I was a 70% ish student. Middle of the road. But had potential to get top grades. Exams always caught me. I seemed to always go blank. Until, I started to develop my own hacks. Little tricks to get my…
Good in class, but bad at exams? Here’s my advice Let’s be honest lads – nailing an exam isn’t about knowing the material. It’s about keeping calm when the pressure is on. You can be Einstein in the classroom, but…
How I got a Distinction in my own Junior Cert Okay lads, I did my own Junior Cert back in 2010 and I got an A1 (the equivalent of a Distinction at the time). There were 3 simple steps that…
An exam hack to calm your nerves. It's all about breathing right.
Don’t Fool Yourself Studying Maths I can summarise this article into two words: ACTIVE PRACTICE. Good studying is all about working actively. Reading or flicking over notes will do nothing for you. Especially for Maths. Never Cram It’s absolutely pointless.…
How To Over-Achieve in Exams There’s a skill to sitting a full exam. And that perfecting that skill can boost your grades by about 5% – 10%. I wasn’t the brightest in school, but I was an expert at sitting…
3 Unconventional Exam Tips The night before my most important day of Leaving Cert exams, I did not sleep one wink. It was the Thursday night. I’d completed 2 full days of my own Leaving Cert exams. Tomorrow, Friday, would…
As Roy Keane once said: Fail to prepare, prepare to fail – so get organised!
If paper 1 wasn’t hard enough, well, best of luck with paper 2!
On both the Higher and Ordinary Leaving Cert Maths syllabus, there are two final papers, Maths Paper 1 and Paper 2. Each paper is 2.5 hours long and looks almost identical from the front cover, but Maths Paper 1 tests completely…
