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

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 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 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 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!

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 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 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

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 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: