, elasticity etc
17-21 Factors
22 Banking
23/24 National Income
28-30 International Trade

French -
Diaries
Oral
Letters
Opinion pieces
Document
Few comps/ listening

Applied maths
Mechanics/Projectiles/Newtons laws/Collisions

Maths
All of book 6 and 7 on algebra and differenciation

Irish
All of prose and poetry and a thig na tit orm apart from hurlamaboc, gnathrud and mo ghrasa
Other shtuff

English
Plath, boland, durcan, bishop, single text (death and nightingales) , comparative

Manufan123 · 10-06-2016 08:42PM

Got my school report back.I got 505 points.....I'm going to have to put the head down next year.

X6.430macman · 11-06-2016 10:03AM

Manufan123 wrote:

Got my school report back.I got 505 points.....I'm going to have to put the head down next year.

Oh no you just reminded me of my one which is still to come

Mr Rhode Island Red · 21-06-2016 06:10PM

Just got report back. It amounts to 556 points. Now while I'm not complaining both my French and English teachers gave me H1s, which I definitely wasn't deserving of considering the absolute tripe I wrote for both exams and the fact that in both cases it was a night before cramming session.

Got a H1 in Chemistry and a H2 in Biology. Thought it would be the other way around to be honest. I was banking on Bio being a sure H1 for me.

Other than that got a H3 in maths and H4s in Irish and Physics. Again disappointed with Physics but it was a case of poor time management in the exam. Irish was a write-off, don't even remember opening a book for that.

And a distinction in LCVP, which is nice, but I'm still not sure whether to drop it or not. The idea of it being a "safety net" for points is starting to make sense to me now

So, adjusting for what I think was lenient marking from the English and French teachers, I make it to be about 532 points, happy enough.

X6.430macman · 21-06-2016 09:01PM

Mr Rhode Island Red wrote:

So, adjusting for what I think was lenient marking from the English and French teachers, I make it to be about 532 points, happy enough.

All well for some

Bored_lad · 21-06-2016 10:06PM

My report came in last week and I got around 530 points I think. Overall I'm happy enough with most of my subjects, three of them should go up to H1s by the leaving cert. Ideally I'd be getting at least 550 in the leaving which should give me enough points for most courses as I'm not sure what I want to do.

EireLemon · 23-06-2016 03:59AM

543 points, which is decent as I'm currently planning on doing BESS in Trinity or Commerce International in UCD.

Bored_lad · 23-06-2016 11:10AM

EireLemon wrote: »

543 points, which is decent as I'm currently planning on doing BESS in Trinity or Commerce International in UCD.

I definitely see BESS points going up this year they went from 495-510 last year. It probably won't be such a substantial jump but I'd say they'll go up.

hasdanta · 23-06-2016 05:55PM

531 points.

H3 in HL Maths. Super disappointed considering it was basically only differentiation. I wasn't expecting a H1, but I was near certain I would get a H2.

Only a H4 in English. For some reason I can never seem to get a good grade in this subject. Contemplating just forgetting about this subject in sixth year and focusing on my others

Mr Rhode Island Red · 23-06-2016 06:37PM

hasdanta wrote: »

Contemplating just forgetting about this subject in sixth year and focusing on my others

Doing this for Irish. I only have to pass it for matriculation purposes.

I only have to pass OL Irish at that...maybe I'll drop down :pac:

Liordi · 23-06-2016 07:11PM

You all get reports so early! I imagine I won't have mine 'til mid July.

Manutd_4life · 24-06-2016 12:49AM

520 points but not gonna get overly excited since our teachers basically told us what was coming up in a lot of subjects. H4 in English and Maths surprised me because I messed up big time in both papers. Gonna work on bringing it up to a H3 though. All year I avoided doing Irish due to my despise of the language and somehow I end up with a H3! I guess its just because I have a really good relationship with my Irish teacher despite doing f all in class. Say whatever you want about marking schemes, the teacher you have matters big time in the grade you get.

Are any of you continuing with your study throughout the summer? I've taken the last 3 weeks off but I think I might do 2 hours a day which really isn't much by LC standard but it will put me in a really good spot and flow once I return to school

hasdanta · 24-06-2016 04:53PM

I was planning on doing that but honestly, **** that. Just gonna enjoy summer.

I MIGHT start the essay of my RSR and revise my sraithpictuirs, but that'll be it

Mr Rhode Island Red · 25-06-2016 12:12AM

hasdanta wrote: »

I was planning on doing that but honestly, **** that. Just gonna enjoy summer.

I MIGHT start the essay of my RSR and revise my sraithpictuirs, but that'll be it

Seconding this. September to June will be long enough of a slog without adding on 2 or 3 months prior to it.

I always like to think about the analogy a geography teacher in my school once passed on while he was supervising a free class that I was in.

"For your Leaving Cert year, you are all pregnant women, and your leaving certificate is your fetus. Treat it as you will. September to June is about 9 months, same duration as pregnancy in humans. Do not pollute your fetus, fill it with knowledge" (the reason I have this word for word is because he insisted we write it down)

The man should be a philosopher.

padraigmck · 25-06-2016 07:45PM

There's a NEW 5th year off-topic thread....... I don't want to be a 6th year yet

adam240610 · 26-06-2016 09:36AM

I just did the LC there, anyone give me a run down on the new points system coming in next year? What's the highest points etc? Cheers

Also sixth year flies by very, very quickly.

pianoperson · 26-06-2016 03:22PM

Has anyone else been looking at their subjects and trying to predict how the SEC will wriggle Brexit into the paper?

everesteduc · 26-06-2016 07:42PM

adam240610 wrote: »

I just did the LC there, anyone give me a run down on the new points system coming in next year? What's the highest points etc? Cheers

Also sixth year flies by very, very quickly.

If you go to the Qualifax homepage there's a link near the bottom right to a 2017 points calculator

Leaving Cert 2016/17 Off-Topic Thread

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