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Bringing up grades

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  • 25-02-2015 11:21am
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    Dominique321
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭


    I'm after reveiving my mock results .. Pretty awful because I was hoping to do much better,my overall result was 490 however I'm looking for 570 in the actual leaving cert (plannig to do Dentistry) that's a huge difference .. What should I do now to try to bring my grades up when there's only four months left.
    I'm applying for the HEAR scheme which means I could get away with 540 points but I can't rely on that. I need help :(


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    EoghanIRL
    Registered Users Posts: 4,080 ✭✭✭EoghanIRL


    Dominique321 wrote: »
    I'm after reveiving my mock results .. Pretty awful because I was hoping to do much better,my overall result was 490 however I'm looking for 570 in the actual leaving cert (plannig to do Dentistry) that's a huge difference .. What should I do now to try to bring my grades up when there's only four months left.
    I'm applying for the HEAR scheme which means I could get away with 540 points but I can't rely on that. I need help :(

    I don't think you will get into dentistry with 540 points . The points for dentistry were lower than usual this year I feel reflecting somewhat the drop in medicine points. This years UCC class is very big compared to usual also. I think the points might go up next year.

    I think only one or two people got the hear scheme reduced points in my class this year. Remember that a lot of us scored more points than we needed!

    Reconsider your logic re hear scheme.


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    Dominique321
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭Dominique321


    EoghanIRL wrote: »
    I don't think you will get into dentistry with 540 points . The points for dentistry were lower than usual this year I feel reflecting somewhat the drop in medicine points. This years UCC class is very big compared to usual also. I think the points might go up next year.

    I think only one or two people got the hear scheme reduced points in my class this year. Remember that a lot of us scored more points than we needed!

    Reconsider your logic re hear scheme.

    Therefore I should be aiming for 575+ Right ?


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    EoghanIRL
    Registered Users Posts: 4,080 ✭✭✭EoghanIRL


    Well it's impossible to tell really .
    It's all speculation.
    Would it suprise me if the points went up this year ? No
    I would guess that they would either go up or stay the same.

    My initial point was that only a small number of people get in off the hear scheme as far as I know . So I wouldn't bank on it .

    Try and aim for what ever the points were last year or more to be safe.


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    Dominique321
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭Dominique321


    EoghanIRL wrote: »
    Well it's impossible to tell really .
    It's all speculation.
    Would it suprise me if the points went up this year ? No
    I would guess that they would either go up or stay the same.

    My initial point was that only a small number of people get in off the hear scheme as far as I know . So I wouldn't bank on it .

    Try and aim for what ever the points were last year or more to be safe.

    If I don't get my points reduced I'll be in big trouble :(


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