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  • 27-05-2010 5:56pm
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    Maisie
    Registered Users Posts: 68 ✭✭


    Aside from the different college/course requirments, if you fail Irish, English or maths in the Leaving Cert , does it mean you have failed the entire Leaving Cert?


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    jumpguy
    Registered Users Posts: 7,962 ✭✭✭jumpguy


    No. It just means you've failed them subjects. If your course didn't require Irish for example, but required maths and English, and you failed Irish, you'd still be eligible for that course (provided you get the points). If you failed all 3 of them, then it's unlikely there'll be much Level 8 courses that'll accept you, but it does not mean you've failed your Leaving Cert.


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    McGarnagle92
    Registered Users Posts: 189 ✭✭McGarnagle92


    AFAIK, if you pass 5 subjects you "pass"


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    miss5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,319 ✭✭✭miss5


    If you fail an important subject you can always take it again next year.
    The important thing is to study as much as you can now, The exams are
    starting soon and everyone is nervous revise thoroughly and you'll be fine.


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    MathsManiac
    Registered Users Posts: 1,595 ✭✭✭MathsManiac


    There's no such thing as failing the Leaving Cert. You just get the grades you get; end of story.

    In fact, as far as the Department of Education and Skills and the State Examinations Commission are concerned, there's officially no such thing as failing an individual subject either, (other than if you score below 10% and therefore fail to get a grade at all). Most third level institutions seem to regard grades E and F as "fails", for no good reason.


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