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Can you fail the Leaving Cert?

  • 22-06-2019 2:42pm
    #1
    usernmae1324
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭


    I heard that if you fail 3 subjects other than maths, Irish and English, your leaving Cert doesn't count at all? Is this true? I'm doing a PLC and one of the requirements is to get a pass in maths and English which is fine but it also says that I have to have a leaving cert. At first I thought this just meant I had to sit my exams but I had someone tell me differently.
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  • #2
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,273 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    PLC generally require 'Leaving Cert. standard'.
    There are plenty people on PLC courses who did not get round to sitting the exam, for one reason or another.

    5 passes in LC at any level is considered 'passing' the LC, though that term is kind of outdated now.

    Your particular PLC may require a particular grade or level in certain subjects, that is a local issue.


  • #3
    usernmae1324
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭usernmae1324


    Thanks for the reply.

    One of the requirements for my PLC is to get a minimum of a grade D in maths and English which is pretty self-explanatory.

    The other requirement is "applicants must have a leaving certificate, LCA or equivalent"

    What does it mean to "have" a leaving cert in this case? Does it just mean that I need to have sat the exams?


  • #4
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,273 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    In that case I think they probably mean 5 passes at any level, including your Maths and English.

    There isn't really any pass or fail anymore, but 5 passes at any level is taken as LC standard.

    Talk to your PLC college once the results are out, because it won't be the end of the world if you don't get 5 passes, but if you are able to pass Maths and English, I think you're probably able to pass three others.

    Don't spend the summer worrying anyway.


  • #5
    usernmae1324
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭usernmae1324


    I sent them an e-mail. Hopefully i'll get to know soon enough.
    How strict are they usually about the requirements? I have a friend who went to the same PLC college and he only sat one exam for his Leaving Cert. He's doing art though and I heard they only care about your portfolio.


  • #6
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,273 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    usernmae1324 wrote: »
    I sent them an e-mail. Hopefully i'll get to know soon enough.
    How strict are they usually about the requirements? I have a friend who went to the same PLC college and he only sat one exam for his Leaving Cert. He's doing art though and I heard they only care about your portfolio.

    A great deal depends on the impression they get of you in interview.
    Some places and courses are stricter than others.
    Clearly something aiming toward a university course with a strong Maths component would need to be more strict on the Maths requirement, while other courses could afford not to be. It varies a lot.


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