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Read more about the article STEM subjects study tips for Leaving Cert (Maths, Physics, Chemistry)
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STEM subjects study tips for Leaving Cert (Maths, Physics, Chemistry)

  • Post author:Martina
  • Post published:January 2, 2024
  • Post category:How to do well in the Leaving Cert: exam strategy

Tips from Bryan who achieved H1s with 99% in Maths and 100% in each of Physics and Chemistry this year. He offers some tough love in this one, but I…

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Read more about the article Anxiety throughout sixth year

Anxiety throughout sixth year

  • Post author:Martina
  • Post published:September 2, 2018
  • Post category:Anxiety/How to do well in the Leaving Cert: exam strategy

A lovely girl who used 625points during her Leaving Cert suggested that she would write about her experience "of dealing with some depression and a lot of anxiety throughout the year…

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From touchdown in Dublin and into Trinity Law in one year: Trinity Feasibility Study

  • Post author:Martina
  • Post published:September 16, 2017
  • Post category:Interview/Trinity College/Trinity Feasibility Study

Aisling Cowan arrived in Ireland only a year before her Leaving Cert, achieving a formidable 520 points. She talks about her experience and how she managed to use the Trinity Feasibility…

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Leaving Cert study plans and efficient study

  • Post author:Martina
  • Post published:August 23, 2017
  • Post category:How to do well in the Leaving Cert: exam strategy

Find ready-made Leaving Cert study plans here. You may also like our Mock Study Planner. Some last minute pre-exam tips from us in this Irish Times article, Trust your process,…

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When someone tells you ‘Everything will work out in the end’, they really do mean it

  • Post author:Martina
  • Post published:August 22, 2017
  • Post category:How to do well in the Leaving Cert: exam strategy

We have asked the Snapfam to share their experience of the Leaving Cert in 2017. Emily Bollard:"When someone tells you 'Everything will work out in the end', they really do…

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New Leaving Cert Grading and CAO Points System

  • Post author:Martina
  • Post published:August 10, 2017
  • Post category:CAO/How to do well in the Leaving Cert: exam strategy

The exam structure is unchanged. The marking schemes are as they were before. The bell curve is still there, though it won't be as granular. The CAO application process is…

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Should I be studying over the summer?

  • Post author:Martina
  • Post published:July 23, 2017
  • Post category:How to do well in the Leaving Cert: exam strategy

Who should be studying during the summer?   Sixth year is a time when you're not only expected to prepare for pressurised exams, but also make decisions about your future.…

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Top 9 tips for study motivation for Leaving Cert

  • Post author:Martina
  • Post published:January 2, 2017
  • Post category:Mental Health/Motivation

1. Ask yourself what it is all for? What are you really after? What tangible real thing will a good Leaving Cert allow you to get? Is it moving out of your home…

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My biggest productivity hacks for the Leaving Cert

  • Post author:Martina
  • Post published:December 1, 2016
  • Post category:Mental Health

1. Go to bed and get up at the same time every day, even on weekendsMany of you asked how to be less tired during 6th year on Snapchat (six25points).…

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How to make the most of midterm?

  • Post author:Martina
  • Post published:October 27, 2016
  • Post category:Mental Health

"How can I make the most of days off and the midterm?" More independent study, eh? More sitting on your own staring at a book and feeling guilty because you…

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Mindfulness as a Way To Curb Anxiety

  • Post author:Martina
  • Post published:October 17, 2016
  • Post category:Mental Health

‘With neuroplasticity, extraordinary change is possible.’ - Rick Hanson The human brain is fascinating to me and while I love that we are all very different, I love too the…

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Repeating the Leaving Cert: Lessons Learnt

  • Post author:Martina
  • Post published:September 30, 2016
  • Post category:How to do well in the Leaving Cert: exam strategy/Mental Health

We interviewed Caoimhe, who is currently repeating her Leaving Cert having missed her Primary Teaching course by only 15 points. Our aim was to get the lessons she learnt from…

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Why your phone may sabotage your Leaving Cert

  • Post author:Martina
  • Post published:August 28, 2016
  • Post category:How to do well in the Leaving Cert: exam strategy

Our team is only a few years older than Leaving Cert students on average. We are just as attached to our phones as you are. This post in on how…

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17 Things I Wish I Had Known When I Was 17

  • Post author:Martina
  • Post published:August 25, 2016
  • Post category:How to do well in the Leaving Cert: exam strategy/Mental Health

“I know one thing: that I know nothing.”  - Socrates   1. Before you start anything, you need to have absolute clarity of purpose This means you need to have…

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Wellbeing and Supplements in Sixth Year

  • Post author:Martina
  • Post published:August 24, 2016
  • Post category:Anxiety/How to do well in the Leaving Cert: exam strategy/Mental Health

There is a huge focus on health and wellbeing in social media at the moment. Much of it is marketing supplements. We have teamed up with Tomas Conefrey, the Superintendant…

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The Night Before Results

  • Post author:Martina
  • Post published:August 15, 2016
  • Post category:Anxiety/CAO/How to do well in the Leaving Cert: exam strategy/Mental Health/Motivation

I remember going to bed that Tuesday night like it was yesterday. After a long stretch of things not going my way, I was sort of ambivalently welling up in…

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9 Tips for Study-related Anxiety

  • Post author:Martina
  • Post published:August 7, 2016
  • Post category:Anxiety/How to do well in the Leaving Cert: exam strategy/Mental Health/Motivation

How to deal with study-related anxiety? 1. Don't hate yourself for feeling anxious Our brains are amazing at one particular thing: getting us out of dodge alive. This is why…

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How to get 625 points in your Leaving Cert

  • Post author:Martina
  • Post published:October 8, 2015
  • Post category:How to do well in the Leaving Cert: exam strategy/Motivation

This website is created by people who got 625 points, and it is hard to answer it all on one page. Here are some great tips from folks from different…

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