The 2012 'What's On Your CAO?' Thread

Nicole.

Just changed my CAO. Finally decided that I want to do journalism:D

1. DC132 Journalism
2. DT582 Journalism
3. LM039 Journalism and New Media
4. MH109 Media Studies
5. CK101 Arts
6. DN500 BA Degree - joint honours - full time
7. GY101 Arts
8. MH101 Arts
9. LM035 English and History
10. WD200 Arts

sarzbbz

yamadeejit wrote: »

1.TR072 Pharmacy
2.RC005 Pharmacy
3.TR075 Medicinal Chemistry
4.TR073 Human Genetics
5.CK703 Pharmacy
6.TR056 Human Health and Disease
7.TR053 Physiotherapy
8.TR054 Occupational Therapy
9.TR071 Science
10. DN200 Science - Chemistry and Chemical Sciences

I have a problem that I'd reallllllllly appreciate help with. I definitely want to do Pharmacy, that's my dream. But the problem is there's only 3 pharmacy courses in Ireland, in TCD, RCSI and UCC. TCD and RCSI are fine because they're in Dublin but Cork is literally hours away. I'd only be able to go home once a month because of transport costs, etc. So should I follow my dream of doing pharmacy and put UCC higher up regardless or should I stick to Dublin for convinience?

You should definitely put it up higher! UCC is first on mine then TCD. UCC is a claaaass college, and I know people who live in student accommodation there and think its absolute BANT. Brookefield accommodation seems to be the place to be hahahaha And the freedom you'd get from living away, they all say its amazing, and its a class way to make friends from outside your course, and to have friends before you even start college

sinead.flynn48

Is there a back door into Optometry?

AnnaKin

shanmo wrote: »

There basicallu what I'm looking at to.
I realy like the idea of doing a language with a business course. I'm worried about points and places.

I know but sure what can we do?
With any luck we'll get what we want but sure, with 15 places for my first choice it does add pressure Letshope for the best

FinnD

Panicking here, only have a few days to change it! Didn't get the points for my course so im going to have to find a new one

ChemHickey

FinnD wrote: »

Panicking here, only have a few days to change it! Didn't get the points for my course so im going to have to find a new one

Leave it as number 1 just incase you get it. Put the newer one below it on the Cao so it'll still be there. Nothing worse would be seeing you could've gotten your course but changed it the last minute.

sarahmocks

I want to do Primary Teaching so I have the four main courses down, but I really doubt that i'll get it so now i'm putting in arts degrees! there's no difference in arts degrees for primary and secondary teachers is there? it's only what you do after it that matters isnt it?

ChemHickey

Changed mine... just took off the #5


1) Mathematical Science -NUIG
2) Mathematics -TCD
3) Theoretical Physics and Mathematics -NUIM
4) Mathematics -NUIM




I kinda want to put in Chemistry &Molecular Modelling from TCD down, but there is no point really. No point in having numbers 2,3,4....


Also, I want to do Chemistry & Mathematics MSci in UCL... That'd be noice...

ChemHickey

sarahmocks wrote: »

I want to do Primary Teaching so I have the four main courses down, but I really doubt that i'll get it so now i'm putting in arts degrees! there's no difference in arts degrees for primary and secondary teachers is there? it's only what you do after it that matters isnt it?

Leave primary as the first four choices. Then put down some arts degrees. You never know, you might have easily gotten enough points!!

finality

And my CAO is finished

1. TR032 Engineering
2. DN150 Engineering
3. DC200 Common Entry into Engineering (Undenominated Entry)
4. MH301 Electronic Engineering with Computers
5. CK605 Electrical and Electronic Engineering
6. TR071 Science
7. TR051 Medicine (Restricted)
8. DN400 Medicine - Undergraduate entry (Restricted)
9. DN200 Science
10. TR033 Computer Science

Would be hilarious if I somehow managed to get medicine with this list :L

Chuchoter

I'm terrified to go near my CAO in case I somehow break it and end up with some mad course as my number one. Its highly unlikely, but I'm the sort of person who brought selotape to the exams JUST IN CASE.

As it stands now, all in TCD
French and Law
Business and Law
Law
Law and Political science
Business and French
BESS
Economics and Spanish
European Studies
French and Italian
UCD: French and International Politics.

Namlub

Chuchoter wrote: »

I'm terrified to go near my CAO in case I somehow break it and end up with some mad course as my number one. Its highly unlikely, but I'm the sort of person who brought selotape to the exams JUST IN CASE.

As it stands now, all in TCD
French and Law
Business and Law
Law
Law and Political science
Business and French
BESS
Economics and Spanish
European Studies
French and Italian
UCD: French and International Politics.

I have French and Law as number one too, and snaps on Law, French and Italian and European Studies :pac:

NoHarm1994

The CAO can take it up the ass.

PictureFrame

1. MH11 (BCL) Civil Law, Economics & Politics
2. MH115 (BCL) Civil Law, Economics & Business
3. MH115 (BCL) Civil Law, Economics & Spanish
4 MH406 (BBL) Civil Law and Business
5. MH404 (BBS) Business and Management
6. DC112 European Business (French)
7. DC110 (B.Comm) Business Studies International
8. MH101 Arts
9. DN500 Economics / English
10. DN500 Spanish/Economics

Flabangav

1. DN300 Veterinary Medicine - Undergraduate entry
2. DN400 Medicine - Undergraduate entry (Restricted)
3. TR051 Medicine (Restricted)
4. GY501 Medicine (five year/six year course) (Restricted)
5. RC001 Medicine - (Undergraduate Entry) (Restricted)
6. DN451 Children's and General Nursing (Integrated)
7. TR911 Children's and General Nursing (Integrated)
8. DC218 Children's and General Nursing (Integrated)
9. DN450 General Nursing
10. TR091 General Nursing (Meath and St James's)

shanmo

AnnaKin wrote: »

I know but sure what can we do?
With any luck we'll get what we want but sure, with 15 places for my first choice it does add pressure Letshope for the best

sorry only replying now,
ya im hoping for the best ul international business only has 30 and as ive finnaly finished my cao i know thats my top choice, fingers crossed.
goodluck.:D

shanmo

so who is looking at international business courses? eg international business ul, dcu?
or even commerce international ucc??

validusername1

Don't even want anything I applied for on the CAO so I'm not bothered about it.. Can't remember what my number 1s were, something to do with technology anyway..

imelle

wish we had until the end of july to decide... it's really confusing me what to put down

Cill94

1. TR660 Philosophy/Psychology
2. TR359 German/Philosophy
3. DN500 BA Degree - joint honours - full time - German / Philosophy
4. TR006 Psychology
5. DN519 Psychology
6. TR259 English Literature/German
7. DN425 Health and Performance Science
8. DC202 Sport Science and Health
9. DC133 Multimedia
10. DC132 Journalism

locarush101

I am all over the place and don't know what to put on my CAO!!

So.. my options are:
Medicine
Nursing
Science
Primary School Teaching
International Languages


I either don't like the course or the job afterwards. I really wanna go to UCD and have a course where I can travel abroad and have time for a sociaI life . My ideal job would involve helping people and where no days are the same.I'm always learning something new.. I'm putting Medicine down first but I don't know what order to put the rest.

The science course seems interesting as I love biology but I find the idea of working in a lab for the rest of my life boring and it lacks human contact.

To be honest , I don't want to be a nurse. It's just an alternative to medicine. I find the idea of cleaning patients, giving injections and following doctor's orders disconcerting.

Primary School Teaching- It seems like a nice job but I won't be able to travel or work abroad. I don't find the college course too appealing. Also, teachers get very low pay.

International Languages- I wouldn't like of working as a secondary school teacher, translator or interpeter but I love Spanish and the culture.

Cill94

locarush101 wrote: »

I am all over the place and don't know what to put on my CAO!!


I either don't like the course or the job afterwards.

From speaking to people who've gone to college or are there at the moment, it seems that it is never a good idea to pick a course based on what job you might get out of it or how well it would pay. If you put the courses in order of preference for which one you enjoy the most, you'll more than likely end up enjoying whatever profession that may lead to (and doing biology doesn't necessarily mean you would have to work in a lab, there's lots of routes to go with a degree like that).

I started worrying about stuff like this a while ago. I was concerned about what would be the most valuable degree, would get me the best paying job, and all that other bs. You only get one life, and a good chunk of that is going to be devoted to working so you might as well enjoy what you do and look forward to each day. Money isn't everything and the most successful people in any field are people who love what they do and would do it if it payed them as much as a street sweeper.

Do what you love and what you're good at, and with hard work you'll succeed

thedice

1.computer science UCD
2.computational thinking NUIM
3.computer applications DCU
4.computer science TCD
and so forth.....

cant understand why people put down totally unrelated courses all the way down the list.

Namlub

thedice wrote: »

1.computer science UCD
2.computational thinking NUIM
3.computer applications DCU
4.computer science TCD
and so forth.....

cant understand why people put down totally unrelated courses all the way down the list.

Because not everyone has a definite idea of what they want to do in college/people are interested in varied courses. Not that hard to understand really.

Cruel Sun

thedice wrote: »

1.computer science UCD
2.computational thinking NUIM
3.computer applications DCU
4.computer science TCD
and so forth.....

cant understand why people put down totally unrelated courses all the way down the list.

I'm curious. Why do you have CS in UCD ahead of NUIM. I thought that NUIM course is going to be way higher.

Luno

Martin_94 wrote: »

I'm curious. Why do you have CS in UCD ahead of NUIM. I thought that NUIM course is going to be way higher.

If you mean higher in points that has no relevance, CAO goes in preference not going for the course that has higher points. That'd be silly.

FreeFallin94

Haven't got a clue what I want to do. Just gonna leave my CAO like this :

1. Law International UCC
2.Law UCC
3.Arts UCC

Think I'll probably end up with Arts which I don't mind because to be honest, even though I think Law sounds interesting, I don't know if I'd actually like it.

thedice

Namlub wrote: »

Because not everyone has a definite idea of what they want to do in college/people are interested in varied courses. Not that hard to understand really.

Why dont they have a definite idea? you have more than a enough time. Because I have spoken to so many people who are not happy with their area of work and wanted to do a course further down the list. Why put a course down as no.1 and have a totally unrelated field of work, which they have the same interest in, as no.4? Heres an idea, actually spend a considerable amount of time researching your cao choices and be sure on what area you want to go into. Ask questions, speak to people, go to companies etc.....

but if you'd rather leave you're career path to blind luck, be my guest.

Togepi

thedice wrote: »

Why dont they have a definite idea? you have more than a enough time. Because I have spoken to so many people who are not happy with their area of work and wanted to do a course further down the list. Why put a course down as no.1 and have a totally unrelated field of work, which they have the same interest in, as no.4? Heres an idea, actually spend a considerable amount of time researching your cao choices and be sure on what area you want to go into. Ask questions, speak to people, go to companies etc.....

but if you'd rather leave you're career path to blind luck, be my guest.

It's extremely difficult to know exactly what you want to do for the rest of your life at the age of sixteen, seventeen or eighteen. Some people also love two completely different areas of study. My first and second choices could not be more different, but I'd be delighted with either one. I'd find it very strange if someone was only interested in one specific area of study. I'd find a huge range of courses interesting.

And I've spent three years researching courses. I'm still not 100% sure about my first choice.

iamanengine

My Cao
Psychology - NUIG
Civil Law - NUIG
Computer Science and IT - NUIG
Arts - NUIG

Psychology is way to high for what I'm expecting to get so it's highly unlikely, I just have it their in the mad chance that I did get it. It's really between law and IT but I can't decide which

Anyone else for civil law or computer science in galway?