Leaving Cert 2016/17 Off-Topic Thread

Liordi · 20-02-2017 02:10AM

Doesn't it depend on the person?
Something that takes one person five minutes to revise might take another person twenty minutes to grasp.

thetalker · 20-02-2017 04:27PM

Yeah thats true, but rather than the time taken given to cover a topic I'd like to know how much time I should put in in general. For example 4 hours could be split up into many sections depending on who's studying. Maybe what I'm trying to see is what is not enough to do for what I need to get.
If I had the certainty of knowing what I did was enough or not it would help my determination I think.

Mr Rhode Island Red · 20-02-2017 11:35PM

I know I can't focus on anything after roughly 3 hours study (even with plenty of breaks) , so I rarely, if ever exceed that limit.

3 hours sounds pathetic when I hear what some people are doing, but I don't see the point in just studying for the sake of it if nothing is going in.

X6.430macman · 21-02-2017 08:23AM

Mr Rhode Island Red wrote:

3 hours sounds pathetic when I hear what some people are doing, but I don't see the point in just studying for the sake of it if nothing is going in.

I plan on doing nothing for this midterm

VG31 · 21-02-2017 02:04PM

Mr Rhode Island Red wrote: »

I know I can't focus on anything after roughly 3 hours study (even with plenty of breaks) , so I rarely, if ever exceed that limit.

3 hours sounds pathetic when I hear what some people are doing, but I don't see the point in just studying for the sake of it if nothing is going in.

Exactly, it's the quality of your study not how many hours you do that matters.

Ron603 · 21-02-2017 02:35PM

Is anyone still unsure about their college course? I still don't know what to do, I put down Computer Science in UCC but now I'm thinking about Commerce with Chinese also in UCC and then doing the computer science conversion masters in UCD. But apparently employers don't value the conversion course as much as a BS. The BS in CS offers a 12 month work placement which is vital in today's world but on the other hand the BComm offers a 1 year study abroad in China. Or else I could do the BS in CS and then do the ''International MSc in Adv Software Dev- Ireland/China Partnership Prog in DIT'' which offers a semester of study in China.

Which one is the better option?

BadBannana · 21-02-2017 05:14PM

Ron603 wrote: »

Is anyone still unsure about their college course? I still don't know what to do, I put down Computer Science in UCC but now I'm thinking about Commerce with Chinese also in UCC and then doing the computer science conversion masters in UCD. But apparently employers don't value the conversion course as much as a BS. The BS in CS offers a 12 month work placement which is vital in today's world but on the other hand the BComm offers a 1 year study abroad in China. Or else I could do the BS in CS and then do the ''International MSc in Adv Software Dev- Ireland/China Partnership Prog in DIT'' which offers a semester of study in China.

Which one is the better option?

The second option sounds best. The work placement is vital and you'll still get to study in China. On the other hand you won't be studying any of the language by the looks of it.

There's the option of Arts International and doing Chinese and CS through that. You could use the International bit to go to China and do work placement over the summers if you feel you'll be slightly behind your CS peers.

The only disadvantage would be you'd be stuck studying two other subjects in first year

Ron603 · 21-02-2017 05:48PM

BadBannana wrote: »

The second option sounds best. The work placement is vital and you'll still get to study in China. On the other hand you won't be studying any of the language by the looks of it.

There's the option of Arts International and doing Chinese and CS through that. You could use the International bit to go to China and do work placement over the summers if you feel you'll be slightly behind your CS peers.

The only disadvantage would be you'd be stuck studying two other subjects in first year

Mandarin is offered as an elective in the first year of Computer Science, not sure what happens after the first year.

Computer science is only offered as modules from second year on. So I presume that you only graduate with a major in Chinese Studies.

Mr Rhode Island Red · 23-02-2017 10:02PM

Ron603 wrote: »

Is anyone still unsure about their college course? I still don't know what to do, I put down Computer Science in UCC but now I'm thinking about Commerce with Chinese also in UCC and then doing the computer science conversion masters in UCD. But apparently employers don't value the conversion course as much as a BS. The BS in CS offers a 12 month work placement which is vital in today's world but on the other hand the BComm offers a 1 year study abroad in China. Or else I could do the BS in CS and then do the ''International MSc in Adv Software Dev- Ireland/China Partnership Prog in DIT'' which offers a semester of study in China.

Which one is the better option?

Could you possibly do the BS in Computer Science's work placement abroad and get the best of both worlds?

Consonata · 25-02-2017 06:56PM

Now HPAT is done, time to throw myself into Oral Practice xD

How is everyone else feeling exam wise?

thetalker · 25-02-2017 08:25PM

Waiting for mock results but judging there's gonna be a good bit of work to do if I want to get H1's or H2's. I dread the next 100 days till the leaving cert.

Mr Rhode Island Red · 26-02-2017 05:29PM

Do ye think it's feasible to bring a H5 in maths up to a H2 by the time the leaving comes around?

Bazinga_N · 26-02-2017 06:00PM

Mr Rhode Island Red wrote: »

Do ye think it's feasible to bring a H5 in maths up to a H2 by the time the leaving comes around?

Yeah definitely! There's a 100 days until the Leaving cert! If you spent an hour a day studying maths between now and then that's 100 hours of study for just maths. That's way more than enough time to improve!

Consonata · 26-02-2017 09:51PM

Bazinga_N wrote: »

Yeah definitely! There's a 100 days until the Leaving cert! If you spent an hour a day studying maths between now and then that's 100 hours of study for just maths. That's way more than enough time to improve!

How are you getting on, repeat been going well? I haven't found it too bad.

Bazinga_N · 26-02-2017 10:25PM

Consonata wrote: »

How are you getting on, repeat been going well? I haven't found it too bad.

Yeah to be honest, it's actually been fine! Thought it was gonna be hard finding motivation but it's not been too bad! The only pain is watching my friends go out on Thursday night when I'm stuck in studying :P

Glad to hear you haven't found it too bad either!

Consonata · 27-02-2017 03:45PM

Bazinga_N wrote: »

Yeah to be honest, it's actually been fine! Thought it was gonna be hard finding motivation but it's not been too bad! The only pain is watching my friends go out on Thursday night when I'm stuck in studying :P

Glad to hear you haven't found it too bad either!

Aw I know, looking at peoples Snapchat stories is torturous :pac: ah it gives that bit of motivation though.

thetalker · 27-02-2017 10:03PM

Does anyone know a good way to learn the spellings for verbs and such in french. I have no problem reading the language but every time I write it down I seem to make a spelling error involving the accents or verbs. I'd rather not focus time on french so if it was some sort of trick or site that would help.

Consonata · 27-02-2017 10:10PM

thetalker wrote: »

Does anyone know a good way to learn the spellings for verbs and such in french. I have no problem reading the language but every time I write it down I seem to make a spelling error involving the accents or verbs. I'd rather not focus time on french so if it was some sort of trick or site that would help.

Memrise.com is good, they have Vocab lists from A Levels and GCSE's that are useful. It's quite popular

hasdanta · 27-02-2017 10:10PM

Can anyone give me time guidelines that should be followed for English Paper 2.. i.e. the comparative, poetry etc.

Consonata · 27-02-2017 10:21PM

hasdanta wrote: »

Can anyone give me time guidelines that should be followed for English Paper 2.. i.e. the comparative, poetry etc.

Single Text: 50 minutes
Comparative: 60/65 minutes
Poetry: 50 minutes
Unseen: 20 Minutes

That leaves you about 15 minutes to play with that you can add on. You can use 5 minutes to plan and 10 on your comparative or whatever. It gives you the option on the day for the unexpected and you have that bit of breathing space.

Telo123 · 27-02-2017 10:27PM

40% in maths pre.Is it possible to bring it up to H3/H4.Considering the exam was pretty tough?

Liordi · 27-02-2017 11:04PM

We've not got any mocks back and our teachers told us not to expect them for about two weeks.

Telo123 · 27-02-2017 11:16PM

Liordi wrote: »

We've not got any mocks back and our teachers told us not to expect them for about two weeks.

Got 2 back because teachers corrected them.They said the rest should be back during the week.

thetalker · 27-02-2017 11:20PM

Telo123 wrote: »

40% in maths pre.Is it possible to bring it up to H3/H4.Considering the exam was pretty tough?

Depends on whether you found the exam tough but not previous exam Q's tough, maybe there's an area of math that really caused the loss in percentage.
There's no sure way to know but I think its possible if you keep doing Q's and understand how to figure out what to use and where.

spurious · 28-02-2017 07:43PM

Liordi wrote: »

We've not got any mocks back and our teachers told us not to expect them for about two weeks.

They only started coming out to correctors in the last couple of weeks, so it could be a while yet.

BadBannana · 02-03-2017 09:58AM

Pres are going awful

wanderer100 · 02-03-2017 06:06PM

BadBannana wrote: »

Pres are going awful

Same

Feeling pretty discouraged but I know I have to learn from it, forget it ever happened and focus on the next 3 months

thetalker · 05-03-2017 03:59PM

Hows everyone keeping up in terms of study?
I'm feeling like I'm wasting time with all the free classes I've had recently, its just feeling like the calm before the storm...

BadBannana · 05-03-2017 04:36PM

Consonata wrote: »

Single Text: 50 minutes
Comparative: 60/65 minutes
Poetry: 50 minutes
Unseen: 20 Minutes

That leaves you about 15 minutes to play with that you can add on. You can use 5 minutes to plan and 10 on your comparative or whatever. It gives you the option on the day for the unexpected and you have that bit of breathing space.

+1 to this timing scheme, got me through last week's English exam with time to spare and correct a few mistakes

Liordi · 05-03-2017 04:41PM

I haven't started studying yet

I have no motivation. I feel like after all the mocks come back I'll know where I'm at & what I need to do which might motivate me but right now I'm at a standstill. Feels weird.

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