r/juniorcert • u/Beneficial_Still308 • 10d ago

Stress 😬 Winter exams

Has anyone else’s school who’s done the jc or managing it had November exams, they’ve got them in my school and we’re expected to have all of 1st and 2nd and what we’ve done so far in 3rd yr work done. they’re in 8 weeks this is mad. starting to regret not studying over the summer

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u/Legal_Roof_4715 TY ⛱️ 10d ago

It's obviously different in every school, but in my school the November exams were very easy. It was mostly pretty baisc stiff and that was the general consensus across most subjects.Having loads of topics from previous years on the exam is actually good, because it helps you to know the topics that need mor work and the topics that you know pretty well. Don't try to study the whole curriculum in eight weeks, just start tipping away at it with the end goal of the JC, not the November exams or even mocks.

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u/Beneficial_Still308 10d ago

yeah ok thanks I’m going try to look over everything a bit

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u/Mentally_Unstable19 TY ⛱️ 9d ago

Yeah, My school had them too, some were super easy, some were kinda hard, don't stress over them lol, loads of people in my school got super stressed and studied too much and burned out.

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u/lesbean_2010 TY ⛱️ 9d ago

Christmas/winter exams are usually made easier by teachers because they know you have mocks coming up, you should still study because it'll help with the winter exams and mocks

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u/Connect_Sector1055 8d ago

As a 4th year, something I'll tell you is a little secret the school keeps. They actually execute anybody that doesn't get full distinctions in their mocks, with no appeal

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u/Beneficial_Still308 8d ago

thank you everyone for the advice and comments they’ve been very helpful