How many points did you get in your leaving cert?

480.

Got an A1 in History and A2 in Business Studies.


The rest were all either B, somethings or C's.


Did ordinary level in Maths and Irish.

380 myself.

Considering I put no effort at all into it and did not go to school for months I some how got 380 points.

I think to this day if i only made the effort I would have got close to 500 points ha

I got I think a B3 in higher lv English and I have deslexa.

But I did not write my exams at all I used a tape recorder myself.

Zero. I never did it. Left school at 15

No regrets though, Good solid Mon-Fri job and a nice family now.

515 points. I spent a few years slutting my way around a few different colleges and courses (Psychology in DCU, Radiation Therapy in Trinity, Commerce in NUIG) but the degree I finally saw through to the end was a Business Studies one in a regional IT that I'd have only needed about 200 points for.

I'm one of those eternal students who just keeps on studying part-time for the sake of learning new things. I did a course in Community Addiction Studies earlier this year, and am about to start into a Criminology evening course. Completely unrelated to my current field of work (Finance.)

The Leaving Cert, in my opinion, is really only important for a couple of years after you do it. If you have a genuine passion for a particular course or career, you'll find a back-door into it if it's what you really want to do.

I went for pints,missed the leaving. I think there must have been crossed wires between the teacher and the class!

130.
I was aiming for 25.
That's all that was needed to get into electrical engineering at the time so was disappointed to be 105 points off. I used to have my mam wait outside until the minimum time (30 minutes) was up on some of the exams.

They nearly wouldn't let us in to the English exam cause we were so late but it wasn't our fault they put the exam at the same time as the Ireland v Germany game. I'll never forgive them for missing the second half and THAT goal

580 back in the day before bonus marks. I knew I had done well enough and was going to get my course, but the results came as a bit of a surprise to me.

Paddy223 wrote: »

What do you mean they got rid of the honours maths bonus it's still there?

“For a few brief years” it says

510 (no bonus points). Got my first choice in Uni. No regrets. Was happy in my chosen profession. But stay-at-home Mum now for too long.

505 in old money. I didn’t *need* it, as my top 3 choices were around the 420-450 range, but I wanted to crack the 500. I absolutely loved history and French in school and it was a given that they’d be my A1 point-bankers.
I did my LC in ‘96; we didn’t even have a landline or cable TV in the house, never mind the internet. There was nothing to do for a non-sporty, non-Mass groupie girl like me to do down the country other than study.

But your degree isn’t the end of your education these days, not by a long shot. I have had to reject candidates with MAs in my degree subject because they had no cop-on or no practical skills whatsoever. I’m not kidding... I had to show one MA grad hire how to send attachments.

490. Mixed feelings.

Expected an A at a minimum in Accounting but section C which was worth 20 % had 2 questions on the same topic which our superstar teacher never covered as it rarely came up. Having been rote taught accounting, hadn't a clue how to answer so effectively marked for 80%. Scrambled a C but lost 20-30 points which I had deemed bankers. Didn't get an A in Irish despite going to Gaelscoil, made a mess of the exam. A in History and Geography. B in everything else. Would have liked to have gotten my expected 520 and just got my first choice course which was 480 on first offer, BIS in UCC. 1998 was a stressful summer.