Saskia

Higher Level

St. Clare’s College

I only have one word for that paper, wow. I was hoping that at least one dictator would come up in dictatorship and democracy and then BOTH Hitler and Stalin showed up! Not only that the Treaty negotiations question was such a lovely one and the document was the Montgomery Bus Boycott! I genuinely couldn’t think of a better paper.

The options were fantastic and the questions were broad enough to let you twist it into your own interpretation. I did the question on Stalin and managed to write about the Show Trials and did the 1921 Treaty negotiations question as well. I can't get over how nice of a paper it was. I walked out of the exam center with a huge smile on my face knowing that it was the best history exam I’ve ever done. 

I have no more exams now, history was my last and I’m so glad I went out on a high note, it was (in my opinion) the best paper in years. Overall my hopes are high and now I get to sit back and never worry about the Eucharistic Congress again!

Emer

Higher Level

Presentation Secondary School, Clonmel

Eiman

Scoil Mhuire Community School

Higher Level

The history exam was one I was quite worried for. However, I think it didn’t go as bad as I thought it would. The Document Based Question was on the Montgomery Bus Boycott, I was just thankful that the Vietnam War didn’t come up 2 years in a row! I feel like I answered the question quite well, it was similar to a lot of the practice questions that I’ve done. There was nothing out of the blue.

For the essay section, I did 2 essays on Irish Topic 3: Pursuit of Sovereignty & Impact of Partition and Dictatorship & Democracy. The treaty negotiations came up which I think was a popular question for most students. I had my notes well prepared so I was quite happy that it came up too.

For my second essay on European History, I was hoping for a question related to Germany’s social and economic issues or Church-State Relations, which didn’t come up. I ended up answering the question on Stalin, the time frame was quite big, from 1924-1945, I was quite worried at first, but once I got into the swing of it, it wasn’t too bad.

Overall, I’m just stunned and amazed at how students from previous years wrote 3 essays and 1 Document Based Question in 2 hours and 50 mins. I finished my paper exactly on time and I couldn’t imagine trying to complete an extra essay!