repeating leaving cert - rules

michellee

Hi,

Does anyone know about any rules for repeating leaving cert?
I wish to repeat mine and I wonder if I can combine my points from one year and the other

aimzLc2

michellee wrote: »

Hi,

Does anyone know about any rules for repeating leaving cert?
I wish to repeat mine and I wonder if I can combine my points from one year and the other

You cannot combine points from two years, points are recieved from one sitting! but you can keep subject requirements, if you pass maths the first time and that is needed for your course ,you have the requirment so you don't need to sit maths again if you don't want to but you won't get those points next year.

michellee

Thanks :P

So it seems to me like I'm repeating all my LC subjects again :mad:

aimzLc2

michellee wrote: »

Thanks :P

So it seems to me like I'm repeating all my LC subjects again :mad:

well look at the requirements for the courses you want if any of your subjects are not needed as a requirement and you didn't do great in it ,you could always drop it and take up a new subject.

michellee

I did 7 subjects (all higher level except engineering). Unfortunately I failed English, passing it is the requirement for all the courses. I don't do Irish so they can take my Irish grade instead of English... If I will do only English next year, I won't have enough points for my course. So I have to repeat 6 subjects, I won't do engineering.

michellee

I have just one more question

What if I do worse next year than this year?? Will they take my old points and pass in English or take the new points?

spurious

You should also look at alternative routes into your course, ones that would not require repeating a year, such as doing a FETAC course in an area related to the course you want.

michellee

Yeah, I heard about that, but I prefer to repeat my LC...

Whatsernamex33

michellee wrote: »

I have just one more question

What if I do worse next year than this year?? Will they take my old points and pass in English or take the new points?

They'll take your highest points from any year, also with grades. If you fail something the year after, the'll take the previous passed grades.

michellee

So if I will fail maths next year, they will take the grade form the previous year but will not add the points?

Whatsernamex33

michellee wrote: »

So if I will fail maths next year, they will take the grade form the previous year but will not add the points?

That's it.

randylonghorn

michellee wrote: »

I have just one more question

What if I do worse next year than this year?? Will they take my old points and pass in English or take the new points?

They will take the highest points from one sitting, and your pass in English to satisfy that requirement, even if they're different years.