r/leavingcert • u/Business_Hat3719 • Apr 22 '25
University 🎓 Haven't touched a book all Easter
Honestly I'm so unstressed rn, my mocks went fine and I crammed for them a week before lol, I just actually can't be bothered studying especially now that all my projects and orals are done
I genuinely only need 250 points anyways and I'm hopefully gonna get H2-H1 in art so it's like there's literally no pressure
How's everyone else's mindset rn? What are you all aiming for and hoping to do after school? Its really interesting seeing others that are aiming for like 600+ points it's mad
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u/its-n0t-olivia LC2025 Apr 22 '25
I don’t know why but I’m not feeling stressed at all, I thought I would be by now. I’m aiming for 500 points, got 474 in the mocks and some subjects were only a few percent away from the next grade so I feel like I’m in a good place. I do 2-3 hours study a day, I think it’s still important to do hobbies and have time to relax
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u/Business_Hat3719 Apr 22 '25
3-4 hours is still so much dude, I hope u get to where u wanna be that's so impressive honestly 🙏 what are u hoping to go into?
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u/its-n0t-olivia LC2025 Apr 22 '25
hoping to go into animation, don’t know actually what course i don’t have anything on my cao yet
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u/Business_Hat3719 Apr 22 '25
Oh be careful incase they require a portfolio, a good few needed to be in by like march
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u/its-n0t-olivia LC2025 Apr 22 '25
i’m specifically looking at ones that don’t need a portfolio, the ones i’m considering just need lc art which i have :)
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u/Zestyclose_Amoeba839 LC2025 Apr 22 '25
I wanna aim for 370-450 but ik I won’t get there, I haven’t studied at all I’m so stressed idk where to start help 😭
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u/Spookous Apr 22 '25
use JKMaths for learning the maths topics, then practice exam paper questions for the topic you just learned.
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u/HZplayz Apr 22 '25
Trust me you want to aim at least 300 points cuz the course that I wanted that was 350 went to 460
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u/Business_Hat3719 Apr 22 '25
Haha fair, realistically I'm aiming for about 350-400 just because I really like english, art and bio and know I'll do well enough
I'm aiming for art college tho and got really good marks on my portfolio so a lot of the pressure is off 🙏
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u/ella_isnotok Apr 23 '25
Hello, 21 year old here. I would always say try to aim higher than you think you need. It's what I did. I thought I was going to do Animation for the rest of my life and had a place in ballyfermot. Could have not done anything for the LC, but found it within myself to study. Ended up realising animation wasn't for me after about 5 months, but was able to use my points and am now in UCD psychology- and I love it.
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u/chxr0610 Apr 22 '25
im the exact same, i need about 320 and i got 440 in my mocks so im so unstressed right now. Also haven't picked up a book yet and my first actual exam is next wednesday for LCVP.
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u/MemeLord0009 Apr 22 '25
You could literally suffer a brain hemorrhage and probably still be fine on the day if you're going for no more than 250 pts. Other people need more than you.