How many points do you think you are going to get in the current Leaving Certificate?

Dbstf

How many points do you think you are going to get in the current Leaving Certificate?

flyaway.

I'm thinking about 400, which I would be delighted with.

NotExactly

The average is around 320 I think but i've a feeling the average will be at least 100 above that on boards.

Fbjm

NotExactly wrote: »

The average is around 320 I think but i've a feeling the average will be at least 100 above that on boards.

Average is actually 230... Which says a lot about our nation's intelligence...

B_Fanatic

HAVE to get aroud 460... I'd like to make another poll around results time to see what the average result of a boardsie is :P I'm sure it's a good bit more than average

Fireball07

I'll be disappointed if I'm not in the 500-600 bracket. Maybe took a slightly unexpected hit in maths but that just means I need to do as well as I can in history and french.

AdamD

Need 480, hoping for over 500.

LilMissCiara

Fbjm wrote: »

Average is actually 230... Which says a lot about our nation's intelligence...

Hate to break it to you but the Leaving Cert is not a measure of intelligence. It is a measure of how well you rote learn and how good your memory is.

xclw

was aiming for 500, need about 480, probably will only get 440 though

Aoifums

I need 400 but English went way better than I thought it would. I planned to get a B3 but I think I did better than that. I still think I'm on track for an A in maths *fingers crossed* I just hope everything goes as well as it has for most subjects so far.

J_E

Around 450 with any luck. I need 440.

higgz

AdamD wrote: »

Need 480, hoping for over 500.

+1

480 is over 75% average, tis very achievable but the 500-club is where it's at

Maths 1 had me in doubt but paper 2 has upped my optimism.


For those with iOS Apple devices,

http://itunes.apple.com/ie/app/calculator-for-leaving-certificate/id387155318?mt=8

here's a great free App that you can use to calculate your LC points on the day, it'll save you the calculator.

AdamD

higgz wrote: »

+1

480 is over 75% average, tis very achievable but the 500-club is where it's at

Maths 1 had me in doubt but paper 2 has upped my optimism.

500 sounds so much better :cool:

What course you going for?

higgz

AdamD wrote: »

500 sounds so much better :cool:

What course you going for?

BESS is no.1 (475) but it's been a back and forth between that and MSISS (380) for some time now. Thinking of doing a change of mind before the end of the month.

AdamD

higgz wrote: »

BESS is no.1 (475) but it's been a back and forth between that and MSISS (380) for some time now. Thinking of doing a change of mind before the end of the month.

Ive BESS then Commerce, I went to the MSISS lecture and didnt find it appealing at all

HxGH

Hoping for 440... Need 370. (Give or take 20 points so 400 should be fine)

Just need to pass that HL Maths! Only worry!

J_E

HxGH wrote: »

Hoping for 440... Need 370. (Give or take 20 points so 400 should be fine)

Just need to pass that HL Maths! Only worry!

What course are you applying for as a matter of interest?

ChloeElla

My first choice was 515 last year, so anything upwards of 520. Need 400 minimum.

nikkaypandarr

hoping for 470, maybe a bit more, need 445, but expecting it to rise, to 470-500 would be goood! Not even aiming for anything higher than that at this stage, after all, its not about the points once you get enough for where you want to go!

RHunce

I was hoping for 500! I'd say somewhere between 470-490 thanks to maths but I only need 440 so I shouldn't complain.

BrendaN_f

LilMissCiara wrote: »

Hate to break it to you but the Leaving Cert is not a measure of intelligence. It is a measure of how well you rote learn and how good your memory is.

only to a certain extent... if you're intelligent, you should still get 400+ without extracurricular study

RHunce

A girl I know who is doing medicine (got 600) said once you get your course nobody cares what points you got everyone just wants to know what course you're doing.

J_E

RHunce wrote: »

A girl I know who is doing medicine (got 600) said once you get your course nobody cares what points you got everyone just wants to know what course you're doing.

This is true, I have a friend and she says exactly the same thing. Always seems to get woos from other people too!

LilMissCiara

BrendaN_f wrote: »

only to a certain extent.. if you're intelligent, you should still get 400+ without extracurricular study

Only to a full extent. Knowledge and memory don't equate to intelligence. That's why IQ tests where made.

RMD

Well it is to an extent a measure of intelligence as people with high IQs generally do well in the Leaving.

BrendaN_f

LilMissCiara wrote: »

Only to a full extent. Knowledge and memory don't equate to intelligence. That's why IQ tests where made.

lol. then please, oh all-knowing one, enlighten me as to what does equate to intelligence. because as you've defined it, we are all born with a level of intelligence that can't be changed

NotExactly

higgz wrote: »

http://itunes.apple.com/ie/app/calculator-for-leaving-certificate/id387155318?mt=8

here's a great free App that you can use to calculate your LC points on the day, it'll save you the calculator.

Great app but I end up taking out my phone and entering in my predicted grades every two minutes which is a distraction they also seem to be dropping by about 5 points every day.

Lux23

RMD wrote: »

Well it is to an extent a measure of intelligence as people with high IQs generally do well in the Leaving.

The amount of people I went to school with who did well in the leaving certificate and ended up in boring, paper pushing jobs kind of makes the whole intelligence argument irrelevant. I hope you all get what you want but remember by the time you get to your early twenties and you are waiting in line either for your dole or to get on a plane out of here, it will mean f**k all to you.

PJelly

I had planned to count Maths but not anymore..
Around the 505 mark.

NotExactly

LilMissCiara wrote: »

Only to a full extent. Knowledge and memory don't equate to intelligence. That's why IQ tests where made.

You can become good at doing IQ tests if you keep practicing them which doesn't mean you're intelligent. You can become good at almost anything with practice e.g you can do awful in a HPAT test which should mean you're unsuitable to become a doctor but you can repeat it and do HPAT prep courses and keep practicing and do good in the HPAT. People even say that people aren't born with natural talents e.g Messi or Michael Jordan, that they became that good from practice.

JamJamJamJam

BrendaN_f wrote: »

lol. then please, oh all-knowing one, enlighten me as to what does equate to intelligence. because as you've defined it, we are all born with a level of intelligence that can't be changed

Didn't Einstein or Bill Gates or one of those lads do rubbish in school? The level of intelligence you have can be developed, but only to a certain extent. Knowledge is not intelligence - that comes from experience. Ask Wikipedia! It's seriously interesting!