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Can anyone link me to the LC points statistics, e.g. what % of people got 400+ marks

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  • 22-03-2010 2:29pm
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    Cellar_Door
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    Edit: I found it, nevermind.

    It's fcking stupid that you can't delete posts on this forum.


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    Zephyr91
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    Great that you found it. Now share it with the rest of us!


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    Mayoegian
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    Cellar_Door wrote: »
    Edit: I found it, nevermind.

    It's fcking stupid that you can't delete posts on this forum.

    Yes you can. You didn't look for the delete button hard enough.

    You needn't have deleted what was in your post. You definitely needn't have deleted what was in your post and then replaced it with curses.


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    spurious
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    Are the stats based on everyone who sat the Leaving or just those who applied to the CAO?


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    ciano1
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    http://www.cao.ie/index.php?page=points


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    Cellar_Door
    Registered Users Posts: 182 ✭✭Cellar_Door


    spurious wrote: »
    Are the stats based on everyone who sat the Leaving or just those who applied to the CAO?

    Hmm, that's a good question. Does anyone know?

    Also, what's does "culminative figures" mean?

    http://www2.cao.ie/app_scoring/points_stats/LC04PTS.pdf

    I got a bit over 450 points, which is 11% or 28%. I don't know the context of these stats, can anyone help?


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    Cellar_Door
    Registered Users Posts: 182 ✭✭Cellar_Door


    Mayoegian wrote: »
    Yes you can. You didn't look for the delete button hard enough.

    You needn't have deleted what was in your post. You definitely needn't have deleted what was in your post and then replaced it with curses.

    After a certain amount of time, it appears the delete option is no longer there.


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    Moshimoshi
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    Cellar_Door wrote: »
    Hmm, that's a good question. Does anyone know?

    Also, what's does "culminative figures" mean?

    http://www2.cao.ie/app_scoring/points_stats/LC04PTS.pdf

    I got a bit over 450 points, which is 11% or 28%. I don't know the context of these stats, can anyone help?

    11% of students scored in the same points bracket as you, 28% scored in that bracket or higher.


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    pathway33
    Registered Users Posts: 2,229 ✭✭✭pathway33


    Cellar_Door wrote: »
    Hmm, that's a good question. Does anyone know?

    Also, what's does "culminative figures" mean?

    http://www2.cao.ie/app_scoring/points_stats/LC04PTS.pdf

    I got a bit over 450 points, which is 11% or 28%. I don't know the context of these stats, can anyone help?

    450 is 9% and 16.9%. the percentages you quote are for in excess of 400 so you were in the top 16.9% of leaving certs.


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    Cellar_Door
    Registered Users Posts: 182 ✭✭Cellar_Door


    pathway33 wrote: »
    450 is 9% and 16.9%. the percentages you quote are for in excess of 400 so you were in the top 16.9% of leaving certs.

    Woops, misread it.

    Ok, I got 465 points. So 9% got the same as me, and it's in the top 16%?

    If writing a CV, would it be 465 points, top 16%. (I'd prefer to write top 9%!)


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    randylonghorn
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    Cellar_Door wrote: »
    If writing a CV, would it be 465 points, top 16%. (I'd prefer to write top 9%!)
    Tbh, I can't imagine why you would write that at all.

    I don't think I've ever seen anyone quote their CAO points on a CV, and I've seen a fair few of them, let alone the percentage ranking.

    I think the immediate impression you would give is "big-headed".

    Just give your subjects and grades, anyone who is in a position to be looking at CVs won't need decent results flagged up for them.
    Cellar_Door wrote: »
    Edit: I found it, nevermind.

    It's fcking stupid that you can't delete posts on this forum.
    It's not just this forum, it's general boards policy ... you can edit / delete for a certain amount of time and that's it. Otherwise, someone could (in some cases) come back to the thread a week later and change what they had written to make those responding look like right eejits, and they might have forgotten about the thread and never notice.


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    pathway33
    Registered Users Posts: 2,229 ✭✭✭pathway33


    Cellar_Door wrote: »
    Woops, misread it.

    Ok, I got 465 points. So 9% got the same as me, and it's in the top 16%?

    If writing a CV, would it be 465 points, top 16%. (I'd prefer to write top 9%!)

    with 465 you could be in the top 15%. Like someone with 500 is in the top 7.9%.

    There's a 9% difference between 450 and 500.

    So if 9% is 50 points you can estimate that .9% is 5 points

    You got 15 points in excess of 450 so you can estimate you are in the top (16.9 - (0.9 * 3)) = 16.9 - 2.7 = 14.2%

    Now that isn't entirely accurate because there would be more people in the 450 - 465 category than 485 - 500 because you can see the trend as the points increase.

    You should compare to other years and see if you would have been placed higher with 465 points. To say you were in the top 15% is excellent.


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    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,229 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    spurious wrote: »
    Are the stats based on everyone who sat the Leaving or just those who applied to the CAO?
    Cellar_Door wrote: »
    Hmm, that's a good question. Does anyone know?

    I had a look.
    57,455 candidates got LC results that year, whereas those figures are based on 54,196, so it must not include those who did not apply for anything after the standard Leaving Cert.. Neither does it seem to include LCA candidates, or people who sat no exam at all.


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