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CAO question? Differnece between 'Final' and Mid-point'

  • 18-08-2010 3:29pm
    #1
    Curlyhatescurls
    Registered Users Posts: 283 ✭✭


    Hi, I'm a bit confused, on the cao website where they show the points they first have the 'final' points and then beside that they have the 'median' points(which are always higher)

    How do I tell how many points I need? For the course I want to do(English in TCD) the 'final' points were 475 and the 'median' points were 515 in 2009. I got 535 so does that mean I am safe?

    *difference(sorry, was typing quickly)


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  • #2
    Joseph
    Registered Users Posts: 1,521 ✭✭✭Joseph


    I think it means the average people had going into the course was 515, and that 475 was the cut off point for the last people getting into it.

    You are definately safe with 535


  • #3
    rainbowtrout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,382 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    Curlyhatescurls wrote: »
    Hi, I'm a bit confused, on the cao website where they show the points they first have the 'final' points and then beside that they have the 'median' points(which are always higher)

    How do I tell how many points I need? For the course I want to do(English in TCD) the 'final' points were 475 and the 'median' points were 515 in 2009. I got 535 so does that mean I am safe?

    *difference(sorry, was typing quickly)

    Final points is what you need to look at. Median, which means middle, in the middle points value achieved by all the people that got the course. It just gives you an idea of the average points of people on the course. Of course people get higher and lower than that.


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