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** The MEGA Waiting for CAO offers (and UCAS) thread ** (READ FIRST POST!!)

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    #2
    ceol1991
    Registered Users Posts: 18 ✭ceol1991


    what time can you check your course offers?


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    #3
    Exothermic
    Registered Users Posts: 230 ✭✭Exothermic


    6am tomorrow. :) Log onto your CAO account and it should be up there by then.


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    #4
    **Timbuk2**
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 7,395 Mod ✭✭✭✭**Timbuk2**


    Tomorrow's newspapers will have the points in them, and sometimes they appear in shops as early as 3am or 4am, so if you have any 24 hour shops near you, ring them and ask them what time they get delivered newspapers - it's what I did!

    Or else don't obsess about it like I did, go to sleep, wake up around 6am, see what you got offered, then go back to bed :P


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    #5
    Extrasupervery
    Registered Users Posts: 2,029 ✭✭✭Extrasupervery


    I've got the exact points for my first choice but I've kinda given up on it, since applications were up all round this year. Boo urns.


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    #6
    AG2R
    Registered Users Posts: 1,325 ✭✭✭AG2R


    Wake up at 11am and then go for a walk with the dog and then eat and then maybe if your in the mood check, got all day like lol


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    LittleMissLost
    Registered Users Posts: 479 ✭✭LittleMissLost


    Been creeping on the CAO website (lol) looking at the points for my course since it started in 2004.

    2004: 535
    2005: 535
    2006: 545
    2007: 535
    2008: 545
    2009: 550
    2010: 540

    Oh Lord. I'll definitely be getting up at 6am! Scary stuff!

    P.S is there any way you can check how many people applied for a course and how many places are available?


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    stealinhorses
    Registered Users Posts: 774 ✭✭✭stealinhorses


    LittleMissLost, it usually says on the college's website how many places are available in a given course.


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    sparagon
    Registered Users Posts: 88 ✭✭sparagon


    This shows how many applied :)
    http://www2.cao.ie/dir_report/pdf/AppStats01Feb2011.pdf


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    AnneElizabeth
    Registered Users Posts: 519 ✭✭✭AnneElizabeth


    Can we have some nominees to go to a 24-hour shop around 2-3am to get the paper and upload it? I would but the only one I know is far away and parents won't get up to drive me because I'm sure I got my course.


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    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,171 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    Post your offers and speculation about later round offers here.

    Temporarily stickied, like the LC results thread.


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    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,171 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    The thread for confirmed offers will be here:
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=73934061

    Please keep chat in this thread.
    Thanks.


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    Sarah?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 191 ✭✭Sarah?


    Anyone able to clear this up for me? :confused:

    I currently have the exact points for my first choice (435). My second choice is 440. I've changed my mind and don't want either course now, but I do want my third choice which is around 350. If I don't get the first two, I'll accept number three.

    BUT then if I appeal any subjects and my points go up so that I have enough for my first choice again, can I still take my third? (There's one subject that I really want to appeal, thought I did far better in it, just want to know if I'd be risking getting the course I want by appealing it.) rolleyes.gif


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    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    Got a UCAS offer back on Friday for University of Ulster Pharmacy. I doubt i'll need it... Well hopefully anyway.


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    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    And so the annual epic offers thread begins :D


    Hope we're all happy on the other side of this thread.


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    #16
    plein de force
    Registered Users Posts: 1,148 ✭✭✭plein de force


    there's a 24 hour shop near me but i won't be going
    im as sick as a dog and can barely walk downstairs :p


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    Extrasupervery
    Registered Users Posts: 2,029 ✭✭✭Extrasupervery


    I live next to a 24 hour shop and I'm ****ting it, so I'll happily oblige.


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    #18
    AdamD
    Registered Users Posts: 12,520 ✭✭✭✭AdamD


    LittleMissLost wrote: »
    Been creeping on the CAO website (lol) looking at the points for my course since it started in 2004.

    2004: 535
    2005: 535
    2006: 545
    2007: 535
    2008: 545
    2009: 550
    2010: 540

    Oh Lord. I'll definitely be getting up at 6am! Scary stuff!

    P.S is there any way you can check how many people applied for a course and how many places are available?
    Link me to where you can see all the previous points please!


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    Janette1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 60 ✭✭Janette1


    AnneElizabeth wrote: »
    Can we have some nominees to go to a 24-hour shop around 2-3am to get the paper and upload it? I would but the only one I know is far away and parents won't get up to drive me because I'm sure I got my course.

    I did this last year, couldn't sleep anyway so said why not! :D


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    Darius.Tr
    Registered Users Posts: 613 ✭✭✭Darius.Tr


    Can't wait for tommorow, my first choice course is only starting this year so I have no idea of how many points I'm going to need...


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    Exothermic
    Registered Users Posts: 230 ✭✭Exothermic


    Extrasupervery wrote: »
    I live next to a 24 hour shop and I'm ****ting it, so I'll happily oblige.

    You hero! :D
    If you're not able to put up a picture or something could you post/mail me out my course points. DN440 (Biomedical Health & Life Sciences in UCD). :)
    I doubt come 3am there will be anyone else looking for the points so I just want to make sure :P


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    Grindylow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,919 ✭✭✭Grindylow


    I dunno if I'm gonna stay up. :( the points won't make a difference to me, as I've HEAR, so I've no idea what way my CAO will go. I could get the course I have the points for, or the one above I'm short for.

    /confused. :(

    Hope you get your course Extrasupervery :) What're you going for?


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    **Timbuk2**
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 7,395 Mod ✭✭✭✭**Timbuk2**


    Exothermic wrote: »
    I doubt come 3am there will be anyone else looking for the points so I just want to make sure :P

    Last year at around 5am I posted that I had the paper and posted up some of the main courses (Arts UCD, TCD Medicine, UCD Medicine, Primary school teaching, etc.) and got very close to 50* PMs within the space of 30 minutes!

    I did answer them all btw - I was too happy that I managed to get my first choice (with 0 points to spare) to mind!

    * Edit: Actually it was 29 PMs I just checked, so ignore my 50 above - it felt like 50 ;)


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    LittleMissLost
    Registered Users Posts: 479 ✭✭LittleMissLost


    AdamD wrote: »
    Link me to where you can see all the previous points please!

    http://www.cao.ie/index.php?page=points


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    AdamD
    Registered Users Posts: 12,520 ✭✭✭✭AdamD


    Somebody should just photocopy the newspaper. What time do the points go up on the Irish times website at? Might go for a late night drive to Tesco haha


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    Salty
    Registered Users Posts: 2,116 ✭✭✭Salty


    I've over 100 points to spare for Arts..not too bothered by all this offers stuff tbh!


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    Darius.Tr
    Registered Users Posts: 613 ✭✭✭Darius.Tr


    AdamD wrote: »
    Might go for a late night drive to Tesco haha

    Yup thats my plan for tonight :)


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    flyaway.
    Registered Users Posts: 519 ✭✭✭flyaway.


    I just want to know already!!


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    #29
    AdamD
    Registered Users Posts: 12,520 ✭✭✭✭AdamD


    My 1st choice (BESS):
    2010: 475*
    2009: 475*
    2008: 470*
    2007: 480*
    2006: 475*
    2005: 470

    And I got 470 this year. Hmmmmmm, chances?


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    Grindylow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,919 ✭✭✭Grindylow


    AdamD wrote: »
    My 1st choice (BESS):
    2010: 475*
    2009: 475*
    2008: 470*
    2007: 480*
    2006: 475*
    2005: 470

    And I got 470 this year. Hmmmmmm, chances?

    If demand dropped, yeah. If not, probably borerline since everyone who applied with 475 last year didn't get in. :/ It could drop all of a sudden though since in the past few years demand has been for business/law courses, but it's changing to science now, so it could happen. :)


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    Chris Hansen
    Registered Users Posts: 418 ✭✭Chris Hansen


    AdamD wrote: »
    My 1st choice (BESS):
    2010: 475*
    2009: 475*
    2008: 470*
    2007: 480*
    2006: 475*
    2005: 470

    And I got 470 this year. Hmmmmmm, chances?

    Maybe, but theres second round offers too you know?


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