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***The Official CAO Offers Thread*** [R1 points linked in first post]

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    #962
    Peregrine
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 26,399 Mod ✭✭✭✭Peregrine


    Beechfiled wrote: »
    Wanted English and History in UCD and got DNA and forensic analysis in ITT

    Sorry, I meant how many points.
    Beechfiled wrote: »
    SORRY...... scrap that, I was looking at the wrong list, it dropped by 50 points this year, apologies.

    Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Colleges often don't update the minimum points 'til well into the next school year. You can find the 2014 points on cao.ie and careersportal.ie. It was also in yesterday's Irish Times.


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    #963
    Mayo4sam14
    Registered Users Posts: 47 ✭Mayo4sam14


    I got no offers but had points for both courses. Both said i needed two higher c3's but i only got one and got two d1's. Is there any chance i could get offered it in the second round??


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    #964
    jamo2oo9
    Registered Users Posts: 5,780 ✭✭✭jamo2oo9


    Mayo4sam14 wrote: »
    I got no offers but had points for both courses. Both said i needed two higher c3's but i only got one and got two d1's. Is there any chance i could get offered it in the second round??

    No, you have to meet the entry requirements before you can get an offer for a course.


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    #965
    Mayo4sam14
    Registered Users Posts: 47 ✭Mayo4sam14


    It's really frustrating knowing that i have the points. Im going to recheck the two d1 exams and hopefully i'll get one of them up to a c3 so i'll be eligible for the course


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    #966
    Mayo4sam14
    Registered Users Posts: 47 ✭Mayo4sam14


    Could i still apply for a level 7 course now if a place becomes availible even if i didnt put it down as one of my choices??


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    #967
    jamo2oo9
    Registered Users Posts: 5,780 ✭✭✭jamo2oo9


    Mayo4sam14 wrote: »
    Could i still apply for a level 7 course now if a place becomes availible even if i didnt put it down as one of my choices??

    You can't apply for it but if there are places available for it after Round 2, there will be a Clearing List where there are courses that still have spaces. Not guaranteed to have an empty place but it's possible for it to happen


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    #968
    rainbowtrout
    Registered Users Posts: 15,381 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    jamo2oo9 wrote: »
    You can't apply for it but if there are places available for it after Round 2, there will be a Clearing List where there are courses that still have spaces. Not guaranteed to have an empty place but it's possible for it to happen

    There is a list of vacant places on the CAO website currently under the Available Places list. Some extra places may be added to this list at the end of Round 1 and Round 2


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    #969
    Peregrine
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 26,399 Mod ✭✭✭✭Peregrine


    Mayo4sam14 wrote: »
    Could i still apply for a level 7 course now if a place becomes availible even if i didnt put it down as one of my choices??

    Is it on this list?

    http://www.cao.ie/courses/vpl_courses.php


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    #970
    LoveChanel
    Registered Users Posts: 197 ✭✭LoveChanel


    grapefruit_1 wrote: »
    Did you repeat you LC 4 times or do something else in between ?

    If you did that is some effort and congrats on getting in!

    I'm heading into 3rd year (Not UCD) but I did my first degree there! You will hopefully love it after all that hard work.

    Thanks grapefruit :)
    Well I sat the LC three times and the HPAT four times! Everyone thought I was crazy... It took me awhile but I proved tem all wrong!
    I'll be starting in NUIG :)


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    #971
    LoveChanel
    Registered Users Posts: 197 ✭✭LoveChanel


    EoghanIRL wrote: »
    +1

    Also your grind schools argument is obsolete . I went to a normal school and worked hard everyday to get my course .
    If you are capable of getting a course you will get it whether you go to a grind school or not . Maybe their notes are better but if you are good academically you are good academically .

    I know people in grind schools who ended up on fetac level 6 courses and I know many who couldn't hack the pressure of grinds schools and drop out. Everyone gets the same essays to learn off so its harder to do well.
    That being said if your stubborn enough to keep at it, you will always get what you want in the end...


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    #972
    Sucette!
    Registered Users Posts: 271 ✭✭Sucette!


    LoveChanel wrote: »
    I know people in grind schools who ended up on fetac level 6 courses and I know many who couldn't hack the pressure of grinds schools and drop out. Everyone gets the same essays to learn off so its harder to do well.
    That being said if your stubborn enough to keep at it, you will always get what you want in the end...

    Exactly, agree 100% with you. It doesn't matter in the slightest where you go to school, it's how much work you put in yourself and how much you truly want to succeed.
    I went to my local Joe-soap single sex secondary school and I have to say although everything about the place was average I couldn't have been happier. If you want to succeed all the teachers are behind you, you make lifelong friends and get everything you need to continue on your way. Whether your best is 600, 500 or 250 points, it doesn't matter where you go school. If you want it enough you''ll succeed!


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    #973
    rainbowtrout
    Registered Users Posts: 15,381 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    Queeferz wrote: »
    I accepted my course on Monday, it was a course in trinity which was my 6th choice on my cao. Now that I have had time to think, I would prefer my 7th choice, also in trinity and for the exact same amount of points. It may be possible to move courses when I'm in there but it's not guaranteed. Does anyone know if I contacted the cao if they could do anything, maybe offer me a place before second round offers go out? I understand that you don't get offered a lower preference course in second round offers but maybe someone can help me)

    No. The CAO will not do this. The rules are very simple and very clear. You will not get offered something lower down on your list of preferences. If the CAO made an exception for you, they would have to make an exception for everyone else in the country.


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    #974
    Peregrine
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 26,399 Mod ✭✭✭✭Peregrine


    Queeferz wrote: »
    I understand that you don't get offered a lower preference course in second round

    So you understand that there's nothing the CAO can do.

    You can try to transfer by talking to TCD or you can apply to that course next year.


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    #975
    9de5q7tsr8u2im
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,888 ✭✭✭9de5q7tsr8u2im


    when do the cao requirements points come up for students doing the leaving cert this year? 2015 summer


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    #976
    Queeferz
    Registered Users Posts: 24 ✭Queeferz


    Nimr wrote: »
    So you understand that there's nothing the CAO can do.

    You can try to transfer by talking to TCD or you can apply to that course next year.

    I understand it's a computerised system and will not be offered a lower preference course in round 2, I am saying if I speak to someone perhaps they can intervene or do something. Maybe they have done something like this before, 99% sure they haven't but just in case.


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    #977
    FlyingIrishMan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,860 ✭✭✭FlyingIrishMan


    LuckyDude12 wrote: »
    when do the cao requirements points come up for students doing the leaving cert this year? 2015 summer

    Same as every year, when the CAO offers go out. Third monday in August probably.


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    #978
    9de5q7tsr8u2im
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,888 ✭✭✭9de5q7tsr8u2im


    FlyingIrishMan wrote: »
    Same as every year, when the CAO offers go out. Third monday in August probably.
    So basically lets say nursing was 440 for this years entry requirement and what will happen if you hit 440 bang on in your lc results? So will it be a hit or a miss and hope that the points for the course doesn't increase?


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    #979
    rainbowtrout
    Registered Users Posts: 15,381 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    Queeferz wrote: »
    I understand it's a computerised system and will not be offered a lower preference course in round 2, I am saying if I speak to someone perhaps they can intervene or do something. Maybe they have done something like this before, 99% sure they haven't but just in case.

    Sweet mother of god. You are no more special than anyone else who applied to the CAO. They do not make exceptions. There is no-one you can talk to who can bend the rules to suit you. If you wanted your seventh preference more than your sixth you should have put it above your sixth on the list.

    Your options:

    Take your 6th preference and ask Trinity if they will allow an internal transfer.
    Take your 6th preference and hope for a higher preference in Round 2.
    Decline your 6th preference and re-apply next year.

    That's it, there are no more options.


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    #980
    FlyingIrishMan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,860 ✭✭✭FlyingIrishMan


    LuckyDude12 wrote: »
    So basically lets say nursing was 440 for this years entry requirement and what will happen if you hit 440 bang on in your lc results? So will it be a hit or a miss and hope that the points for the course doesn't increase?

    Basically, yes. Put your courses in preference of what you want to do most rather than points though.


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    #981
    MightyMandarin
    Registered Users Posts: 3,723 ✭✭✭MightyMandarin


    Queeferz wrote: »
    I understand it's a computerised system and will not be offered a lower preference course in round 2, I am saying if I speak to someone perhaps they can intervene or do something. Maybe they have done something like this before, 99% sure they haven't but just in case.

    Not gonna happen. You're no different to the thousands of other students and will not make an exception for you in any case. The rules were very clear and simple to follow, the best you could hope for is a transfer or re-applying next year.


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    #982
    rainbowtrout
    Registered Users Posts: 15,381 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    LuckyDude12 wrote: »
    So basically lets say nursing was 440 for this years entry requirement and what will happen if you hit 440 bang on in your lc results? So will it be a hit or a miss and hope that the points for the course doesn't increase?

    You have to wait and see. Colleges do not set a points minimum. If there are 100 places on the course and 250 people apply, they are listed according to points score. The highest 100 points scores on the list get offered a place. The points score of number 100 on the list is the points you see in the paper/CAO website. It means that the last person who got into the course got that point score and the other 99 above them had an equal or higher points score.

    So points can vary from year to year, if demand for a course drops, points tend to drop, and if demand rises points tend to rise. Most courses don't change wildly from year to year as demand is steady but some can see some sharp rises and falls which are often influenced by the economy, job opportunities, or a college making more/less places available on a course.


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    #983
    Peregrine
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 26,399 Mod ✭✭✭✭Peregrine


    LuckyDude12 wrote: »
    when do the cao requirements points come up for students doing the leaving cert this year? 2015 summer

    You'll know the minimum points on the day you get your offers. The grade requirements shouldn't change. I suggest you try and understand the CAO offers system.

    Aside from certain grade requirements for some courses, there are no 'CAO points requirements'. If there are 100 standard places in a course, they give out the places to the 100 highest scoring applicants of that course. So the CAO points of the 100th person(the lowest) will be the 'minimum points' for that course in that year.

    There is no way for you to know what the minimum points for your course next year will be until the day offers are sent out but previous minimum points should give you an idea.


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    #984
    randylonghorn
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 29,509 Mod ✭✭✭✭randylonghorn


    rainbowtrout wrote: »
    Sweet mother of god.
    Deep breathsssss!!!! Deeeeeepppppppp breaths!!!

    Visualise your special place!!!!!!!!!!!

    Ommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm .....







    :pac:


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    #985
    rainbowtrout
    Registered Users Posts: 15,381 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    randylonghorn wrote: »
    Deep breathsssss!!!! Deeeeeepppppppp breaths!!!

    Visualise your special place!!!!!!!!!!!

    Ommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm .....







    :pac:


    1038954911_berpenguin.jpg

    :D


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    #986
    LoveChanel
    Registered Users Posts: 197 ✭✭LoveChanel


    randylonghorn wrote: »
    Deep breathsssss!!!! Deeeeeepppppppp breaths!!!

    Visualise your special place!!!!!!!!!!!

    Ommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm .....







    :pac:

    Theres no telling some people..


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    #987
    irishlad12345
    Registered Users Posts: 358 ✭✭irishlad12345


    i got an E but got a B1 and a C1 nd met the requirements
    wwhat r the chances of a round 2 offer bareing in mind im 60 points off it


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    #988
    randylonghorn
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 29,509 Mod ✭✭✭✭randylonghorn


    irishlad12345 wrote: »
    i got an E but got a B1 and a C1 nd met the requirements
    wwhat r the chances of a round 2 offer bareing in mind im 60 points off it
    Tbh, lad, somewhere between slim and none, and I heard a rumour Slim's on holidays! :)

    While it's technically possible, the chances of a 60 pt drop in Round 2 is tiny, realistically!


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    #989
    Peregrine
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 26,399 Mod ✭✭✭✭Peregrine


    Which course are we talking about, anyway?


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    #990
    irishlad12345
    Registered Users Posts: 358 ✭✭irishlad12345


    twas tinkin dat :L ah ya never know stranger tings ave happened haha inoe this isnt the right forum but is it possible to sit the leaving again and just do 6 subject cause i already passed maths/irish ?


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    #991
    randylonghorn
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 29,509 Mod ✭✭✭✭randylonghorn


    irishlad12345 wrote: »
    inoe this isnt the right forum but is it possible to sit the leaving again and just do 6 subject cause i already passed maths/irish ?
    Yes, it is, except for medicine where you have to meet all requirements in the one sitting.

    And it kinda is the right forum! :pac:


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