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Matthew's very late study log

  • 01-06-2013 06:40PM
    #1
    matTNT
    Closed Accounts Posts: 351 ✭✭


    So with less than 5 days to the Leaving Cert I've decided I'm going to start one of these threads.
    I'm very late but I think this is a great way of tracking my actual study and forcing me to do it! So I'll post morning and evening, see what I've done and what I need to do.
    I'm hoping to end up doing something like Writing and Farming maybe directing as well. We'll see. I am considering English with Film (UCD), English (UCC) or Ag (UCD)

    Here are my subjects + aims:

    Maths (H) - C2 (I'll struggle for this one, living off attempt marks)
    English (H) - A1 (My favourite subject)
    Irish (O) - Pass
    History(H) - A2
    Geography - B1 (Great teacher in this subject, so I always am lax on study with it)
    Biology - B1
    Ag Science - A1 (I'm a farm and love farming, but I'm leaving Ag Science study until after all of my other subjects as I'll have 6 days to study for it)
    French(O) - Pass (I took this subject up about 8 weeks ago)


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  • #2
    matTNT
    Closed Accounts Posts: 351 ✭✭matTNT


    Today I did:

    English:
    Plath
    Mahon
    MacBeth - Imagery

    Maths:
    Grinds - Complex Numbers and Algebra
    (I need to do Logs and Diff/Int)

    Biology:
    Genetics

    History:
    Propaganda
    Anglo Irish Treaty

    Geography:
    Igneous Rock
    Cap (Eu Policy)


  • #3
    matTNT
    Closed Accounts Posts: 351 ✭✭matTNT


    So after the first three days of exams things are not bad...not good but no disasters...yet.

    English Paper 1 was Ok, everything went well up until my composing, I did a describtive essay but I have never done one before, I do have a pretty good vocab and some of the lines sounded pretty poetic without being cheesy but then I'm not sure if I overdid it.
    I managed to pick myself up from Paper 1 and I was happy with Paper 2. Plath turned up, that was grand, I really wanted Shakespeare but oh well. English overall I think an A2 and I would be delighted. A B would be devastating.
    Maths Paper 1 went really well today, I was able to complete a few of the questions and I think I passed...maybe a C.
    Geography was also today, that went alright some of the question combinations didn't suit me but I struggled through. I might scrape an A2 but I reckon it's a B1.

    So this weekend I need to stay away from the great outdoors, lock myself in my room and do the following:

    Maths Paper 2
    Biology
    History

    And a bit of Irish and French, both at ordinary level so I should be able to manage alright.


  • #4
    matTNT
    Closed Accounts Posts: 351 ✭✭matTNT


    All over bar Ag Science.

    I'll hope to hit 500 but this did not go as well as I had hoped :(

    Maths went well
    English went very well
    History was average
    Biology was disappointing
    Geography went well.
    French/Irish were passed.


  • #5
    matTNT
    Closed Accounts Posts: 351 ✭✭matTNT


    matTNT wrote: »
    Here are my subjects + aims:

    Maths (H) - C2 (I'll struggle for this one, living off attempt marks)
    English (H) - A1 (My favourite subject)
    Irish (O) - Pass
    History(H) - A2
    Geography - B1 (Great teacher in this subject, so I always am lax on study with it)
    Biology - B1
    Ag Science - A1 (I'm on a farm and love farming, but I'm leaving Ag Science study until after all of my other subjects as I'll have 6 days to study for it)
    French(O) - Pass (I took this subject up about 8 weeks ago)


    My actual results:
    Maths (H) - C3
    English (H) - A1 (I'm delighted and surprised by this)
    Irish (O) - C1 (Done)
    History(H) - B1 (The exam went poorly so B1 was fine)
    Geography - A2 (I overachieved, I'm delighted)
    Biology - B2 (Hard test for me, nice result)
    Ag Science - A1 (I expected this one, I'm delighted tbh)
    French(O) - C1 (I took this subject up about 8 weeks prior to the exam)


  • #6
    RedSeven7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 126 ✭✭RedSeven7


    Very well done, I'd say you're delighted with yourself! :D What's no.1 on your CAO? :)
    matTNT wrote: »
    I'm a farm

    Hahaha


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  • #7
    matTNT
    Closed Accounts Posts: 351 ✭✭matTNT


    RedSeven7 wrote: »
    Very well done, I'd say you're delighted with yourself! :D What's no.1 on your CAO? :)


    Law not sure that I want it, I may change at UCD.


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