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

Togepi · 29-04-2012 07:52PM

Chuchoter wrote: »

I thought it was back open on May 1st no? I have so much stuff to change!

The CAO book said the 5th so I was going with that. You would think it'd be the 1st though!

justBlake · 29-04-2012 10:37PM

I heard its open on the first. anyways am I the only person putting down optometry in DIT?
everything after that is NUIG:P
dunno what to put down for level6/7 probably leave it blank

Just Like Heaven · 30-04-2012 06:07AM

reznov wrote: »

Nope!

Then what's the hurry?

brownstone · 01-05-2012 02:34PM

Siobhnk wrote: »

Anyone here going to be changing their CAO when it reopens?

Unfortunately yes... No medicine for me this year

Veterinary and pharmacy is all I'll have down :P

QueenOfLeon · 01-05-2012 05:51PM

brownstone wrote: »

Unfortunately yes... No medicine for me this year
Veterinary and pharmacy is all I'll have down :P

If you think you'll be in any way borderline, don't take medicine off. There's plenty of spaces on your form for other choices, you can still leave some medicine courses at the top (if its the one you want the most) and fill the rest with your backups.

_pure_mule_ · 01-05-2012 10:10PM

TD1993 wrote: »

i really want physiotherapy but might not get the points.. do you guys think i should put a general science degree second or health and performance science in ucd? does anyone know anything about health and performance, is there much you can do after you graduate?

Im in the same boat..well used to be:P I wanted to do pyhsio and i had sports science in lim down second but im going to put that first now because im not 100% sure if I want to be a physio but the course in lim sounds really good and it keep a lot of options open:) If I was you id probably put sports science down next..

biohaiid · 01-05-2012 10:52PM

1. Psych UCD
2. Psych TCD
3. Psych NUIG
4. Psych and Sociology UL
5. Psych DCU
6. Psych UL
7. Creative writing NUIG
8. Speech and language NUIG
9. Arts NUIG
10. Arts UL

Well, thats what Im planning on changing it to anyways.
Kinda confused with what to do with my 5th 6th and 7th though.
DCU and UL aren't accredited but I've been told they more than likley will be .. Still

fizzyorange · 03-05-2012 04:53PM

1. Psych NUIG
2. Psych Trinity
3. Arts NUIG
4. Science NUIG

I also have a plc and am applying for TAP but yeah, I think that's all I'll put down.

biohaiid · 03-05-2012 06:16PM

fizzyorange wrote: »

1. Psych NUIG
2. Psych Trinity
3. Arts NUIG
4. Science NUIG

I also have a plc and am applying for TAP but yeah, I think that's all I'll put down.

Just wondering, why aren;t you gonna put down any more psych courses? I really wanna do psych and my CAO is loaded with them. :L
There are ones with much lower points than TCD and NUIG too.

fizzyorange · 03-05-2012 06:22PM

biohaiid wrote: »

Just wondering, why aren;t you gonna put down any more psych courses? I really wanna do psych and my CAO is loaded with them. :L
There are ones with much lower points than TCD and NUIG too.

Well I doubt highly that I'll get psych points, so I am realistically aiming for arts in Galway and hoping to work my ass off and get into denom in my second year.

Also my choices are based on finances. I live in Dublin so Trinity is easy and cheap to get too. UCD takes approx 2 and a half hours each way. DCU is also easy enough to get to but I'm just not really a fan of the college (I know you should pick the course not the college, but I have a few other choices so why not leave it out yano?)

Galway is my favourite college so far and grants cover the majority of my stay there so that's why I chose that one.

F9Devil · 03-05-2012 07:08PM

Well I was going to redo my CAO but the site is still down for service?

Siobhnk · 04-05-2012 04:07PM

Change of mind is finally open

wibblin · 10-05-2012 10:06PM

so, it's completely and utterly different from what i posted before but....im feeling confident that i'll stick with this!:D

1. DN410 Radiography
2. TR055 Radiation Therapy
3. TR054 Occupational Therapy
4. DN451 Children's and General Nursing (Integrated)
5. TR091 General Nursing (Meath and St James's)
6. TR452 History/Sociology
7. TR083 Sociology and Social Policy
8. DN500 BA Degree - joint honours - full time
9. DN550 Social Science
10. TR913 Midwifery

NoHarm1994 · 10-05-2012 10:30PM

I am still not 100% sure but at the moment it is..

Level 8...
1: TCD Medicine
2: UCD Medicine
3: RCSI Medicine
4: Galway Medicine
5: Cork Mdicine
6: UCD Biomed and Health Science
7: TCD Human Health and Disease
8: UCD Radiography
9: TCD Physiotherapy
10: DCU Science

Number 6 is really important for me at the moment with a mediocre HPAT

...and Level 7...
1: DIT Science

LoonyLovegood · 10-05-2012 10:33PM

1. Civil Law NUIG
2. Law with Arts NUIM
3. Corporate Law NUIG
4. Arts NUIM
5. Arts NUIG

See a pattern? I'm back to Law, after being in between it and Nursing for AGES. I've a conditional offer for Edinburgh too, ABBB.

Mysteriouschic · 10-05-2012 10:44PM

Level 8
1. Enterprise Computing
2. Business Information Systems
3. Information Technology Management
4. Computing

Level 7
1. Management of Technology in Business
2. Information Technology Management

NoHarm1994 · 10-05-2012 11:25PM

Anyone planning on deferring regardless of what they get?
I definitely am, and I hope to get a job for the year

SlyBacon93 · 11-05-2012 12:21AM

Law and Economic-UCD
Law and politics-UCD
Law-TCD
BESS-TCD
Law-UCD
Economics/sociology TCD
Accounting and Finance DCU
Law and Business NUIM
Law and Arts(economics) NUIM
Economics and Politics UCD

Level 6/7
Business DIT
Business NCI

finality · 11-05-2012 08:38AM

Level 8 Course Choices:
1. TR032 Engineering
2. TR071 Science
3. TR051 Medicine (Restricted)
4. DN400 Medicine - Undergraduate entry (Restricted)
5. DN200 Science - Biological, Biomedical and Biomolecular Sciences
6. TR033 Computer Science

Will I change it again? I don't knooow :P

Dwellingdweller · 11-05-2012 06:20PM

These are definitely not my final choices, it's sorta just a rough draft for now. :P I need to sort them out according to what I really want, and the likelihood I'll get the points, but that can wait. Here's hoping I get Biomed!

Level 8
1. GY303 Biomedical Science
2. RC005 Pharmacy
3. TR071 Science
4. GY301 Science
5. TR076 Nanoscience, Physics, and Chemistry of Advanced Materials
6. TR032 Engineering
7. GY405 Mechanical Engineering
8. GY413 Energy Systems Engineering
Level 7
1. GA572 Computer and Energy Systems Engineering
2. GA670 Mechanical Engineering
3. LY427 Creative Digital Media
4. LY747 Multimedia and Digital Entertainment Technology

fizzyorange · 11-05-2012 06:29PM

Dwellingdweller wrote: »

These are definitely not my final choices, it's sorta just a rough draft for now. :P I need to sort them out according to what I really want, and the likelihood I'll get the points, but that can wait. Here's hoping I get Biomed!

Level 8
1. GY303 Biomedical Science
2. RC005 Pharmacy
3. TR071 Science
4. GY301 Science
5. TR076 Nanoscience, Physics, and Chemistry of Advanced Materials
6. TR032 Engineering
7. GY405 Mechanical Engineering
8. GY413 Energy Systems Engineering
Level 7
1. GA572 Computer and Energy Systems Engineering
2. GA670 Mechanical Engineering
3. LY427 Creative Digital Media
4. LY747 Multimedia and Digital Entertainment Technology

Can I just say biomed is absolutely brilliant. I'm not doing the course or anything, but got some work experience up in the labs of st.james' hospital, the majority of them there are biomed graduates and they have such great craic. The jobs (of the microbiologists and molecular chems anyway) are lovely. Bit repetitive but the hours are decent and so is the pay. If I could get the points I'd definitely do biomed, so I wish you luck!

Dwellingdweller · 11-05-2012 06:36PM

fizzyorange wrote: »

Can I just say biomed is absolutely brilliant. I'm not doing the course or anything, but got some work experience up in the labs of st.james' hospital, the majority of them there are biomed graduates and they have such great craic. The jobs (of the microbiologists and molecular chems anyway) are lovely. Bit repetitive but the hours are decent and so is the pay. If I could get the points I'd definitely do biomed, so I wish you luck!

Cool! That sounds great

Ideally I'd graduate with a degree in Pharmacology or the likes (I want to get into researching hard drugs/neuropharmacology), but even so, I could end up doing microbiology! At least I know now that I'm set for a job! :P And thanks man, I hope you get the course you want too

MartieG · 11-05-2012 10:21PM

Hi All,

I need some help. My top choice is Arts at UCD. Doing English and Geog hopefully.

But other than that, I have no other code on my CAO Level 8 or Level 6/7

I know that if I got accepted in Maynooth, Cork or Galway, I wouldn't be willing to study at them Uni's.

I'm unsure what else to put down on my form, can anybody please help !!! ?

Thanks

NoHarm1994 · 11-05-2012 10:27PM

MartieG wrote: »

Hi All,

I need some help. My top choice is Arts at UCD. Doing English and Geog hopefully.

But other than that, I have no other code on my CAO Level 8 or Level 6/7

I know that if I got accepted in Maynooth, Cork or Galway, I wouldn't be willing to study at them Uni's.

I'm unsure what else to put down on my form, can anybody please help !!! ?

Thanks

Just taking a slash in the dark here but presuming you want to be a teacher why not have a look into a few courses in Pats?

MartieG · 12-05-2012 03:48PM

NoHarm1994 wrote: »

Just taking a slash in the dark here but presuming you want to be a teacher why not have a look into a few courses in Pats?

Hey...Yes you are right, teacher yes...Or journalism, but I want to keep my options open so if I do English in Arts, I leave teaching/journalism open for me..

Any advice?

NoHarm1994 · 13-05-2012 12:30AM

MartieG wrote: »

Hey...Yes you are right, teacher yes...Or journalism, but I want to keep my options open so if I do English in Arts, I leave teaching/journalism open for me..

Any advice?

SUCCESS!

Have a look at the media and Journalism courses in DCU, they look quite interesting . Also science in Trinity is also quite a broad course with lots of subject options including Geography and Geology

Just a few other options for you

AllyMcFearless · 14-05-2012 03:03PM

Kind of banking myself on getting into NUIG, I've a deposit on accommodation :L
GY251 Civil Law and GY101 Arts are my top two, so hopefully either of these!