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*Why I repeated and advice*
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17-08-2010 1:01pm#1Hey there!
I saw Eoins story and thought maybe mine might help others decide if they're gonna repeat. SO here we go....
Ok. Last year I studied hard but I knew that I wouldn't be getting the 515 i needed for Clinical Speech Therapy, so I knew before my results came I'd be once again doing the LC. And funnily enough come the day of the results I got 430 which was too far off to even hope I'd get my course.
I got offered Science Education and Dentistry Nursing. I almost took one of them as my dad really didn't support me at first on the repeating thing. My mam didn't want to see me stressed like I was again so she encouraged me to take the dentistry nursing, but it really wasn't for me. SO I readied myself to repeat. And I'm going to be honest, I was so ashamed of myself. I thought 'I should be gearing up for college like my friends are not going back to school'. Also a few relatives discouraged me from repeating including my dad which didn't make my life easier, but provided me with the need to prove them wrong. :P
So I chose to repeat outside my old school for personal reasons and headed to Leeson St. A week before I was due to start school I finally got an appointment with the head of Clinical Speech Therapy in Trinity. We discussed the course thoroughly and I knew it was for me. BUT once I told her of my hearing impairment she began to worry about Phonetics (which is picking up slight murmurs in the voice that full hearing people struggle with). She advised me to talk with my audiologist as he knows what i can and can't hear. SO, then i spoke with him. did some tests and he told me I'd be struggling for the four years to pass Phonetics. I was devastated.
Now, i was heading into a repeat year not knowing what i was repeating for. After long talks with the guidance counsellor I decided Medicine was for me. I rang all the colleges to see if my hearing would impact me becoming and being a doctor. I met with plenty of disability counsellors and met a hearing impaired girl doing dentistry and she told me about the electronic stetosccope.
I found out that there's plenty of supports and electronic stethoscopes out there for me. YAY! I have something to aim for again! So I studied my arse off, far more than I ever thought I could. I also took up two new H.L subjects, Geography and Chemistry which really wasn't easy.
I'm gonna be honest, I found my second LC year far more difficult. I had to be up at 6.30am every morning as i lived an hour away from the school and often didn't get home till 7.00pm. I had so many breakdowns, and for someone who doesn't cry, I cried, A LOT. I went out (as in to clubs/town) 3 times before Xmas and 2 times after. So my social life wasn't exactly soaring. I learned who my real friends were - the ones who didn't care that i wasn't out with them all the time but were still there whenever i needed them. My boyfriend and my mam were so good to me. They let me be a horrible moody bitch to them when the stress got really bad and never lashed back no matter how horrible i was. My grandparents were so supportive, they paid for my repeat year instead of my first year in college. Also doing English (which was my best subject) wasn't easy as nothing was the same for me, the texts had all changed, I knew one poet from my previous year, that was it. So all in all challenging doesn't begin to cover it.
BUT (i realise i sound negative but i really just want to be honest) I really wouldn't have changed anything. I really gave it my all this year as did many of my repeat friends. I got a massive eye opener from repeating. The decision for me to repeat was easy but actually doing it was difficult. It takes dedication. Think long and hard before repeating. Don't repeat if you know that you're not gonna put in the effort and study. You will see your friends going out to freshers week, balls, nights out etc and you will want to be with them but most of the time won't be cos you're aiming for 200, 400, 600 points and can't drink cos you're studying the next morning. You will wonder a good bit if you're completely mad repeating cos you got blah amount of points the first time. But if you really want that course be it Arts, Law, Medicine, Jam making, whatever it is, if you really really want it then i'd advise anyone to go for it. But be warned it won't be easy. I'm happy I repeated, it was definitely the right choice for me. Had I done dentistry nursing I'd probably have dropped out.
I hope I've helped a little and didn't sound too negative! Good luck with the results tomorrow! I'm surprisingly calm about tomorrow despite all my drama over the year! :P
GOOD LUCK!!! 11
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Thanks for sharing that.
My experience was different in that the hardest thing for me was deciding to repeat. Once the first month was passed, I got into the flow of it and it wasn't too bad at all. Adding to that, I dropped all the subjects that I hated, and had a genuinely more enjoyable time not being forced to do compulsory subjects.
With all that trauma throughout the year, best of luck to you tomorrow. Going through the ringer two years in a row wasn't good for any of us - ever feel as though you lost about five years off your life expectancy?
- but hopefully we'll find out it was all worth it tomorrow. 
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I was always adamant that I was never repeating. I was 16 though so I didn't have much of a choice and after about 2 weeks of crying over the prospect of going back to school without my big group of friends, I accepted it and was determined to get what I wanted.
I am so glad I did it. I urge everyone if they really want a course...don't settle for second best and just try again. I worked my ass of all year and even though I'm not sure if I did as well as everyone thinks I will but I'm still hoping for tomorrow.
It's a good bit of hard work and sacrifices but once you have a good routine going the year flies by! 0 -
That sounded like a Horrible year, you poor thing
. I can't imagine how devastated you must have been on finding out you couldn't do your course but really, hope you do well tomorrow and get what you want. It certainly sounds like you deserve it! 0 -
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Ditto on all counts!:Dstarry nights wrote: »GOT MY FIRST CHOICE....
MEDICINE IN TRINITY!!!!
SOOOOOOOOOOO WORTH REPEATING!!!!!!!:):):):):):):):):):):):):)0 -
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starry nights wrote: »GOT MY FIRST CHOICE....
MEDICINE IN TRINITY!!!!
SOOOOOOOOOOO WORTH REPEATING!!!!!!!:):):):):):):):):):):):):)
Fantastic, I'm really happy for you all the best in the future :-) 0 -
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indisbelief wrote: »I got 580 and missed dentistry in trinity because of random selection.I didn't know it was even possible to be so angry and disappointed,I thought i was comfortably in...I'm so worried about the second rounds.
How can one repeat with 580 points,i can only get 20 more points!!!
I don't know if i could motivate myself for another year and can anyone blame me?!
Nice article by the way...
you probably will get in on 2nd round offers if you have the points but you could always do something else for the year (a medical plc, travel, join the circus, anything!) and re-apply next year or you could search clearing places in england if you don't get in on the 2nd round over here.... good luck! 0 -
indisbelief wrote: »How can one repeat with 580 points,i can only get 20 more points!!!
I don't know if i could motivate myself for another year and can anyone blame me?!
My heart goes out to you to lose out on random selection! I'm in a very similar situation, missed out on veterinary medicine by 5 points Im so disappointed, just dont know what to do. I worked my arse off but am disappointed with afew subjects.
I'm looking at my scripts and will definately get 5 of them rechecked and HOPEFULLY will get 5 or 10 more points which will mean I'll then have a guaranteed place next year, or in October if I want it.
But what do I do til the recheck results come out??
I can accept vet nursing just to be in the college and have a room but I'm afraid that if I dont get brought up in points I'll be stuck on a course that I never really wanted and end up in a career I dont want. My heart is set on veterinary.
I am leaning towards repeating but my family are saying what are you doing that for with 555 points?! I would prefer to go to a grinds school but if I do get brought up with rechecks that'll be a lot of money wasted. Cant repeat in my old school cos they never had chemistry in the first place, been doing it myself cos its a requirement and got a B2 so I think that would come up with a teacher. I'm going to look into local VECs to see if they have decent repeat programmes. They would be easier to drop out of but.. ugh.. Im not sure if I'll go up in points...
Sorry about the long reply! Thanks for telling your story. Any advice whatsoevr appreciated.:)0 -
My heart goes out to you to lose out on random selection! I'm in a very similar situation, missed out on veterinary medicine by 5 points Im so disappointed, just dont know what to do. I worked my arse off but am disappointed with a few subjects.
My heart goes out to you. It's absolutely **** that you didn't get what you wanted after working so hard and doing so well.
My boyfriends sister was in the exact same position as you 5years ago. She got 560 first time and missed Veterinary by 5points went back and got 580 which secured her place. She's now in her final year and loves her course. For her repeating was the right choice.
But how do you feel about repeating? Like if you can't get anymore points would you be satisfied doing a course that you didn't really want THEN going into Veterinary and spending another 5 years in college? Or would you rather try again to get that extra 5/10 points to secure your place? Just really think it through before making any decisions. And as cheesy as it sounds, follow your heart, if you want to be a vet then go and be a vet!
I really hope that when you view your scripts that you'll find one exam that was undermarked, i really do. 0 -
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Thought last year i had gotten my course no bother...
turns out in the end I didn't so i decided to do what i thought i never would.. go back and repeat
it wasn't easy but i was determined to do my best.
i worked hard and came out with enough points for my course which i accepted on monday..!
in a way im glad i repeated as i wasn't mature or ready enough for college this time last year and i wouldn't have appreciated getting the course half as much as i do now.
repeating definitley isn't the end.. just work hard and do your best and WHEN you get your course it will be all worth it.
best of luck to everyone repeating.! 0 -
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