Aleatorio's study log

English - Essays: GV&V, CC, T&I
Irish - 2013 paper 1, paper 2
Spanish - 2013 paper
Business - Make notes for Business expansion, Management activities
Biology - The endocrine system, Heart & Blood vessels, Cells, Enzymes, Osmosis
Physics - Do a tonne of exam questions on Mechanics

So I got up at 9 this morning to get some study done

So far Ive done the HL Q's on the Heart & Blood vessels, and made flashcards for Business Expansion.

Now I want to start my essay for 2013 Irish paper 1, and hopefully finish that later when I get home from work before I go out for the night

OK so the countdown to my pre-mocks begins today
4 days till my first exam

I have Spanish on Friday,
Maths and Physics on Monday,
English and Biology on Tuesday,
Irish and Business on Wednesday

I get off at 1:05 every day except Tuesday, when instead I have a study from 9-11 (Right before English )
I actually love my timetable

We only get 1hr55 for each exam
I still have full papers for Spanish and Biology..
For Physics we have 2 exp Qs and 3 theory Qs.
For English we have a poetry and Macbeth Q, plus we're getting some marks from a comparative essay we handed in today.
For Business we're getting 5 Qs (answer 4) from everything Units 1-5.
For Irish we're getting an essay, a pros Q and a filiocht Q.
And Maths is a mystery xD



Today I didnt get any homework except some maths, so I want to get all this done, hopefully :

*Priority* Irish: Try and get as much prós notes done as I can, hopefully that will be my Oisin notes and Hurlamaboc or Dis, and then Ill just have Caca Milis and one other left to do, and then Ill have notes made on all the literature/poetry
Biology: Cover another chapter of Human Biology (Muscles & Skeleton)
Spanish: Do an opinion essay (2012)

Feeling a bit unwell and down today, so Im not making any goals for myself as I know Ill just end up disappointed

So far since Ive gotten home Ive:

Irish: Wrote notes on Paul from Caca Milis
Physics: Did Q6 (Mechanics) from 2008 to 2004, currently typing up Q5 answers

Premocks begin tomorrow - I have Spanish, feeling confident

All I did today study wise was revise essay phrases and the subjunctive, cramming just gets me worked up :L

Physics went well, hoping for an A2/1

Maths was..odd.. :L The section A questions were lovely, but my twat of a teacher gave us that dodgy trig question that caused a big mess on last years paper.. I hope he realizes that its yknow..unsolvable :L

English and Biology tomorrow.. hmmm English is my least favorite subject

Subject | Pessimistic | Optimistic | Result | Points
English | B3 | B1 | |
Irish | B3 | B2 | |
Maths | B2 | A2 | 86% A2 | 115
Business | B3 | B1 |86% A2 | 90
Spanish | B1 | A2 | 92% A1 | 100
Physics | A2 | A1 | |
Biology | B1 | A2 | 92% A1 | 100
Points | | | | 405

Got 3 results back today, all As so far, surprisingly xD
Fingers crossed the rest go as well :')

Edit: Just got business back, another A2, so happy

Subject | Pessimistic | Optimistic | Result | Points
English | B3 | B1 |100% A1 | 100
Irish | B3 | B2 | 83% B1 | 85
Maths | B2 | A2 | 86% A2 | 115
Business | B3 | B1 |86% A2 | 90
Spanish | B1 | A2 | 92% A1 | 100
Physics | A2 | A1 | 96% A1 | 100
Biology | B1 | A2 | 92% A1 | 100
Points | | | | 605

I got a B1 in Irish :O :O :O In total shock considering I thought the exam went dreadful :L

So, Ive been kind of taking it easy the last week or so, just doing my homework and the odd bit of study - Planning on getting back into it today

Goals for today:

Maths homework (30 mins)
Business homework (15 mins)
Physics homework (15 mins)
Irish homework (30 mins)

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Business: Study for test on Business Organisation [Make flashcards + answer plans] (40 mins)
Biology: Make notes on the Lymphatic System, and revision cards for Food and Sci. Method (1 hour)

Got about 5 hours study done today, starting to kick things into gear for my mocks

English - Made a chart on the GV&V of HMMTB
Maths - Did Educate.ie Sample 2 Paper 1, and 2 questions from Paper 2
Business - Did question on Social Responsibility

So, the mocks have come and gone and I forgot to post on here during them due to my panicked revision frenzy...

So here's a little summary and my hopeful predicted grades:

English: Paper 1 is always a little hard to gauge, but hopefully the examiner likes my writing style. As for Paper 2, I managed to finish with 10 minutes to spare :eek: But I think my Poetry and Comparative essay went well, and my Macbeth was ok I guess.
Irish: For once I actually was proud of what I produced in an Irish exam! My reading comps were a bit rocky, but I think I did well for the poetry and prós, and my A Thig na Tit orm q did lack in quality, but I haven't studied notes for that yet My Listening was very hard though.. But my essay went perfect
Maths: Paper 1 didn't go too brilliant for me, but I think Paper 2 will bring my grade up a bit. There was tough calculus on my paper 1, and a lot of writing on my paper 2 :rolleyes:
Business: For once, I managed to finish business without running out of time! 3/4 of my long q's were good, I hope, and my 4th was a bit unprepared but hopefully I did ok. We haven't covered Unit 7 yet, and because of this I wasn't able to answer 3 of the short q's, but I think I did ok in the rest
Physics: This exam went brilliantly Had time to answer 2 extra long qs, and was fairly confident in at least 5 of them. Fingers crossed this will yield a good grade.
Spanish: This was probably my worst exam, the tape sounded like it was in Chinese and my Opinion piece was unstructured and ramble-y... Got a bit flustered during the exam which threw me off a bit. I have my oral done however - 23% out of the 25% available, so I think that will be my saving grace.
Biology: Saved best for last - this exam went amazingly (Hope I'm not jinxing myself...) I've been studying Human Biology independently because my teacher thinks its 'unnecessary', but lord did this exam prove her wrong, 2 of the short q's were HB, as were various parts of long q's, so I think that saved me. Overall the paper suited me very well!

Predicted grades:

English |B2
Irish |B3
Maths |B1
Biology |A1
Business |B2
Spanish |B3
Physics | A2

So that adds up to 535 points, 25 points shy of my 1st choice.. But this is taking into consideration that based on my JC mocks, and others opinions, the mocks are marked both harshly (due to the lack of marking scheme adjustments) and sometimes carelessly (my JC mocks were corrected terribly :mad:)

Subject | Prediction | Actual Grade | Points
English |B2
Irish |B3
Maths |B1 | 83% | 110
Biology |A1 |95% |100
Business |B2
Spanish |B3
Physics | A2

Got maths back today - 83% I got 76% in Paper 1 and 90% in Paper 2 - My paper one was a total mess, loads of misprints and stuff that we werent told about, so hopefully our teacher will adjust the grade to exclude those questions
But overall, thrilled at the A1 in P2 And even more thrilled at the B1 overall

Subject | Prediction | Actual Grade | Points
English |B2 | 66% | 70
Irish |B3 | 72% | 75
Maths |B1 | 85% | 115
Biology |A1 |95% |100
Business |B2
Spanish |B3 | 82% | 85
Physics | A2 | 90% | 100

Got physics and Spanish today, over the moon with both only 4 passed physics and I was top of the class by 40% XD Also second highest in the class in Spanish, bet by a Spaniard XD


Also discovered a part of a q that wasn't marked in maths so I went up to 85%

Hoping to get a B1 in business now to bring the points up to 560

Right, time to bring this thing back into use for the last leg of the marathon!

I was working on Friday and Saturday so didn't get much study done, but between today and yesterday and the early morning on Friday and Saturday this is what I did:

Maths: wrote out notes/learned the following topics: Proof of De Moivres Theorem by Induction, using De Moivres Theorem to prove trigonometric expression, constructing root 2 and root 3, the four circle constructions, proof by contradiction, types of functions (injective surjective and bijective) and the three theorems
English: wrote notes on three Kinsella poems, did 2012 Kinsella essay and wrote notes on Kinsella and learned quotes
Irish: Did diospoireacht on Daoine Scothaosta, wrote vocab for the essay and wrote out a template for the diospoireacht (opening and conclusion etc)
Spanish: Did the entire 2005 exam paper (excluding the opinion piece and listening) and did one other dialogue construction and 3 notes
Physics: Did about 15/16 past exam paper questions
Business: Did a practice ABQ and wrote out a list of all the abbreviations in the course and learned them

Probably the most work I've ever done in a weekend now that I see it all written down

Onwards and upwards!
'A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.'