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I don't want the course I was offered...Help???

  • 29-08-2013 9:06am
    #1
    Seaic
    Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭


    Okay lads so heres my story: I was offered my third choice course in college yet the one I really want is my fourth choice ( which I wasnt offered). Is there anyway I could change into my fourth choice course without taking a year out???? I just don't want to be stuck in a course I don't want....


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Seaic wrote: »
    Okay lads so heres my story: I was offered my third choice course in college yet the one I really want is my fourth choice ( which I wasnt offered). Is there anyway I could change into my fourth choice course without taking a year out???? I just don't want to be stuck in a course I don't want....

    Unfortunately not. The only way that could happen is if your course appears on the Vacant Places list on the CAO website. This is why listing the courses in Order of Preference was so important back in June.


  • #3
    Seaic
    Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭Seaic


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Unfortunately not. The only way that could happen is if your course appears on the Vacant Places list on the CAO website. This is why listing the courses in Order of Preference was so important back in June.

    Yes but the irony is I didn't ever really want my third choice my mother made me put it down


  • #4
    eyescreamcone
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,562 ✭✭✭eyescreamcone


    Seaic wrote: »
    Yes but the irony is I didn't ever really want my third choice my mother made me put it down

    Please never admit to that in public.


  • #5
    Just Like Heaven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,132 ✭✭✭Just Like Heaven


    There'll be no come back there I'm afraid OP, unless the course shows up on the clearing list all places will have been offered.


  • #6
    Seaic
    Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭Seaic


    fewtins wrote: »
    There'll be no come back there I'm afraid OP, unless the course shows up on the clearing list all places will have been offered.
    The clearing list?


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  • #7
    sunshine and showers
    Registered Users Posts: 2,027 ✭✭✭sunshine and showers


    Unless it comes up on the CAO vacant places list, I'm afraid you're out of luck! If you really don't want what you were offered, it'll be either take a year out and hope you have the points next year, or repeat...


  • #8
    Just Like Heaven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,132 ✭✭✭Just Like Heaven


    Seaic wrote: »
    The clearing list?

    http://www.cao.ie/index.php?page=aboutVPL Click "Available course places"


  • #9
    petronius
    Registered Users Posts: 849 ✭✭✭petronius


    If you don't want the course you were offered -
    you will Not get an offer of a place lower down on your CAO form (too late but it shows the importance of filling out the form in the order of your preference)
    You may get an offer of a higher one
    However your best bet is to look at Available/Vacant places to see if there is a course which you would like to do.


  • #10
    randylonghorn
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 29,509 Mod ✭✭✭✭randylonghorn


    Seaic wrote: »
    Yes but the irony is I didn't ever really want my third choice my mother made me put it down
    eyescreamcone wrote: »
    Please never admit to that in public.
    Actually, please do, Seaic.

    I'm not being mean, I mean it.

    Please come back to this forum next year when I'm ranting about putting courses down in Order of Preference, and not according to what the guidance counsellor or your mother wants, and not according to what points you *think* you might get, and not according to what college your friends are going to, but genuinely. in. the. order. you. would. like. to. be. offered. them.

    When they're all rolling their eyes and saying "Randy's off again!", please come back and tell your story!


  • #11
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,107 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    I strongly suspect the mammy fills out many people's CAO forms, as was the case in my day.


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  • #12
    stommy
    Registered Users Posts: 11 ✭stommy


    if i do first year in outdoor education and leisure in GMIT L7 can i transfer to first year in strentgh and conditioning L7 in LIT


  • #13
    sunshine and showers
    Registered Users Posts: 2,027 ✭✭✭sunshine and showers


    Your best bet is to ask LIT.


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