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If repeating,does one have to go to a school

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  • 05-07-2006 6:06pm
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    nikolaitr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 232 ✭✭


    What I mean is it possible to repeat, just sitting the State Exams but not actually going to a school during the course of the year?


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    smemon
    Registered Users Posts: 3,467 ✭✭✭smemon


    no, you don't have to go to school :)


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    Kwekubo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,238 ✭✭✭Kwekubo


    Registering for State exams is entirely seperate to attending a school. All you have to do is find an exam centre (in a school or somewhere else) that is willing to let you sit the exam there. Everything else is through the State Exam Commission.

    more info


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    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    Well, given that you failed the first time, wouldn't showing up and working a little harder while you're there make sense?


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    nikolaitr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 232 ✭✭nikolaitr


    Hey,I didn´t say i failed and as yet I obviously don´t know how I did but if I do repeat it would be because I missed my course by 10 or 15 points, in my mind not a good enough reason to go back to school just to do classes


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    NADA
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    nikolaitr wrote:
    Hey,I didn´t say i failed and as yet I obviously don´t know how I did but if I do repeat it would be because I missed my course by 10 or 15 points, in my mind not a good enough reason to go back to school just to do classes

    There is an exam centre in Drogheda and it's not in a school. It's for external candidates.


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    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,225 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    Some subjects you have to show that you have received instruction in practical elements.
    The school centre you register with will sort it out for you.

    Remember some subject syllabi vary year to year, so if you are not attending a school, at least have a chat with a teacher so that you are studying relevant stuff.

    Good luck.


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    dajaffa
    Registered Users Posts: 1,121 ✭✭✭dajaffa


    If u do miss your course (+ best of luck, I hope u don't), u shouldn't think of it as "only ten points". Points could go up/down etc. If u decide to repeat, u have to be 100%, (unless u don't want to go to school cause u live extremly far away from a school...) go to all your classes + do your homework yada yada yada. Plenty of people end up doing worse the second time round cause they sort of assume they'll do better, and end up doing courses that they didn't want.


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