xaverian or loreto?

hi i want to do physics maths french/art and possibly further maths/epq for my a levels. i just wanna know which is better to study them at i visited both open days and i loved xaverians campus a lot while loretos not so much but that isn’t the whole point. does anyone have any experiences to share please?

Hi I do French at Loreto and I would definitely recommend it ! feel free to message if u have any specific questions

hi i want to do physics maths french/art and possibly further maths/epq for my a levels. i just wanna know which is better to study them at i visited both open days and i loved xaverians campus a lot while loretos not so much but that isn’t the whole point. does anyone have any experiences to share please?

Xavs in a beautiful college and great overall however i wouldn't recommend it at all for maths unfortunately. The teachers were condescending and my class had 3 different teachers during our first year there (which was also during covid) and I think it had a big affect on the class' performance. The lessons felt rushed and when I asked for help, I was completely ignored by my teacher. This is more of a personal experience but they completely disregarded my disability (which was affecting my studies) and refused to give me additional support for it (such as an extra day or two to complete homework even though I had extra time and breaks in exams). One of my teachers actually told me to "get over" my disability which was incredibly rude. Most of the class were failing by the end of my first year and instead of addressing the problem, they just told us to drop the subject and didn't offer any help.
I was failing maths but still managed to go up by 2 grades (i got a D overall) by reteaching myself the course during study leave with youtube.

its a shame the maths department were awful because i absolutely loved the rest of the college (especially the music department)

hiii I am currently stuck on what college I should pick either Loreto or Xaverian and I don't have long either (30th I have to pick one to enrol)I have a few friends going xav but know no one going loreto I loved the xav campus but I don't believe that should be my main reason for choosing it. I will do history, psychology and biology as my A levels. If you were in my position which one would you choose?

Did you visit the loreto campus and if so what do you think of it? I've just finished at loreto and personally I loved it - I knew literally 1 person but it's so easy to make friends.
I also did A-Level History there and the whole department is so nice and helpful. I had lots of friends who did psychology and biology and becasue they are quite popular subjects there's lots of teachers and support available.

It sounds like there are a lot of positive to Xaverian - have you tried making a pros and cons list for each one?

Feel free to ask any questions

Did you visit the loreto campus and if so what do you think of it? I've just finished at loreto and personally I loved it - I knew literally 1 person but it's so easy to make friends.
I also did A-Level History there and the whole department is so nice and helpful. I had lots of friends who did psychology and biology and becasue they are quite popular subjects there's lots of teachers and support available.

It sounds like there are a lot of positive to Xaverian - have you tried making a pros and cons list for each one?

Feel free to ask any questions

Haha i actually have made a pros and cons list but honestly, it was a draw both same distance for me and everything I think Loreto will push me more which can result in me getting better grades so I think I'm gonna go there but I js have a fear of like the first day and who I am gonna sit with in lessons and at lunch btw are there any seating plans lmao

Haha i actually have made a pros and cons list but honestly, it was a draw both same distance for me and everything I think Loreto will push me more which can result in me getting better grades so I think I'm gonna go there but I js have a fear of like the first day and who I am gonna sit with in lessons and at lunch btw are there any seating plans lmao

In my experience, I didn't have any seating plans for my subjects (maybe becasue I did languages and the class sizes weren't too big)

I totally get the fear of first day, but literally everyone is feeling as scared as you I promise - try and make an effort to talk to everyone in the first few weeks, maybe join a club/sports team cause clubs was where I made friends with people outside of my subjects

Class sizes are generally smaller than in high school so I think that helps becasue you will get to know everyone- I think as well at college everyone just seemed a bit more chilled out in terms of making friends which is good

I totally get the thing about grades - Loreto will definitely push you but not in a toxic way,there's always opportunities to do extra work/uni talks/workshops etc. Which will all help with grades

Also if you have any questions specific for history, like how it works etc, please let me know!!

I would love to hear how history works at loreto

Ok, so you do 2 topics:
1. Challenge and transformation: Britain, c1851–1964
2. The Cold War, c1945–1991
you have 2 double lessons a week, one for each topic!
-Also towards the end of Y12, you start working on your coursework, but I wouldn't worry about that yet

You typically do all of your work in booklets (13 for Cold War; about 16 for Britain) - and use videos, textbooks, etc. to fill them in. There's also dedicated lesson time for essay planning and practicing source analysis
I think this depends on your teacher but mine used to do a 'points test' at the end of every topic which tested our knowledge of names, dates & figures
There's also 'drop in' sessions most weeks if you're struggling with a topic
Homework is usually filling in certain pages of the booklet, essays, watching documentaries (typically 40mins -1 hour) or doing some background research to introduce a new topic
Also everyone finds the Ireland topic of the Britain exam rly hard, I personally would dedicate more time to this when revising as opposed to economy & politics, but just depends on what you find easiest I guess


Because there is SO MUCH content (it is overwhelming at first but you will get used to it!), lessons tend to be quite fast-paced, so you might have to do a bit of extra work at home to get to grips with a topic.
Overall though it was my favourite subject by far, I found the content so interesting and loved my teacher
I've still got all my notes so if you need help with any topics in september, feel free to ask

Also don't know if you've done it, but I wouldn't really stress too much over the prep work that's on the website-my teacher didn't even mention it
Any prep you do before history will help, but all I did was watch some YouTube videos for Cold War-the one's that explain a topic in simple terms because I cba doing work in the summer holidays

Ok, so you do 2 topics:
1. Challenge and transformation: Britain, c1851–1964
2. The Cold War, c1945–1991
you have 2 double lessons a week, one for each topic!
-Also towards the end of Y12, you start working on your coursework, but I wouldn't worry about that yet

You typically do all of your work in booklets (13 for Cold War; about 16 for Britain) - and use videos, textbooks, etc. to fill them in. There's also dedicated lesson time for essay planning and practicing source analysis
I think this depends on your teacher but mine used to do a 'points test' at the end of every topic which tested our knowledge of names, dates & figures
There's also 'drop in' sessions most weeks if you're struggling with a topic
Homework is usually filling in certain pages of the booklet, essays, watching documentaries (typically 40mins -1 hour) or doing some background research to introduce a new topic
Also everyone finds the Ireland topic of the Britain exam rly hard, I personally would dedicate more time to this when revising as opposed to economy & politics, but just depends on what you find easiest I guess


Because there is SO MUCH content (it is overwhelming at first but you will get used to it!), lessons tend to be quite fast-paced, so you might have to do a bit of extra work at home to get to grips with a topic.
Overall though it was my favourite subject by far, I found the content so interesting and loved my teacher
I've still got all my notes so if you need help with any topics in september, feel free to ask

Also don't know if you've done it, but I wouldn't really stress too much over the prep work that's on the website-my teacher didn't even mention it
Any prep you do before history will help, but all I did was watch some YouTube videos for Cold War-the one's that explain a topic in simple terms because I cba doing work in the summer holidays

sorry last bit, but some documentary/book recommendations:
the CNN Cold War series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22KIQ1QNnhE&list=PL3H6z037pboGWTxs3xGP7HRGrQ5dOQdGc
I'm Stuck Cold War playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ald0Z8beyK4&list=PLygA1_PUbd9dbrhm9h7a_ZCMna4j7GsZC
Andrew Marr: the making of modern britain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr22U2610TA&list=PL72jhKwankOjtR6vZ27PcoTfLdEbNwqF-

Ok, so you do 2 topics:
1. Challenge and transformation: Britain, c1851–1964
2. The Cold War, c1945–1991
you have 2 double lessons a week, one for each topic!
-Also towards the end of Y12, you start working on your coursework, but I wouldn't worry about that yet

You typically do all of your work in booklets (13 for Cold War; about 16 for Britain) - and use videos, textbooks, etc. to fill them in. There's also dedicated lesson time for essay planning and practicing source analysis
I think this depends on your teacher but mine used to do a 'points test' at the end of every topic which tested our knowledge of names, dates & figures
There's also 'drop in' sessions most weeks if you're struggling with a topic
Homework is usually filling in certain pages of the booklet, essays, watching documentaries (typically 40mins -1 hour) or doing some background research to introduce a new topic
Also everyone finds the Ireland topic of the Britain exam rly hard, I personally would dedicate more time to this when revising as opposed to economy & politics, but just depends on what you find easiest I guess


Because there is SO MUCH content (it is overwhelming at first but you will get used to it!), lessons tend to be quite fast-paced, so you might have to do a bit of extra work at home to get to grips with a topic.
Overall though it was my favourite subject by far, I found the content so interesting and loved my teacher
I've still got all my notes so if you need help with any topics in september, feel free to ask