Irish Times Review CAO Points - August 20th

ZorbaTehZ

CAO points continuing to fall.

Gangsta

bah! no points list though!

IrishKnight

Just give it another three and a half hours...

caesar

IrishKnight wrote:

Just give it another three and a half hours...

Give what another three and a half hours?












Sorry I'm bored, don't mind me, wouldn't mind I shouldn't be here I did the LC last year. I'm looking for someone else though. Hope ye all get what ye want

AdMMM

It does quote points for a number of courses though:

MI005 - Education - B.Ed. Primary Teaching - 465(+5)
PD101 - Education B.Ed. - 465(+10)
CK301 - Law - 500(+15)
DN009 - Law - 505(+10)
TR051 - Medicine - 585(-5)
DN002 - Medicine - 570(-5)
TR025 - Drama & Theatre Studies - 470(-30)
CK201 - Commerce - 445(+10)
DN015 - Commerce - 435(+10)

Congratulations to everyone who now knows what they'll be offered!

caesar

|.Murderer.| wrote:

It does quote points for a number of courses though:

MI005 - Education - B.Ed. Primary Teaching - 465(+5)
PD101 - Education B.Ed. - 465(+10)
CK301 - Law - 500(+15)
DN009 - Law - 505(+10)
TR051 - Medicine - 585(-5)
DN002 - Medicine - 570(-5)
TR025 - Drama & Theatre Studies - 470(-30)
CK201 - Commerce - 445(+10)
DN015 - Commerce - 435(+10)

Congratulations to everyone who now knows what they'll be offered!

Ah **** I know a few going for Primary Teaching who are borderline with their points. I don't understand the numbers that want to do it though....they never leave the education system....*Shudders* I'd rather do a different degree go working for a few years outside of the education system and then do the online thing which takes about 18 months.

Selphie

caesar wrote:

Ah **** I know a few going for Primary Teaching who are borderline with there points.

Me too. One of my best friends got 460. Wont be enough, though she may get dublin. Still really suckish.

AdMMM

These are only the first round offers though, a drop of five points isn't totally unrealistic although the most likely scenerio is that in next year's CAO handbook it will list the courses as 465* indicating that not all applicants at that points level were offered places.

IrishKnight

I've heard that alot of the points will stay the same, engineering will go up methinks

AdMMM

Examiner wrote:

But with a fall in demand for engineering for the second year in a row, the points needed for places on these courses are likely to be down. In 2005, about 7,300 people listed Level 8 (honours bachelor degree) engineering or technology courses as their first preference. This dropped below 7,000 last year and was 5,731 after the final deadline for applications or changes to lists in early July.

All reports look to say that they'll be going down!

Aoibheann

only a couple more hours wait, aaaargh..

Gangsta

54mins:D

IrishKnight

Hmm, me thought I heard talk of it going up...having said that I wasn't paying much attention to that. I know more or less that I'm going to get science in UCD...that is if the one before that goes down by 40 points!

IrishKnight

In fact, I've just accpeted DN008, UCD here I come!

AdMMM

aye have accepted mine now. Wahey

IrishKnight

what did you go for?

Aoibheann

got offered rcsi.. stupidrandomselectionwantucd..

rant over, I've just accepted rcsi.

AdMMM

WD095 - Marketing. I missed my first choice (BIS in UCC) as expected but I'm happy with this course.

IrishKnight

I missed my first 5! All of which were law.

My head says Law,
My heart says Science

Corruptedmorals

Brilliant! But it says Trinity courses went up..please..please not History TSM..

RandolphEsq

What happens if you don't take what you got offered this week? Will it be gone by next week and will you get a course way down the list?

D. Coughlan

BrightEyes wrote:

What happens if you don't take what you got offered this week? Will it be gone by next week and will you get a course way down the list?

You have until August 28 ( 17.15 ) to accept the offer, if you do not accept it by then you will not get offered it again.

You can't get a course at a lower preference to the one you got offered but you get a higher preference course at a later stage depending on round 2 and appeals.

AdMMM

If you don't accept what you get this week then your place will be offered to another candidate and you will not be offered another place in that course or any course further down your list. The only other offer you will get is if a higher preference course has availability. Therefore it's recommended that you accept whatever offer you get in Round One so you won't be left out in the cold without any college place should you not get a Round two offer.

sd123

if i accept my 1st offer, could i still be offered a higher course at a later stage? Also, both are in the same college, does that matter

D. Coughlan

sd123 wrote:

if i accept my 1st offer, could i still be offered a higher course at a later stage? Also, both are in the same college, does that matter

Yes you could get offered a higher preference course later on in round 2 or because of appeals ( but not a lower one ).

I have heard of people transfering at the end of first year and such but I don't know too much about that, you might still need the points or a good academic record in first year, ring the Irish times helpline, it's good.

RandolphEsq

Thanks, that just completely put me at ease, off to breakfast to celebrate!!

D. Coughlan

The postman just came there, with my written offers, my results and a page of frequently asked questions ( It's yellow! ). There fast enough, I though they were not supposed to arrive till tomorrow.

Cateym

No offence but how in the name of God do ye not know how the system works???? It's all very simple.

If you DO NOT accept your first offer then you won't be offered something higher on your CAO choices.

It's quite simple really.

genericgoon

Once again I suggest you look up the CAO handbook. Here it is online

http://www2.cao.ie/handbook/handbook/index.php

D. Coughlan

Cateym wrote:

No offence but how in the name of God do ye not know how the system works???? It's all very simple.

If you DO NOT accept your first offer then you won't be offered something higher on your CAO choices.

It's quite simple really.

I think they are just trying to make sure and have everything clear in there mind. It's nice to be nice and help people that are a small bit unsure of the system, the CAO is important and you do not want to make mistakes.

caesar

Is the big long list of the points in the Indo or the Times? I can't remember!

genericgoon

I doubt that will be out yet though.

D. Coughlan

caesar wrote:

Is the big long list of the points in the Indo or the Times? I can't remember!

It's in both of them I think, I bought the times and it has a special supplement with all the points in it, number of places and last years points.

qz

genericgoon wrote:

I doubt that will be out yet though.

It is indeed my Mum's reading it at the mo.

AdMMM

I have both papers and would recommend the Times supplement over the Indos for any of the budding staticians out there as the Times include the number of places available in each course! In general I think the Times' exam coverage has been much better this year!

colm-ccfc84

You can view the points at www.rte.ie/cao

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damn commerce at nuig 390, would've got it

Overheal

colm-ccfc84 wrote:

You can view the points at www.rte.ie/cao

Excellent work

Have some friends I need to find out about - maybe they'll come visit me out in carlow

Taekwon-joe

Ha! I got 440 in the LC and just checked my computer science course in DIT and the points are now only 210. I hope it won't be full of people thinking that its an easy course because the points are low.

Corruptedmorals

Anyone know if a course on random selection in the 1st round is likely to drop at all in the 2nd?

caesar

Told mammy to get the indo this mornin and thats what she got but its the broadsheet version which I hate.....yes I do like the one that looks like a tabloid:D

D. Coughlan

Corruptedmorals wrote:

Anyone know if a course on random selection in the 1st round is likely to drop at all in the 2nd?

I don't want to get your hopes up, but from what I understand it is likely as if anyone does not accept you are in with a good shot. There will always be people who defer and who change their mind about a particular course, so best of luck.

Mars Bar

mine went up 35 points...really disappointed...

AdMMM

Corruptedmorals wrote:

Anyone know if a course on random selection in the 1st round is likely to drop at all in the 2nd?

A course on random selection means that there are already candidates on the required points level that are next in line. You are less likely to get offered a place than you are in course that it is not subject to random selection unless you are one of the students that missed out due to having a low random number.

Gangsta

Aoibheann Brady wrote:

got offered rcsi.. stupidrandomselectionwantucd..

rant over, I've just accepted rcsi.

I'll see you there!