How many points did you get in your Leaving Cert?

ewinslet · 30-05-2014 01:48PM

Hande hoche! wrote: »

You don't have to do foundation level.

Not sure I get what point you're trying to make here.

chakotha · 30-05-2014 01:49PM

23 80's points.

Skuxx · 30-05-2014 01:51PM

I got 450, the course I wanted to do needed 190 points so I did no work, left that course after 6 weeks!

snaphook · 30-05-2014 01:55PM

490.

Which makes me an 81.6% expert at remembering and regurgitating information.

job seeker · 30-05-2014 01:57PM

Get the point, not the points. :cool:

Skeleton XIII · 30-05-2014 02:04PM

It doesn't matter. Your LC score merely informs others as to how easy it is to get you to do what you're told.

Ihatecuddles · 30-05-2014 02:05PM

I got 420 too. I was so excited to get nearly 500 but then someone told me you only count the top 6

Tarzana · 30-05-2014 02:16PM

480.

If there was the Higher Maths bonus there is now, I would have got 505.

maguic24 · 30-05-2014 02:17PM

mauzo! wrote: »

I got 420 too. I was so excited to get nearly 500 but then someone told me you only count the top 6

We should start a 420 club. All the 420's this way.

Tarzana · 30-05-2014 02:19PM

Sugar Free wrote: »

It allowed me gain entry to my chosen course in university. Since then it has had zero impact.

Mine gave me more than that. It was the first time in my life that I realised if I knuckle down, I can achieve a lot. I think it develops planning and organisational skills too, it's a huge undertaking and you need to sit down and work out how to navigate it.

People run it down too much, IMO.

spurious · 30-05-2014 02:23PM

Anyone pre about 1990 will be under 100 as the points system was different then.

JohnFalstaff · 30-05-2014 02:25PM

My credentials are top-notch. I've just graduated from Harvard College Yale. I aced every semester, and I got an 'A'.

HugsiePie · 30-05-2014 02:30PM

maguic24 wrote: »

We should start a 420 club. All the 420's this way.

Tarzana · 30-05-2014 02:33PM

Ilyana 2.0 wrote: »

570.

I have a freakishly good long-term memory, which was probably my saving grace seeing as I spent half my time daydreaming.

Plllease tell me you're not trying to make out you didn't study and still got 570 points. Such a lie when people claim stuff like that. Even the smartest people need to study.

MRnotlob606 · 30-05-2014 02:35PM

I got 165 which is bad.I was a complete waster in secondary school and I was completely immature. it has left an indelible mark on my consciousness, I don't wished to be judged or defined on an exam that I done over the course of two weeks, If I am then it would suggest I am below average Intelligence which always embarrasses me.I don't blame any institution for my own Ineptitude. So now it has giving me the impetus to achieve in life, I think back to the horrific moment of shame and embarrassment when I got my results and now I am a lot self-critical which is pretty good.

I constantly read books and I'm now involved in many volunteering groups and I do Martial arts because I'm so obsessed with doing well and achieving. I am grateful that I made a right choice after secondary school and Didn't end up like a waster or be conditioned by the people I hung around with.I am freely independent thinking human being who strives to maximize happiness in my life and making a positive Impact on the lives of others.

so basically what I'm saying the leaving cert had a big impact of my life after secondary.

force eleven · 30-05-2014 02:37PM

Didn't have points in my day. You got a pat on the back, two shillings, and a watery pint in the pub to celebrate. Good times.

IrishEyes19 · 30-05-2014 03:23PM

Such a vague comment to say the Leaving Cert is pointless, for some its the entry point into a course and area of study they have wanted to pursue, for others, it may not mean that much and they will find success in other trades. It depends entirely on the individual. For me, it was very worthwhile, I studied, thankfully got what I wanted and I am getting my degree results in secondary school teaching next week. So it worked for me.

HugsiePie · 30-05-2014 03:25PM

IrishEyes19 wrote: »

Such a vague comment to say the Leaving Cert is pointless, for some its the entry point into a course and area of study they have wanted to pursue, for others, it may not mean that much and they will find success in other trades. It depends entirely on the individual. For me, it was very worthwhile, I studied, thankfully got what I wanted and I am getting my degree results in secondary school teaching next week. So it worked for me.

Pun intended?

Ilyana 2.0 · 30-05-2014 03:29PM

Tarzana wrote: »

Plllease tell me you're not trying to make out you didn't study and still got 570 points. Such a lie when people claim stuff like that. Even the smartest people need to study.

Oh no I studied a lot, but I was lucky because my subjects matched my strengths. Once I'd learned the facts, I was golden because the rest was about writing skills, coherency etc.

The system suited me. I studied but I never ran myself into the ground either. And anyway, it's not really a good test of intelligence - which I found out the hard way when I got to college

Renegade Mechanic · 30-05-2014 03:30PM

Tarzana wrote: »

Plllease tell me you're not trying to make out you didn't study and still got 570 points. Such a lie when people claim stuff like that. Even the smartest people need to study.

Its completely possible Im afraid. I know some who did incredibly well while being a teachers nightmare. I distinctly remember one in particular telling him how crap hed do. On the day, He went out of his way to find her and rub his results in her face before insulting her up to the whites of her eyes and leaving.

cloud493 · 30-05-2014 03:33PM

Barely 200. Repeated the next year, exactly the same results :mad:

shineon23 · 30-05-2014 03:37PM

810

Over 2 years though

Dempsey · 30-05-2014 03:40PM

210, failed a few subjects too.

Now have a Masters Degree in Engineering and working for a massive multinational and if the opportunity comes along (money), I'd do a phd

The leaving cert is not a good yardstick nor will it limit anyone from doing what they really want, money will do that!

jack presley · 30-05-2014 03:43PM

350 or three fiddy as I think it's pronounced in AH.

rainbow kirby · 30-05-2014 03:44PM

Did my LC 12 years ago, got 570, A1's in maths, applied maths, physics and chemistry.

Alf. A. Male · 30-05-2014 03:46PM

I did no study for my leaving and it showed. I have more points on my driving licence.

candy-gal1 · 30-05-2014 03:54PM

No idea tbh, I did foundation maths then upped my leaving cert points considerably by doing a PLC and getting a lot of distinctions

, then had enough points for quite a few courses in DIT

I really must look that up actually, what Id have now pointwise, just curiousity!

William F · 30-05-2014 03:56PM

I did my leaving cert through Irish a couple of years ago. I got 380 which was the second highest in my school.

I can remember answering a question on Hitler in my final exam in history. I was trying to explain the Blitzkrieg tactics he used to subdue Poland with. It was difficult considering none of our books were in Irish.

IrishEyes19 · 30-05-2014 03:58PM

HugsiePie wrote: »

Pun intended?

haha, no, but well played there

:D

Alf. A. Male · 30-05-2014 04:18PM

William F wrote: »

I can remember answering a question on Hitler in my final exam in history. I was trying to explain the Blitzkrieg tactics he used to subdue Poland with. It was difficult considering none of our books were in Irish.

"An stuka a tháinig amach as an spéir! ratatatatatata!" Be deadly, like writing Commando books as Gaelige.

How many points did you get in your Leaving Cert?

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