* The all nighter / waiting for CAO offers thread *

pp_me

come on lads, whos staying up all night to accept their CAO offer :P I for one am, and im going to WIT at 10 in the morning fortheir "drop in week"

Besta luck :P

IrishKnight

Despite being in uni for the past three years, I normally wait to see the points. If you are luck, someone in Dublin will be kind enough to pop into the local 24 hour shop and scan the points. Last year it was about three am...

Zephyr91

I'm staying up too.

I swear to God I've had nothing but bags under my eyes since 6th year - after 6AM Monday I'll (hopefully) be able to sleep again without any of this poxy waiting business.

I asked this in another thread but if (God forbid) you get no course, what shows up on you CAO app page? Do you get an e-mail? Someone answered this for me but was only sure about the letter you get in the post saying that you unfortunately got nothing.

Thanks.

angelxx

Staying up all night for sure, starting to feel really nervous. Best of luck everyone.

fearbainne

IrishKnight wrote: »

Last year it was about three am...

I remember it well...:rolleyes:

Am sure someone'll do the same thing again!!

IrishKnight

Zephyr91 wrote: »

... if (God forbid) you get no course, what shows up on you CAO app page?

In such an event, one would likely see something like "No Offers" on the offers page, or some such...

Compton

and for what reason would you get no offers?
i got 370, the course i want was 350 last year, i got all the requirements...

why would i not get this course?

gant0

shblob wrote: »

and for what reason would you get no offers?
i got 370, the course i want was 350 last year, i got all the requirements...

why would i not get this course?

Because your course might rise to 375 thus you not meeting minimum point requirements.

Konata

I'll probably stay up. Or I might sleep and set my alarm for 6 :P

This is my 2nd time applying to the CAO, and since I've 600 points under my belt I don't need to worry about that but I swear to God I'm more nervous this time than I was the 1st time 2 years ago. I'm absolutely convinced I've fúcked up my CAO, or forgot to send them some form (had to send off a few since I've been in college for 2 years) or got my original exam number wrong or or or or...

I just want that offer and I can relax! >_<

Good luck everyone!

Compton

gant0 wrote: »

Because your course might rise to 375 thus you not meeting minimum point requirements.

So thats all that I've to worry about? It's not a relly popular couse so i should be fine.

angelxx

shblob wrote: »

So thats all that I've to worry about? It's not a relly popular couse so i should be fine.

It's all still speculation about points rising, No one knows how much they will increase
by yet. Good luck getting your course.

Lawliet

I'll be pulling an all nighter as well. I could barely sleep the night before the results, and I'd say there's no chance of me sleeping tonight. Especially not if there's a possibility of hearing the points a few hours early.

Irishchick

I feel for ya'll. Im a mature student (just about!) so ive gotten and accepted my offer quite a while ago.

Best of luck hope it all works out for ye

pp_me

Now im getting ready to head off to work until 10pm. That will help keep my mind off it, until then.. :P

jumpguy

Lookin' forward to seeing the points in the papers tomorrow, to see what we'll be aiming for next year...but I won't be staying up for it! Had to get up at 7AM yesterday and today.

soccymonster

jumpguy wrote: »

Lookin' forward to seeing the points in the papers tomorrow, to see what we'll be aiming for next year...but I won't be staying up for it! Had to get up at 7AM yesterday and today.

Yeah, I'm looking forward to it too.
But then again, I'm that person that always loves reading the points supplement anyways :P

gonker

There is a Tesco Extra 24 hour near me. What time would the papers be in there at would anyone know???:D

jumpguy

gonker wrote: »

There is a Tesco Extra 24 hour near me. What time would the papers be in there at would anyone know???:D

Depends, what part of the country are you in, or do you live in Dublin?

TomJoe Wallace

http://xat.com/LC2010PassingTime

Join it for the all night i'm tellin' ya.

plein de force

jumpguy wrote: »

Lookin' forward to seeing the points in the papers tomorrow, to see what we'll be aiming for next year...but I won't be staying up for it! Had to get up at 7AM yesterday and today.

me too, i'm hoping business courses don't go up too much,
when i wake up in the morning i shall be looking up the points for the one i know i'm putting down as number 1

anyways, i wish all of you waiting for offers the best of luck don't be stressing too much, easier said than done i know, i'll be a bag of nerves this time next year

cork*girl

Im starting to get a little jittery now.. I was ok all the time.. I am 40points clear of my course but Arts is expected to rise (obviously!) I hope it only goes up about 20points..

lc2010

startin to get nervous there now! please someone put up the paper as early as possible!!!......i had my grad on friday and still in bits after it so need as much sleep as possible tonight before goen to another grad!!!!!!

whoever puts it up will be a friend for life!!

LadyGaga!

jumpguy wrote: »

Depends, what part of the country are you in, or do you live in Dublin?

I live close enough to Dublin and I have a 24 hr Tesco near me, if someone could guarantee me a time that the papers are delivered at I'd gladly go get one!

EabhaMae

I wasn't nervous until about 10 minutes ago when mum started getting nervous! >< I'm going to need a paper bag to breathe into from about 4am onwards.

jumpguy

LadyGaga! wrote: »

I live close enough to Dublin and I have a 24 hr Tesco near me, if someone could guarantee me a time that the papers are delivered at I'd gladly go get one!

If it's near I'd wander down to it and ask inside, but the papers are usually in around here in culchieland at around 6 or 7AM.

goldenlady131

pp_me wrote: »

come on lads, whos staying up all night to accept their CAO offer :P I for one am, and im going to WIT at 10 in the morning fortheir "drop in week"

Besta luck :P

Same. Haven't heard about this 'drop in week' thing though.

angelxx

Will results be online at 6 a.m. exactly?

kev9100

I'll definitely be staying up. How could anyone sleep in this situation?

Gael23

soccymonster wrote: »

Yeah, I'm looking forward to it too.
But then again, I'm that person that always loves reading the points supplement anyways :P

Me too, I read it every year! Im not going to stay up all night but I will be up early in the morning.

Conor108

Ah I've been looking forward to the all-nighter for a while

gonker

I am in Drogheda went down to Tesco there and asked was told about 5ish! Will go down and if not in sure we will be up for 6 to go online anyway!:D

**Timbuk2**

Oh God I hope I get Actuarial Studies in UCD - I'm only 15 points clear (it was 530 last year, 555 :eek: the year before). I don't mind getting my second choice, but I found the perfect digs beside UCD today!

WillyWaggler

I would pull an all-nighter but my Debs is tomorrow and I'm guessing I'll need the rest.

Aisling1992

Anyone doing Commerce with German or French in UCC?

theowen

Gots me some pirate movies and a sheet load of nachos; roll on 6 am!

dan_d

Why are you staying up all night?

Surely just getting up at 6am would make sense if you want to find out ASAP? Staying up all night isn't going to make it come any faster, if anything it'll prolong the agony....:D

Doesn't make much sense.

Irishchick

I was thinking the same dan! Drink a few shots, pass out and before you know it , it will be 6 am lol

johnmcdnl

well I'm heading into the Fleadh in Cavan tonight so by the time I'll be home they'll probably bee out does that count as an all nighter :pac::pac

Wolfe Tone

Im going out tonight till 4am so its not too bad for me.

DancingQueen:)

I'll be at a sleepover so definitely staying up the whole night I really want to know if I got the course or not!

unknown13

I am not in the mood to stay up. If I stay up and accept the offer at 6, I might make a balls of things. I will accept the offer in the morning when I wake up instead.

ldxo15wus6fpgm

My sleeping pattern is so f*cked up right now that I'll be awake anyway. I didn't get up till 5pm today.

Conor108

Jaylen Thankful Sortie wrote: »

My sleeping pattern is so f*cked up right now that I'll be awake anyway. I didn't get up till 5pm today.

Yeah I was still trying to fall asleep at 6 the last 2/3 nights so this'll be no problem:D

kev9100

Conor108 wrote: »

Yeah I was still trying to fall asleep at 6 the last 2/3 nights so this'll be no problem:D

Same. I really have screwed up my body clock big time:o.

-donegal-girlie

kev9100 wrote: »

Same. I really have screwed up my body clock big time:o.

Same. I think everyone has . Roll on 6am :rolleyes:

lilmissprincess

Best of luck everyone - I'd forgotten all about my all nighter to check out what points were in the paper being scanned...

**Timbuk2**

There's two 24 hour newsagents here in Dundalk (that I know of) but I don't know what time the papers arrive at. I'm guessing they wouldn't arrive until around 6/7am though - they would all come to Dublin first.

unknown13

**Timbuk2** wrote: »

There's two 24 hour newsagents here in Dundalk (that I know of) but I don't know what time the papers arrive at. I'm guessing they wouldn't arrive until around 6/7am though - they would all come to Dublin first.

The papers are printed in Citywest in Dublin. So your probably right.

Places like Leixlip and Maynooth might get them the quickest since they are within close proximity to Citywest.

plein de force

ah i'm nervous for you all and and a couple of people i know waiting on offers, im also dying to see the points for the business courses for next year i'll be applying for, i'm already nervous about this year, i'll be fine once i get into it and start working

DancingQueen:)

I'm in Dublin, i'll drag some people to Tesco in the morning and see if I can get a hold of a newspaper. It's worth a try.

**Timbuk2**

You're probably right! I might just drive down at around 5 am though just for a laugh and see. I'll camp outside the shop in a sleeping bag if that's what it takes! (The last part probably won't happen :P)