Applying to Irish universities with A levels

Original post by watermelon_juice

Getting into University is much, much harder than the UK. A lot of Irish people go to the UK for university because of this.

I totally disagree! Most Irish people who go to the UK were accepted onto a course here. The reference/ personal statement/ predicted grades process makes applying to the UK very difficult for us. The CAO is all done automatically. As for it being difficult to get into uni here, it's no different than for you guys- Yes, it's hard to get into Trinity, just as it's hard to get into Bristol or any other similiar university in the UK but obviously it's easier to get into lower ranked universities, or an institute of technology (which is similiar to the universities in the UK that used to be technical schools or whatever you call them)- it works on a supply/ demand basis.

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Reply 28

HKGOLDEN

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you should go to oxbridge with 560 points.

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Trinity are nuts! They wont accept chemistry and physics together for some reason, I'm doing Biology Chemistry Physics and Maths so i cant apply

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Original post by maemg

Trinity are nuts! They wont accept chemistry and physics together for some reason, I'm doing Biology Chemistry Physics and Maths so i cant apply

Where did you read that? And why can't you apply with Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Maths?

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In their medicine prospectus its so stupid

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Are you sure? I've plenty of friends who went to Trinity with Maths, Physics and Chemistry- it can only be a benefit. I think you're perhaps reading it wrong? :s-smilie:

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Have you read it? Maybe I am, or maybe its just a recent thing they've brought in this year, you should take a look at it.

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Original post by maemg

Have you read it? Maybe I am, or maybe its just a recent thing they've brought in this year, you should take a look at it.

Yeah I've looked at it before! Yeah maybe, or it might vary for A- Levels! There's also this subject called "Chemistry/ Physics" which is like a combination of the two and it can't be combined with Physics or Chemistry for entry requirements (because they're so similiar) so maybe that's the confusion!

Reply 35

StarsAreFixed

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You cannot use the subject Chemistry/Physics combined if you're also going to use one or the other by themselves, as obviously that would be unfair. That rule stands for Irish students. HOWEVER presenting Physics and Chemistry as two seperate subjects is fine. They're just protecting from an unfair crossover of subjects.

McKenzie- I don't know whether a D is okay, a D is a pass grade for us but I don't know if it's a pass or fail for you. You need to have passed it anyway. As I said before, it's not stupid. You're competing against people who have studied Irish, English, Maths and French as compulsory subjects for the last two years of school along with 3 others for Leaving Cert, and the same 4 subjects again with 6 others for Junior Cert before that. So it's only fair that you present English, Maths and a language at some level when you're up against people doing those subjects for 5/6 years.

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McKenzie-

Original post by La_Crosse

I find it astounding that someone can fail a language at GCSE, considering how lenient the mark schemes are

Matter of opinion. Some people are good at certain subjects others aren't. Very inappropriate statement. I failed mine on the basis of the teacher was terrible so i didn't concentrate/learn or even revise when it came to the exam. I guess you could say i gave up on it. Who expects that 2 years down the line that it is required for Uni.

Reply 37

La_Crosse

Original post by McKenzie-

Matter of opinion. Some people are good at certain subjects others aren't. Very inappropriate statement. I failed mine on the basis of the teacher was terrible so i didn't concentrate/learn or even revise when it came to the exam. I guess you could say i gave up on it. Who expects that 2 years down the line that it is required for Uni.

Well, If you look at what universities consider good hard subjects, then languages are one of them. Even with a terrible teacher a C should be easy to attain.

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