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  • 17-08-2016 8:42am
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    braceface
    Registered Users Posts: 80 ✭✭


    Have my leaving cert results here and afraid to open them! I've been offered a place in DIT full time, registered, have my start date etc. The course required a c in chemistry. Does anyone know what happens if I haven't gotten that C??


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    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,131 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    Open them.
    Do not damage your health by worrying about things unnecessarily.


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    braceface
    Registered Users Posts: 80 ✭✭braceface


    Opened them, not only did I not get the C - I failed it!! Should I call the college?


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    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,131 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    Yes, you could contact them. Ask do they have a test that perhaps you could sit instead, or a catch up Chemistry short course.


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    #5
    braceface
    Registered Users Posts: 80 ✭✭braceface


    I applied as a Mature Student through CAO, so got my offer that way


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    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,131 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    braceface wrote: »
    I applied as a Mature Student through CAO, so got my offer that way

    Did they explicitly say that your offer was conditional on you getting a C?


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    braceface
    Registered Users Posts: 80 ✭✭braceface


    The course requirements indicate a C is required. But no-where in the offer letter, registration etc. is it mentioned at all that the offer is conditional to my leaving cert results.....


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    zzdp
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    If you where offered a place as a mature student the leaving cert results dont matter.normally places are offored based on prior learning or life experence.many people go to college as a mature student who have no leaving cert.


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    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,131 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    braceface wrote: »
    The course requirements indicate a C is required. But no-where in the offer letter, registration etc. is it mentioned at all that the offer is conditional to my leaving cert results.....

    Because you are a mature student, the LC requirements may not apply to you.
    Would you be able to contact your old school (or any school really) and ask the careers teacher, if there is one?
    As others have said, I'd say the colleges will be quite busy today.


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    lawred2
    Registered Users Posts: 24,292 ✭✭✭✭lawred2


    braceface wrote: »
    I applied as a Mature Student through CAO, so got my offer that way

    You're fine. Mature students are not treated the same as LC students.

    You have the offer in hand.

    Best of luck.


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