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** CAO Offers - the OFFICIAL waiting thread - LINK to Points list in FIRST POST ***

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    #32
    Monsieur Folie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,988 ✭✭✭Monsieur Folie


    yournerd wrote: »
    every second person in carlow wants to do science :o

    Yeah the points will probably rise a bit again, we'll see tomorrow. I should be fine though. :P


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    #33
    Daniel7740
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,671 ✭✭✭✭Daniel7740


    I suppose there's no chance of ag science in ucd dropping 50+ points :rolleyes:


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    #34
    Corvo Attano
    Registered Users Posts: 8,446 ✭✭✭Corvo Attano


    Technically there is but with a bigger interest in Ag over technology its slimmer than the real slim shady


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    #35
    yournerd
    Registered Users Posts: 4,159 ✭✭✭yournerd


    Especially since the lad who got 9A1 wants science aswell :o


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    #36
    Daniel7740
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,671 ✭✭✭✭Daniel7740


    yournerd wrote: »
    Especially since the lad who got 9A1 wants science aswell :o

    well fúck, does he really?


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    #37
    gunny
    Registered Users Posts: 74 ✭✭gunny


    Just a stupid question as an outsider looking in. Is there only one offer or do you get a choice, providing you have the points


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    #38
    QueenOfLeon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,109 ✭✭✭QueenOfLeon


    gunny wrote: »
    Just a stupid question as an outsider looking in. Is there only one offer or do you get a choice, providing you have the points

    The only choice you have is between your Level 7 offer and your Level 8 offer, as both will appear (if you qualify for one in each list).

    Besides that though...in your Level 8 list, you will be offered the highest up course that you qualified for. You don't get a choice of another course. You either accept this offer, or you don't.

    The only other offer you might get at a later date (2nd round offers) is one that is higher on your list than your original offer. So if you get offered No. 2, everything from 3 down is gone, but you could still be offered No. 1 in the next round.


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    #39
    Monsieur Folie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,988 ✭✭✭Monsieur Folie


    gunny wrote: »
    Just a stupid question as an outsider looking in. Is there only one offer or do you get a choice, providing you have the points

    So it begins. :P


    No, you get offered the highest course on your list for which you have both the necessary points and matriculation requirements. After that, everything below that course disappears, those are gone, and you can only move up the list after that if places become available!


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    #40
    woopah92
    Registered Users Posts: 482 ✭✭woopah92


    I already know I just missed out on medicine :p but I'm 40 points over Biomedical, health and life science's points from last year in UCD so I'm not that worried about it yet. I kinda wish I had put pharmacy above Biomed now though.

    GL to everyone!


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    #41
    randylonghorn
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 29,509 Mod ✭✭✭✭randylonghorn


    TehFionnster wrote: »
    I know it may seem ridiculous, but I care not.
    Is there any chance at all the points for medicine will drop?
    Anything is possible, but I wouldn't expect it tbh.
    gunny wrote: »
    Just a stupid question as an outsider looking in. Is there only one offer or do you get a choice, providing you have the points
    One offer from the Level 8 (Honours degrees) list (highest one on their own ranked list of choices that they qualify for); one offer from the Level 6 / 7 list.

    No, they can't just choose any course they have the points for at this stage, even if they have it somewhere on their list; it would take until Christmas to get it all sorted out and people started on courses that way! :D
    Monsieur Folie wrote: »
    So it begins. :P
    In fairness, Gunny said "as an outsider" so I assume s/he isn't doing LC / waiting for CAO (this year anyway)


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    #42
    adamb123
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭adamb123


    30 points above last years points for 2nd preference which is MD201 and 60 points above 3rd preference which is MD301 so I should be okay!


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    #43
    ScummyMan
    Registered Users Posts: 7,671 ✭✭✭ScummyMan


    I got 150 above the points from last year.




    Am I the most hated person in this thread? :eek:


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    #44
    Monsieur Folie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,988 ✭✭✭Monsieur Folie


    randylonghorn wrote: »
    In fairness, Gunny said "as an outsider" so I assume s/he isn't doing LC / waiting for CAO (this year anyway)

    Ah, I missed that bit. Now I just look rude. :(


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    #45
    randylonghorn
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 29,509 Mod ✭✭✭✭randylonghorn


    Man.UnitedLad wrote: »
    Am I the most hated person in this thread? :eek:
    Except by Peek! :cool: :p


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    #46
    woopah92
    Registered Users Posts: 482 ✭✭woopah92


    Man.UnitedLad wrote: »
    I got 150 above the points from last year.




    Am I the most hated person in this thread? :eek:

    Want to give me 10 of those? I'd get medicine then. :pac:


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    #47
    Smiley Laura
    Registered Users Posts: 177 ✭✭Smiley Laura


    sganyfx wrote: »
    1. Trinity TSM Mathematics and Economics - Unlikely
    2. Trinity Mathematics - Unlikely
    3. Trinity BESS - Highly Likely

    I got 520 which was a disgrace for me :(
    Although I managed to get my second language French, after not doing Irish. Kinda a miracle as I had no prior knowledge or lessons in French, I just went in and sat the exams somehow getting a D2 at pass...

    Ah, we're in sort of the same boat! Although I'm positive I haven't gotten maths in Trinity, I only got a C3 :( With 550 I may have gotten the single honours course, but oh well. Looks like BESS for me anyway!


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    #48
    peekachoo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,971 ✭✭✭✭peekachoo


    randylonghorn wrote: »
    Except by Peek! :cool: :p

    are you sure about that? :rolleyes:


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    #49
    ScummyMan
    Registered Users Posts: 7,671 ✭✭✭ScummyMan


    woopah92 wrote: »
    Want to give me 10 of those? I'd get medicine then. :pac:

    There's an idea, imagine if you could sell the extra points you don't need? I'd make a fortune :eek:

    20 quid for every 5 points, any takers? :pac:


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    #50
    polydactyl
    Registered Users Posts: 831 ✭✭✭polydactyl


    Good luck guys to you all. I still remember waiting up all night for my points a few years ago now for med will never forget it. I hope you all get what you want and if you don't there may be other ways in or if not repeating is certainly not the ending the world by any means!


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    #51
    randylonghorn
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 29,509 Mod ✭✭✭✭randylonghorn


    Vito Corleone wrote: »
    Not sure if it's different now, but 'tis how they used to do it in Australia. :cool: :pac:
    How did they manage it? Have the sorting system earlier somehow / more gap before college starts?

    I'm familiar with some aspects of Oz third level, but I know nothing about their entrance / sorting system tbh.


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    #52
    adamb123
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭adamb123


    Anyone hoping to go Mater Dei in Dublin? Or know anyone hoping to go?


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    #53
    Daniel7740
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,671 ✭✭✭✭Daniel7740


    randylonghorn wrote: »
    How did they manage it? Have the sorting system earlier somehow / more gap before college starts?

    I'm familiar with some aspects of Oz third level, but I know nothing about their entrance / sorting system tbh.

    I thought you knew everything randy :eek:


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    #54
    woopah92
    Registered Users Posts: 482 ✭✭woopah92


    Daniel7740 wrote: »
    I thought you knew everything randy :eek:

    Life as we know it is falling apart.

    Randy. Doesn't. Know. The. Answer.


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    #55
    sganyfx
    Registered Users Posts: 239 ✭✭sganyfx


    Smiley Laura wrote: »
    Ah, we're in sort of the same boat! Although I'm positive I haven't gotten maths in Trinity, I only got a C3 :( With 550 I may have gotten the single honours course, but oh well. Looks like BESS for me anyway!

    I'll see you in BESS then? :P What first year module are you going to take from the Law, Russian etc?


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    #56
    ScummyMan
    Registered Users Posts: 7,671 ✭✭✭ScummyMan


    woopah92 wrote: »
    Life as we know it is falling apart.

    Randy. Doesn't. Know. The. Answer.

    /paging spurious :P


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    #57
    randylonghorn
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 29,509 Mod ✭✭✭✭randylonghorn


    Daniel7740 wrote: »
    I thought you knew everything randy :eek:
    woopah92 wrote: »
    Life as we know it is falling apart.

    Randy. Doesn't. Know. The. Answer.
    Feck off, the pair of ye!!! :D:D
    Man.UnitedLad wrote: »
    /paging spurious :P
    Not a bad strategy ... :P


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    #58
    yournerd
    Registered Users Posts: 4,159 ✭✭✭yournerd


    Anyone for trinity halls?


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    #59
    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    Attn Med, Pharmacy and Dentistry: If you haven't filled out the survey yet, take the time to fill it out. I know it's getting close and whatever offer you'll get is already set in stone but if you want something to distract you...
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057014957

    Side note... have fun with this thread, hard to believe it's been two years since I stayed up all night waiting for the scans of the Irish Times (and watching the thread go completely crazy with 5-10 posts a second). Even better when I found out I'd be getting an offer for my course, you'll never forget the feeling.

    Good luck!


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    #60
    Fad
    Registered Users Posts: 7,231 ✭✭✭Fad


    I'm pretty certain I will get the offer I want in the morning, like I cleared last year's points by like 85*, but jesus I didn't think I'd be nervous about this, I've been through this before like, I know how it works *shakes head*

    Like what happens if Mary in the CAO office didn't like the sound my voice when I rang asking how to pay because what on earth is a Bank Giro? and blacklisted me and is going to send me on some strange course that consists of purely cutting turf in Offaly?? Or some course involving the sea, I'm terrified of the sea!

    *For anyone who finds this frustrating and thinks I'm boasting, I'm probably 5 years older than you, feel better now? :P


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    #61
    D3luka
    Registered Users Posts: 29 ✭D3luka


    adamb123 wrote: »
    Anyone hoping to go Mater Dei in Dublin? Or know anyone hoping to go?

    MD201 is my first choice, i got 5 points more than last year so it's very 50/50


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