awaiting a letter from NCAD for CORE year starting sept 2011?? :O

sligo. · 23-02-2011 2:41pm #1

hey all!
i'm curious as to how many of you boards people out there are waiting for a letter in the post from NCAD as to whether your portfolio has passed the assesment?!!

anybody nervous? :eek: aaaagh why must we wait until mid to late March for the result when the portfolios had to be removed from the college by yesterday? :P would appreciate if people who have been through this process before would share their stories! what is the portfolio marked out of and how do you get a breakdown of marks etc?

spinandscribble · 23-02-2011 6:52pm

Its out of 1000 and they don't give you a break down just your score. It informs you whether this is enough to get in (if you get the academic grades required in your leaving cert) or if you're on the waiting list.

I didn't think the wait was too long because it takes a while to process the scores and the people involved have enough work on their hands with their students. When you get into art college you'll probably complain you won't be seeing your tutor during the portfolio weeks :P

sligo. · 23-02-2011 7:16pm

spinandscribble wrote: »

Its out of 1000 and they don't give you a break down just your score. It informs you whether this is enough to get in (if you get the academic grades required in your leaving cert) or if you're on the waiting list.

I didn't think the wait was too long because it takes a while to process the scores and the people involved have enough work on their hands with their students. When you get into art college you'll probably complain you won't be seeing your tutor during the portfolio weeks :P

hopfully the letter will be telling me that i got enough :P true im not finding it too bad because i brought it to Dublin 1st and then i just picked it up on Monday and its nearing the end of February already so just 2/3 weeks i'm hoping (that is them sending out the results in mid March and not late March ha :P) true i'll probably be giving out this time next year! :pac:

catman103 · 23-02-2011 8:50pm

Hey there, I too am waiting for my letter. The time between me handing in my portfolio and taking it back was the worst, I was plagued with worries and the like, but then just after I picked it up my mocks were on so my mind has been taken off it. Occasionally I am reminded of it and I shudder, but that's about it.
Did any one else's have signs of it being looked at? My sheets were out of their section and out of order, hopefully that meant they had a good look through it.
Also I've read from other threads that the portfolios are usually sent back in late march/ early april.... Thats seems like a long time away but hopefully it'll pass peacefully.

sligo. · 23-02-2011 9:03pm

catman103 wrote: »

Hey there, I too am waiting for my letter. The time between me handing in my portfolio and taking it back was the worst, I was plagued with worries and the like, but then just after I picked it up my mocks were on so my mind has been taken off it. Occasionally I am reminded of it and I shudder, but that's about it.
Did any one else's have signs of it being looked at? My sheets were out of their section and out of order, hopefully that meant they had a good look through it.
Also I've read from other threads that the portfolios are usually sent back in late march/ early april.... Thats seems like a long time away but hopefully it'll pass peacefully.

i know i had my mock exams last week so i had to cram all my study in along with doing the exams so i had left the porfolio in the back of my mind :P i'm just relieved that it's all over with because it was hard working on it with the leaving cert and all...i had done NO study for my mocks because i was working so hard on the portfolio coming up to the 4th of Feb! for the majority my sheets were all in order but the corners were turned up etc. what number was everyone when they submitted their portfolios to NCAD?? i was number 55 on the last thursday BUT on another thread i saw that there was just over 500 applicants at 4:15 on the friday :rolleyes: ha!

catman103 · 23-02-2011 9:07pm

sligo. wrote: »

i know i had my mock exams last week so i had to cram all my study in along with doing the exams so i had left the porfolio in the back of my mind :P i'm just relieved that it's all over with because it was hard working on it with the leaving cert and all...i had done NO study for my mocks because i was working so hard on the portfolio coming up to the 4th of Feb! for the majority my sheets were all in order but the corners were turned up etc. what number was everyone when they submitted their portfolios to NCAD?? i was number 55 on the last thursday BUT on another thread i saw that there was just over 500 applicants at 4:15 on the friday :rolleyes: ha!

Well I was number 107 at around half 10, and my friend was 200 later that day (the last thursday). The people taking our portfolios were saying that most people just come right before they close at half 4 i think it was, so there could have been a lot more. 500 though 15 minutes before the closing time, doesnt sound like that many compared to other colleges.

sligo. · 23-02-2011 9:17pm

catman103 wrote: »

Well I was number 107 at around half 10, and my friend was 200 later that day (the last thursday). The people taking our portfolios were saying that most people just come right before they close at half 4 i think it was, so there could have been a lot more. 500 though 15 minutes before the closing time, doesnt sound like that many compared to other colleges.

yeah they must have come on the last day...at the last minute :P i wouldn't have chanced going on the last day incase i got stuck on the train or something ha, i nearly didn't make the NCAD open day with the snow so i was taking no chances :pac: did you go to the open day? i think it was that same person that said when they were leaving the college 30 people were queuing with portfolios :eek: what did everyones portfolios weigh in at??....and what size portfolio did ye all work with? i used A1 and it sort of made my life hell, but it was worth the effort i suppose

catman103 · 23-02-2011 11:19pm

sligo. wrote: »

yeah they must have come on the last day...at the last minute :P i wouldn't have chanced going on the last day incase i got stuck on the train or something ha, i nearly didn't make the NCAD open day with the snow so i was taking no chances :pac: did you go to the open day? i think it was that same person that said when they were leaving the college 30 people were queuing with portfolios :eek: what did everyones portfolios weigh in at??....and what size portfolio did ye all work with? i used A1 and it sort of made my life hell, but it was worth the effort i suppose

Actually sorry I went on the last day: Friday, but I live in Dublin so it's less of a deal. Yeah I went to the open day aswell, snow and all, it was what really pushed me to work hard on the portfolio, we were some of the only few there though, which was great, apparently there are usually masses of people going but there were hardly any. My portfolio was way under the limit, and A2, but I think I did a lot of work, just on paper, and light.

sligo. · 23-02-2011 11:55pm

catman103 wrote: »

Actually sorry I went on the last day: Friday, but I live in Dublin so it's less of a deal. Yeah I went to the open day aswell, snow and all, it was what really pushed me to work hard on the portfolio, we were some of the only few there though, which was great, apparently there are usually masses of people going but there were hardly any. My portfolio was way under the limit, and A2, but I think I did a lot of work, just on paper, and light.

yeah i was just wondering how that was because i was there at lunchtime on the thursday ha

its a bit of a trek from Sligo! i was really glad i went to the open day because i realised how cool the college is and what it would be like to actually work there, it was just like a big school sort of! :pac: i was surprised that they didnt put off the open day because the turnout was pretty poor in the end with the snow and all, the students themselves wern't even in the college :P i forgot to weigh my portfolio before i left but it was underweight thankfuly, 7 and a half kgs!

catman103 · 24-02-2011 12:16am

sligo. wrote: »

yeah i was just wondering how that was because i was there at lunchtime on the thursday ha its a bit of a trek from Sligo! i was really glad i went to the open day because i realised how cool the college is and what it would be like to actually work there, it was just like a big school sort of! :pac: i was surprised that they didnt put off the open day because the turnout was pretty poor in the end with the snow and all, the students themselves wern't even in the college :P i forgot to weigh my portfolio before i left but it was underweight thankfuly, 7 and a half kgs!

Yeah, I think 10kgs is hard to muster in a portfolio, unless youre packing some seriously heavy weight pieces...

spinandscribble · 24-02-2011 1:58am

catman103 wrote: »

Yeah, I think 10kgs is hard to muster in a portfolio, unless youre packing some seriously heavy weight pieces...

A few of us in my portfolio course last year were near or over the limit. I think layered pages and sketchbooks made it tricky, I had to leave a book out.

snicket · 26-02-2011 5:18pm

I've kinda stopped worrying now, I'd somehow convinced myself they gave back your results with your portfolio so I was bricking it all that week... such an anticlimax

I doubt I'm gonna get it anyway, I'd say the standard is really high!

sligo. · 26-02-2011 6:02pm

snicket wrote: »

I've kinda stopped worrying now, I'd somehow convinced myself they gave back your results with your portfolio so I was bricking it all that week... such an anticlimax I doubt I'm gonna get it anyway, I'd say the standard is really high!

at this stage you may aswel not worry too much seeing as you thought you'd get your result on the collection day ha

but give me one or 2 weeks from now and i'll be frantically checking the post everyday and i'll be on edge :P no dont be negative anyways! it crossed my mind before to be negative but theres no point in saying you wont get in. i'm not being hopeful that i will get in but i'm just going to be optimistic

and apply to the other colleges in the meantime if i dont get a pleasant letter from NCAD ha :P

lemonade1 · 28-02-2011 10:42pm

hey so is any1 sending there brief to DIT this week too?
its getting close!

sligo. · 01-03-2011 6:13pm

lemonade1 wrote: »

hey so is any1 sending there brief to DIT this week too?
its getting close!

hi there! well i had applied to DIT through the CAO and then i got the info from them and it really just didnt suit me :eek: i couldn't bring it to them on the same day i was picking it up from NCAD because they want it on either the 3rd or the 4th? so then i'd have to go all the way up to Dublin again (from Sligo!) and leave it there for about 10 days i think they said so then i'd have to go up again and no i dont think i'd bother with a courrier just incase :P ha! so no i'm not applying to DIT now! you??

EMILY.C · 01-03-2011 10:35pm

Hey! Yeh, I'm waiting for my NCAD letter too! I think I'm more stressed out now than when i was actually doing the brief! I was so close last year, I just hope I get it this year!

sligo. · 01-03-2011 10:39pm

EMILY.C wrote: »

Hey! Yeh, I'm waiting for my NCAD letter too! I think I'm more stressed out now than when i was actually doing the brief! I was so close last year, I just hope I get it this year!

you applied last year too? were you put on a waiting list and obviously just unfortunate not to be selected then?:( did you do a PLC this year??

i want it to come soon! yaaaaay it is now officially March (the month of the dreaded letter:P) hope it actually does come this month, and soon! best of luck to you, as with everyone else on here, hope ye get in!:D

EMILY.C · 02-03-2011 5:05pm

sligo. wrote: »

you applied last year too? were you put on a waiting list and obviously just unfortunate not to be selected then?:( did you do a PLC this year?? i want it to come soon! yaaaaay it is now officially March (the month of the dreaded letter:P) hope it actually does come this month, and soon! best of luck to you, as with everyone else on here, hope ye get in!:D

Best of luck to you too! Yeah i go to Colaiste Dhulaigh! I know i wish it would just come right now!!!

lemonade1 · 02-03-2011 6:43pm

sligo. wrote: »

hi there! well i had applied to DIT through the CAO and then i got the info from them and it really just didnt suit me :eek: i couldn't bring it to them on the same day i was picking it up from NCAD because they want it on either the 3rd or the 4th? so then i'd have to go all the way up to Dublin again (from Sligo!) and leave it there for about 10 days i think they said so then i'd have to go up again and no i dont think i'd bother with a courrier just incase :P ha! so no i'm not applying to DIT now! you??

ahh i have picked mine up already and i live just outside dublin so its easier for me but i did have to reschedual my limerick interview as it clashed with DITs ten days! I applied to most art courses as i am not expecting to get my first preference ie NCAD

sligo. · 02-03-2011 9:22pm

lemonade1 wrote: »

ahh i have picked mine up already and i live just outside dublin so its easier for me but i did have to reschedual my limerick interview as it clashed with DITs ten days! I applied to most art courses as i am not expecting to get my first preference ie NCAD

yeah i dont want to expect NCAD either, just hope :P aaaagh i've so much on atm, i've only finished my mocks today, had 2 full days or art drawing exams there :eek: and i havn't even thought about the Limerick thingy....yano the essays?! :P help! what were they 150 words each? i havn't looked at that letter since i got it about 3/4 weeks ago cause i've so much on! what to do for them hmmm. and btw, how are ye going to set up your portfolios for other colleges?? like just put in the 16 NCAD pages or half and half? are they really that strict about just having 20 pages??

cause i'd love to pack it with the 16 NCAD pages and all my other stuff

EMILY.C · 08-03-2011 10:19pm

I had a dream last night that I only got 50 points for my NCAD portfolio!! anxiety setting in

:)

lemonade1 · 08-03-2011 11:14pm

sligo. wrote: »

yeah i dont want to expect NCAD either, just hope :P aaaagh i've so much on atm, i've only finished my mocks today, had 2 full days or art drawing exams there :eek: and i havn't even thought about the Limerick thingy....yano the essays?! :P help! what were they 150 words each? i havn't looked at that letter since i got it about 3/4 weeks ago cause i've so much on! what to do for them hmmm. and btw, how are ye going to set up your portfolios for other colleges?? like just put in the 16 NCAD pages or half and half? are they really that strict about just having 20 pages?? cause i'd love to pack it with the 16 NCAD pages and all my other stuff

i put in the majority of ncad and then added sum school work life drawing and such but kept to under 20

sligo. · 09-03-2011 7:50pm

lemonade1 wrote: »

i put in the majority of ncad and then added sum school work life drawing and such but kept to under 20

yeah i've chopped some of my sheets from the NCAD portfolio now and i'll stick in some of the finished pieces i did before...and off to Limerick on the 15th!

still have to do the essays though haha, all this weekend methinks :P hurry up mid to late March, aaaagh!!

EMILY.C · 13-03-2011 12:18pm

So do you guys think NCAD letters will be this week or next? What do you think the points will be like?

sligo. · 13-03-2011 2:56pm

EMILY.C wrote: »

So do you guys think NCAD letters will be this week or next? What do you think the points will be like?

well myself and my mother are counting the days untill mid March but whos knows it will most likely be out late March :P i hope not though! but with paddy's day and all i bet they wont be out this week

arrrrgh hope i get above the cut off

going to LSAD tuesday and have still to do my essays :eek: :pac:

lemonade1 · 13-03-2011 10:45pm

EMILY.C wrote: »

So do you guys think NCAD letters will be this week or next? What do you think the points will be like?

well they came on the 18th last year!

so i thnk either late this week or early next:eek:

SadMatt · 13-03-2011 10:53pm

Last year, one guy from my school received a letter from NCAD around 18th of March. So yeah, the results might be coming soon.
I can't wait!

sligo. · 13-03-2011 11:04pm

SadMatt wrote: »

Last year, one guy from my school received a letter from NCAD around 18th of March. So yeah, the results might be coming soon.
I can't wait!

aaagh! thats two people there that said the 18th :P there may be hope for this week? anyone bank on a letter by friday??

they better come soon!

kieranofarl · 15-03-2011 5:28pm

so results might be out Friday? Im seriously stressing about all this portfolio stuff, had to bring to Limerick today, but i'm not sure if i'll get either courses.

sligo. · 15-03-2011 9:50pm

kieranofarl wrote: »

so results might be out Friday? Im seriously stressing about all this portfolio stuff, had to bring to Limerick today, but i'm not sure if i'll get either courses.

ha snap i was there today too :P i'm a bit nervous but hey don't worry too much! i'm sure you'll get a course

it would be great to have both letters by friday!!

Tiriel · 15-03-2011 10:54pm

Best of luck to you all - you've worked so hard - hope you get the places you want but don't forget - if the news is bad, there are other routes and stay positive. The waiting is horrible, I really feel for ye!

Hope ye hear soon

Rosie30 · 19-03-2011 4:20pm

Going to be Monday or Tuesday guys!!! Best of luck to everyone that is waiting on news.

sligo. · 19-03-2011 6:24pm

thanks to the two of you above

i really want to know how i got on with NCAD and LSAD!!! i even dreamt about reading one of the letters last night, horrible stuff :P i'd say both letters will come this week for me because i havn't got one from Limerick yet either, the suspense is horrible, whether the news is bad or good! hopfully i will have more options anyways if all doesn't work out

let us know how you get on everyone

SadMatt · 19-03-2011 9:56pm

Monday or Tuesday? Are you sure? Im so excited and nervous!

sligo. · 19-03-2011 9:59pm

SadMatt wrote: »

Monday or Tuesday? Are you sure? Im so excited and nervous!

well i'm expecting my LSAD letter on Monday or Tuesday for definate because i was there last Wednesday with my portfolio and leeters are sent out after but i'm not too sure for NCAD :P but i would assume that they too will be out THIS week!! because last year they were out on the 18th from what i've read on here, so they cant be too far away now

EMILY.C · 20-03-2011 6:03pm

I have constant butterflies in my tummy!!

snicket · 21-03-2011 6:12pm

Did anyone get theirs today? I really hope they don't take much longer, the waiting is killing me!

sligo. · 21-03-2011 6:28pm

no letter from NCAD today! it was the 18th last year when people got theirs and it's now the 21st so who bets on tommorrow?!? :P

catman103 · 21-03-2011 8:01pm

sligo. wrote: »

no letter from NCAD today! it was the 18th last year when people got theirs and it's now the 21st so who bets on tommorrow?!? :P

Well I'd love it to be tomorrow but I was reading last year's boards for this a while ago and they were saying it was around the 25th, and some only got it in early april...
Anyway could be completely wrong, it's just what I read. Let's hope for letters tomorrow, this has been killing my nerves for many past months..

UltraGems · 21-03-2011 8:09pm

catman103 wrote: »

Well I'd love it to be tomorrow but I was reading last year's boards for this a while ago and they were saying it was around the 25th, and some only got it in early april...
Anyway could be completely wrong, it's just what I read. Let's hope for letters tomorrow, this has been killing my nerves for many past months..

the anticipation is killing me. I'm having bad dreams about opening it!
It has to be tomorrow!

sligo. · 21-03-2011 8:53pm

catman103 wrote: »

Well I'd love it to be tomorrow but I was reading last year's boards for this a while ago and they were saying it was around the 25th, and some only got it in early april...
Anyway could be completely wrong, it's just what I read. Let's hope for letters tomorrow, this has been killing my nerves for many past months..

i think i saw the 18th before but last could indeed have been the 25th! it has to be soon anyways and definately this week! :eek: by the way.....did anyone apply to LSAD and get there portfolio results yet?? feel free to message me your score because i want to know how did mine fare out amoungst eveyone else :P got mine today!!

LiquidLuck · 21-03-2011 9:02pm

I really hope its this week, the wait is nearly as stressful as doing the actual portfolio...though I did notice that last year some people mentioned they didnt get theirs until the 4th April!:O Does anyone have any idea how many applicants there were this year?

EMILY.C · 21-03-2011 9:25pm

My tutor in college said the NCAD letter will come next week not this week?? She said it only came early last year cos of Easter being early and that

sligo. · 21-03-2011 10:04pm

oh dear god if i don't get a letter this week from NCAD i will go crazy, i don't care if its good or bad news i just need to know now!!! :P

lemonade1 · 21-03-2011 10:17pm

next week??
thought easter was early this year too...:(:confused:

sligo. · 21-03-2011 10:23pm

lemonade1 wrote: »

next week??
thought easter was early this year too...:(:confused:

yeah agreed! i thought it was early this year? :P again anyone that applied to LSAD that may have gotten results, feel free to let me know how ye got on

im interested to know how my result looks compared to other people's!!

spinandscribble · 22-03-2011 11:35am

sligo. wrote: »

yeah agreed! i thought it was early this year? :P again anyone that applied to LSAD that may have gotten results, feel free to let me know how ye got on im interested to know how my result looks compared to other people's!!

People might be more likely to compare or tell you their score if you were to do the same first. No need to do so if it makes you uncomfortable but neither will some others.

orlanda · 22-03-2011 3:08pm

I rang admissions yesterday re. letters and was told they " may" be posting them out on Wednesday

lemonade1 · 22-03-2011 5:47pm

orlanda wrote: »

I rang admissions yesterday re. letters and was told they " may" be posting them out on Wednesday

great:D just need to know what the story is

sligo. · 22-03-2011 6:05pm

spinandscribble wrote: »

People might be more likely to compare or tell you their score if you were to do the same first. No need to do so if it makes you uncomfortable but neither will some others.

oh i know :P i'm willing to tell what i got 1st if people want ha, i dont mind, i just want to know where do i lie in the scheme of things

may be posted wednesday, ah now!! :eek:

SadMatt · 22-03-2011 6:50pm

So wait, there is a chance that we might get the results from NCAD this Wednesday?

awaiting a letter from NCAD for CORE year starting sept 2011?? :O

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