Going into third year , junior cert .

MRledzepo · 26-08-2014 10:06PM #1

So I'm going into 3rd year and I'm a bit nervous , I literally did nothing in first year in terms of studying and not much in second year , I got 3 A's 1 C and the rest B's in my summer exams , I listen in class and do my homework and projects just don't really study much , I've got some questions .

1) when should I start studying like now , before mocks , christmas ?
2) when did you start studying ?
3) How did you manage outside schools activities with studying ?
4)best advice ?

Thanks

Beca19 · 27-08-2014 04:13AM

They're really good results well done! The last 2 threads have some useful advice if you wanna check them out

1) Start studying whenever you personally feel you need to.. It's different for everyone but don't start now you'll have forgotten everything by march and it'll be counter productive!

2) It differed for every subject like History about 2 months before and CSPE - 20 minutes before.

3) There's loads of time for extra curricular stuff you should be able to do it for the whole year until about 2 weeks before the exams!

Don't worry too much just do your homework.. You'd be surprised how much you remember from just that and listening..
Good luck

Swood Grommet · 27-08-2014 01:09PM

1) I left it really late to start studying. I crammed mostly, except for the subjects I really liked. If you want to do really well, start studying now. It'd be fine to leave it until a few weeks before it starts though.

2) As I said, I didn't study until a couple of weeks beforehand. I got good results, but I could have done a lot better if I studied from the beginning of the year.

3) We were told not to give up our hobbies just because we're doing exams. No need to give them up.

4) Learn your Irish and French oral work so well that you won't blank. Honestly, you might think you know it, but it can vanish from your head due to stress and nerves. Learn it well and don't be too nervous. The examiner is usually dead on though.

Learn your Poetry and Shakespeare quotes! People say it's impossible to study for English, but it's not. Know what you're talking about, and explain it well. Stick to the question asked and remember your PQE!!

Do past exam questions.

Know your "People in History" questions. We absolutely lucked out on our Junior Cert; Columbus and Martin Luther came up on it!

Learn diagrams for Geography. Not sure if your teacher told you this, but if you draw a good diagram for any question, you automatically get points for it. So know them well enough that you can draw them quickly, e.g, for volcanoes, earthquakes, soils, rivers, etc.

That's off the top of my head, if you have any other questions or are having difficulty with a subject, feel free to pm me.

spurious · 28-08-2014 04:53PM

Listen properly in class.
Ask questions if you do not understand something.
Do every piece of homework as if it was an exam question.

danielbrogan · 29-08-2014 12:14AM

does anybody have any tips for studying. I find it awful hard to concentrate. And boring. haha

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danielbrogan · 29-08-2014 12:15AM

and im going into junior cert ugh

spurious · 29-08-2014 10:18AM

danielbrogan wrote: »

does anybody have any tips for studying. I find it awful hard to concentrate. And boring. haha ?

Find out what sort of a learner you are. If you ar a visual learner, mind maps may help. If you are an aural learner, you could tape yourself reading out major points and listen to them.

JWM12 · 07-09-2014 11:36AM

MRledzepo wrote: »

So I'm going into 3rd year and I'm a bit nervous , I literally did nothing in first year in terms of studying and not much in second year , I got 3 A's 1 C and the rest B's in my summer exams , I listen in class and do my homework and projects just don't really study much , I've got some questions .

1) when should I start studying like now , before mocks , christmas ?
2) when did you start studying ?
3) How did you manage outside schools activities with studying ?
4)best advice ?

Thanks

I just did my JC and I think I did quite well. Used to get 4/5 A's and the rest B's in summer tests meself.

1) You should start studying around now, but only an extra 10 minutes a night until about Christmas. From then it should be about an extra 20 mins a night and from the mocks you should work an extra 30 mins a night and about 1.5hrs on a saturday. Timetable's are essential btw, don't just say ''ah sure I'll try maths tonight'' that's a no-no.
2) I did f*ck all until the mocks because I felt I had a nice understanding of the majority of things. I did an extra 30 mins a night from there and about 1.5hrs after that but I probably should have started a little earlier to achieve maximum potential in English/Irish. Meh. Learn from me.
3)I have no activities other than golf which I do on a Saturday so I did my hour at around 11-12.30 and went out at 1 then. It's really not that long that you have to work for if yyou spread it out from like Christmas but if you leave it all to may then you'll have no time for fun stuff, ya dig?
4) My advice would be not to panic about the Junior Cert. It's not even close to the most important thing you'll ever do. But respect it. Don't walk in expecting an A if you've prepared for a B. Teachers will be scaremongering no doubt and they had me scared since first year but it's so different when you go in there. There's no stress, there's no time for stress, you just do what you can and leave and come back in september. Long story short don't dwell on it and if you do badly on your mocks don't worry, usually with hard work people go up a grade or two. The mocks are kinda there to scare you into working harder tbqh.

Mr Rhode Island Red · 07-09-2014 11:44AM

MRledzepo wrote: »

4)best advice ?

Thanks

Don't burn yourself out too early. It puts you at a major advantage if you do a bit of study from September, but don't go overboard. No point doing hours every night. There will be plenty of time for that from Christmas (or even the Mocks) onwards.

Don't lose focus after the mocks (like I did for a few weeks). A scatter of A's in the mocks does not guarantee similar in the real thing.

pizzamad · 14-09-2014 11:09PM

Just got my results this week (9a's all HL) and all I can say is do your homework!! I was never the one to study..I would do my homework to a excellent standard every night and that was it! The week of midterm before the mocks I crammed and told myself I wouldnt do it for the real thing but I did. Come mid-may I ended up cramming after being told not to and it got me 9 A's .. not that I am promoting cramming but its never too late to start just keep doing your homework and listen in class! Since first year I've only missed 5 days of school which I think really helped my grades, I found remembering things teachers said to me about how this is very frequent on exam papers and I made sure to study it! Good luck this year and just remember its only an exam that, as spurious has told everyone, is designed for you to do well! Also as some motivation...when you get your results a lot of people just give you cards (some with money

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ciar23 · 10-10-2014 10:05PM

Late replying on this post but I just thought I'd give some advice anyway

1) It totally depends on yourself, some people do much better cramming weeks before then studying for long periods of time, (namely me).. I know people who got so wound up from studying for months and months previous to the jc and ended up burning themselves out by the time it came around! The other thing is do not stress yourself out for mocks.. youre going to hear that a lot and if you're like me you will probably ignore it and take it not to be true but they are marked shocking and in general do not reflect what you'll get atall.. I got 2 c's,7 B's and 2 A's in my mocks and went on to get 10 A's and a B in the real thing! I wish now I didn't stress myself out so much! Just basically do whats best for you but no need to stress until the real thing comes around!(Sorry Ive gone off on a tangent)..
2) Definitely history and geography are the ones to start with! people in history's can be predicted fairly accurately! Maths is a big one too! Do not listen to ANYONE who says you can't study for maths, practice,practice then practice some more! Especially the really difficult ones that make you go 'what the feck is going on?'
3) I made the mistake of giving up things I didnt need to as I simply replaced the time I spent in them activities with TV! Keep up as much as you can!
4) EXAM PAPERS! They may be time consuming but they really are so helpful and beneficial, especially for history. Less Stress More Success' are very good also. The most important tip anyone can give you though is to just enjoy the school year as its not as bad as its made out to be and you look back and think 'why did I stress so much?' Best of luck!!

Going into third year , junior cert .

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