Leaving Cert 2014 OT v2.0 - Official Bitch & Moan thread

thelad95 · 30-05-2014 7:33pm

Hotale.com wrote: »

But if 48% is for the rest of geography won't you get 50 points from all of that? Or am I having a brain fart? :P

52% is 55 points 48% is 50 points. Wait.. what the?

Aspiring · 30-05-2014 7:33pm

Nimrod 7 wrote: »

What weather? I haven't opened my blinds since Tuesday :pac:

Ah you're missing the snow everywhere.

BauBau19 · 30-05-2014 7:33pm

Am I the only one who doesn't have anything prepared for paper 2 ? I got 48% overall in the mocks. Thank God for paper 1. Absolutely bricking it.

Biology : Grand. Have pretty much everything prepared bar the DNA which I'm planning on doing soon.

Chemistry : Have 6 days to go over the whole course again after French.

French : Haven't done too much but should be able to get at least a C1 considering I've done nothing for the mocks and got a C3.

Maths : It's pass. Not gonna study.. will prob get a B3.

DCG : Don't get me started.

Peregrine · 30-05-2014 7:35pm

Kyro pretty much nailed it there.

You rounded up both halves. You only round up after calculating your total percentage.

BauBau19 wrote: »

Am I the only one who doesn't have anything prepared for paper 2 ? I got 48% overall in the mocks. Thank God for paper 1. Absolutely bricking it.

Are we talking about any specific Paper 2 or just all Paper 2s?

Hotale.com · 30-05-2014 7:35pm

thelad95 wrote: »

52% is 55 points 48% is 50 points. Wait.. what the?

Aleatorio!?!? We need your help! We broke maths!!!

aleatorio · 30-05-2014 7:39pm

Hotale.com wrote: »

Aleatorio!?!? We need your help! We broke maths!!!

The point boundaries go from the top boundary, those points are assuming you got 'up to' 55% and 50% which when added together gives 105% - 5% is 5 points, there's your extra 5 points

BauBau19 · 30-05-2014 7:43pm

Nimrod 7 wrote: »

Kyro pretty much nailed it there.

You rounded up both halves. You only round up after calculating your total percentage.

Are we talking about any specific Paper 2 or just all Paper 2s?

Haha..I was referring to English.

onethreefive · 30-05-2014 8:10pm

Can someone please help me out.

I'm trying to work out how much percent i need to pass geography. The total project is out of 20% and I want to play it safe so lets say i got 10% (hopefully more) how many percent do I need to get in the written paper to pass. Is it 30% or is there some weird maths that needs to be done? Sorry if this sounds stupid. I do pass maths

Hotale.com · 30-05-2014 8:17pm

onethreefive wrote: »

Can someone please help me out.

I'm trying to work out how much percent i need to pass geography. The total project is out of 20% and I want to play it safe so lets say i got 10% (hopefully more) how many percent do I need to get in the written paper to pass. Is it 30% or is there some weird maths that needs to be done? Sorry if this sounds stupid. I do pass maths

How many marks is the project worth again? I can work it out if I find that much out :P

onethreefive · 30-05-2014 8:20pm

Hotale.com wrote: »

How many marks is the project worth again? I can work it out if I find that much out :P

Project is 100 marks and the written paper is 400 marks

Hotale.com · 30-05-2014 8:23pm

onethreefive wrote: »

Project is 100 marks and the written paper is 400 marks

You'll meed to get 37.5% in the paper

onethreefive · 30-05-2014 8:25pm

Thanks

I better head off and do some maths seeing as I couldn't work that out haha

Keeks96 · 30-05-2014 8:25pm

What poets are you guys banking on, I have Heaney, Larkin and Plath well prepared. Should I do Dickinson as well just to be on the safe side?

Hotale.com · 30-05-2014 8:26pm

Keeks96 wrote: »

What poets are you guys banking on, I have Heaney, Larkin and Plath well prepared. Should I do Dickinson as well just to be on the safe side?

Yes.

Kyro · 30-05-2014 8:27pm

Keeks96 wrote: »

What poets are you guys banking on, I have Heaney, Larkin and Plath well prepared. Should I do Dickinson as well just to be on the safe side?

I'm only doing Dickinson. I will cry if she doesn't come up. Or laugh. I'm undecided.

Keeks96 · 30-05-2014 8:29pm

Kyro wrote: »

I'm only doing Dickinson. I will cry if she doesn't come up. Or laugh. I'm undecided.

I haven't studied Dickinson since before the mocks..but I think I'll study her just to be on the safe side, praying for Larkin or Heaney!

AtomicKoala · 30-05-2014 8:51pm

Nimrod 7 wrote: »

What weather? I haven't opened my blinds since Tuesday :pac:

What are you, a ghoul? :pac:

thelad95 wrote: »

Things like Sequences and Series and Complex No's have no real world application to be honest. The Maths course has lost a lot of credibility internationally especially amongst Science and Engineering bodies.

You know I think those are things that have some of the most crucial applications, compared to say, co-geo of the circle

robman60 wrote: »

Anyone remember the "fúck you Deputy Stagg" incident in the Dáil? Was just having a look at it last night and I found this remix wayyyy funnier than I should have.

Oh I loved that! :pac: It was great, yer man Stagg deserved it tbf, but then again I wouldn't have broken the party whip either.

onethreefive wrote: »

History - Don't even go there Might do pass.

Ah god have you seen the pass paper? A bit of cramming of certain topics the night before should allow you to do ok in HL.

onethreefive · 30-05-2014 8:52pm

AtomicKoala wrote: »

Ah god have you seen the pass paper? A bit of cramming of certain topics the night before should allow you to do ok in HL.

What should I cram the night before though haha. It's so broad.

little sis... · 30-05-2014 9:07pm

Some people may as well be asking 'studying literary genre for comparative, will I be ok?' :P

On another note, anyone else really glad they don't do Geo/Home Ec

AtomicKoala · 30-05-2014 9:12pm

onethreefive wrote: »

What should I cram the night before though haha. It's so broad.

D&D: Interwar USSR, Germany, Britain, Italy.
USA: Foreign Policy
NI: Sunningdale, early Troubles, Anglo-Irish Agreement and Downing Street Declaration.

That's only about a third of each course :pac:

a0ifee · 30-05-2014 9:28pm

lot of new people suddenly arriving in here.....wonder why that could be :pac:

thelad95 · 30-05-2014 9:29pm

Keeks96 wrote: »

What poets are you guys banking on, I have Heaney, Larkin and Plath well prepared. Should I do Dickinson as well just to be on the safe side?

Heaney and Larkin. I also have Yeast, Mahon and Kinsella prepared. I hope it's Heaney though. I honestly feel I could answer even the most woeful of Q's on him.

aleatorio · 30-05-2014 9:29pm

a0ifee wrote: »

lot of new people suddenly arriving in here.....wonder why that could be :pac:

The desperation is kicking in :pac::pac:

thelad95 wrote: »

Heaney and Larkin. I also have Yeast, Mahon and Kinsella prepared. I hope it's Heaney though. I honestly feel I could answer even the most woeful of Q's on him.

:pac::pac::pac:

thelad95 · 30-05-2014 9:32pm

aleatorio wrote: »

:pac::pac::pac:

That was deliberate as well. Insider joke in my English class. I wonder if I wrote Yeast would the corrector spot it?

Hotale.com · 30-05-2014 9:42pm

People unfortunate enough to be repeating, I've a question

Was the English course very similar this year to last year?

I was looking at the 2015 course (in case of emergency

) and they're doing Othello for the single text, and they've only 2 poets I've studied this year (they've Yeats too but I hate him more than anything). I'd really hate to do 5 poets and a whole Shakespearean play I don't know already in one year...

thelad95 · 30-05-2014 9:50pm

Hotale.com wrote: »

People unfortunate enough to be repeating, I've a question

Was the English course very similar this year to last year?

I was looking at the 2015 course (in case of emergency ) and they're doing Othello for the single text, and they've only 2 poets I've studied this year (they've Yeats too but I hate him more than anything). I'd really hate to do 5 poets and a whole Shakespearean play I don't know already in one year...

Yes we've been quite lucky. Normally people who repeat don't bother with English as there is too much change to bother with.

In fact, all I needed to do this year was Heaney as a poet as 4 of the poets I did last year are still on the course this year. However, because there was literally no chance of Bishop, Mahon and Plath coming up again, I've replaced them with Larkin and Yeast but kept Mahon and Kinsella.

Same shakespeare play (Macbeth) and same comparative texts with same aspects of study.

Poliana.xo · 30-05-2014 9:51pm

I think I found the Yeast thing funnier than it is :pac: I literally find everything entertaining these days, all the socializing I get is boards, the fam and my dog :pac:

Aspiring · 30-05-2014 9:51pm

Am I the only one here who hasn't made an 'am I the only one here' post. I just realised in posting this 'am I the only one here' about 'am I the only one here's I am one of the ones here who has posted an 'am I the only one here'.

Welcome to our newly joined friends.

wallace2 · 30-05-2014 9:54pm

Any history heads pretty much just banking on Coleraine for N.I?

AtomicKoala · 30-05-2014 9:58pm

wallace2 wrote: »

Any history heads pretty much just banking on Coleraine for N.I?

I don't get this. How can people even possibly answer entirely on a case study? Judging by the DBQ, I could get max 600 words - I mean you'll just be waffling like no tomorrow :eek:

But sure, I suppose if ye want to oil up the bell curve for us :pac:

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