Mock Results..

sofa kingcool

hey i've kind of done bad in practically all my mocks and im even thinking that im definitely going to have to repeat my leaving cert next year! but i really dont want to and i was wondering is there any chance of really changing your mark by working extra hard? is there enough time?

daithiolabhrai

yeh of course. the most important thing is not to get too bogged down by the mocks, because it will only act as a distraction. don't even get thoughts into your head about repeating, or you'll just get depressed and lack incentive to work

i'd advise you to just work normally and consistently over the next while, don't overdo it, and then when you get you're results you may be pleasantly surprised about how much you can improve in 3 months!

sofa kingcool

some teachers can make you feel like its not possible now though

SarcasticFairy

There's three months left! If you seriously put your head down and work your arse off, I see no reason why you couldn't go up a grade or two in most subjects. Talk to your teachers and see have they any advice/study plans/'come up every year' type areas in the subjects, and work from there!

PurpleFistMixer

Teachers may give off the vibe early in the year of "don't leave it too late" etc., which is mostly to try to motivate you to start studying earlier on, because that's the most stress-free approach to the LC. However, you still have all of March, April and May in which to prepare for your exams. I imagine you've finished or almost finished most of your courses by now, so it's just revision from here on out. Certainly it's possible to go up if you can knuckle down and put the work in. Don't waste time thinking and worrying you might have to repeat - start studying!

daithiolabhrai

sofa kingcool wrote: »

some teachers can make you feel like its not possible now though

teachers are f***ers sometimes!! you have to be able to believe in yourself and not be dependent on the views of some uninformed teachers. if they truely show a genuine concern for you they'll offer a suggestion (e.g. drop down a level) but some just like to moan. i'm sure you know which teachers they are!

Gloom

Yes, keep your head down and work. It's going to be a very weird few weeks until the results of the mocks blow over.

I'm expecting my business result tomorrow and I know it won't be good. However, I plan to learn from my mistakes (too little info? / wrong phrasing? etc) Others may gloat about their results if they cheated/are just great students but everyone is different.

TL;DR, keep your head up (or down in the books!) and keep a positive attitude. Start now.

xOxSinéadxOx

I'm feeling the same, getting around 40% in most of my mocks, haven't done a tap yet and I just keep doing nothing thinking oh it's too late now even though it isn't

~Candy~

* laugh pathetically *

i did that bad in maths? OMG OMG...

:eek::eek::eek:

it's so depressing, didn't think i was that bad..

smndly

I got a D2 in physics in the mock last year and got an A1 in the LC so just work ur ass off!!

K4t

Yeah don't worry. Loads of time left. There will still be days between nopw and the LC when you'll be bored stiff! Long way to go. Just do a good bit each night.

bythewoods

I went up almost 30% in Chemistry.
I went down in Maths though. And English.

Overall you'll probably go up if you work. It's not too late at all. No way!

ironictoaster

This made me smile. The mocks was pretty crap for me failed a few ..

Pigwidgeon

yeah seeing all the 80%'s everywhere on the results thread has me going gah.. with all my like 50%'s, has motivated me though to work hard from now on to try and get the grades i need/want.

ironictoaster

kateos2 wrote: »

yeah seeing all the 80%'s everywhere on the results thread has me going gah.. with all my like 50%'s, has motivated me though to work hard from now on to try and get the grades i need/want.

Indeed,

Anyways, Kudos to everyone who's getting the grades!

Des23

I think we should all keep in mind that no one cares about how your pres go this time next year. It's better to do bad and use those results for motivation for June, rather than do well and think you can just cruise along and not go up or even go backwards when you had an additional three months of preparation. That would be something I'd find far more worrying that not doing excellently in Feburary/March

Beau x1

When you're counting the 5 points from a pass in OL Irish due to failing numerous HL subjects, you know you're ****ed. I'm still beleiving though, and you should too. Don't worry, many of us are in the same boat.

Good luck.

meathawk

Maths 65%
French 60%
Classics 60%
Geography 65%
Irish 88%
English 70%
Physics 51% :S

overall I am happy enough I suppose .....I thought physics would be a lot better however but some people failed and many got lower Ds

timmywex

meathawk wrote: »

Maths 65%
French 60%
Classics 60%
Geography 65%
Irish 88%
English 70%
Physics 51% :S

overall I am happy enough I suppose .....I thought physics would be a lot better however but some people failed and many got lower Ds

Physics marking was hard though

Our teacher corrected about 300, and the highest mark was a few b1's. And he always corrects fairly enough aswell

Futurism

I failed pretty much everything. Except English. I'm not too worried.