***The Official CAO Offers Thread***

InTheNight

Figured I'd get the ball rolling on this one... just under 11 hours to go, who's excited?



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AtLeastITried

I've got a new course as my first choice and my second choice was exactly the points I got last year so I'm more nervous than excited

F.Grimes

Do remember that you can get the points early on the newspapers! I think i got what the points were at around 5am, just in case anyone is driving mad and can't sleep

InTheNight

AtLeastITried wrote: »

I've got a new course as my first choice and my second choice was exactly the points I got last year so I'm more nervous than excited

My first choice is also new, excited to see what points it will be!

Soolander

F.Grimes wrote: »

Do remember that you can get the points early on the newspapers! I think i got what the points were at around 5am, just in case anyone is driving mad and can't sleep

Does this kind of stuff annoy anyone else? Like how do they even have access to this information so early. It was the same on results day where people were reading about the failure rate in maths before they had even received their results.

But anyways hope everyone gets what they want!

bateve

Agh I can't tell if I'm more excited or nervous, I have more than enough for my first choice but the anxiety is still there!! This is my second time round with the cao, I did the leaving last year but decided to change my course at the end of this year. Hope it goes well for everyone

matthew1998

Going into leaving cert this year, curious to see will the points for engineering courses go up or down. Good luck to ye all BTW

siebey123

Best of luck everyone! Really, really hope ye all get what ye want! Such hard workers, honestly Wonder who's gonna manage getting those points that bit earlier for us all...

Paddyg96

bateve wrote: »

Agh I can't tell if I'm more excited or nervous, I have more than enough for my first choice but the anxiety is still there!! This is my second time round with the cao, I did the leaving last year but decided to change my course at the end of this year. Hope it goes well for everyone

same, I've well enough points, unless mine rises 35, I'm kind of worried that my CAO application might have messed up some how even though I've checked if its ok like 10 times haha

RachelAC

Anyone know it primary teaching is meant to go up this year?

I've heard loads of talk about an increased business, tech and engineering but none for teaching, but the number of people applying to the CAO this year was the highest ever... Is it inevitable?

siebey123

RachelAC wrote: »

Anyone know it primary teaching is meant to go up this year?

I've heard loads of talk about an increased business, tech and engineering but none for teaching, but the number of people applying to the CAO this year was the highest ever... Is it inevitable?

TBH I try to avoid reading those types of articles, they're just made to instill fear in us, I swear! And I'd say avoid that supplement the Irish Times and the Independent release early in the morning before offers. We honestly won't know until 6am so for now just relax Good luck, I hope you get it!!

wynnings

I'm not sleeping that's for sure. I should be fine since I'm well over last years points but god I'm still nervous as hell. 😥 Still, good luck to everyone!

daraghwal

Do the points of each course come out in the papers tomorrow?

EDIT: I just seen the comment above. Don't the papers come out at like 10/11pm in Dublin??

daraghwal

Soolander wrote: »

Does this kind of stuff annoy anyone else? Like how do they even have access to this information so early. It was the same on results day where people were reading about the failure rate in maths before they had even received their results.

But anyways hope everyone gets what they want!

The press are given stats that are released by SEC and CAO every year.

F.Grimes

daraghwal wrote: »

Do the points of each course come out in the papers tomorrow?

EDIT: I just seen the comment above. Don't the papers come out at like 10/11pm in Dublin??

I think when I got them back in 2013, it was around 5am, that the thing was eventually tracked down

daraghwal

bateve wrote: »

Agh I can't tell if I'm more excited or nervous, I have more than enough for my first choice but the anxiety is still there!! This is my second time round with the cao, I did the leaving last year but decided to change my course at the end of this year. Hope it goes well for everyone

Any advice for repeating? I am well off my course this year and have decided to repeat!

bateve

F.Grimes wrote: »

daraghwal wrote: »

Do the points of each course come out in the papers tomorrow?

EDIT: I just seen the comment above. Don't the papers come out at like 10/11pm in Dublin??

I think when I got them back in 2013, it was around 5am, that the thing was eventually tracked down

Same last year, hopefully some saviour hunts them down this year

bateve

daraghwal wrote: »

bateve wrote: »

Agh I can't tell if I'm more excited or nervous, I have more than enough for my first choice but the anxiety is still there!! This is my second time round with the cao, I did the leaving last year but decided to change my course at the end of this year. Hope it goes well for everyone

Any advice for repeating? I am well off my course this year and have decided to repeat!

I didn't repeat, I got arts in ucd last year and did first year but I didn't enjoy it so I applied for the cao again. I know lots who did repeat though who say that if it's what you want then definitely do it. Take it from me don't accept your offer if you're not completely happy with it!!

F.Grimes

Journal will have them at 6am, so it won't be too long a wait if no one gets them at 5

daraghwal

F.Grimes wrote: »

Journal will have them at 6am, so it won't be too long a wait if no one gets them at 5

They're out at 6 on CAO anyway

F.Grimes

daraghwal wrote: »

They're out at 6 on CAO anyway

Aw thats classic Journal.ie, acting like they got the scoop

TSMGUY

not gonna accept my CAO offer no matter what, but good luck guys! I can tell you from personal experience that repeating is no fun so don't be too rash when deciding to the LC again!

DublinArnie

Someone throw a brick through my window at 5:59am zzzz

wheelbarrow12

son relying on DARE and HEAR to get him over the line. We're not going to sleep tonight

Savvy student

daraghwal wrote: »

bateve wrote: »

Agh I can't tell if I'm more excited or nervous, I have more than enough for my first choice but the anxiety is still there!! This is my second time round with the cao, I did the leaving last year but decided to change my course at the end of this year. Hope it goes well for everyone

Any advice for repeating? I am well off my course this year and have decided to repeat!

I repeated this year, it's a lot of work and by no means a 'revision year'. But if it's something you want, you should go for it.

I'm slightly off the points this year (and praying for a drop in points) but I stand by my decision to repeat. I know now that I've done my best and that I've given myself every chance.

You know yourself best. If you really want the course go for it! Better to repeat than to go into a course that you don't love and regret not repeating.

Hope this helps. I know that it's an incredibly difficult decision. Good Luck tomorrow.

Lackey

wheelbarrow12 wrote: »

son relying on DARE and HEAR to get him over the line. We're not going to sleep tonight

Maybe someone can pick up the paper during the night from a friendly newsagents?
I've seen it done lots here over the years if you look back at old threads.

Best of luck to your son

wheelbarrow12

Lackey wrote: »

Maybe someone can pick up the paper during the night from a friendly newsagents?
I've seen it done lots here over the years if you look back at old threads.

Best of luck to your son

we're not in the city so most won't be open until the early hours anyway. Just rang around, they don't get the papers until after 6 here.

bateve

wheelbarrow12 wrote: »

Lackey wrote: »

Maybe someone can pick up the paper during the night from a friendly newsagents?
I've seen it done lots here over the years if you look back at old threads.

Best of luck to your son

we're not in the city so most won't be open until the early hours anyway

Hopefully someone will get one and post pics here, it's usually not until 5 anyway

bateve

wheelbarrow12 wrote: »

Lackey wrote: »

Maybe someone can pick up the paper during the night from a friendly newsagents?
I've seen it done lots here over the years if you look back at old threads.

Best of luck to your son

we're not in the city so most won't be open until the early hours anyway

Hopefully someone will get one and post pics here, it's usually not until 5 anyway

Lackey

wheelbarrow12 wrote: »

we're not in the city so most won't be open until the early hours anyway. Just rang around, they don't get the papers until after 6 here.

Well if you're up keep an eye here someone usually posts pics
Best of luck again

matthew1998

I wonder what time the electronic PDF version of the Irish Independent/Irish times comes out at?

bateve

matthew1998 wrote: »

I wonder what time the electronic PDF version of the Irish Independent/Irish times comes out at?

I don't think it has the supplement or something, I remember a complication with it last year

matthew1998

bateve wrote: »

I don't think it has the supplement or something, I remember a complication with it last year

Those crafty bastards!:pac:

Vilas

Only two possible offers. Either DCU or Maynooth. DCU I'm 10 points over last years, which makes it unlikely I'll get in normally, but hopefully it doesn't go up by that much and I manage to squeeze in through HEAR. If not, Maynooth. Unless points go up by 45, I'm good. Still very anxious since theres been a "record breaking" amount of CAO applications...

MomijiHime

Does anyone know if a course has ever gone up 100+ points in a year?

Paddyg96

I'm 25 points above last years points for MINT in dcu but getting nervous now, one of those courses that could jump going by trends

sunnyost

I can't look at this thread, it's igniting so much anxiety. But I also can't look away for fear of missing anything... Double edged sword is so real.

Paddyg96

MomijiHime wrote: »

Does anyone know if a course has ever gone up 100+ points in a year?

some went up like 60 or 70 last year but they are usually obscure courses, big well known courses never more then 20, what's yours?

stead

My points are exactly what my course was last year. It'd be a miracle if I get it.

MomijiHime

sunnyost wrote: »

I can't look at this thread, it's igniting so much anxiety. But I also can't look away for fear of missing anything... Double edged sword is so real.

Go to sleep! Your offer will get to you quicker that way.

randylonghorn

MomijiHime wrote: »

Does anyone know if a course has ever gone up 100+ points in a year?

I don't recall one doing so; it would be possible I suppose if a college suddenly cut the numbers on the course in half or something, but it would take something of that magnitude to cause that big a shift!

Copper_pipe

MomijiHime wrote: »

Does anyone know if a course has ever gone up 100+ points in a year?

One of the lads a few years ago had 35 points to spare based on previous years points. Course went up 90.

Think it was Computer science in UCC

Fx.nsaf

Guys i am in a very sticky position, stupidly didn't put enough low courses down on my CAO, lowest is 485 Economics UCD, second and third lowest are econ/german and econ/sociology both TCD which were 495*
I got 505 this year, genuinely think I might not get an offer , do you think this is likely
I'm not sleeping tonight

Vilas

Fx.nsaf wrote: »

Guys i am in a very sticky position, stupidly didn't put enough low courses down on my CAO, lowest is 485 Economics UCD, second and third lowest are econ/german and econ/sociology both TCD which were 495*
I got 505 this year, genuinely think I might not get an offer , do you think this is likely
I'm not sleeping tonight

Most likely you will get Economics in UCD. Its a well established course and they usually don't go over 20 points. Any chance you qualified for HEAR?

TSMGUY

Fx.nsaf wrote: »

Guys i am in a very sticky position, stupidly didn't put enough low courses down on my CAO, lowest is 485 Economics UCD, second and third lowest are econ/german and econ/sociology both TCD which were 495*
I got 505 this year, genuinely think I might not get an offer , do you think this is likely
I'm not sleeping tonight

you'll probably get a course! And with 505 if you don't get a course you could try the remaining places option. 505 is a very high LC in the scheme of things and economics at UCD is unlikely to jump 20 pts

daraghwal

Last Year guitargirl had the irish times at 4.15 am
Anyone in dublin want to pull an allnighter and end the suffering

Fx.nsaf

Vilas wrote: »

Most likely you will get Economics in UCD. Its a well established course and they usually don't go over 20 points. Any chance you qualified for HEAR?

Unfortunately not, relying on only my points, I really hope I get something, currently shaking

TSMGUY

daraghwal wrote: »

Last Year guitargirl had the irish times at 4.15 am
Anyone in dublin want to pull an allnighter and end the suffering

rumour has it pianoboy will have it at 4:10 this year:pac:

bateve

Fx.nsaf wrote: »

Vilas wrote: »

Most likely you will get Economics in UCD. Its a well established course and they usually don't go over 20 points. Any chance you qualified for HEAR?

Unfortunately not, relying on only my points, I really hope I get something, currently shaking

Obviously I'm no expert but I would think you'd probably get economics in ucd, I think it would be unlikely to go over 500 tbh

Vilas

daraghwal wrote: »

Last Year guitargirl had the irish times at 4.15 am
Anyone in dublin want to pull an allnighter and end the suffering

Definitely staying up! Though I'll be honest, I usually go to bed past 6 so it's nothing special for myself

daraghwal

TSMGUY wrote: »

rumour has it pianoboy will have it at 4:10 this year:pac:

I was like, oh I must have missed their post and then I saw the name. Cheers TSMGUY...:D