So, how did it go? RESULTS LC 2011 (in this thread only)

Over the farking moon.
Irish (O) B2 (Dropped on the day, looked like the right thing to do!)
Maths (H) B2 (Had a heart attack during paper one, so I missed on my B1/A2 )
English (H) A1 (Thought my paper one was B standard!)
Geography (H) A1 (WHAT THE HELL?!!?! I got a D3 in the mock! Never expected this at ALL!)
Biology (H) A1 (Got the same in the mock)
Accountancy (H) A2 (Wondering where my A1 went)
French (H) B3 (Slightly disappointed but meh)
Music (H) B2 (Happy with this)

550 points, highest in the school. Academic award here I come!
And got called by my UCAS choice, Queens University Belfast, today.
Got accepted. So I'm all set

sooo Happy! Only sank in what getting the points means when I went up to Trinity halls today for their open day!
So overwhelming thinking about my whole life changing completely in a month!

Can't get near sleep with the happiness!

Miss Brightside wrote: »

My course was 510, thought that was a bit of a long shot, but ended up getting 530! Absolutely delighted

English (H): A2
Irish (H): A2
Maths (O): A2
French (H): A2
Geography(H): B1
Biology (H): A2
Home Ec (H): B1

What's your course? :cool:

Biology(H) A1
Home Ec(H) A1
Irish(H) A1
English(H) A2
Business(H) A2
Chemistry(H) B1 (Delighted! Only took it up in September instead of accounting and failed my mocks!:D)
Maths(H) B3 (nearly failed my mocks!!)
German(H) B3

565, and 178 in the Hpat, so 731 altogether. Fingers crossed for UCD but I don't think it's looking too good..:(

It's been three days and I'm still in shock

HL English: B1 (college requirement: check!!)
HL Irish: A2
OL Maths: B1
HL German: B1 (considering a recheck. Got an A2 in the mocks like, and have never gotten lower than 85%. Ever.)
HL Geography: B1
HL Home Ec: B1 (the biggest shock of all. I failed the mock.)
HL Biology: A2
LCVP: Distinction

All in all, a fairly attractive looking 515

Irish - B2 - Had been aiming for an A1 almost since birth. But put hardly any effort into preparing for Paper 2, so expected a B1/B2. Can't really complain. Also had a terrible teacher for half of the course, if that counts as an excuse. (And I the only other teacher I've ever had a bad word to say about was one who insulted a few people in each class on a daily basis. Honestly this one was brutal, must've been one of those 'collect ten crisp packets and become' a teacher jobs.)
English - B1 - Delighted. After a D2 in the mock, I thought I mightn't be able to get the B3 I needed. But after doing the papers I optimistically predicted a B1 (if not that a B2). Literally spent 50% of my time in the last two years at English, so I'm glad it paid off. Mainly thanks to the epic teacher we had.
French - B2 - Gutted. Would've been slightly disappointed with an A2, the paper went so well. Fairly confident I got 100% in the tape, and the paper was perfect, nearly as easy as the mock where I got an A2. Will probably appeal it, unless I'm advised not to. The oral had gone really well too, so I don't know how I only got a B2.
Art - B3 - Happy enough. Basically what I thought I'd get.
History - D2 - I regret keeping on History... Didn't do half enough evision and the mark I deserved.
DCG - C2 - Relieved that I passed the drawing paper (otherwise I'd have failed overall). Feel stupid for once thinking I could get an A or high B... Did an A1 project according to the teacher. But on the day I left out over one and a half long questions out of four, and one of three short questions. Probably just about passed.
(Maths [Ordinary] - B1 - The max I thought I could possibly get was a B1, the minimum, a B2. So I was fairly accurate!) Didn't do a tap for this, most of my classes were spent thinking 'I shouldn't have have dropped'. Probably better off doing pass though, avoided so much stress that the few honours ones went through!

Total: 435 Got 410 in my mocks without doing anything, so that's a bit disappointing. Would've been happy out if I got the 20 extra points I thought I did for French and got over 450, despite aiming for at least 500 ideally.

Just got the points for my course, not sure if I'll take it.

PS: Anyone else raging over their French result? And would one examiner have corrected all of the roughly fifty French papers in my school?

_meehan_ wrote: »

The French paper was absolutely lovely this year, and the tape was a gift.

Agreed, easiest tape ever and brilliant paper.

_meehan_ wrote: »

If everyone in your year is unhappy with French, then it might be worth getting it checked out. Your examiner might have been extra tough.

I talked to a French teacher after and they said I should be happy enough with the mark I got, must think it was marked hard too. Also mentioned that maybe the oral examiner was mean in marking it. I went into that second (first higher level student to be examined), but I doubt that has any relevance. I was really calm thought and the examiner seemed lovely, kept smiling and nodding the whole time!

spurious wrote: »

It's technically possible if there was more than one actual centre in your school, one packet became the last of one examiner's bundles of papers and the other was the first of another examiner's bundles.

Thanks, you never know I suppose. I think I was in the first centre, so there's a slight possibility.



I don't get why they have to limit the number of A grades the way they do, they could at least do it so that it's roughly the same across each subject, but Art for example has a really low percentage of As each year. It just puts people off the subject, even if they're really artistic. There are probably a lot of people who did A-standard exams and don't get As because the examiners have reached their limit of top grades. And surely there should be more As given out if it's an easy paper?

Paczini wrote: »

If a paper is easy then it will be marked toughly, I guess it was like that with DCG paper

DCG was easy?? :eek: I came very close to failing it, and I used to be really good at it...

Paczini wrote: »

most people said that it was much easier than past and sample papers

Probably true. Still I had nowhere near enough time to finish the paper. And found it quite difficult.

Paczini wrote: »

I had just enough time to do it and ended up with A2

Congrats

seasonoflove wrote: »

It's different for everyone, depending on what you want to do. A2's really killed me in terms of points - 3 A1's, 4 A2's.

God yeah I'd hate to have gotten four A2s... :P

You never know, if you get them rechecked they might go up. And I totally agree that it's different depending on what you want, if you think you need 590 then you have a right to complain about getting 570, which is amazing (well done)! Obviously just don't complain about it to anyone who got a lot less and was happy out.