Oh wow - more experience than I was expecting from here. I was fully expecting to be explaining the Leaving Cert to people, that’s great! Do you live/holiday here now? I’m intrigued now. Also, considering you taught there - opinions on TCD psychology? Or if you have more experience in it, thoughts on CompSci there vs other Unis? That’s the other option of degree for me.
Oxford came… and went. I did a few practice tests of their reasoning exam(?) for Psychology, and did pretty great in them actually (the style of question suited me a lot). I ultimately decided against applying because I thought I could have a good chance with acceptance from teacher predictions (as they request initially), but if I received a conditional acceptance and then all the pressure was on me to get 4/5/6 H1s, I know my mental health would’ve really taken a hit. I do think I’ll do well in the LC, but I would become far too stressed if I knew everything lay on a certain result. Mental Health > University Choice for me. Still happy with my decision.