My 6th year study log

Did an hour of stastistics in supervised study.
I still plan on doing patterns and sequences tonight and learning a role play for Spanish. Also make my cultural context notes on 1984 and do learn a sraith pictuir.

Finally remembered to post this year. My mocks start this Friday and i'm finished on the 9th of February then its just going to be HPAT preparation that ill be focusing on until ive done the test on the 24th. After that its back to leaving cert revision. Overall I'm hoping to improve in all my subjects from the premocks especially in maths. During the Christmas break i got a bit of work done but not as much as i would have liked to, but i was on holiday so im proud of myself for doing what i got done. When i got back i had already missed 2 days of school and felt pretty far behind and down on myself so i didnt do anything that week. but things finally picked up that weekend and i started doing more revision for the mocks. Now im just trying to do what i can before the exams start. Hopefully i improve my grades but if not, i'll just work a lot harder to get my points in June.

So the mocks are over and it's midterm break. I would like to do some more studying for June but the HPAT Is in less than 2 weeks and I'm not confident at all. All the practice questions I'm doing and I'm still not scoring high enough to give me even a little bit of confidence. I'll finally be able to get back into a normal routine after the 24th but for now it's just going to be practice questions.

Also Idk if anyone actually reads this but feel free to ask any questions if you have any.

jeonahr wrote: »

Just wondering what you've been doing to prepare for the Hpat? I'm looking to do it next year.

I went to the free HPAT course in the Dublin school of grinds in October or November I can't remember exactly. I got notes on section 3 which are really helpful because I know how to do that section really well now. I was going to do the HPAT course with career services but it cost 250€ and I didn't have the money at the tim eso it was booked out. My sister did the HPAT and she went to the institute of education so I have her mock papers and practice tests that I'm just doing and I bought 2 practice tests from the ACER website. Those are easier than the real thing but they're still good practice. Everyone thinks you have to study or you can't study but you prepare by doing practice questions and going over the solutions so you can learn from your mistakes. If you're a quick thinker and reader then it won't be hard for you to prepare but I'm not so I make sure to go over the solutions and do the practice tests in timed conditions. You're going to need to build up your vocabulary for section 2 so just look up any new words you find in a book or any reading material. I wouldn't worry about it now, I'm assuming you're in 5th year just try and build your vocabulary. When 6th year comes you should go to the free HPAT course in the Dublin school of grinds and if you have the money do the preparation course there too. You can also do it with ********. I didn't do a preparation course but I'm fine without it all you need is practice questions that you can buy from career services and the solutions. It's called the home package and they send you a huge stack of questions that'll help you prepare.
I hope I didn't ramble too much and this is actually helpful

Less than 3 months until the LC. I've been doing more study in subjects that I really enjoy than in the ones I dont enjoy. I need to brush up on my irish grammar and all of my maths techniques. At the moment its just homework, study and exam questions so I think I'm doing okay. I've done my ag science project so i'm glad that I dont have to stress about it now and rush it. Ive been a bit too laid back though so i need to stop laying in bed doing nothing when I get home from school. I really need to start getting the documents I need translated and legalized for the university I'm applying to in bulgaria as a back up if i dont get in here.

Like I said before if you have any questions feel free to ask me:)

It's been a while since I updated this thing. I'm 2nd in both of my language orals but im happy about it so I can forget about them after the 16th. I've been to the library everyday this week and I'm definitely doing work but I feel like I'm not working hard enough. I didnt do much today but i've watched a few videos and did some more course research so i feel more motivated to get the points I need. I now realise that I need to get over 600 points in case I didn't get over 200 in my HPAT. Its finally sinking in that i'll be graduating in less than 2 months and the LC is a week after that. I'm honestly so nervous but if I keep working hard i'll do really well. Also I handed in my ag science project and i'm really confident ive got almost all the marks its just the oral that i have to deal with in may.

Just thought I'd update this thing with 5 weeks to go. I've been doing exam questions and working in general but not as much as i would like to be. Right now I just need to keep my head down and work really hard. The orals went well so I'm happy about that.

Just remembered this with a week and a bit to go. I'm honestly so nervous and stressed. I've given up on Irish to focus more on higher level maths but I'm confident that I'll get a H5 if i go over some essays and do the comprehension well enough. Right now I'm trying to work as hard as I can but its so hard to stay motivated when I've been trying all year. I just need to push myself as far as possible without having a mental breakdown.

AzureBlue62 wrote: »

Maths was OK, but loads of sequences and series and no financial maths, hopefully I do as good in my paper 2

Hope your exams are going well. How was geography? I'm wondering how you were even able to do maths after it from what I've heard. I feel like they'll make paper 2 difficult because of how easy paper 1 was but I'm really hoping they don't. What course are you hoping to get into and how many points are you aiming for?