youngest age to do LC

thatone!

I know quite a few people who will only be 16 doing the exam is this common for people to be this young?

Probably not common but for schools which have the option of skipping TY you'd normally get a few.

Gavin "shels"

Yup I know a few 16 year olds who done the leaving, and as Myth said all them were in T.Y. skipping schools. Never heard of a 15 year old doing a leaving cert mind you.

rainbowtrout

there's always a few, the ones who started primary school when they were barely four.

eoins2345

yep my cousin did it 2 years ago and he was 15.He had to repeat though because he was too young

blue-army

I'm 16 doing it this year....I didn't bother with TY..

mmad

blue-army are you a female as I thought only the mercy in waterford have the option of skipping TY ?

Cokehead Mother

Compulsary TY? wtf?

blue-army

mmad wrote: »

blue-army are you a female as I thought only the mercy in waterford have the option of skipping TY ?

nope...De La Salle have the option as well...

jhealy74

not much point in doing the leaving cert @16 if you intend going to college. getting turned away at the door while your mates get into clubs etc aint going to be much fun

MaltEagle

I'm not sure of other years but there will be 3 or 4 cantidates to are 19 sitting the exam in June and there will be 1 or 2 just 16, and some just turned 17. I'll be 18.

kevmy

I was 16 doing the leaving. Not a bother if your good enough you're old enough

jhealy74 wrote: »

not much point in doing the leaving cert @16 if you intend going to college. getting turned away at the door while your mates get into clubs etc aint going to be much fun

I get turned away with the same regualrity now (22) as I did then. All my mates were older and I looked 18+

An Citeog

I was just gone 17 doing the Leaving and didn't turn 18 until the very end of my first year in college. Got myself a fake id and not a bother getting into anywhere.

I could have done TY or taken a year out when I finished to work but decided not to. Tbh, I'm glad I didn't then but am currently taking a year out before I go back to finish my degree. Best decision I ever made and this year is benefiting me more than the other options ever could have.

Jamey

I was 16 doing the Leaving, and start college when I had just gone 17. Dropped out within months. I wasn't mature enough, or ready for college life at all.

Went back to college when I was 18, going on 19, and absolutely love it. Would recommend taking a year out for anyone doing the LC at 16.

ChapOfDRyans

in waterford mount sion dont even have 4th year just have the option of doing lcvp

Cokehead Mother

Jamey wrote: »

I was 16 doing the Leaving, and start college when I had just gone 17. Dropped out within months. I wasn't mature enough, or ready for college life at all.

Went back to college when I was 18, going on 19, and absolutely love it. Would recommend taking a year out for anyone doing the LC at 16.

Yeah, I can see how you reached that conclusion...

Mars Bar

2 girls in my year were 16 doing the LC and one is repeating despite the 500 points she got, she feels too young, she only turned 17 in november. Another girl is leaving up in Dublin and is grand with it...

KeyLimePie

i know my friend who did the leaving 2 years ago was only 16 and he was the youngest in the country to do it, apparently, but he went onto college regardless and is now in his...3rd year?! i dont know him THAT well lol
but my friend in school just turned 17 today which kinda sucks cause he wont be able to go out in college for ages

thatone!

One of my friends will only turn 17 in the end of september!

johnk123

Im 15 and in 5th yr, and will be 16 sitting my leaving. Will be 17 mid- August, so very young for college. Although i think i might have to repeat.

lilmissprincess

I did Ty so Ill be 17 starting college, wont be 18 til mid september, started school at 3....

Jay P

I shall be 18 thanks to TY Worth it just for that, otherwise I'd be 17 for nearly all of 1st year in uni

aliqueenb

i'm only in ty now, i'm 16, i'll be 18 in lc, 19 starting college cos my birthday is the first of september ha!

Gavin shels

Gavin shels wrote: »

Never heard of a 15 year old doing a leaving cert mind you.

Hi, that was me

dragonfly!

I'll be 19 doing the LC but there are people in my class who will be just gone 17....

Jayeire

19 doing the LC, 20 come December :cool: thanx to TY and repeating

eoghanisonfire

i was 16 doing the leaving, not a bother on me doing it, but coming to college just after turning 17 was too young i think

still 17 and gonna see if i pass first year in a couple months

(in the middle of exams right now actually)

Ash_M

would be 16 going into college, turning 17 a few days in if it wasn't for TY...

dying to go to college but to get the most out of it i reckon you have to be 18 really... even though i've been passing for 18 since i was 14, i'd prefer to be actually 18 by that stage.

Climate Expert

I was just gone 17 doing it and 17 all throughout my first year in college.
****ers wouldn't let me do transition year. The wild sex parties in college made up for it. Not many 17 year olds were at that.

regob

i was 16 doing the lc, 17 during my first year of uni in bfast, got in everywhere, and my id that i used was my student card

blue-army

I'm 17 and just did the LC......I won't be 18 until next April...