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External Candidate. Help!

alltacht · 2011-01-11 18:43:58

Hi, Im studying for the leaving cert outside of school. I did it in 2006 but want to do better and I didn't get a place in the only repeat course in Cork that doesnt cost about 3000 euro.. Sitting the exams in my old school isnt an option as we didnt exactly part on the best terms. Does anyone know how I go about finding a…

11-01-2011 7:43pm

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alltacht

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Hi, Im studying for the leaving cert outside of school. I did it in 2006 but want to do better and I didn't get a place in the only repeat course in Cork that doesnt cost about 3000 euro..
Sitting the exams in my old school isnt an option as we didnt exactly part on the best terms. Does anyone know how I go about finding a place to sit the exams? If anyones from Cork especially as thats where I am.
Anyone else studying outside of school?

Thanks

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#2 11-01-2011 9:54pm

spurious

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If you're talking about this year, have you applied yet to the SEC?
They generally close external entries around the end of January.

They can assign you a centre if you don't have one.

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#3 12-01-2011 12:35am

alltacht

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Thanks, I didnt know that they would assign a centre if I cant find one. Thats reassuring tho.

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