2011 CAO/Leaving Cert discussion thread

unknown13 · 18-05-2011 11:22pm

You will be interacting with people from your course on the very first day of orientation. In UCD there is a thing in every course called: Peer Mentoring, which you have a group of first year who are put with a second, third or in some cases 4th year students who show them the ropes.

QueenOfLeon · 19-05-2011 1:27am

flyswatter wrote: »

If you knew a friend going to the same college would you not rather stay with them and maybe a few more roommates?

You could end up not getting on and you would have to stay for the year. Dunno who you're gonna be staying with after all or do you get any say, perhaps people from the same course?

Meh, tbh, the friends I had in secondary school were just friends I had because we were in the same class, not the sort of friends I wanted to start living with. Any of my really good friends from home were going to different places, but I wouldn't have lived with them anyway. You can see them any time but college is all about getting out there and getting to know new people!

I live with 5 people who I met in first year and its much better than if I had lived with friends from home. We have the same groups of friends and are in the same course which is verrry handy!

Some people who live with friends from home rarely socialise with the rest of the class (and our class is generally very exclusive with socialising!), and since we're all stuck together for so many years its better off if you get to know your class really well.

That went off on such a tangent but I'm wrecked and can't concentrate for long so I'm not reading over it. Soz :P

ihavequestions · 19-05-2011 11:00pm

Anyone think points for physio may come down this year? Just need them to come down 5 points for RCSI... grrr!

Grindylow · 19-05-2011 11:03pm

ihavequestions wrote: »

Anyone think points for physio may come down this year? Just need them to come down 5 points for RCSI... grrr!

I thought you were dead set on the UK? :eek:

You should have applied for HEAR!

flyswatter · 19-05-2011 11:26pm

Noel2k9 wrote: »

You should have applied for HEAR!

I did last year and they fecked up my application, all my forms were perfectly fine to be honest. Massive fail on their part.

unknown13 · 19-05-2011 11:37pm

Should be noted, that loads of people didn't get HEAR last year. Just look at last HEAR's thread. I think there was only 1 that got accepted.

Grindylow · 19-05-2011 11:45pm

unknown13 wrote: »

Should be noted, that loads of people didn't get HEAR last year. Just look at last HEAR's thread. I think there was only 1 that got accepted.

Ah yeah, my brother got it though, and it's still the same conditions, etc, so I'm hopeful!

unknown13 · 20-05-2011 12:49am

Noel2k9 wrote: »

Ah yeah, my brother got it though, and it's still the same conditions, etc, so I'm hopeful!

I have heard that if someone's older brother / sister gets HEAR that the younger brother / sister can't get it.

Grindylow · 20-05-2011 1:12am

unknown13 wrote: »

I have heard that if someone's older brother / sister gets HEAR that the younger brother / sister can't get it.

I think that's only if there's a case of previous family members going to college or something along those lines!

It's not one of the deciding factors anyway, it's just one of the little questions that are asked, thankfully.

flyswatter · 20-05-2011 1:35am

My doctor was annoyed cos it was all done out perfectly, they made out that there wasn't a stamp from him. But feck it, I met some great friends in my college. I could well been unhappy elsewhere.

SarahBeep! · 20-05-2011 3:15am

Noel2k9 wrote: »

I thought you were dead set on the UK? :eek:

You should have applied for HEAR!

Wait until you do the HEAR week in UL. It's AMAZING. Some of mr best friends are from that week

Grindylow · 20-05-2011 3:19am

SarahBeep! wrote: »

Wait until you do the HEAR week in UL. It's AMAZING. Some of mr best friends are from that week

Aww I can't wait! :eek: I swear if I don't get in, heads are gonna be wrecked! :P

MavisDavis · 20-05-2011 10:51am

Too much UCD hatin' goin' on.

UCD RULLLLLLLLLLEZ!

Campus is fun.

It doesn't matter that you don't know your roommates or even if you don't get on very well with them (mine are grand, but we'll never be bezzie mates); there are thousands and thousands of other people to talk to and hang out with instead.

what.to.do · 22-05-2011 8:23pm

MavisDavis wrote: »

Too much UCD hatin' goin' on.

UCD RULLLLLLLLLLEZ!

Campus is fun. It doesn't matter that you don't know your roommates or even if you don't get on very well with them (mine are grand, but we'll never be bezzie mates); there are thousands and thousands of other people to talk to and hang out with instead.

I like this.
Hopefully, heading to UCD next year.

If the buzz is up, I shall be deeeelighted!!

flyswatter · 25-05-2011 12:24am

MavisDavis wrote: »

Too much UCD hatin' goin' on.

UCD RULLLLLLLLLLEZ!

Campus is fun. It doesn't matter that you don't know your roommates or even if you don't get on very well with them (mine are grand, but we'll never be bezzie mates); there are thousands and thousands of other people to talk to and hang out with instead.

I've heard cos it's so big that there are some parts that many don't know about?

Extrasupervery · 25-05-2011 1:07pm

Back here again, trying to figure my life out LOLOLOLLOOLLOLL.

To anyone thinking of doing arts in UCD - don't. Just don't.

Best thing I ever did in that course was drop out of it.

Good times.

OLOLLLOLOLOLOL.

ihavequestions · 25-05-2011 2:15pm

19 days till I have to do my Irish exams.... disaster! Hello coffee my old friend!

Insect Overlord · 25-05-2011 2:29pm

ihavequestions wrote: »

19 days till I have to do my Irish exams.... disaster! Hello coffee my old friend!

Add me on MSN if you want a bit of help with Irish. PM me for my e-mail address.

That offer goes to everyone, by the way. Might as well put this MA of mine to good use!

Also, 11,000 posts. I have no life...

Grindylow · 25-05-2011 4:06pm

Extrasupervery wrote: »

Back here again, trying to figure my life out LOLOLOLLOOLLOLL.

To anyone thinking of doing arts in UCD - don't. Just don't.

Best thing I ever did in that course was drop out of it.

Good times.

OLOLLLOLOLOLOL.

Did you only drop out this year?

ihavequestions wrote: »

19 days till I have to do my Irish exams.... disaster! Hello coffee my old friend!

Trololololol ME TOO! Well not really 'cos I'm ordinary level and all I need to talk about is how I went to the beach and had lots of fun. Also how I went to my uncle's house in Australia and had a jolly good time staring at girls on the beach.

ihavequestions · 25-05-2011 4:19pm

Insect Overlord wrote: »

Add me on MSN if you want a bit of help with Irish. PM me for my e-mail address.

That offer goes to everyone, by the way. Might as well put this MA of mine to good use!

Also, 11,000 posts. I have no life...

I feel honoured your 11,000th post was in reply to my post

Noel2k9 wrote: »

Trololololol ME TOO! Well not really 'cos I'm ordinary level and all I need to talk about is how I went to the beach and had lots of fun. Also how I went to my uncle's house in Australia and had a jolly good time staring at girls on the beach.

Snap!!! So envy you...though I guess it was my choice to do this subject.... *sigh*

I've come to the conclusion that it would all be okay if I didn't hav to learn stair. Like I mean, I was crap at learning history in English , and now I have to learn it in Irish which makes it beyond impossible

Pigwidgeon · 25-05-2011 4:25pm

I left stair completely blank in mine and came out with a C3. Although I did fail the written parts, my oral and aural brought me up :cool:

ihavequestions · 25-05-2011 4:27pm

kateos2 wrote: »

I left stair completely blank in mine and came out with a C3. Although I did fail the written parts, my oral and aural brought me up :cool:

Serious!! You give me hope! I think my oral went pretty well so things are looking up

You Kate, just made my day!:)

Insect Overlord · 25-05-2011 4:35pm

With Stair na Gaeilge, all you really need is 3 points for whichever two topics you're writing about. If you have three paragraphs (for each answer), each with a key point and a bit of waffle, you'll get most of the marks.

There's some basic stuff here: http://www.skoool.ie/skoool/examcentre_sc.asp?id=701
You can flesh a lot of these out with background knowledge of the poems and short stories, or with stuff you've learned about the other topics.

Extrasupervery · 25-05-2011 5:28pm

Noel2k9 wrote: »

Did you only drop out this year?

Mhmm! Last semester. Good times.

flyswatter · 25-05-2011 5:39pm

kateos2 wrote: »

I left stair completely blank in mine and came out with a C3. Although I did fail the written parts, my oral and aural brought me up :cool:

Me too, left it out. Got a C1 in the end. Was capable of an A, got an A1 in the JC but things were different then...

Love speaking Irish so the oral was my favourite part. Think they need to change the course soon, is it any different now?

I did well at the written parts. The most important thing is to stick to the question asked. Still wonder why you have to recount all the stories and poems in detail to maximise marks at HL.

http://sites.google.com/site/garrybannister/

These Irish notes are very good and free too!

KnifeWRENCH · 25-05-2011 5:45pm

Extrasupervery wrote: »

Mhmm! Last semester. Good times.

Look on the bright side; at least you didn't spend years in a course you didn't really like just because you were too lazy/proud to drop out and find something else. á la me.

When I do what I actually wanna do, I'll have 4 years worth of fees to pay for the privilege. w00t! \o/

flyswatter · 25-05-2011 6:01pm

Extrasupervery wrote: »

Mhmm! Last semester. Good times.

What do you hope to do in the future?

randylonghorn · 25-05-2011 7:24pm

kateos2 wrote: »

I left stair completely blank in mine and came out with a C3. :

flyswatter wrote: »

Me too, left it out.

@ this year's gang: try not to do that (no offence to Kate or flyswatter).

Even the most generous examiner can't give you marks for a blank sheet of paper.

If, for example, you get a question on Ogham, even if you only wrote ...

"Sean-aibítir Éireannach is ea Ogham. Úsáidtear línte gearrtha i gach taobh den bonnlíne. Úsáidtear go minic ar chlocha adhlactha. Bhásaigh sé amach le teacht na Críostaíochta, na manach agus leabhair scríofa."

... you would be bound to pick up a *few* marks, and those few marks might be all it took to go up a grade.

(Btw, it's *supposed* to say: Ogham is an old Irish alphabet. It used short lines on each side of a baseline. It was most often used on burial markers. It died out with the coming of Christianity, the monks and written books.

IO, feel very free to fix my grammar, I know it's shoite!)

KnifeWRENCH · 25-05-2011 7:37pm

randy's right; definitely don't leave a complete blank. Even anything vaguely relevant will get marks. Even if you only get one mark, it's better than zero!

I remember I was clueless about Stair na Gaeilge in my exam, because nothing I studied had come up! I wrote a little piece about Padraig Pearce entirely from memory of Junior Cert history, that went along the lines of (in Irish, obviously!):

-he was born (didn't say where, couldn't remember)
-he was a teacher (no idea what he taught)
-he took part in the Easter Rising (Ghlac sé páirt san Easter Rising)
-I 1916, fuair sé bás (couldn't remember the word for executed, so just said he died.)

I somehow got an A1 in Irish (don't ask me how), and who knows; the 2 or 3 marks I picked up for that silly little answer may have been the difference between A1 and A2! :pac:

Namlub · 25-05-2011 7:53pm

flyswatter wrote: »

Me too, left it out. Got a C1 in the end. Was capable of an A, got an A1 in the JC but things were different then...

Love speaking Irish so the oral was my favourite part. Think they need to change the course soon, is it any different now?

I did well at the written parts. The most important thing is to stick to the question asked. Still wonder why you have to recount all the stories and poems in detail to maximise marks at HL.

http://sites.google.com/site/garrybannister/

These Irish notes are very good and free too!

You can't get an A1 at JC :pac:
Stair na Gaeilge does not sound fun, glad I don't have to do it tbh

2011 CAO/Leaving Cert discussion thread

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