LCVP

celtic10000

Anyone else here get a Merit and really dissappointed with it? This subject seems to be the only one worth checking as it could bring you up 20 points. How many of you got distinctions?

Cruel Sun

I got a distinction. I put an awful lot of work into it.

Princessxx

yeah I got a merit when I felt like I should have gotten a distinction my teacher told me to get it rechecked so i am. I got 93% in the written exam in the mocks and my portfolio and interview were both quite high standard so I'm confused as I didn't even find the exam that difficult. No one in our who year got one and there is usually a few each year. But if you felt you should have gotten one get it rechecked what harm can it do.

celtic10000

Cruel Sun wrote: »

I got a distinction. I put an awful lot of work into it.

Well done, my portfolio was almost perfect and the exam went really well. But after all that work i get the same grade as some people who did nothing all year. Feels like such a waste..

celtic10000

Princessxx wrote: »

yeah I got a merit when I felt like I should have gotten a distinction my teacher told me to get it rechecked so i am. I got 93% in the written exam in the mocks and my portfolio and interview were both quite high standard so I'm confused as I didn't even find the exam that difficult. No one in our who year got one and there is usually a few each year. But if you felt you should have gotten one get it rechecked what harm can it do.

Well i guess i can view the script anyway to see if i was close and theres no chance of being downgraded to a pass thats for sure. Do you know how much the appeal fee is?

kevin12345

Is it really worth continuing it in 6th year? I'm looking for high points so I'll need more than 70 points in all my subjects. My LCVP teacher is a disaster and I find it extremely boring.

Would it be of more benefit to just drop it and use the two classes a week as study classes?

PictureFrame

I got the Distinction.

My portfolio was flawless though in fairness, I was the only one in the school to get one. Didn't need to count it as my worst subject (French) ended up being a good grade (B2) and so I didn't have to count LCVP as my 6th subject, counted French instead!

Cruel Sun

celtic10000 wrote: »

Well done, my portfolio was almost perfect and the exam went really well. But after all that work i get the same grade as some people who did nothing all year. Feels like such a waste..

Thanks, yeah I was warned not to be counting on the distinction, but I would have been fairly annoyed if I got anything less. My portfolio was perfect.

You should definitely get it rechecked you may have had a difficult marker, unfortunately how well you do in the leaving cert seems to be down to what marker you get, I feel hard done by in several subjects as do others who have dropped several grades since the mocks.

celtic10000

kevin12345 wrote: »

Is it really worth continuing it in 6th year? I'm looking for high points so I'll need more than 70 points in all my subjects. My LCVP teacher is a disaster and I find it extremely boring.

Would it be of more benefit to just drop it and use the two classes a week as study classes?

Tbh its not if you need a distinction, but then again a merit is a handy back up if all else goes wrong

Orange juice

Last year a girl in my school got her LCVP rechecked and went from a merit to a distinction! Just to let you know that it happens!