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When did you do the Leaving Cert and how did you do in it?

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  • #32
    orchidsrpretty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,154 ✭✭✭orchidsrpretty


    Cunning Stunt wrote: »
    1996 - 7 honours - 4 higher level, 3 pass level

    Wish I could go back and re-do my CEO choices though. Picked a ****e IT diploma course that only needed under half the points I had. Finished the course but don't even work in IT now...Is it too late to go back to 3rd level education I wonder..??[/Quote

    It's never too late :)
    I did mine in 03 after taking 2 years off after the jc to "find myself". All was going well until something really ****ty happened and I was out of school for 2 months beforehand.
    Can't remember exactly the points I got but I did very well considering.


  • #33
    Monserrat Old Sweet-talk
    Posts: 81,308 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Monserrat Old Sweet-talk


    Daisy03 wrote: »
    Why do people say all honours rather than their points? Never understood this... You can do all honours subjects but get D's but I'd rate an A at ordinary level above this! For the record I did "all honours" in 2007 and got 545 points.
    because people were posting they got honours grades, so i got those grades in honours subjects. => All honours
    I dont care about being more specific, it's not a competition and i dont care what you rate more highly...


  • #34
    Boscoirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,412 ✭✭✭Boscoirl


    2001 5 honours and 2 pass I think. After 9 years of college I can't really remember


  • #35
    byhookorbycrook
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 12,561 Mod ✭✭✭✭byhookorbycrook


    1989 Six Bs in higher level, 2 Bs lower level.


  • #36
    FinnLizzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 424 ✭✭FinnLizzy


    2010.
    Got 405 points with an honour in French and Geo.
    Ordinary level Maths and Irish.


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  • #37
    plein de force
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,148 ✭✭✭plein de force


    Last year, i got 465 which is over what the course i wanted needed so i was happy :)


  • #38
    Logical Fallacy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,933 ✭✭✭Logical Fallacy


    Daisy03 wrote: »
    Why do people say all honours rather than their points? Never understood this... You can do all honours subjects but get D's but I'd rate an A at ordinary level above this! For the record I did "all honours" in 2007 and got 545 points.

    I can't actually remember my points, 400 out of the A's at honours but no idea what the other ones were worth. Nearly 13 years ago, the memory gets a little hazy.


  • #39
    rain on
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,732 ✭✭✭rain on


    Ten years ago now, I think there was some football thing on at the time.....

    Got 470 points, two As, two Bs and two Cs (ALL HONOURS), only needed 350 or thereabouts so I was happy.


  • #40
    Daisy03
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 327 ✭✭Daisy03


    bluewolf wrote: »
    Daisy03 wrote: »
    Why do people say all honours rather than their points? Never understood this... You can do all honours subjects but get D's but I'd rate an A at ordinary level above this! For the record I did "all honours" in 2007 and got 545 points.
    because people were posting they got honours grades, so i got those grades in honours subjects. => All honours
    I dont care about being more specific, it's not a competition and i dont care what you rate more highly...

    I meant it as a genuine question. Not as some competition about points. How I see it is that someone who worked their ass off to do well at ordinary level deserves just as much credit (if not more, imo!) than someone who scraps a pass at higher level by doing just enough.


  • #41
    cocoshovel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,036 ✭✭✭cocoshovel


    Yeah the whole "I got an honour grade" thing when they dont state what exact level (ordinary or higher) confuses me too. Seems a bit silly to be honest.


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  • #42
    Princess Peach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,698 ✭✭✭✭Princess Peach


    2006. 540 points.

    All As except that shameful shameful C1 in maths :(


  • #43
    Sea Filly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,213 ✭✭✭Sea Filly


    LC 2001

    480 points

    Biology H A1
    English H B2
    Geography H B2
    Maths H B3
    Art H B3
    French H C1
    Irish O D2 :o

    Can't believe I can actually remember my grades! :eek:


  • #44
    Captain Graphite
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,272 ✭✭✭Captain Graphite


    2007, 570 points. Was delighted at the time but looking back now I probably could have done better, considering studying was the only thing I was ever good at and my lack of hobbies, talent or friends meant I had much more time to waste studying than other more socially-adjusted teenagers.

    Still, Leaving Cert was the last time I actually succeeded anyway academically; the biggest lesson 4 years in college taught me was that I'm actually quite a bit of an idiot. :o


  • #45
    Benny_Cake
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,105 ✭✭✭Benny_Cake


    I feel decidedly average now after reading how some people did - I got 410 points, all the way back in 1996. Thankfully internet access was nearly unheard of then or I would have done worse. Got the course I wanted though (I should say "the course I thought I wanted").


  • #46
    ciarang85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 256 ✭✭ciarang85


    2003 A in history was my best:pac:


  • #47
    nlgbbbblth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,668 ✭✭✭nlgbbbblth


    1989
    Sat six honours subjects - two As [English+History], one B [Economics], one C [Accounting], two Ds [Maths+Physics]
    Two pass subjects - one C [French] and one D [Irish]


  • #48
    Ghandee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,653 ✭✭✭Ghandee


    Not sure if the leaving cert is the equivalent of the GCSE's or A levels in the north?

    Anyways, did 9 x GCSES in 1994, passed all but one with grade C's and above. (got 4 A's actually in a few)

    Then 3 x A levels in 1996, History, grade B, English, Grade B, maths, grade.C

    Went to uni after that for three years, left with nothing except a great ability to hold beer and talk crap :mad:

    Learnt a lot about student girls from the country though :cool:


  • #49
    missbelle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 494 ✭✭missbelle


    2003, got 410 pts did all higher level, but struggled with a few!
    English was my best subject, but man was my hand tired after 7 hrs of writing that first day!!


  • #50
    kelle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,243 ✭✭✭kelle


    1988

    Got 21 old UCD points.


  • #51
    Leeg17
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    3 years ago, all honours w/ 510 points.
    A1 in Bio and A2 in Geography and (somehow) English.

    Went into a course where I needed ~ 360 points fwir.


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  • #52
    beks101
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    2002, same time as the World Cup.

    Had Geography and Business the same day as the Irl V Spain match. Couldn't get out of the exam hall quick enough.

    Pulled 2 all nighters and survived on lucozade for the week. I was always a crammer. Thankfully I was also a bit of a nerd, did pretty well.


  • #53
    Badly Drunk Boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,424 ✭✭✭Badly Drunk Boy


    Daisy03 wrote: »
    Why do people say all honours rather than their points? Never understood this... You can do all honours subjects but get D's but I'd rate an A at ordinary level above this! For the record I did "all honours" in 2007 and got 545 points.

    The points system has changed over the years. I did my Leaving in 1990. There was no A1, B1, B2 system then, so you can't compare like with like. Also, a few friends of mine, a couple of years older, had a different system too. One of the lads I know was delighted to get 18.5 points! (But that wasn't great.)


  • #54
    IMightKnow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 130 ✭✭IMightKnow


    2008- the year they switched loads of subjects round that used to be at the end to the first few days. I sat 11 out of the first 13 exam sessions.
    Got 7 honours & 1 pass (maths, though I hear theres bonus points these days for doing honours)


  • #55
    Sea Filly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,213 ✭✭✭Sea Filly


    beks101 wrote: »
    Had Geography and Business the same day as the Irl V Spain match. Couldn't get out of the exam hall quick enough

    Wasn't that match on a Sunday? I definitely remember having a hangover that day, and Saturday was always my drunk night back then.


  • #56
    Battered Mars Bar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 672 ✭✭✭Battered Mars Bar


    2005, 530pts :P:P:P:P:P:P:P:confused:


  • #57
    JohnMearsheimer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,302 ✭✭✭JohnMearsheimer


    2002, did 8 subjects (5 HL + 3 OL) and got 355 points.

    Repeated in 2003. Did 6 HL subjects and got 450 points.

    2010, went back and did HL Irish and got a C3 in it after a B in OL the 1st time in 2002.

    I ended up doing 10 different subjects in the leaving between all the times I sat it.


  • #58
    Abi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,058 ✭✭✭✭Abi


    hairyprincess wrote: »
    1996.

    And I'm not even going to say what I got reading everyone elses results :(
    You've absolutely nothing to be embarrassed about. Your leaving cert can be used in the points system if you intend to use them when trying to gain a college place under the age of 21. After that you may apply as a mature student, where the points system can be disregarded if you can present a genuine interest or job related history for the course you wish to apply for.

    Never, ever, put yourself down. There are opportunities for everyone, it just takes positivity and determination.


  • #59
    woodchuck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,411 ✭✭✭✭woodchuck


    missbelle wrote: »
    2003, got 410 pts did all higher level, but struggled with a few!
    English was my best subject, but man was my hand tired after 7 hrs of writing that first day!!

    I actually got paper burn on the side of my hand from writing so much on that first day!! I think they have English spread over 2 separate days now though? Rightly so!


  • #60
    [Deleted User]
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    1980....I was very disappointed that I only got a D in maths then I realized that loads of girls in my class had failed maths and began to feel better about my D


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  • #61
    Seren_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,810 ✭✭✭Seren_


    Did mine in 2007, got 395 points. My lowest grade was a C3 in English, which was very annoying because I'd gotten As in it all through 5th and 6th year. Have a degree in it now though :pac: Got B1s in Home Ec and Biology, which was pleasantly surprising. And an A in (pass) French :cool:


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