r/leavingcert

I am currently nearing the end of 5th year and i go to an all girls school and am thinking about switching to the mixed school across the road and re doing 5th year. I feel like I had a bad start into the leaving cert and picked the wrong subjects ( I do bio chem german and geography). I'm honestly crap at chemistry and meh in german and feel i should have picked different subjects, I probs won't get the points for the course I want to do atm with the subject I do.

At the end of TY I was thinking about moving as I wanted to do engineering ( not in my school) and idk why I didn't then. I feel like my friends in my current school are just constantly fighting and the school just isn't what it used to be.

The teachers just don't care about the important stuff I feel and the environment between the girls is just always so toxic. I didn't even really choose to go to this school properly way back in sixth class, it was more because my auntie taught there and my sister was in the school so I just decided I should go there as well

I would also love to be able to wear trousers to school lol

Hey guys, so today is my last day of school. And I just feel so emotional and sad. I didn't have a good school life at all (bad outweighs the good), yet I know I'm going to miss it. I've been in this system for 14 years (joined when I was 3) and now suddenly it's like the routine I've had for this long is just gone. I feel like I'm losing such a big part of who I am, and I'm scared to leave. I'm scared of losing my childhood and entering adulthood. And I know my life is just getting started and that university will be my prime. But I'm just feeling forlorn right now.

Anyways, am I just overemotional or are any of yous also feeling/felt a depressive note?

Yes section C was hard but some of the questions in an and b weren’t even challenging in a good way just weird . What is the societal and cultural positive and negatives of bridge algorithms like what? (Low-key sorry to yall can’t complain about section C because I hit a 90+7 winner to do it all, forgot a print statement though so if they make the easy parts like 15 marks I’ll snap)

This is the 6th LC Computer Science exam and there's been a whopping 4 fucking questions on History of Computing. Yes.. just 4

Studyclix lists 4 (not counting 2026 yet) and one of them isn't even a History of Computing question. Including mocks and stuff, that is just terrible. It takes up an entire chapter and there's so little actually asked on it apart from Turing machines and maybe some of the technologies (that aren't really asked as part of a History of Computing question)

I predicted that there would be a major focus on History of Computing this year, but once again it is only one question on Section A (I didn't do Q13 so idk if there was one there).

At this point, there really needs to be either a stronger focus on questions in the chapter not related to Turing or it should be removed from the course.

hey I’m still debilitating between rcsi and trinity, they are the two closest to me.

i have heard a lot of positives and negatives about trinity, I understand that the new course examines students better and they have less work load, but they still ate very much left to their own devices. I remember reading a report in 2023 about how trinity interns often “lack” but I don’t know if there was any credibility. I wouldn’t think about the prestige etc associated with trinity as that doesn’t determine really anything as a doctor getting on a scheme, it’s more your research and experience. I think It is nice that it is a larger college and the campus is beautiful

rcsi i think has six times less students overall but maybe that blends to a more attentive approach to its students, they definitely publicise themselves a lot better, and the MacBook alone has me tempted 😭😭I’m just worried about the lack of college experience or not meeting a nice group because of a smaller campus

after it’s cork ucd Galway Limerick, i have family in cork and ucd is about two hours away

I would appreciate it if you would let me know what you have down first and why and if you have heard anytbjng about student life! Thabk you

help i forgot to put comments to explain my code in section c part b. will this cost me?

Atleast for my school we have study halls you go to if you dropped a subject. I personally see a lot of people with ipads/tablets or sometimes laptops most tablets though. I was wondering should I get tablet over a laptop as I could get a pen with it an do maths equations and stuff whilst multitasking or is a laptop a better option? I just see so many people with tablet either with keyboard or pens and they look like they r getting loads of work done. Teachers also dont mind tablets but using a phones risky

Hi so I skipped TY now in 6th year and I’m 16 doing my leaving cert.My subjects are HL business HL English HL Music HL biology HL Geography OL maths OL Irish and lcvp
On mocks I came in at 233 points but I’m so serious when I say i didn’t study not even the night before and my attendance is really poor at school.
I know this is terrible but my course is quite low anyway (329) points you guys think if I study next two weeks I can get there?
On my JC I got 4 distinctions and 5 higher merits so I’m in the top class with some great teachers just had a rough 5th and 6th year attendance wise.
I think business should be manageable for me since it’s just learning and hopefully the same with biology and music good thing I have my practical done which went very well.
Thanks in advance for any advise.

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What sections should i prioritise in physics and accounting? In physics im thinking of focusing on Light and Waves / Mechanics / Electricity/ Particle physics, is that good enough? As for accounting i actually dont know what to leave out. Im doing question 1 ofc, club farm and service account, interpretation accounts etc.. it feels like i cant leave anything out in accounting. Please help!

Coding paper was written with evil intentions i fear

im running away but i still want to sit the leaving cert. will i be able to? i’m sorry i don’t know how else to phrase this. i’ve been studying for a long time. but home life isn’t perfect. and today, i can’t stay. oh i was so excited to go to school tomorrow and go to my graduation. my parents don’t like me. my brother doesn’t want me to go. but i am tired.

I had 10 minutes at the end to make sure it was all right. Now seeing everyone else’s reaction I feel like I missed something