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Repeating Leaving Cert - can subject requirements carry forward from year to year?

  • 07-06-2015 1:56pm
    #1
    Postoffice123
    Registered Users Posts: 152 ✭✭


    Just wondering if I repeat, can I take the points from some subjects e.g. English and put it towards my points that I recieve when I repeat? Obviously it would have to be my best 6...


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  • #2
    skippy1977
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 284 ✭✭skippy1977


    Postoffice123 wrote: »
    Just wondering if I repeat, can I take the points from some subjects e.g. English and put it towards my points that I recieve when I repeat? Obviously it would have to be my best 6...

    Nope, it has to be the accumulated points in one year.

    You can use subjects from one year to meet the requirements of a course however. For example if you fail maths this year and decide to just repeat that you can't then add those points to the points from the year before....but you do now have the maths requirement to get into college courses.


  • #3
    Postoffice123
    Registered Users Posts: 152 ✭✭Postoffice123


    skippy1977 wrote: »
    Nope, it has to be the accumulated points in one year.

    You can use subjects from one year to meet the requirements of a course however. For example if you fail maths this year and decide to just repeat that you can't then add those points to the points from the year before....but you do now have the maths requirement to get into college courses.

    Oh that makes sense ! Thank you :)


  • #4
    John David
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭John David


    If I met the requirement of my course last year (C3 in maths) and repeated this year but feel like I got a D or even lower, would the C3 from last year save me this year when it comes to meeting the requirement?

    This is my repeat year and well, I think I might have to repeat a second time because I don't even think I got 30% on my maths paper 1 and that's being generous with the attempt marks. I could in theory still get it if I get over 85-90% on paper 2 but I don't think that's very likely although I will try.


  • #5
    Postoffice123
    Registered Users Posts: 152 ✭✭Postoffice123


    John David wrote: »
    If I met the requirement of my course last year (C3 in maths) and repeated this year but feel like I got a D or even lower, would the C3 from last year save me this year when it comes to meeting the requirement?

    This is my repeat year and well, I think I might have to repeat a second time because I don't even think I got 30% on my maths paper 1 and that's being generous with the attempt marks. I could in theory still get it if I get over 85-90% on paper 2 but I don't think that's very likely although I will try.

    Ya the paper was shocking Friday ...I definitely don't think I passed and paper 2 isn't gonna save me even if I get 100% probably! But I'd say your c3 from last year will save you. They will accept the requirements from last year if you met them.


  • #6
    randylonghorn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,509 ✭✭✭✭randylonghorn


    John David wrote: »
    If I met the requirement of my course last year (C3 in maths) and repeated this year but feel like I got a D or even lower, would the C3 from last year save me this year when it comes to meeting the requirement?
    Yes, see skippy's post above.


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  • #7
    ladderlad
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭ladderlad


    John David wrote: »
    If I met the requirement of my course last year (C3 in maths) and repeated this year but feel like I got a D or even lower, would the C3 from last year save me this year when it comes to meeting the requirement?

    This is my repeat year and well, I think I might have to repeat a second time because I don't even think I got 30% on my maths paper 1 and that's being generous with the attempt marks. I could in theory still get it if I get over 85-90% on paper 2 but I don't think that's very likely although I will try.

    Im a repeat aswell and was worried i would get less than my c3 last year. I contacted the sec and they said yes you can use last years grade for requirement but not points


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