Well, how did we all do in the Mocks??

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Chavways wrote: »

Oh right.I just thought they were all HL because you never mentioned it.

Totz slipped my mind! :P

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Fireball07 wrote: »

It is possible to make a big improvement between the mocks and the real thing. It is also possible to drop down, depending on the toughness of the mock/real thing and how much work you do.

I did improve in every one of my subjects... I worked a small bit more, but the mocks are good preparation, they give you an idea of where to focus your efforts.

My 2 best results were an A1 in Business (92%) and an A2 in Economics (87%) if I kept pushing myself in these subjects, revised every topic and did every exam question possible between now and June, could my grades fall?

I would be hoping to get 2 A1's in these subjects. I have 5 days off during the Leaving to study Economics so that could help also.

So, basically i'm asking with a lot more serious study and exam analysis, could my grades in these subjects fall? (the mocks seemed to be in line, if not slightly more difficult than past papers btw)

That Handsome Devil

Wesc. wrote: »

But you didn't realllllyyy get that because that would be impossible right? Rigtht!?!?


Ok, in all seriousness, that's how many, 9 subjects with 6 fookin A1's...!? :eek: That's not attainable unless some of those are pass subjects :P





Unless you don't leave your house and study all day :P

Haha, no, all honours. I just started from fifth year. Doing little bits of work, but consistently like, spread over a long time. Benefits so much in 6th year, cause I felt real comfortable with the 5th year stuff like. I'm hardly a recluse or anything like that though IME locking yourself away for hours on end is just counterproductive

Fireball07

PictureFrame wrote: »

My 2 best results were an A1 in Business (92%) and an A2 in Economics (87%) if I kept pushing myself in these subjects, revised every topic and did every exam question possible between now and June, could my grades fall?

I would be hoping to get 2 A1's in these subjects. I have 5 days off during the Leaving to study Economics so that could help also.

So, basically i'm asking with a lot more serious study and exam analysis, could my grades in these subjects fall? (the mocks seemed to be in line, if not slightly more difficult than past papers btw)

They could fall, of course. But if you're putting in a lot more work and you're already at that level, then you'd have to think that an A is likely. A bad paper could throw you and certainly don't get complacent but personally, I would have been confident of getting an A in the real thing if I did in the mocks.

I didn't get any A1s in the mocks at all, and got 2 in the real thing. And I would have been reasonably confident about them both.

Coeurdepirate

I've got 5 results back and they were all shít but honestly I don't even care anymore.

French - 81%
Irish - 54%
Biology - 47%
Maths (OL) - 46%
Chemistry - .............17%

lolabearxx

if i got 365 in my mocks without any work at all do you think i will manage to pull 500 points out of the bag in june?

lolabearxx

ash2012 wrote: »

i got 390 and need 520 do u think it is possible? well done to everyone. .

im the exact same!! its gona be a long three months..im gona have to lock myself up

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lolabearxx wrote: »

if i got 365 in my mocks without any work at all do you think i will manage to pull 500 points out of the bag in june?

It's certainly not impossible, but you will have to do a lot of work to get it. I basically have locked myself up since the start of this year and hope to get 510 in the Mocks (I need a B2 in English though which I hope i'll get). But basically i've been doing 3.5-4 hours solid study every night and about 5-6 hours on a Saturday. My course is 460 but I want to get around 520 for myself. You'll really have to study hard though! Best od luck!

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Fireball07 wrote: »

They could fall, of course. But if you're putting in a lot more work and you're already at that level, then you'd have to think that an A is likely. A bad paper could throw you and certainly don't get complacent but personally, I would have been confident of getting an A in the real thing if I did in the mocks.

I didn't get any A1s in the mocks at all, and got 2 in the real thing. And I would have been reasonably confident about them both.

Thanks! Yep I just need to keep going I suppose! My Geography Teacher has told me that my project is definitely 95%+ material and that with it I could get an A2, she offered to do this for me (as she did with every other member of the class) but I told her i'd rather get a B1 in the Mocks instead of an A2 to keep me motivated!

I got a B3 in Music without the practical which is my strong point. I hope to pull this up to an A2 with serious revision for the Listening and Composing papers. Slightly dubious about this one though.

Have you any advice in regard to achieving A1's?

lolabearxx

i got these results on the left with no study in the mocks but on the right is what i'd like to get in the real thing..is it possible?

irish higher 77% - but i'd like an A
english higher 70% - maybe a few percent more
maths ordinary 65% - a little higher maybe
business 73% higher - a littler higher
music higher - failed - i want a B1 or B2!!!
chemistry - failed - i would be delighted with c2
geog- 51% - i want a B
french- not counting in top 6 but i got 59

any help appreciated guys thanks:D

lolabearxx

PictureFrame wrote: »

It's certainly not impossible, but you will have to do a lot of work to get it. I basically have locked myself up since the start of this year and hope to get 510 in the Mocks (I need a B2 in English though which I hope i'll get). But basically i've been doing 3.5-4 hours solid study every night and about 5-6 hours on a Saturday. My course is 460 but I want to get around 520 for myself. You'll really have to study hard though! Best od luck!

oh my god thats loads..at least you'll have no regrets though! i think i will best of luck,you'll do amazing with all that study!!:D

Impossible LC

heard alot of ppl in my school failed LCVP, lucky that I dropped it in the middle of 5th yr. xD
but is it really that hard?

Eathrin

PictureFrame wrote: »

It's certainly not impossible, but you will have to do a lot of work to get it. I basically have locked myself up since the start of this year and hope to get 510 in the Mocks (I need a B2 in English though which I hope i'll get). But basically i've been doing 3.5-4 hours solid study every night and about 5-6 hours on a Saturday. My course is 460 but I want to get around 520 for myself. You'll really have to study hard though! Best od luck!

Sad thing is I'd say most people are doing that and there's me still doing nothing...in MARCH! I feel like I'm slipping big-time.

QueenOfLeon

Merged a few results related threads together. Keep all mocks results chat to this thread please!

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Eathrin wrote: »

Sad thing is I'd say most people are doing that and there's me still doing nothing...in MARCH! I feel like I'm slipping big-time.

I'm in exactly the same boat...except I've gotten worse since the mocks, I haven't opened a book at home in 2 weeks. I'm going to hate myself if I don't get my act together soon.

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Ok.. So somehow I posted my results yesterday (i'm nearly sure) and they're gone today! anyway I emailed my English teacher there as she wasn't in on Friday to give us our results so I finally have them all now:

A1 Business
A2 Economics
A2 English
B1 Geography
B2 Maths
B3 Music
B3 Irish
C2 French
Distinction LCVP

. Total best 6: 510! :P ecstatic!

Wesc.

Got a beautiful 97% in geography with 2 hours study the night before... The subject is just too easy :P

Namlub

It has one of the lowest rates of A grades in any subject though

Wesc.

Namlub wrote: »

It has one of the lowest rates of A grades in any subject though

Yeah but there's a couple of reasons why..


It's definitely has more people taking higher level than say Irish, french or maths.. meaning perhaps less-able students are barely scraping by it.

Also, it is regarded as an easy enough subject so a lot of "dossers" take it..

Luno

Wesc. wrote: »

Yeah but there's a couple of reasons why..


It's definitely has more people taking higher level than say Irish, french or maths.. meaning perhaps less-able students are barely scraping by it.

Also, it is regarded as an easy enough subject so a lot of "dossers" take it..

I agree with this just for the fact that I hope it's the case, I sorta want an A in Geography too! :P Another thing is the amount you have to write to get sufficient amount of information on the page!

Namlub

Wesc. wrote: »

Yeah but there's a couple of reasons why..


It's definitely has more people taking higher level than say Irish, french or maths.. meaning perhaps less-able students are barely scraping by it.

Also, it is regarded as an easy enough subject so a lot of "dossers" take it..

Yeah, I don't do it so I always wonder how easy or hard it actually is >_>

Coeurdepirate

Wesc. wrote: »

Got a beautiful 97% in geography with 2 hours study the night before... The subject is just too easy :P

Wesc. wrote: »

Yeah but there's a couple of reasons why..


It's definitely has more people taking higher level than say Irish, french or maths.. meaning perhaps less-able students are barely scraping by it.

Also, it is regarded as an easy enough subject so a lot of "dossers" take it..

So... is it or isn't it?

Ally7

I don't think the theory itself is difficult, it's trying to get sufficent SRPs in the timing is what I think is hardest!

Canard

I dont get all this 'geography is easy' crap, my teacher makes it really hard by doing the worst optional parts and I just dont get how to cram all the info into your head?

I'm oddly excited for school so I can get more mock results haha :P

Wesc.

Coeurdepirate wrote: »

So... is it or isn't it?

Yes, it is.

:pac:

I_ENJOY_BATHS

Any good geo revision books to make getting a high grade easier?

Ally7

Sue Honan's "Exam Skills" is always recommended for geography, there's loads of really good sample answers in it!

Eathrin

Coeurdepirate wrote: »

So... is it or isn't it?

I don't do it but it looks fairly piss easy to me, just like I do business. Yes business is easy enough but that doesn't mean every dosser taking it can get an A just because it has a reputation for being easier than say, Chemistry.

Applied Maths has such a high amount of people getting As because only mathsy people take it. Ironically Applied Maths is one of the harder subjects on the leaving cert.

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Coeurdepirate wrote: »

So... is it or isn't it?

Well, understanding the concepts is very easy, however understanding the difference between a good statement and an SRP is extremely difficult. For example, i'm looking at my Mock paper here and I wrote a good 10-11 lines of information about the formation of a limestone pavement and I got nothing for it, at all. It's irritating as I know some of the stuff I have written down will get me marks in June but in the Mocks it didn't count! Suppose that's why they're the mocks! 80% just isn't enough for me in Geography when I need at least an A2..

But back to the topic at hand, a subject is only easy if you get it. For example, the majority of people will say the Business Marking scheme is ridiculously complicated, I however, find it easy to understand what the examiners are looking for and will hopefully achieve an A1 in June like I did in the Mock.

But seriously, if you want to talk about easy subjects why aren't many people doing Economics. Don't want to jinx myself here but it is just so simple to understand! I've only been teaching myself a year and missed out on an A1 in the Mock because of not reading a flipping question right! However Business(y) subjects are my thing so I suppose I would find it easy enough!

Sean.

Coeurdepirate wrote: »

I've got 5 results back and they were all shít but honestly I don't even care anymore.

French - 81%
Irish - 54%
Biology - 47%
Maths (OL) - 46%
Chemistry - .............17%

81% in French is shít for you? That's better than what anybody in my entire year got!