What are you aiming for?

Indiego · 05-05-2011 04:25PM #1

So what grades are everyone aiming for in the J.C?

Im aiming for:
Maths - A (Got 76% in the mocks)
English - A (Got 72% in the mocks)
Irish - B (Got 61% in the mocks)
History - A (Got 86% in the mocks)
Geography - A (Got 92% in the mocks)
Science - A (Got 86% in the mocks)
Home ec - A (Got 94% in the mocks)
Spanish - A (Got 71% in the mocks)
Art - A (Got 85% in the mocks)
CSPE - A (Got 80% in the mocks)
Religion - A (Got 76% in the mocks)

Should be reasonably achievable, if i pull my socks up :L :L

Desire. · 05-05-2011 04:27PM

Maths - A.
Science - A.
Geography - A.
History - A.
CSPE - A.
Business A.

French - B/C.
English - B/C.
Irish - B/C.

Woodwork - C/D.

Slow Show · 05-05-2011 05:01PM

English - A
Maths - A
Irish - B
French - A *fingers crossed*
Geography - A/B
History - A
Science - A
Business - A
Home Ec - B (C if the written paper doesn't go swimmingly)
CSPE - A...It's meant to be marked fairly hard so I won't be too pushed if I get a B.

They're quite optimistic grades, considering I've done feck all so far there'll probably be more B's in the real thing.

Indiego · 05-05-2011 05:13PM

Slow Show wrote: »

They're quite optimistic grades, considering I've done feck all so far there'll probably be more B's in the real thing.

Same :O I've been more bothered a month before Christmas exams than I am right now.... Wtf is going on??? :O
Oh right..Im just lazy... :L
Have an all day study session/tutor day with my friend tomorrow, she wants me to teach her a few bits and bobs, so hopefully it will refresh my memory a bit and kick me into gear :L

Slow Show · 05-05-2011 05:18PM

Indiego wrote: »

Same :O I've been more bothered a month before Christmas exams than I am right now.... Wtf is going on??? :O
Oh right..Im just lazy... :L
Have an all day study session/tutor day with my friend tomorrow, she wants me to teach her a few bits and bobs, so hopefully it will refresh my memory a bit and kick me into gear :L

Haha, I keep saying that I was more bothered in 1st year, and it's actually perfectly true.

Gonna try get myself in gear, I really want the grades up above, I'm just a bit worried that it's too late. The plan is to start at the weekend though, with exactly a month to go. We can do it guys. Yes we can. :pac:

05-05-2011 05:48PM

Maths: A
Geography: A
Business: A
C.S.P.E: A
Music: A
History: B
Irish: B

These three i'll have to REALLY improve on to get A's but should get them
French: A
English: A
Science: A

FunkyOxygen · 05-05-2011 06:41PM

MathsOL - A
EnglishHL - A
IrishOL - A
HistoryOL - A
GeographyHL - B
ScienceHL - C
LatinHL - B
FrenchHL - D (attempting honors!)
MusicHL - C
CSPE - A

Cakes. · 05-05-2011 07:31PM

All Higher Level-

Maths B- C in mocks
History A- B in Mocks
Science A- C in mocks but didn't study at all
English B- C in mocks
German A- B in mocks
Business A- C in mocks, only answered 3 q's in P2 without study
Geography A- A in mocks but would like t go from 89 to around 95, I know I won't find out though :pac:
Irish A- B in mocks
CSPE A- A in mocks

I've been doing a fair amount of studying and I hope I get these results :pac:

Mr. Rager · 06-05-2011 06:33AM

English: A
Business: A
Geography: A
Cspe: A
Tech G: A
History: A
Gaeilge: B
Maths: B
French: B
Science: C hopefully B

yellowsky169 · 06-05-2011 05:52PM

Yeah I'm gonna aim for all A's, fairly hopeful I might get it (or close) but I'm not one of these people that has been studying since September, I've barely done ANYTHING since the mocks!! These were my mock results:
Eng:A (only just...)
Iri:B
Mth:B(my favourite subject:()
Span:A
Mus:A
H.E:B
His:B
Geo:A(my least favourite subject:rolleyes:)
Sci:A
Biz:A
CSPE:B

As long as I get an A in math I'll be happy:)

gem. · 07-05-2011 06:49PM

yellowsky169 wrote: »

Yeah I'm gonna aim for all A's, fairly hopeful I might get it (or close) but I'm not one of these people that has been studying since September, I've barely done ANYTHING since the mocks!! )

wow that might as well have been me talking,
Im also aiming for all A's, but somehow they seem a bit beyond my reach for subjects like irish and maths.
I want :
Science A - C in mock
Maths A - C in mock
Irish A - C in mock
History A - A
Geog A- A
Religion A - B
Music A - A
CSPE A - A
Eng A - A
French A- B
Art - Id love an A but that aint gonna happen :L

Ive always been quite good at school, so I hope it pays off, but does anyone else feel like time is running out and its not going to go as well as they want?

Indiego · 07-05-2011 07:44PM

gem. wrote: »

wow that might as well have been me talking,
Im also aiming for all A's, but somehow they seem a bit beyond my reach for subjects like irish and maths.

Ive always been quite good at school, so I hope it pays off, but does anyone else feel like time is running out and its not going to go as well as they want?

Samee :O I would love all A's, but i dont think its gonna happen for me in Irish (I got a C in the mocks too), so i made a compromise, All A's and a B in Irish, id be happy with that

I feel like im running out of time too :O I Stillll havent started studying properly yet :O i dont know whats wrong with me :O usually im great for studying

Im starting to scare myself...
Ahh well...

mixery · 11-05-2011 09:56PM

Hello everyone, i'm new here, but i've been watching the site for a long time.

I'm aiming for All Bs in the JC. Realistically I will probably get C from b.s and D from science. But tbh it wont be the end of world if i do bad at anything.:rolleyes:

ScummyMan · 11-05-2011 10:22PM

Amount of bull sh!t/wishful thinking in this thread is unreal, setting realistic goals is a good starting point for study!

Desire. · 12-05-2011 03:19PM

Man.UnitedLad wrote: »

Amount of bull sh!t/wishful thinking in this thread is unreal, setting realistic goals is a good starting point for study!

Or you can aim high and that will make you study more?

ScummyMan · 12-05-2011 06:41PM

Desire. wrote: »

Or you can aim high and that will make you study more?

Yes aim high in the subjects that it is achieveable in with work. But the majority of people arent brilliant at everything, so 10 or 11 As isnt realistic. Set yourself a goal you think you can reach with work, and you will be much happier come results time.

Lollipop95 · 30-05-2011 09:02PM

English - Higher (A) < I REALLY WANT AN IN THIS SO MUCH

Irish - Ordinary (B)
Home Ec - Higher (B)
Religion - Higher (A)
Civics - Common Level (B)
Science - Ordinary (C/D)
Geography - Ordinary (C/D)
Maths - Foundation (C/D)
Art - Ordinary (C)
History - Ordinary (B/C)
French - Ordinary - (B)

rainaa · 30-05-2011 09:15PM

i'm aiming forr:

maths - A
english - A
irish - B (if i'm lucky fml)
german - A
french - B
history - A
geography - A/B
art - A
science - A (unlikely but i'm tryinggg)
cspe - :P

ohdechertig · 31-05-2011 06:02PM

I'm aiming for all a's, but with my luck, I'll end up with 8 or 9/10.. I got 7 in the mocks, so I'm hoping I can bring Irish, English and Business to an A!

im stuck! cnt tink of gud name · 01-06-2011 05:24PM

Man.UnitedLad wrote: »

Amount of bull sh!t/wishful thinking in this thread is unreal, setting realistic goals is a good starting point for study!

thank god someone has seen the light, lads its great your all so brillant at the studys but em.. dont go killing yourselves after all it is only the junior cert (the test run) not the one that decides your futre, it will be time to panic next year chill :cool:

Slow Show · 01-06-2011 05:32PM

Aiming high does not translate to studying insanely...My aims are the same but I'm the best procrastinator in the world.

Desire. · 01-06-2011 06:36PM

Slow Show wrote: »

Aiming high does not translate to studying insanely...My aims are the same but I'm the best procrastinator in the world.

I agree and it's better than aiming low. If you set low aims, you will be even less likely to put in the work and effort.

AlanBr · 01-06-2011 07:24PM

By the time I get my results in like October I didn't really care haha...However you can be quite surprised with the change in your results from the mocks...I went from C's in english and french to A's ...(the French revise wise book is excellent).

shadowninty · 02-06-2011 11:08AM

Aiming for;
Maths A - B in Pre's
Irish C - 54% in Pre's
French B - 53% in Pre's (i didnt even study morning test that time

)
Art A
English A - C
Geography A - A
History A - B
CSPE A - A
Business B - C

Karl96 · 02-06-2011 12:06PM

English A/B - B in mock
Irish A - B
Maths A - B
Science A/B - B
French A/B - B
Business A - A
History A - B
Geography A - A
CSPE A - A
Music A/B - B
Tech Graph A - A
Woodwork A - A

Thats what I hope to get!!!

:) Need to start a bita study now for it though!!:rolleyes: especially English!!:cool:

Jackobyte · 02-06-2011 04:25PM

Man.UnitedLad wrote: »

Amount of bull sh!t/wishful thinking in this thread is unreal, setting realistic goals is a good starting point for study!

im stuck! cnt tink of gud name wrote: »

thank god someone has seen the light, lads its great your all so brillant at the studys but em.. dont go killing yourselves after all it is only the junior cert (the test run) not the one that decides your futre, it will be time to panic next year chill :cool:

Why are they so unrealistic? The Junior Cert isn't a very hard exam. Second Year summers were less predictable. You know exactly the format of the papers and the way questions come up. Why shouldn't people be getting good results?

These were my predictions last year. I did 2 weeks study before the exam started.

Jackobyte wrote: »

Irish - Borderline A/B
Maths - A
English - Borderline A/B
Geography - A
History - Borderline A/B
Metalwork - A/B
Business - A
CSPE - A
Science - A
Spanish - B

I did even better than I had predicted with 9As and a B. Let people aim high and don't try drag them down. Who's to say they aren't capable of their predictions?

rainaa · 02-06-2011 09:00PM

what you're aiming for and what you're expecting are two different things anywayyy

mikeyod123 · 02-06-2011 10:26PM

what is meant by mostly A's? roughly how many
im going for 3 A's and havent thought about what ill get in the rest, im really not that worried at all :P

Desire. · 02-06-2011 10:33PM

mikeyod123 wrote: »

what is meant by mostly A's? roughly how many
im going for 3 A's and havent thought about what ill get in the rest, im really not that worried at all :P

I would say 6+ As.

DarkEagleEye · 03-06-2011 11:10AM

English-B
Irish- B
Maths-C/B
Science A
French A
Business B
History B
Geography C
CSPE A
Tech Graph C
Woodwork B

I hope I can get my Maths into gear and get that B, doing applied maths nxt year.BTW these are all higher.:pac:

spurious · 03-06-2011 11:28AM

You will all do better than you think.
The Junior Cert is designed to maximise success for candidates.

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