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CAO Round A

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    #62
    Laydee
    Registered Users Posts: 375 ✭✭Laydee


    Hopefully whoever got offered your first choice Linda will defer & the place will fall to you :D


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    #63
    Laydee
    Registered Users Posts: 375 ✭✭Laydee


    Your first choice could be someone else's 3rd choice & if they get offered a higher choice then your first choice will be freed up & offered to someone else (hopefully you)


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    #64
    Macca3000
    Registered Users Posts: 385 ✭✭Macca3000


    Whoop

    Got my first choice, Creative Digital Media in Blanchardstown.

    I'm going to college. I'm actually going to college. I never thought I'd see this day coming ;)


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    #65
    lindalinda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12 ✭lindalinda


    thanks a mill,, i had only got 159 in the aptitude so i wasnt holding out much hope, but happy to have gotten a place anyways,, another waiting game till august :confused:


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    #66
    daisling
    Registered Users Posts: 74 ✭✭daisling


    I am devistated got no offers. Have to rethink plans now. :(


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    #67
    Moomia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25 ✭Moomia


    Daisling, its not over yet you may still get an offer in other rounds!!!;)

    What score did you get and what were your choices???


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    #68
    lindtee
    Registered Users Posts: 3,396 ✭✭✭lindtee


    December wrote: »
    I got my first choice too @ UCC :D \o/

    Any other mature peeps on the board going to UCC?

    Me! Can't believe it really, although I've known for a while, there is nothing like seeing the offer there on the CAO site and pressing accept! Yipeee!!


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    #69
    daisling
    Registered Users Posts: 74 ✭✭daisling


    my choices were social care in tallaght and carlow. I was told at interview that i would not get tallaght but at carlow they said I did very well so was hopeful had 5 options in total. Thing is I have a level 7 degree that is now worse than useless. |Employers keep telling me I am too educated for jobs I just wanted to retrain


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    #70
    nukinfuts
    Closed Accounts Posts: 53 ✭✭nukinfuts


    Moomia wrote: »
    What score did you get and what were your choices???
    whats the whole score thing about?


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    #71
    nukinfuts
    Closed Accounts Posts: 53 ✭✭nukinfuts


    daisling wrote: »
    I am devistated got no offers. Have to rethink plans now. :(
    sorry to hear that, is there a 1 year course you could do related to it this year and then reapply next year maybe? like a Fetac level 5 or something?


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    #72
    Moomia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25 ✭Moomia


    Oh Daisling that's terrible, but you still have a chance in other rounds?? Why is the level 7 useless, will it not be any good to you at all???

    nukinfuts sorry the score is only related to the aptitude test for the nursing/midwifery applicants...sorry forgot that not everyone on here is nursing applicant!


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    #73
    daisling
    Registered Users Posts: 74 ✭✭daisling


    It is a degree in property valuations! The one area you cant get a job. i loved the course hated the work but the recession hit and solved that problem unemployed 12 months on Friday cant seem to get interviews even


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    #74
    beagle001
    Closed Accounts Posts: 764 ✭✭✭beagle001


    Hi all congratulations to many people here,it was a nervous wait.
    I got a quick question,I got accepted for level 8 Nuig but would have preferred level 7 course gmit I applied for.
    I am not unhappy as I will take no matter what but I was wondering will they offer me my first choice level 7 at a later round if I accept my first choice level 8 r should I wait a few days?


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    #75
    Dandoline
    Closed Accounts Posts: 62 ✭✭Dandoline


    Congrats everyone!!

    I was offered my second choice which Im delighted about..Cant believe Im going to college!!!! :D:D:D:D:D


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    #76
    racersedge
    Registered Users Posts: 540 ✭✭✭racersedge


    Ha.. feel a bit like on the outside looking in as I got no offers this morning. Bit of a bummer, as I was holding out hope. Not sure if I'm going to wait around for later round offers - need to find something to do with my life than the sit and wait approach. Particularly since a lot of people are using childcare courses as gateways to get into teaching down the line.

    Ahh well - sucks but sure.. that's life.


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    #77
    pathway33
    Registered Users Posts: 2,229 ✭✭✭pathway33


    I heard of matures last year who didn't receive an offer and rather than go the mature route again they did the leaving cert and will get their place next month through the points system. At least by going the leaving cert points route, their destiny is in their own hands.


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    #78
    ithread
    Registered Users Posts: 118 ✭✭ithread


    I'm the same as you racersedge, there was no offers for me today either! Just wondered if anyone who got the lowest score on the aptitude test (156) got a place?.


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    #79
    lindalinda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12 ✭lindalinda


    Hi quick Question, does anyone know will there be any other offers md july or is written in stone that the next offer for matures is 5th of august??


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    #80
    kimmy w
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭kimmy w


    hey im new to bords but just wanted to say to any1 who is disappointed today that i wasnt hopeful of a place as i only scored 164 but im over the moon to have got ucd general.. my heart goes out to anyone who wasnt as fortunate today....it could have easily been me in fact i was prepared for failure. im 25 an have been waiting for this chance for a long time all i can say is there is still hope an a chance till october this year...dont give up hope!! i think alot of us think of the people who didnt get in today more than those who did..really really sorry for any1 goin through that today.


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    #81
    darragh o meara
    Registered Users Posts: 3,228 ✭✭✭darragh o meara


    I got my first choice too, didnt think I would though but absoloutely delighted I did get it. Hopefully those who didnt get a call this morning will get the call in the next few days/weeks.


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    #82
    HoPpiE
    Closed Accounts Posts: 492 ✭✭HoPpiE


    Can someone clarify that not all courses were being offered to mature applicants today?

    I was told at my interview for Culinary Arts in DIT I would be offered a place when they were being offered. I don't even know if this course applies to the early round offers or if it's round zero I'm waiting for.


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    #83
    W86indow
    Registered Users Posts: 159 ✭✭W86indow


    strange one hoppie ...... have you received any correspondance from DIT
    since your interview? it's only some applicants i think got their places today
    did you apply as a mature student ?
    did you check your cao application online?


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    #84
    Larianne
    Registered Users Posts: 35,954 ✭✭✭✭Larianne


    Well now! Congratulations to everyone who got a place. I remember the feeling well. (I did a little dance. I also cried, but sssh!) I hope you go out and celebrate your success. I'm so happy for you all. EDIT: Make sure you all accept your offers!!!!!!!!!

    For those who didn't get a place, it is heartbreaking but do not give up hope! Use it as a learning experience. You will be more prepared for this process next year. Plus: You may still get an offer in the 2nd or subsequent rounds.

    If not,
    • Write to the head of the department and ask for feedback on your application and what you can do to improve your application for next year. (Colleges do remember you for doing this!)
    • Have a look at FETAC and Open University courses. Find a course that would compliment your application for next year.
    • Try get work/shadow experience in the area you are looking at if you haven't done so already.

    This year will have been an extremely difficult year to get a place as a mature student as there has been a higher volume of applicants.

    I didn't get in the first year I applied and I am very happy (in hindsight) that I didn't. I was much more prepared for college life, the course and the study that goes with it this year.

    Feel free to PM me with any questions if you're feeling a little lost or want to vent. I'll try help point you in the right direction.


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    #85
    HoPpiE
    Closed Accounts Posts: 492 ✭✭HoPpiE


    No, I haven't recieved anyhting since the interview. Though I think was told I wouldn't recieve an offer 'til August I'm not 100% certain on that.

    Yes, I applied as a mature student and have checked my application online.

    I actually had no idea there was any offers out today but on the web site it says early round offers for nursing etc. which makes me think it's only offers in that field or similar getting offers today. Still, I can't be certain as DIT doesn't seem to be the easiet college to get in contact with.


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    #86
    Larianne
    Registered Users Posts: 35,954 ✭✭✭✭Larianne


    HoPpiE wrote: »
    No, I haven't recieved anyhting since the interview. Though I think was told I wouldn't recieve an offer 'til August I'm not 100% certain on that.

    Yes, I applied as a mature student and have checked my application online.

    I actually had no idea there was any offers out today but on the web site it says early round offers for nursing etc. which makes me think it's only offers in that field or similar getting offers today. Still, I can't be certain as DIT doesn't seem to be the easiet college to get in contact with.

    If you were told you would be offered a place, I would assume you would have received it today. Have you tried ringing them? I would ring them up just to put your mind at rest!

    From their website it says
    # July: CAO Mature Student early round offers, you must reply and accept your place through the CAO
    # August: Final offers sent by CAO


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    #87
    Royal Seahawk
    Registered Users Posts: 1,001 ✭✭✭Royal Seahawk


    HoPpiE wrote: »
    No, I haven't recieved anyhting since the interview. Though I think was told I wouldn't recieve an offer 'til August I'm not 100% certain on that.

    Yes, I applied as a mature student and have checked my application online.

    I actually had no idea there was any offers out today but on the web site it says early round offers for nursing etc. which makes me think it's only offers in that field or similar getting offers today. Still, I can't be certain as DIT doesn't seem to be the easiet college to get in contact with.

    The course I was offered today is engineering related.


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    #88
    HoPpiE
    Closed Accounts Posts: 492 ✭✭HoPpiE


    OK thanks guys I'll try contact them.

    Not looking good though.


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    #89
    pathway33
    Registered Users Posts: 2,229 ✭✭✭pathway33


    Can mature students apply for the following courses with places currently available, providing they meet the minimum entry requirements?

    http://www.cao.ie/courses/vpl_courses_popup.htm


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    #90
    W86indow
    Registered Users Posts: 159 ✭✭W86indow


    i got buisness in LIT today ... but didnt have to have an interview or anything

    i think the culinary arts is a little different ... i know its cooking duh
    but did you have to do a pratical exam ?

    but i havent heard of any mature students for art and design getting there place today ..and they are usually notified later anyway as they have to go through alot of portfolios and it may be the same if you did a pratical
    dont worry

    try contact DIT tommorrow after 9am ...


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    #91
    HoPpiE
    Closed Accounts Posts: 492 ✭✭HoPpiE


    No I didn't do anything but an interview when I applied. I don't know who exactly to get in touch with. I think I would probably like to speak to them in person though.

    It's really frustrating though as I only moved to Dublin last week on the basis that I would be starting college in September, which was my understanding from the interview.

    EDIT: Do you get a rejection notice?


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