CAO Countdown

EdgarAllenPoo

Just to make everyone that bit more nervous there are now twelve and a half hours till the offers are released:)

whassupp2

Cant wait.
I was hopin to go and look around my possible future college tomorrow after i find out where it is (probably sligo) but bus erieann take 2 hours to get there. its only an hour away. I might go anyway and look for accomodation.

Zapp Brannigan

Meh, I know I have my course anyway. So I ain't too bothered bout the offers

Scraggs

This time last year I was in yer situation...a wee bit nervewracking isn't it especially if you're borderline like I was [450 needed 455:mad:]

I went online and checked the newspapers [unison.ie] earlyish and it had the points for the main courses such as teaching, medicine, engineering etc. printed so I kinda knew before the offers were released whether there was a chance of gettin what I [then] wanted.
Anyway just thought this might be helpful to some of you.

Best of luck guys... and remember theres more than one way to skin a cat:p

[oh and if any of ye are heading UCD way check out the forum ]

R0C0

I'm very disillusioned with the whole thing now cos I know I won't be going to the college I want to.. and not because I didn't get the points, because I couldn't make up my mind before the CAO deadline!!

whassupp2

R0C0 wrote:

I'm very disillusioned with the whole thing now cos I know I won't be going to the college I want to.. and not because I didn't get the points, because I couldn't make up my mind before the CAO deadline!!

Ant luck with the maths exam??? I have past papers here that I can post if you want???? It looks difficult

EdgarAllenPoo

R0C0 wrote:

I'm very disillusioned with the whole thing now cos I know I won't be going to the college I want to.. and not because I didn't get the points, because I couldn't make up my mind before the CAO deadline!!

IIRC you can still apply for vacant places, you just have to register online with the CAO and it costs about €80. I could be wrong.

R0C0

whassupp2 wrote:

Ant luck with the maths exam??? I have past papers here that I can post if you want???? It looks difficult

I emailed the department, they jus said to ring first thing monday to see if they can accomodate me. Thanks for the offer, but I downloaded the pdf's, I've just been going over them all day today, it is pretty heavy stuff all right. I wonder is it everyone who passes this test gets a place or just the people who do best!

eamoss

Slurms wrote:

Meh, I know I have my course anyway. So I ain't too bothered bout the offers

Same, Wont lose any sleep over it!

Rockerette

yup me too ^

well, sorry technically i could be in for a terrible shock.. lord i'd be devastated if i was..!





oh, are all the courses points online anywhere? or is it just in the papers?

cos i just want to check if some of my friends will get the courses they want.

oh.. and it is tomorrow that all the points are out in the newspapers aint it...?
*ponders*
or is it tuesday, after the offers?

EdgarAllenPoo

It's Monday, they'll also be on the cao website. Ten hours to go.

d4gurl

Im not really nervous! Im excited! the night before the LC results I was shaking and crying! today i am different! I want a course whose points have not been established yet I am strangley calm! fingers crossed ! guys if the papers print the cao points etc... - they'll do that tonight wont they? so should we not be able to get them before 6 am??!!

Faerie

I'm really nervous about tomorrow! I got the exact amount of points that my course needed last year but I'm so scared the points will go up.....hopefully I'll at least get my course in the second round offers.

whassupp2

I'm hoping the points will be posted on the net later tonight around 12 on one of the newspapers websites.

www.ireland.com

or

www.unison.ie

EdgarAllenPoo

d4gurl wrote:

Im not really nervous! Im excited! the night before the LC results I was shaking and crying! today i am different! I want a course whose points have not been established yet I am strangley calm! fingers crossed ! guys if the papers print the cao points etc... - they'll do that tonight wont they? so should we not be able to get them before 6 am??!!

If you can get your hands on a copy of the Irish Independent after 12 tonight it should be in it, was last year.

cianclarke

Hardly be posted online will it?
I'm outside Dublin so probably no chance of a paper at 12, if it's online though...
*Shrug* I can wait!

XchampagneX

whassupp2 wrote:

I'm hoping the points will be posted on the net later tonight around 12 on one of the newspapers websites.

www.ireland.com

or

www.unison.ie

Me too! If they're not, I don't know about any of you guys, but I'm getting up for 6am to check CAO website!

Zapp Brannigan

XchampagneX wrote:

Me too! If they're not, I don't know about any of you guys, but I'm getting up for 6am to check CAO website!

For the love of God why? It's not like they're gonna change them while you sleep!

UU

Stop, stop, STOP!!! :eek:

I am so nervous. I'm nearly having panic attacks, this is nerve-wrecking. And I probably won't get a wink of sleep until I get my offers. Oh, I need some valium or a strong dose of whiskey. You know I'm suprised nobody has ended up in hospital from all this stress from the LC and CAO! Oh I am such a drama queen......

tweetypie

crap:eek: am i the only one that kinda forgot they were out in the morning..there goes my good nights sleep:( wonder what the points 4 midwifery will be??!

cianclarke

UU wrote:

Stop, stop, STOP!!! :eek:

I am so nervous. I'm nearly having panic attacks, this is nerve-wrecking. And I probably won't get a wink of sleep until I get my offers. Oh, I need some valium or a strong dose of whiskey. You know I'm suprised nobody has ended up in hospital from all this stress from the LC and CAO! Oh I am such a drama queen......

Yes, yes you are. Tóg go bog é.

TheTrooper

Well the annoying thing for me is that I have no clue what I will be offered because the course is new. No points to look back on to get an idea....

Well the second I know what college I am going to I am searching for a place to live....

tweetypie

TheTrooper wrote:

Well the annoying thing for me is that I have no clue what I will be offered because the course is new. No points to look back on to get an idea....

Well the second I know what college I am going to I am searching for a place to live....

your the same as me! i have no idea what the points will be either..dead annoying isnt it!

XchampagneX

Slurms wrote:

For the love of God why? It's not like they're gonna change them while you sleep!

haha i knew someone was gonna say that to me! I'll go back to sleep afterwards. I just NEED to know...!

Rob30888

I'm a bit confused about this (I'm dumb ), do we only get the offers online or do they come in the post as well?

eamoss

Both but the CAO only post them on monday!!

whassupp2

Both.
There online at 6 am tomorrow.
I think they won't arrive in the post til Tuesday


Edit: eamoss got there b4 me.

ThrownAway

To the people who are waking up at 6 - Why

That doesn't make any sense to me. It's not like you'll actually be waiting in your sleep. Now it would be okay if you couldn't sleep and every second waiting was torture or something.

I'm not too worried I doubt the course I want will go up 130 points from last year

TheTrooper

Well I'm getting up at 6 so that once I know what college I'm in then I can search for a place to live! You need to be quick ya know.

whassupp2

ThrownAway wrote:

To the people who are waking up at 6 - Why

That doesn't make any sense to me. It's not like you'll actually be waiting in your sleep. Now it would be okay if you couldn't sleep and every second waiting was torture or something.

I'm not too worried I doubt the course I want will go up 130 points from last year

Some people will be anxious because they are doubtful about getting courses.
I want to know because i hope to go searching for accomodation tomorrow.

whassupp2

TheTrooper wrote:

Well I'm getting up at 6 so that once I know what college I'm in then I can search for a place to live! You need to be quick ya know.

Exactly.
Same here

Lord Oz

6 as well, gotta find accomodation before it's all gone.

Rockerette

my sister said to me earlier "oooh, so you nervous about tomorrow?!" and i actually couldnt think what the hell she meant..




i feel most sorry for people who got exactly the points their course was last year.. i would be terrified..
good luck






to people gettin up at 6, would you not find out tonight the points? cos surely they'll be in teh papers out at midnight?
go on an adventure tonight, find the newspaper, and start searching on the net till the early hours of the morning... that would be dedication..!

ThrownAway

How would you contact anyone about accomodation at 6 in the morning though

As already mentioned, I'd hate to be one of those people who just skimmed their points requirement. Good Luck.

Lord Oz

Some places you can only reserve once you have your college place confirmed, so everyone rushes to get it.

whassupp2

ThrownAway wrote:

How would you contact anyone about accomodation at 6 in the morning though

I'm going for a look around the college and viewing accomodation.
I'll have to be up to get the early trains and buses.

Rockerette

ThrownAway wrote:

How would you contact anyone about accomodation at 6 in the morning though

i mean find all the suitable places. say, in dublin or wherever check out daft.ie and find out the possible places up for rent. have your list ready, and ring at whatever, 9am or something.
may as well have found the places your interested in!

Raphael

XchampagneX wrote:

Me too! If they're not, I don't know about any of you guys, but I'm getting up for 6am to check CAO website!

You're getting up at 6am? Freak!


I'm staying up till 6am

Lord Oz wrote:

Some places you can only reserve once you have your college place confirmed, so everyone rushes to get it.

If you;re looking at on-campus accomodation, I'm pretty sure they don;t function on a first come first served basis. Every application put in between 6am toorrow and the closing date is considered and the people who get places picked.

That said, I'll be putting my application for on-campus in UCD in at 6am

ThrownAway

Ah, okay good luck then with finding a nice place to stay. I'd like to move out but UCC is only 6 miles away.

XchampagneX

Raphael wrote:

You're getting up at 6am? Freak!


I'm staying up till 6am

That sounds like a better idea

exiot

Thank God its tomorrow so I can start saying to people yeah Im going to UCC instead of "Yeah, thanks, I got my points but I wont know if I got my course until Monday.. Yeah I have 50 in excess, but you never know... *please leave me alone* "

ha ha, anyone sick of that?

Im not going to get up at 6am, but it will the first thing I do in the morning!!

Dave Larkin

I just hope the points are favourable for everyone. I'm hoping the points for Science in TCD go down. I should have enough points, though (485 in L.C.).

Fingers crossed for everyone...

porn_star

exiot wrote:

Thank God its tomorrow so I can start saying to people yeah Im going to UCC instead of "Yeah, thanks, I got my points but I wont know if I got my course until Monday.. Yeah I have 50 in excess, but you never know... *please leave me alone* "

ha ha, anyone sick of that?

Im not going to get up at 6am, but it will the first thing I do in the morning!!

haha, im sick of that too

except i'm gonna get my first choice and i want my second
same course
differnt college
oh well
i'm still pretty happy

cianclarke

So, 12. Any results online? Can't find any.

d4gurl

Yeh im not seeing any!!

EdgarAllenPoo

The paper's websites haven't changed from their Sunday stuff yet either.

XchampagneX

GDM wrote:

The paper's websites haven't changed from their Sunday stuff yet either.

Maybe they're doing it just to annoy us Leaving Certs!

whassupp2

nothin there yet. What time would they be in the 24 hour shops at???

d4gurl

my mom reckons at about 5am!

EdgarAllenPoo

Meh, I have the one advantage of knowing that I defintely have my third choice, no idea about my first because it's new and I have a feeling that I won't have the points for the second so I'm off to bed.

happydance

Mum said the papers come out at 2/3, unfortunatly I live in the sticks and for some reason she doesn't like the idea of driving me up to dublin in 2 hours time!