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***The Official CAO Offers Thread*** [R1 points linked in first post]

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    #872
    K6Y
    Registered Users Posts: 42 ✭K6Y


    Well I have HEAR and DARE and even though I didn't need to use the bonus points, it says I got 979 points under my offer which I'm pretty sure is due to one of them. Why is this? Does this mean I have to go to the HEAR orientation because I'd really rather not.


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    #873
    Hollister11
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,482 ✭✭✭Hollister11


    Got my first choice (Computing Level 6/7) in National college of Ireland.
    Over the moon. :)


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    #874
    Shaunanibheag
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭Shaunanibheag


    Did anybody else get Marketing in Maynooth? :D


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    #875
    LostBoy101
    Registered Users Posts: 2,369 ✭✭✭LostBoy101


    Hollister11 wrote: »
    Got my first choice (Computing Level 6/7) in National college of Ireland.
    Over the moon. :)
    You made a good choice and I'm doing the Level 8 Computing and heading into 2nd year this September. If any questions ask away as they are both the same course material for the first two years.


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    #876
    LostBoy101
    Registered Users Posts: 2,369 ✭✭✭LostBoy101


    Fiolina wrote: »
    Hi all. Can someone tell me what this means please - my son has been offered a place in NCI Level 7/6 doing computers. On the letter he received with the offer notice it has the code of the course NC102 and right underneath it has "your score" 9792. what does this mean?Thanks
    I don't understand it either but you are best off asking the CAO yourself to find out.


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    #877
    queensinead
    Registered Users Posts: 142 ✭✭queensinead


    Anyone doing Science and Nanotechnology in DIT? Is it a difficult course?


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    #878
    susanx
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭susanx


    hi i was wondering if anyone had any advice on witch course i should pick in my cao . i have been wanting to do science and hopefully get into a college that dose zoology ,but the points where to high.

    i got excepted into dundalk with environmental bioscience and i am predicting a small chance i can get Science General entry in galway-mayo institute in my second round (due to point drop) but i am unsure which one would be more likely to give me an opportunity to transfer to a college that has zoology.

    if anyone knows anything about it please let me know


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    #879
    Hollister11
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,482 ✭✭✭Hollister11


    LostBoy101 wrote: »
    You made a good choice and I'm doing the Level 8 Computing and heading into 2nd year this September. If any questions ask away as they are both the same course material for the first two years.

    Hi,
    Just a sort of general questing.
    How much programming knowledge would you have by the end of first year ?

    Like would you be able to do small jobs for people to earn some money during the summer ?


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    #880
    galwayed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭galwayed


    My daughter has 20 surplus points for Arts in NUI but only got one HC3 instead of required two also qualified for HEAR. Does she have any recourse?


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    #881
    HauntedGhost
    Closed Accounts Posts: 164 ✭✭HauntedGhost


    LoveChanel wrote: »
    If someone else who got accepted through hear drops out then your in with a chance. Good luck! =]

    Thank you LoveChanel :)


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    #882
    Mr_Maestro
    Registered Users Posts: 57 ✭✭Mr_Maestro


    Into UCD with Arts. First choice. It's my 22nd birthday today.

    Safe to say it's been a great day.


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    #883
    rainbowtrout
    Registered Users Posts: 15,381 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    galwayed wrote: »
    My daughter has 20 surplus points for Arts in NUI but only got one HC3 instead of required two also qualified for HEAR. Does she have any recourse?

    No she doesn't. She has to have 2 HC3s to meet entry requirements for all universities in Ireland. HEAR doesn't have any effect on that.

    From the HEAR website:
    If you are applying for the HEAR scheme, you must:
    • provide satisfactory evidence of your socio-economic circumstances
    • meet the minimum entry (matriculation) and subject requirements of the colleges or universities to which you are applying, and then
    • compete for one of the quota places based on your Leaving Certificate results.


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    #884
    Hotfail.com
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,928 ✭✭✭Hotfail.com


    Hollister11 wrote: »
    Hi,
    Just a sort of general questing.
    How much programming knowledge would you have by the end of first year ?

    Like would you be able to do small jobs for people to earn some money during the summer ?

    Why would people be looking for someone to do programming for them? :confused:


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    #885
    Mr_Maestro
    Registered Users Posts: 57 ✭✭Mr_Maestro


    Hotfail.com wrote: »
    Why would people be looking for someone to do programming for them? :confused:

    You'd be very surprised. I've done some programming and web design for churches, local pound shops and some work online.

    Any experience is vital in getting a job these days, so you go around asking local businesses do they have a website setup. If they don't, ask if they would like one and you can offer your services to them pro bono.

    Experience gained.


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    #886
    Kat97
    Registered Users Posts: 503 ✭✭✭Kat97


    Was just wondering where I could find the Trinity TSM points for each specific combo? I can only find the minimum and maximum points for each subject :)


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    #887
    uwotlad
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭uwotlad


    Anyone else doin Multimedia, Mobile & Web Development in Maynooth?


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    #888
    Shaunicus
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭Shaunicus


    Anyone doing CW578 TV and Media production?


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    #889
    Hotfail.com
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,928 ✭✭✭Hotfail.com


    Mr_Maestro wrote: »
    You'd be very surprised. I've done some programming and web design for churches, local pound shops and some work online.

    Any experience is vital in getting a job these days, so you go around asking local businesses do they have a website setup. If they don't, ask if they would like one and you can offer your services to them pro bono.

    Experience gained.

    Oh yeah, I thought he just meant going house-to-house :o :pac:


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    #890
    Mr_Maestro
    Registered Users Posts: 57 ✭✭Mr_Maestro


    Hotfail.com wrote: »
    Oh yeah, I thought he just meant going house-to-house :o :pac:

    Hello neighbour, wanna website?! :P


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    #891
    LostBoy101
    Registered Users Posts: 2,369 ✭✭✭LostBoy101


    Hollister11 wrote: »
    Hi,
    Just a sort of general questing.
    How much programming knowledge would you have by the end of first year ?

    Like would you be able to do small jobs for people to earn some money during the summer ?
    You start off by learning the basics of Java in the first semester like debugging code and solving errors etc... If you get Frances as a lecturer you should do well as she is really good.

    Then in second semester they introduce you to object oriented programming where you deal with GUIs and actually develop a simple app for your project.

    To answer your question you should have reasonable knowledge but not enough. When you enter 2nd year with Software Engineering that's where you learn how to develop skills on how to develop efficient software like understanding the design process behind it.

    However you should be able to design websites as it is quite easy to learn html and css when you put the effort in.


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    #892
    Nick_1494
    Registered Users Posts: 96 ✭✭Nick_1494


    Not sure if this is the right place but I got offered EPL in DCU but have to defer. I got my approval a couple of minutes ago and was just wondering if I still click accept on the cao website? Or do I decline or just leave it?


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    #893
    galwayed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭galwayed


    I knew in my heart you would say that...might get English paper rechecked. what a mad system


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    #894
    Hotfail.com
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,928 ✭✭✭Hotfail.com


    galwayed wrote: »
    I knew in my heart you would say that...might get English paper rechecked. what a mad system

    What's wrong with it? :confused: It's a fair system...


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    #895
    galwayed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭galwayed


    What's the point of getting the points and not the requirements?


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    #896
    FlyingIrishMan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,861 ✭✭✭FlyingIrishMan


    galwayed wrote: »
    What's the point of getting the points and not the requirements?

    You could get the points in subjects that are completely irrelevant to the course? Requirements just make sure people are at a certain standard with certain subjects?


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    #897
    rainbowtrout
    Registered Users Posts: 15,381 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    galwayed wrote: »
    What's the point of getting the points and not the requirements?

    It's not the college's fault she didn't meet the requirements. Requirements are there for a reason. If a person is not able to achieve 2 HC3s at Higher Level out of the six subjects they are counting for points, it is far more likely that they will struggle to keep up with the material in third level, which may lead to them failing or dropping out.

    No different from a degree in science requiring a student to have a HC3 in a science subject which indicates an aptitude for the subject.

    It's an incredibly fair system, students aren't discriminated against on their address, the school they attended, who their parents are, if they've repeated the Leaving, the financial status of their family.

    They get a place on a course based on their academic achievement. It's not a flawless system, sometimes students end up in courses they are not entirely suited to, but there has to be a cut off minimum achievement level to enter third level.


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    #898
    galwayed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭galwayed


    I know what you're saying is right. God she's young and healthy and as I know myself, the less straight the road, the more interesting journey! Off for a blub now tho'!


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    #899
    Da Shins Kelly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,048 ✭✭✭Da Shins Kelly


    rainbowtrout wrote: »
    It's not a flawless system, sometimes students end up in courses they are not entirely suited to, but there has to be a cut off minimum achievement level to enter third level.

    You'd be very surprised by the amount of people who do end up in the wrong course despite meeting requirements. A lot of people drop out after first year or fail exams and have to repeat. It becomes an exercise in wasting time and money. Too many people go to college because they think they should and aren't cut out for it or don't think carefully enough about what they really want to do. It is a flawed system in the sense that I don't think certain subjects are taught well enough (and bribing people with the prospect of extra points for doing higher level is a superficial treatment of the problem, and now they're talking about giving points for failing, ffs) and there needs to be other ways of assessing people's suitability for certain courses. Anyone studying English or Creative Writing or something of that kind should really have to submit a sample of work plus points and meeting subject requirements, for example. Just my two cents on that.

    But definitely, having a certain amount of higher level subjects should be a given. You can't expect someone to do well in a biochemistry course if they failed chemistry or maths in the leaving cert. If you can't do it in school, you definitely wont be able for it at third level.


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    #900
    Cakes.
    Registered Users Posts: 2,152 ✭✭✭Cakes.


    Kat97 wrote: »
    Was just wondering where I could find the Trinity TSM points for each specific combo? I can only find the minimum and maximum points for each subject :)

    Look at university times! :)


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    #901
    Hotfail.com
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,928 ✭✭✭Hotfail.com


    Da Shins Kelly wrote: »
    You'd be very surprised by the amount of people who do end up in the wrong course despite meeting requirements. A lot of people drop out after first year or fail exams and have to repeat. It becomes an exercise in wasting time and money. Too many people go to college because they think they should and aren't cut out for it or don't think carefully enough about what they really want to do. It is a flawed system in the sense that I don't think certain subjects are taught well enough (and bribing people with the prospect of extra points for doing higher level is a superficial treatment of the problem, and now they're talking about giving points for failing, ffs) and there needs to be other ways of assessing people's suitability for certain courses. Anyone studying English or Creative Writing or something of that kind should really have to submit a sample of work plus points and meeting subject requirements, for example. Just my two cents on that.

    But definitely, having a certain amount of higher level subjects should be a given. You can't expect someone to do well in a biochemistry course if they failed chemistry or maths in the leaving cert. If you can't do it in school, you definitely wont be able for it at third level.

    I dunno, I think bonus points for maths was a good idea. I was doing pass in TY, moved to honours in 5th year and ended up getting a B3 last week. Not a chance I'd have moved without the bonus points.


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