Once more into the fray...

DublinArnie

Completed all algebra related questions in paper one over the last five years.

I can actually do algebra now... After six years .

Time for complex numbers.

DublinArnie

Biology:

Rewrote notes on my least favourable chapters (2 chapters).

Maths:

Looked through complex number notes from fifth year, and watched a few videos on youtube (Khan Academy ). Going to test myself on some complex number questions on Monday and Tuesday - hopefully some progress.

Geography:

SRP sheets on some chapters on economical geography.

Tonight:
-English essay plans.
-Revise Irish paper one vocabulary.

DublinArnie

English:
-Managed to get comparative question and poetry question planned.
-Going to learn new vocabulary today, just for variation and control.

Geography:
-Taking a break from geography today.

Doing little things in preparation for exams, feel prepared.

Maths and English are my priority for the upcoming exams.

Going to try treat today as a rest day with little study...

DublinArnie

90% in biology, kind of disappointed but silly mistakes so it's not too harsh.

Did English, Italian and geography aswell.

Hoping for at least a B in English and geography and a pass in Italian.

DublinArnie

Huge headache, not fun!

Didn't get around to testing complex numbers, plans changed.

Physchem:
- Self made motion test today!

That's all really for today - was taking a break.

Tomorrow...
-Linear Motion and Relative Velocity test for applied maths.
-Revise atomic structure notes for physchem.
-Revise probability 1 and statistics 1.

Not looking forward to results on Monday .

DublinArnie

PhsyChem motion test was successful. Answered all PQs .

TODAY:
-Linear motion and Relative Velocity test!
-Revise atomic structure notes.
-Revise probability 1 and stats 1.

TOMORROW:
-Practice some past papers for Projectiles and Statics.
-REST.

DublinArnie

Results so far:
English C2
Maths B1
Physchem A1
Biology A1
Italian C3
Geography A2
Irish N/A

Need to stay consistent with the work. English is going to my priority until the mocks are over.

Applied Maths - Linear Motion teat was great but need to 'relearn' relative Velocity. Quite happy with dynamics and projectiles.

ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH

DublinArnie

NEED TO KEEP %$3@ing TRACK WHAT I DO!

Skimmed over a lot of stuff in preparation of the mocks, although I have a few large hurdles I want to jump.

3 DAY PLAN:
-Maths: Probability 1, Statistics 1, Complex numbers (never officially mastered it, although I'm able to do exam questions )
-English: Make GOOD notes on Bishop covering themes and use of language.
-Geography: Essay on Language/Religion/Culture in a region (Gaeltach).
-Biology: Glance over notes (check what I need to revise the most).

WILL UPDATE THROUGHOUT THE THREE DAYS.

DublinArnie

Doesn't let me edit the above post!!!!!!!! Anyway, I got everything done EXCEPT statistics 1.

3 DAY PLAN:
-Maths --> Probability 1 TEST, Probability 2, Statistics 1.
-Biology --> Revise Bacteria, Monera and Fungi chapters.
-Geography --> Prepare for India (population and culture) and Industrial Decline essays.
-Italian --> Role play 1 +2

Hopefully things will go smooth. Have a lot of time on my hands this week.

Complex numbers are nice...

DublinArnie

Right,

I got all of probability and statistics covered in THEORY, time to practice against the real thing.

Three day plan:
Maths --> Practice probability and statistics questions in the papers (Three days to cover all past questions, 2% probability I'll get it done!)
English --> Plath notes.
Irish --> Fix my list of vocabulary for Paper 1 and Paper 2.
Geography --> Fix the essays!!!!!

Mocks are fast approaching...

Subject goals:
Maths: A1 (no excuses!)
Biology: A1
Physchem: A1
Geography: B1
Irish: B1
English: B3
Italian: C3

Might make up a mock test for applied maths, although for practice and sanity, I'm going to know the questions in advance.

DublinArnie

Right,

I got all of probability and statistics covered in THEORY, time to practice against the real thing.

Three day plan:
Maths --> Practice probability and statistics questions in the papers (Three days to cover all past questions, 2% probability I'll get it done!)
English --> Plath notes.
Irish --> Fix my list of vocabulary for Paper 1 and Paper 2.
Geography --> Fix the essays!!!!!

Mocks are fast approaching...

Subject goals:
Maths: A1 (no excuses!)
Biology: A1
Physchem: A1
Geography: B1
Irish: B1
English: B3
Italian: C3

Might make up a mock test for applied maths, although for practice and sanity, I'm going to know the questions in advance.

DublinArnie

Right, need to make a list of definitions on probability and stats because they almost come up every year (MATHS EXAM ... WHY IS THERE ENGLISH?!)

Three Day Plan:
Irish: Continue learning vocabulary!
Italian: Five Pictures and Five Role plays revise.
English: Practice using new vocabulary.
PhysChem: Thermochemistry and Motion revise.
Geography: Update SRP sheets with new and more information.

A lot to do .

DublinArnie

Right, need to make a list of definitions on probability and stats because they almost come up every year (MATHS EXAM ... WHY IS THERE ENGLISH?!)

Three Day Plan:
Irish: Continue learning vocabulary!
Italian: Five Pictures and Five Role plays revise.
English: Practice using new vocabulary.
PhysChem: Thermochemistry and Motion revise.
Geography: Update SRP sheets with new and more information.

A lot to do .

DublinArnie

Fairly confident. Have about four months to fix anything I screw up in the following days... hopefully my teachers aren't fastidious!

meganob

DublinArnie wrote: »

Fairly confident. Have about four months to fix anything I screw up in the following days... hopefully my teachers aren't fastidious!

Are you doing your mocks anois? 😱

DublinArnie

meganob wrote: »

Are you doing your mocks anois? 😱

Tà mè ag deanamh mo scrudaithe anois, criochfaidh mè ar Deardaoin... Tà mè ag tnùth ar ag crioch!

chocolate98

are you doing evening study/supervised study?

DublinArnie

chocolate98 wrote: »

are you doing evening study/supervised study?

I only study at home to be honest.

How about you?

Manutd_4life

Sorry to kind of intrude on your log but this thread is really impressive and i'm looking to carry out a similar work ethic in terms of study next year when i'm in 6th year (don't know if i'll keep a study log though...maybe)

I just wanted to ask: what are you planning on studying in college? If your happy to share, I'd be interested to know the order of courses you plan on choosing with the cao?

DublinArnie

Manutd_4life wrote: »

Sorry to kind of intrude on your log but this thread is really impressive and i'm looking to carry out a similar work ethic in terms of study next year when i'm in 6th year (don't know if i'll keep a study log though...maybe)

I just wanted to ask: what are you planning on studying in college? If your happy to share, I'd be interested to know the order of courses you plan on choosing with the cao?

Stuck between engineering and science to be honest.

I think I'll go TCD engineering first choice... Deciding what to do in college is more stressful than the exams!

My problem is that I'm quite indecisive, so I have no way between choosing engineering science psychology and even law... Just going to pick one and go with it, see where I end up.

How about you? Any ideas?

DublinArnie

Going to take a break until Sunday.

chocolate98

just study at home too i was deliberating about doing supervised after school for the last two terms but i'm seeing how much you are getting done at home and think i will just keep to the home study

DublinArnie

Haven't done a zilch of work since Thursday.

Getting too comfortable with the school less days and the long nights!

Three Day Plan (starting tomorrow )
-Applied Maths --> Linear Motion, Relative Velocity and Statics
-Italian --> Revise all pictures and role plays (bar last two)
-Geography --> Fix notes and update SRPs.

DublinArnie

Need to study smart! I've done bits and bobs but have to build throughout the week.

At the moment, geography... Applied maths... And English are most important subjects.

Monday:
-Applied Maths (morning)
-Italian Oral (evening)
-English Poetry (evening)

Tuesday:
-Geography SRP Essay (morning)
-Irish Oral (evening)
-Maths Skim Revision (evening)

Wednesday:
-Applied Maths (morning)
-Italian Oral x2 (evening)
-English 20m Essay (evening)
-Geography UPDATE NOTES (evening)

Thursday:
-Biology Bi-chapter revision (morning)
-Applied Maths (evening)
-Irish Oral (evening)

Friday:
-Geography SRP Essay (morning)
-English King Lear (evening)

Saturday:
-Weekly top up (build on anything I struggled throughout week) (evening)
-Applied Maths x2 (evening)

Sunday:
-Italian Oral (morning + evening)
-Irish Oral (evening)
-Maths Skim Revision (evening)

I'm determined to stick with this plan, because it will address where I fell for my mocks and more importantly it will force me to build on my study, instead of doing random chunks.

Will update everyday (not today, today is my last break day ) UNTIL easter break.

Manufan123

Do you study before school?

DublinArnie

Manufan123 wrote: »

Do you study before school?

Yeah, decrease the load for after school.

Elemonator

OP, go for UCD engineering. Not Trinity.

DublinArnie

Elemonator wrote: »

OP, go for UCD engineering. Not Trinity.

Reasons?

Manufan123

DublinArnie wrote: »

Yeah, decrease the load for after school.

Fair play do you get much done?

DublinArnie

Manufan123 wrote: »

Fair play do you get much done?

Really depends. Some days all I'd get done is some reading of notes or a maths question and then I head back into bed, other days I'd get 3 30m essays done or an entire exam paper.

It gets easier if you make your bed straight away when you get up, put your alarm across the room and wash your face with cold water.

Hoping to go on a nice streak of morning study in the coming days!

Edrees98

Dublin i was wondering what time you go to sleep at to wake up that early and also what time do you wake up during the week days?

DublinArnie

Edrees98 wrote: »

Dublin i was wondering what time you go to sleep at to wake up that early and also what time do you wake up during the week days?

9:30 - 10pm bedtime

6am I get up

DublinArnie

Applied Maths: Relative Velocity 1/3
English: Plath Notes
Italian: All pictures

Found this app that disables your notifications and acts like a timer, the longer the timer the higher the score and you grow your own forest. It's like a study game app is Forest.

193minutes today.

Manufan123

What is this app called?

Consonata

Manufan123 wrote: »

What is this app called?

Its called Forest

DublinArnie

Geography: Population Distribution in India, CAP in Ireland and Primary Activities in Paris Basin.
Irish: Vocabulary Flashcards for first 6 pictures.
Maths: Practiced Algebra 3 questions and skimmed through past papers.

210 minutes

DublinArnie

Applied Maths: Relative Velocity 4/5 did a lot of this, almost have every question since 95 done. Not easy but practice makes perfect!

English: 2 x 10m Larkin and Yeats, practicing my language skills really.

Italian Oral: Roleplay 1 + 2

Geography: Added SRPs to Indian SRP sheets, hoping to completely change all my notes next week. (because of lack of SRPs..)

Irish: Sraith Picture 7 and 8

201mins

Manufan123

What points are you looking for? I hope i will be as motivated as you next year!

Manutd_4life

If we win, we are back in for 4th. Cmon United

DublinArnie

Applied Maths: Finished Relative Velocity, going to test myself this weekend.

Biology: Human Defense System and Cells and Microscope.

Didn't get much done today because I have a giant test tomorrow!

163mins

DublinArnie

Applied Maths: Fully completed Relative Velocity, got all my test questions done (2015,2014,2000,1999).

Italian: Revised remaining role plays.

That's all for today, feeling pretty tired - and I've noticed I can't stick to a preplanned timetable. I'm doing STUFF, but it's not sticking to the timetable. Going to go back to the a more 'objective study plan' on Monday.

Although I'm loving the Forest App, really helps when they make a timer app into a game, and the best aspect is the timer goes off if you exit the app.

153mins

Tomorrow --> Statics for Applied Maths
--> 60m Larkin Question
--> Learn up to Sraith Picture 10

DublinArnie

Applied Maths: Statics 1/3
Irish: 1 - 10 Sraith Picture key words learned

It's a hard mental struggle, attempted the English question but I really dislike Larkin because there's not many themes you can talk about without waffling.

Tomorrow, I'm learning biology, irish Sraith Pictures and some more applied maths.

Monday, I'll sort myself out, because I've been feeling a bit off since Thursday (more water please!!!). Also, new study technique. I think I might try add another training day to my week, as exercise is key to a healthy mind!

94mins today... Zzzz

DublinArnie

Applied Maths: 2/3 Statics

Irish: Sraith Pictures well

Biology: HD, ecology, tissue culture, osmosis

186mins

DublinArnie

Right!

Applied Maths: Statics 9/10, just have to do some more exam questions, maybe tomorrow.

Irish: Sraith Pictures 1-15 vocabulary short cuts made and learnt.

Italian: Made a list of ~120 verbs, learning 10 a day (plus their past tense, present tense, future tense, conditional tense and present continuous tense variations). Going to make it a habit to test myself on languages every weekend, so a 70 verb test on Sunday and maybe 1-10 Sraith Picture.

Biology: Have a giant revision test coming up so just learning for that.

213mins today

DublinArnie

Objectives for the week (personal study):

Applied Maths: Master Linear Motion, Relative Velocity and Statics. Might spend an entire day just doing past papers on these three.

Irish: Have 1-15 Sraith Picture imbeded into my soil.

Italian: Learn and practice using 70 handy verbs.

Geography: Make India Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Essays, and update SRP sheets.

English: Create full notes for Bishop, Yeats and Larkin (really hate him...).

Physchem: Scim through past papers (mental test).

Will update everyday.

DublinArnie

Applied Maths: Completed Statics, although I'm not fully confident as I always screw up the two rods hinged questions.

Irish: 1-4 Sraith Picture grained into my soul.

English: Bishop notes and started a list of fancy phrases.

Italian: 20 verbs today, 10 extra! Also did a composition piece in response to a journalist article, only 25marks.

244mins

DublinArnie

Applied Maths: Did the 2000 Q1,2 and 7... Got them all right so I'm very happy today. Huge mood booster knowing the grinding is paying off, going to do more this weekend.

Geography: India Tertiary essay

Italian: Did 30 verbs today, 20 extra!

Got a lot of biology and Irish done for an approaching test, but this log is only for PERSONAL STUDY unrelated to school.

Zzzz

193mins

carefulnowted

First of all, fair dues to you, you're doing great work! Can I ask how you get the time to do all this study, along with your homework and tests etc?

DublinArnie

Applied Maths: Did 1998 Q1, 2 and 7. Successful!

Italian: Reached the 70 verb count! Still more to learn.

Maths: Did half a sample paper.

Physchem: Did half of 2004 paper.

163mins Zzzzzz

DublinArnie

Biology: HR revision

Maths: Finished sample paper

Feeling really unwell so I hardly did anything today, but hopefully coffee will help tomorrow!

Today is a bad day, but bad days happen - you move on and try the next day.



60mins