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

QueenOfLeon

icedtea wrote: »

Still debating whether to put down med, Career guidance teacher kept banging on to me about how my aptitude tests suited me for it but I dunno :L

Don't think I could stick the attitudes some med students I know have really....

If you have no interest in a course, don't do it, in most cases it won't end well. I really do despair at some "career guidance" teachers...:rolleyes:

icedtea

QueenOfLeon wrote: »

If you have no interest in a course, don't do it, in most cases it won't end well. I really do despair at some "career guidance" teachers...:rolleyes:

I do have an interest in the course, it's not that

Leftyflip

Aviation Technology in DIT
Engineering - Automation in DIT
Mechanical Engineering in DIT

Anyone else going to DIT? Haven't seen it on anybody's list yet:o

thetonynator

No idea really but prob along the lines of

Ag Science UCD
Science UCD
Science TCD
Science NUIM

or something . . .

yeahhhbuddy

Commerce International - UCD
European Business (Transatlantic Studies) - DCU
Commerce - UCD
Business and Law - UCD

Grindylow

No idea what I'm putting on mine yet! And I was already in college this year, but dropped out! <_> Major downer when I still dunno what I wanna do :P

flyaway.

Just one course: Languages, Literature and Film in UL.

I deferred it for the year.

mockshelp

Anyone going to do Commerce in UCD? I am... Any future friends here??!

Zhavey

Level 8 Course Choices:
1. Trinity Pharmacy
2. Trinity Science
3. DCU Common Entry into Science (Undenominated Entry)
4. Maynooth Science
5. Maynooth Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Chemistry
6. UCD Science - Biological, Biomedical and Biomolecular Sciences
7. Galway Science
8. Galway Biopharmaceutical Chemistry
9. UCC Science (Level 8 - Common Entry)

Level 7/6 Course Choices:
1. DIT Pharmacy Technician Studies
2. Carlow Pharmacy Technician Studies
3. Letterkenny Pharmacy Technician
4. Athlone Pharmacy Technician
5. DIT Science
6. CIT Science

Also just need to make my application for a PLC course in DIFE in Drogheda. Not taking any chances.

And on my UCAS (only 1 I would really accept is Scotland, can't afford the British ones, but who knows, a weird safety net I suppose..)

1. Robert Gordon University - Pharmacy
2. Lancashire - Pharmacy
3. Hertfordshire - Pharmacy
4. Medway School - Pharmacy
5. Reading - Pharamcy

yeahhhbuddy

mockshelp wrote: »

Anyone going to do Commerce in UCD? I am... Any future friends here??!

Here's hoping...well commerce international

Bears and Vodka

PictureFrame wrote: »

What's your problem?. So people want to study Law, so what if it's in Trinity? Its a good respectable college that offers good courses and has a good reputation. Trinity is not even my number 1 choice and apart from myself I only saw 1 or 2 people interested in Law in Trinity..

Your negativity is so appauling, do yourself a favour and take a year out to mature and cop on a bit..

Yeah, trinnerz for winnerz! XD

Ahem.. ok, 'courses that took my fancy so far' i.e. my CAO:

DC133 - B.Sc. in Multimedia - DCU
MH110 - B.A. in Digital Media - NuiM
NC003 - B.Sc. (Hons) in Computing - NCI
BN112 - B.A. (Hons) in Creative Digital Media - ITB

But strictly speaking I only really want to do the top two, even the first choice (obviously). The others are just for Plan B.

LoonyLovegood

1. UCD Med
2. RCSI Med
3. NUIG Med
4. UCD General and Children's Nursing
5. TCD General and Children's Nursing
6. DCU General and Children's Nursing
7. UCD Midwifery
8. TCD Midwifery
9. UCD General Nursing
10 TCD General Nursing (Meath and St. James')

I've three level 7s, they're all culinary arts...

Then for UCAS I have

Murray Edwards College - Law
Aberdeen University - Law and Politics
Stirling University - Law and Politics
University of Edinburgh - Law and Politics
Queens - Law and Politics.

REALLY want Murray Edwards, even though it's all girls.

randylonghorn

Um ... I'm genuinely not trying to be smart here, but your choices have me puzzled!

All your CAO Level 8 courses are med / nursing, but they don't appear at all on the UCAS list, and all your UCAS courses are law, but this doesn't appear at all on CAO?

PictureFrame

No-one for Law in NUI Maynooth then?. *Sigh*..

More places for me though!

Meglamonia

Anyone else going for accounting UCC?

_Bella_

Currently I am stuck between four courses, this is the order I have them in at the moment but will need to go to the open days to fully decide:
1 Economics & History TCD
2 Law & Business TCD
3 Business & Law UCD
4 Law with history UCD

I basically have three subjects business, law and history that I want to do, and its down to which combination I choose. Not fussed whether I go to UCD or TCD as both are walkable for me.

antok93

anyone going doing earth and ocean science Galway? That's my first choice so far also looking at maybe pe in limerick or maths and geography in limerick it

revz

Zhavey wrote: »

Level 8 Course Choices:
1. Trinity Pharmacy
2. Trinity Science
3. DCU Common Entry into Science (Undenominated Entry)
4. Maynooth Science
5. Maynooth Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Chemistry
6. UCD Science - Biological, Biomedical and Biomolecular Sciences
7. Galway Science
8. Galway Biopharmaceutical Chemistry
9. UCC Science (Level 8 - Common Entry)

Level 7/6 Course Choices:
1. DIT Pharmacy Technician Studies
2. Carlow Pharmacy Technician Studies
3. Letterkenny Pharmacy Technician
4. Athlone Pharmacy Technician
5. DIT Science
6. CIT Science

Also just need to make my application for a PLC course in DIFE in Drogheda. Not taking any chances.

And on my UCAS (only 1 I would really accept is Scotland, can't afford the British ones, but who knows, a weird safety net I suppose..)

1. Robert Gordon University - Pharmacy
2. Lancashire - Pharmacy
3. Hertfordshire - Pharmacy
4. Medway School - Pharmacy
5. Reading - Pharamcy

It seems Pharmacy is what you want to do (going from your #1 choice and all your UCAS choices...)
Can I ask why you don't have UCC/RCSI down as 2nd and 3rd on your CAO? You're willing to move to the UK to do Pharmacy but not willing to go to Cork or the Royal College of Surgeons?

Pharmacy was what I wanted to do, had TCD/RCSI/UCC as my 1,2,3. I spent a year in Science in TCD (your 2nd choice), while it was fun, it was not what I wanted to do. I managed to get into RCSI Pharm after a year and like it so much more.

If Pharmacy is really what you want to do then you should really look at the other colleges in Ireland!

LoonyLovegood

randylonghorn wrote: »

Um ... I'm genuinely not trying to be smart here, but your choices have me puzzled!

All your CAO Level 8 courses are med / nursing, but they don't appear at all on the UCAS list, and all your UCAS courses are law, but this doesn't appear at all on CAO?

Everyone is puzzled when I said it :L I literally don't know which I want. I'd love to be either, so I figured put both of them down. I don't want to go through the years it takes to be a barrister over here, but nursing in the UK holds no appeal for me.

Keano!

Grindylow wrote: »

No idea what I'm putting on mine yet! And I was already in college this year, but dropped out! <_> Major downer when I still dunno what I wanna do :P

I'm a drop out too*. In ways it's kinda more nerve wrecking..

I'm stuck with the points I got from last years leaving, although I got 410 which I was delighted with and still am. It's just I've to rely on my preferred choices either staying the same or dropping a few points.

For example, two of the courses I'm looking at both were 415 (final tally) last year so I'm kinda bricking it


*I say drop out, but I'm still registered, and due to be in lectures but I'm just availing of the facilities for the time being and trying to do a language on the side so.... call it what you wish.

ConTheCat

This is all sorta a "so-far" thing!
Level 8 Course Choices:
1. DN430 Sport and Exercise Management
2. DT416 Culinary Entrepreneurship
3. DB519 Business Management with Leisure and Recreation
4. DT407 Culinary Arts

Level 7/6 Course Choices:
1. DT411 Leisure Management
2. CR032 Recreation and Leisure
3. WD019 Recreation and Sport Management
4. TL481 Health and Leisure

wibblin

1. TR312 Film Studies/English Literature
2. TR023 English Studies
3. DN513 English with Film
4. DT321 Business and Law
5. DN623 Law with Philosophy
6. DN600 Law (BCL)
7. DN519 Psychology
8. TR083 Sociology and Social Policy
9. DN550 Social Science
10. DN500 BA Degree - joint honours - full time

..so far, all depends on whether or not i start studying soon!:/

xclw

what i have at the moment although bear in mind this will have changed by next June:

1. Maynooth Primary Teaching
2. Marino Primary Teaching
3. Pats Primary Teaching
4. UL Pe & Irish Teaching
5. Mater Dei English and Religion Teaching
6. Thurles Irish and Religion Teaching
7. UCC COmmerce with Irish
8. ARTS wooo
9. Arts
10. ARts

Zhavey

revz wrote: »

It seems Pharmacy is what you want to do (going from your #1 choice and all your UCAS choices...)
Can I ask why you don't have UCC/RCSI down as 2nd and 3rd on your CAO? You're willing to move to the UK to do Pharmacy but not willing to go to Cork or the Royal College of Surgeons?

Pharmacy was what I wanted to do, had TCD/RCSI/UCC as my 1,2,3. I spent a year in Science in TCD (your 2nd choice), while it was fun, it was not what I wanted to do. I managed to get into RCSI Pharm after a year and like it so much more.

If Pharmacy is really what you want to do then you should really look at the other colleges in Ireland!

I don't do a third language, I find any other language than English (but that in itself is fairly debatable) very difficult. So I didn't do it for the Leaving. UCC and Surgeons have a language requirement and they don't have any exceptions, emailed them both and said you need one no matter what. But I don't mind, languages are just too very hard for me to grasp.

If it ends up being a bit more of a scenic route to Pharmacy - bring it on.

Not to sidetrack the thread, but what way did you go around to getting into RSCI?

Siobhnk

Stressssss, will someone do it for me? sound... :P

Neodymium

Incompetent wrote: »

In that order? Big difference between Law and Computer Science!

If you get comp sci in trinity I shall see you there

I'll be choosing computer science in trinity as my number 1 also. I don't have much interest in any other courses, I might put computer science in UCC as my number 2.

AnnaKin

yeahhhbuddy wrote: »

Here's hoping...well commerce international

Hey I might see you there too xD its on my list

AnnaKin

suppose i should put my list up

*European Business DCU
*Business International DCU
*Commerce International UCD
*Business and an International Language UL
*International Business DIT

it goes on like that, and I'n not worried about the points as such but I am very worried about the number of places :eek:

plein de force

AnnaKin wrote: »

suppose i should put my list up

*European Business DCU
*Business International DCU
*Commerce International UCD
*Business and an International Language UL
*International Business DIT

it goes on like that, and I'n not worried about the points as such but I am very worried about the number of places :eek:

you have the same first three choices as i had and in that order last year, im in european business at the moment. any questions, don't hesitate

Canard

I cant decide between UCD and TCD...I loved UCD to bits and TCD was just so unappealing in every way except that its close and, well, its Trinity :pac: But my courses are something like this:

International Languages, UCD
French and Italian
French and Spanish
French and German (through arts in UCD)
Arts in UCD

Business and French in TCD is tempting too but...meh, I'd prefer pure languages I think.