#like theres assessments n stuff that count towards your final grade so its not just the written exam
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how many exams do you actually have to do like for our hs graduation we just had to write 3 and do an oral exam and a presentation
Well rn I'm in leaving cert, where u either do 6 subjects or 7 subjects w your worst not being counted. 3 of those are core subjects (English Irish maths) that u gotta do, and each of those has 2 exams, unless u go down to foundation level, in which case each only has one. irish has an oral exam, as most languages do, which basically just has u chatting w an examiner in your chosen language.
then you get to the 'chosen' subjects where u pick ur electives, and usually these are one exam to one subject. some like biology are just the exam, but languages have orals, and more practical subjects have a project or practical. for example, in art u put together a portfolio of sorts about a project, and then you do a 5 hour drawing exam, and THEN you do a written exam on art history.
and then when u get your results back, it'll all be added up into 'points', which are what u use to get into college. i'm aiming for 300 points, which is very low, but the max is 625. college is the main thing the leaving is used for, bcos theyre the ones that use the points, but a lot of alternative courses that dont strictly require traditional college stuff (post-leaving-cert courses) will still need u to pass the leaving lol
#like theres assessments n stuff that count towards your final grade so its not just the written exam#like in history i did a project on research#in music i did a 'practical' for 50% of my mark (grand job) where i basically just sang for half an hour#and in irish i did the oral of course#this is for like. Leaving Cert#but in third year (around middle school age? 14 15 16 like) you do the junior cert#which is basicaly just the leaving cert but a practice version#and once you do that you get the Junior Cert like an actual certificate#and some people drop out after that bcos the junior cert is all youre legally mandated to do#n also because the year after the junior cert is a piece of piss its literally formalised that u do fuck all#oh transition year. i dont miss u <3
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