Ardscoil Phadraig Careers Presentation 12

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February 2014

Welcome Third Year Parents Mrs Mary Sheridan Guidance Counsellor

Adolescence

    A time to explore different career choices Important to keep options open.

Students may think now that they do not want to go to college but they may change their minds in the next two years.

Students may think they do not want to study courses at NUI that require a third language but this may change in the next two years.

Options after Junior Cert

    Work Apprenticeships Leaving Certificate Applied Established Leaving Certificate

Third Level Colleges

Universities

 DCU  University of Limerick   Trinity College National University of Ireland and its constituent colleges such as The Royal College of Surgeons, St Angela’s, Sligo and The National College of Art and Design and Shannon College of hotel Management.

Third Level Colleges

Institutes of Technology

 Dublin Institute of Technology  Institutes of Technology at Waterford, Cork, Tralee, Limerick, Galway/Mayo, Athlone, Sligo, Letterkenny, Dundalk.

Entry to Third Level

Three Separate Criteria

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Matriculation Requirements Course Requirements Points

Matriculation Requirements

 Matriculation requirements are the basic standard that a third level college requires students to reach before they are deemed eligible to be considered for a place on a course in that college

Matriculation Requirements

  Matriculation requirements vary from college to college They also depend on the level of the course being applied for

Matriculation Requirements for NUI Colleges *For Certain Courses

 Irish  English  *A Third Language  *Mathematics  Any Two/Three other Matriculation Subjects

Matriculation Requirements

No Language required for:

 *Most Courses in TCD, UL, Or DCU  Engineering and Science Degrees in UCD, NUI Maynooth, NUI Galway, UCC except Biotechnology NUI Galway.

    Agriculture at UCD Institutes of Technology unless it is part of the area of study Gardaí (English/Another Language), Nursing Apprenticeships and most FE Courses

Ordinary Level D (Pass) in a third language for:      Entry to NUI Colleges (with exceptions) National College of Art and Design (will accept Art instead) Leisure Management, Hotel and Catering Management, Tourism (DIT) Cadets Medicine (RCSI)

Course Requirements

Subjects/Grades required to access certain courses examples include:

 C3 or greater in Higher Level Irish for Primary Teaching   C3 or greater in Higher Level Maths for Level 8 Engineering courses and for some Computer courses Chemistry for eight courses incl. some Medicine courses, Pharmacy, Veterinary Medicine, Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Public Health Nutrition and Dentistry in UCC  Physics for Theoretical Physics in Trinity   At least grade B for some Mathematics/Computer/Science courses See www.careersportal.ie

for full details

Course Requirements

There are courses that require lab science subjects listed below:   Agricultural Science Phys/Chem   Biology Physics  Chemistry Only certain combinations of above are allowable In order to keep options open students are advised to take a science subject in Leaving Cert

Higher Level Mathematics/Points

   There is a bonus of 25 points for Higher Level Maths at every grade above a D3 Points in Leaving Cert are counted from your best six subjects Points from LCVP can be substituted if they are higher than your lowest points subject

Higher Level subjects attract higher points than do Ordinary Level

It is extremely important that students ‘push themselves’ and take as many subjects as possible at Higher Level for Leaving Certificate However, in doing this they should discuss the matter with their parents and take the advice of their subject teachers

Points Scoring

Leaving Cert Grade Higher Paper Lower Paper A1 A2 B1 B2 B3 C1 C2 C3 D1 D2 D3

100 90 85 80 75 70 65 60 55 50 45 60 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5

Maths Foundation #

20 15 10 5

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Subject Selection

Leaving Certificate subject choices (possible)

       Irish (unless exempted) English Maths Science Subject French (unless definite NUI is not for you) LCVP Two subjects (choose subjects you enjoy and in which you feel you will achieve a high grade) Students also timetabled for PE, Careers and Religion

Possible Subjects- Leaving Cert       Agricultural Science Business French Home Economics Construction Studies Engineering     Design and Communication Graphics Music Art Biology/Chemistry/Physics 

Important to take a science subject to keep options open SEE HANDOUT

Summary

It is important for students to: Keep as many options as possible open at this stage Challenge themselves by taking higher level in any subject they are able for Include a science subject among their choices Study Irish at higher level if they feel they might be interested in Primary Teaching Pick subjects they like and are good at

Conclusion

 Parents who need to contact me can do so by phoning the school  Thank you all for listening

Useful Websites   www.cao.ie

www.careersportal.ie

   www.qualifax.ie

www.susi.ie

www.studentfinance.ie