Have i ****ed up my career ??

justbringit89

ok i do six subjects but failed irish ?? does this mean I cant go 2 DCU

colm-ccfc84

How do you know that you have failed?!

justbringit89

believe me , I know !! i fuked up tape and wrote barely anything for paper 2 today

sternn

Leaving Certificate (Ireland)

General Entry Requirements

Grade C3 in two Higher Level subjects and Grade D3 in four Ordinary or Higher
Level subjects including:
Mathematics AND English or Irish

This is from DCU, so no, you have not fecked up your career.

colm-ccfc84

sternn wrote:

Leaving Certificate (Ireland)

General Entry Requirements

Grade C3 in two Higher Level subjects and Grade D3 in four Ordinary or Higher
Level subjects including:
Mathematics AND English or Irish

This is from DCU, so no, you have not fecked up your career.

But the person said they are doing 6 subjects.

sternn

Sorry, didnt read that/ ignored it...

How do you know that you failed? The marker will not want to fail you, and if you are close to the pass mark, they will for certain look for a way to bring you up.

carlowboy

If you failed Irish then you've virtually no chance of getting in. You could check the course requirements?

colm-ccfc84

Were you doing higher or ordinary? The ordinary is such a stroll \i can't see how anybody would fail, only need 38% too btw.

rjt

Also, if you were doing ordinary, keep in mind that todays paper was only worth 18% (and listening 20%). So even if you lost most of the marks here, paper 1 and the oral could easily bring you up to a pass.

colm-ccfc84

You only need about 230 marks to pass ordinary. Now with yesterday's comprehensions being worth 100m surely 140 from everything else is achievable? I hope so anyway!

Naikon

If you have 6 other subjects its no problem.
Jeez, I really thought people would at least check the matriculation requirements for the courses they applied for:rolleyes:

spurious

Justbringiton, don't let what you think may or may not have happened in Irish affect your other exams. Even if you had missed the exam altogether it's not the end of the world.

There are worse things in the world than repeating a subject, which you may not have to do at all, as we always tend to think the very worst when things go a bit wrong.

The absolute worst possible scenario is that you have to repeat. You haven't ****ed up anything.

It's the weekend, it's sunny, you're young and healthy.

Naikon

spurious wrote:

There are worse things in the world than repeating a subject, which you may not have to do at all, as we always tend to think the very worst when things go a bit wrong.

Except maybe waiting a full calendar year to sit one exam?
Yeah, maybe Death or some sort of Illness, but waiting a year to re-sit an exam is mad to say the least.

AdMMM

Naikon wrote:

If you have 6 other subjects its no problem.
Jeez, I really thought people would at least check the matriculation requirements for the courses they applied for:rolleyes:

I really thought people would at least check the post that they are replying to...

So in other words the OP is saying that the max they can get is 500 points? What course are you applying for?

Also, I'm assuming you've got other choices other than DCU on your CAO form? In that case, you'll still be going to college and once you're in college you should be able to aim for your chosen profession regardless of what college you attend.

spurious

Naikon wrote:

Except maybe waiting a full calendar year to sit one exam?
Yeah, maybe Death or some sort of Illness, but waiting a year to re-sit an exam is mad to say the least.

There are plenty things can be done during that year though that can enhance performance in the DCU course when he/she gets there - a PLC course in a related area? Work in a related area?

Instead of seeing the possible fail in Irish as a drawback it could be the thing that guarantees a high level of success in the chosen course.

rjt

|.Murderer.| wrote:

So in other words the OP is saying that the max they can get is 500 points? What course are you applying for?

The problem is, almost every University (certainly all of the major ones) requires 6 passes.

Naikon

|.Murderer.| wrote:

I really thought people would at least check the post that they are replying to...

So in other words the OP is saying that the max they can get is 500 points? What course are you applying for?

Also, I'm assuming you've got other choices other than DCU on your CAO form? In that case, you'll still be going to college and once you're in college you should be able to aim for your chosen profession regardless of what college you attend.

Ok, I thought he was doing 6 including pass Irish, but if Irish is his sixth subject and he fails it, he cant apply for DCU.
BUT in saying that, If he has Ordinary degrees and Certs down in other colleges, he can always transfer to Computer Applications 2nd year.

Naikon

By the way OP, your Third level course does not ultimately decide your career.

cornbb

Naikon wrote:

By the way OP, your Third level course does not ultimately decide your career.

Yeah, thats the most important piece of advice you can take away from here...

carlowboy

Naikon wrote:

Except maybe waiting a full calendar year to sit one exam?
Yeah, maybe Death or some sort of Illness, but waiting a year to re-sit an exam is mad to say the least.

Are you talking about repeating just one subject? As far as I know you have to do at least six if you're repeating.

Your Man

on a similar note...(didnt want to start a new thread)..Does anyone know if theres some kind of an attempt mark for the english HL composition, i had an hour left to do it and somehow went blank, panicked and ended up writing 2 pages of absolute crap, now im afraid i could fail which would mean i would have to repeat, even though i averaged about 70% in the rest of the paper and paper2.
How bad does an essay have to be to get less than say, 20 marks??

rjt

carlowboy wrote:

Are you talking about repeating just one subject? As far as I know you have to do at least six if you're repeating.

Not at all, you can sit as few as you want. There's a guy in my centre just repeating maths.

justbringit89

Guys im feelin so ****ty right now !! i didnt study for irish because i was sure i didnt need IT, the ****in worst thing is tat Even Dit requires six subjects