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I will be starting the gym next week plus getting some books on punctuation to be fully prepared for UCC
. I just need to brush up on it. Im sure that joke about tipp is hilarious 
Yep we will be notified by email first then offical letter will be sent in July.
I don't think meditation would help me in the slightest!
Oh did I say meditation? I meant medication. Gym will be good, you'll need to be fit so you can run away from all the boys that will be chasing you around campus.
Really, books punctuation? Or did I miss something. I am having a bit of a slow day, but my hair looks fab so it evens out.
Excited now. July. My, my, my, my, my, my, my...July. I hope we get the letter on Mundy. (wordplay?....I love it)0 -
MiloYossarian wrote: »Oh did I say meditation? I meant medication. Gym will be good, you'll need to be fit so you can run away from all the boys that will be chasing you around campus.
Really, books punctuation? Or did I miss something. I am having a bit of a slow day, but my hair looks fab so it evens out.
Excited now. July. My, my, my, my, my, my, my...July. I hope we get the letter on Mundy. (wordplay?....I love it) haha once your hair looks great thats all that matters 
....yep books and punctuation. ..u read that right lol 0 -
MiloYossarian wrote: »Oh did I say meditation? I meant medication. Gym will be good, you'll need to be fit so you can run away from all the boys that will be chasing you around campus.
Really, books punctuation? Or did I miss something. I am having a bit of a slow day, but my hair looks fab so it evens out.
Excited now. July. My, my, my, my, my, my, my...July. I hope we get the letter on Mundy. (wordplay?....I love it) haha once your hair looks great thats all that matters ....yep books and punctuation. ..u read that right lol 0 -
haha once your hair looks great thats all that matters ....yep books and punctuation. ..u read that right lol
I don't think you need books on punctuation. Anybody that is going to be critical of your punctuation is lost up their own colon. Hyphen opinion that nobody needs to learn about punctuation, full stop.0 -
MiloYossarian wrote: »I don't think you need books on punctuation. Anybody that is going to be critical of your punctuation is lost up their own colon. Hyphen opinion that nobody needs to learn about punctuation, full stop.
Hey
I rang UCC admissions today and they said the acceptance/non acceptance emails will be sent out the middle of this month 0 -
Hey
I rang UCC admissions today and they said the acceptance/non acceptance emails will be sent out the middle of this month
Cool thanks So next week? I'm getting fairly agitated when I think about it. The only way I can get through is by putting it out of my mind. I really hope it is next week. I really, really hope it is. 0 -
MiloYossarian wrote: »Cool thanks So next week? I'm getting fairly agitated when I think about it. The only way I can get through is by putting it out of my mind. I really hope it is next week. I really, really hope it is.
I hope so too as the waiting is wearing thin on me at this stage. There are times I feel like bawling because at that time I tell myself I have not got in and to just except it and then there are times I am clinging on to that tiny glimmer of hope. It's all quite sad really!0 -
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MiloYossarian wrote: »No, it must be a natural thing, because I'm right there with ya gurrrrrl! I was literally going to say the exact same thing with this message.
The thing for me is, I was confident going in to the msap, I was okay after it, I wanted the top ten percent but fell just shy, I got in to the top fourteen percent, or the eighty sixth percentile. I prepared well for the interview too, and I was fairly confident going in to it, and mostly coming out of it. But as time passes I'm far less so....
Getting in to this is the only thing I have in my life right now. If I don't get in there will be just...nothing.
But the numbers are on our side. 46 people interviewing for 25 places. Surely we did enough to beat 21 of them. Especially since some of them will have done nothing to prepare for being a social worker, and some of them don't even care about being a social worker. So the odds are okay. Numbers can't lie. Either way, we'll know next week.
P.s Sorry for the vent/over share.
I was just thinking if 16 turned up for your group and 19 turned up for mine, that's a total of 35 so our odds are better.
You done very well in the msap so I would not fear if I were you. I understand that this is what you are existing for at the moment but therw are other options like access courses. I will be literally devastated if I don't get in but I have the college of commerce in the back of my mind and then re apply next yr.
Don't apologise for your venting...it was needed I am worried that they have not rang my referees yet...well not to my knowledge anyway. 0 -
MiloYossarian wrote: »No, it must be a natural thing, because I'm right there with ya gurrrrrl! I was literally going to say the exact same thing with this message.
The thing for me is, I was confident going in to the msap, I was okay after it, I wanted the top ten percent but fell just shy, I got in to the top fourteen percent, or the eighty sixth percentile. I prepared well for the interview too, and I was fairly confident going in to it, and mostly coming out of it. But as time passes I'm far less so....
Getting in to this is the only thing I have in my life right now. If I don't get in there will be just...nothing.
But the numbers are on our side. 46 people interviewing for 25 places. Surely we did enough to beat 21 of them. Especially since some of them will have done nothing to prepare for being a social worker, and some of them don't even care about being a social worker. So the odds are okay. Numbers can't lie. Either way, we'll know next week.
P.s Sorry for the vent/over share.
I was just thinking if 16 turned up for your group and 19 turned up for mine, that's a total of 35 so our odds are better.
You done very well in the msap so I would not fear if I were you. I understand that this is what you are existing for at the moment but therw are other options like access courses. I will be literally devastated if I don't get in but I have the college of commerce in the back of my mind and then re apply next yr.
Don't apologise for your venting...it was needed I am worried that they have not rang my referees yet...well not to my knowledge anyway. 0 -
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I was just thinking if 16 turned up for your group and 19 turned up for mine, that's a total of 35 so our odds are better.
You done very well in the msap so I would not fear if I were you. I understand that this is what you are existing for at the moment but therw are other options like access courses. I will be literally devastated if I don't get in but I have the college of commerce in the back of my mind and then re apply next yr.
Don't apologise for your venting...it was needed I am worried that they have not rang my referees yet...well not to my knowledge anyway.
Access courses, that was the term I couldn't think of, thank you. The venting was needed, so thank you for that as well. And you're right, there are other avenues to explore, and I will. In fact, I know that if I have to apply again next year, that I'll have an even stronger application than I did this year. I'd just rather not have to wait. I already have a grey hair, this time next year I might have as many as two, or even three.
I wouldn't worry too much about the references thing. I presumed they wouldn't ring them. It seemed like a formality for me. Like, just to see if we could get them, or maybe if they were stuck, as a kind of tie breaker situation.
If you don't get in, try not to be too down on yourself. You already have a contingency plan in place to strengthen your application for next year. Allow yourself a day or two, then try to figure out how you could do better next time. You know what you want, it's just a matter of figuring out how to get it.
I hope you do get it. Because of how much you want it. If you showed the interviewers even a smidgen of the passion you've shown me in our conversation then you're a shoe in.:)0 -
Hello all I just wanted to give an update on my own situation! After rooting around and noticing that some people had been called for interviews in DIT I decided to email to ask if there was any news on interviews date......to be informed that letters had been sent out already and if I hadn't received one that I was unsuccessful this year.
Needless to say I was was completely distraught but after a few days I decided to contact admissions again to ask if possible for any feedback. I had applied on 5th March the first day for late applicants (this was due to not knowing when redundancies would happen in my workplace) anyway long story short this was the very reason - late applications were not looked at at all.
Would have saved myself a lot of hassle if known this in the first place! I actually had contacted the dept in question before I made my application and they had said to apply late...
Anyhoo at least I know I wasn't turned down because of my application and I'll be first in line when CAO opens later this year. Things happen for a reason and as it turns out I'm still in limbo regarding work with redundancies hanging over our heads in next weeks ahead.
Best of luck to you all and I wish you all the very best 0 -
MiloYossarian wrote: »Access courses, that was the term I couldn't think of, thank you. The venting was needed, so thank you for that as well. And you're right, there are other avenues to explore, and I will. In fact, I know that if I have to apply again next year, that I'll have an even stronger application than I did this year. I'd just rather not have to wait. I already have a grey hair, this time next year I might have as many as two, or even three.
I wouldn't worry too much about the references thing. I presumed they wouldn't ring them. It seemed like a formality for me. Like, just to see if we could get them, or maybe if they were stuck, as a kind of tie breaker situation.
If you don't get in, try not to be too down on yourself. You already have a contingency plan in place to strengthen your application for next year. Allow yourself a day or two, then try to figure out how you could do better next time. You know what you want, it's just a matter of figuring out how to get it.
I hope you do get it. Because of how much you want it. If you showed the interviewers even a smidgen of the passion you've shown me in our conversation then you're a shoe in.:)
The power of words....awh thank you and likewise I really hope you get it! You deserve it.
I think if I get the email saying I got accepted I would faint haha....just knowing I am on the path to the career I really want is exciting and gut wrenching...we have got this far and for the ruh to be pulled from under us at this stage would be like a punch to the stomach but I would come back next year stronger....its great to have someone in the same boat though. It is hard to explaiin to other people what a roller coaster ride this all has been 0 -
The power of words....awh thank you and likewise I really hope you get it! You deserve it.
I think if I get the email saying I got accepted I would faint haha....just knowing I am on the path to the career I really want is exciting and gut wrenching...we have got this far and for the ruh to be pulled from under us at this stage would be like a punch to the stomach but I would come back next year stronger....its great to have someone in the same boat though. It is hard to explaiin to other people what a roller coaster ride this all has been
Ditto gurrrl. I couldn't have put it better, it is a massive gut punch. Then there's this void, where you just feel empty. There's nothing to do. Until the application process begins again. The msap gives you something to work on, then the interview, then the waiting, although terrible, at least you have something, but if you get rejected...there's just nothing.
Ya, I can't express how thankful I am that I found you and this thread. I would not have liked to go it alone. 0 -
MiloYossarian wrote: »Ditto gurrrl. I couldn't have put it better, it is a massive gut punch. Then there's this void, where you just feel empty. There's nothing to do. Until the application process begins again. The msap gives you something to work on, then the interview, then the waiting, although terrible, at least you have something, but if you get rejected...there's just nothing.
Ya, I can't express how thankful I am that I found you and this thread. I would not have liked to go it alone.
I am shocked that there isnt anyone else here in our boat....or our yacht...yes I prefer yacht lol.....I looked back at other bsw threads from previous years and there is far more chit chat!
It would be so funny if we both get it and on the very first day id be like is there a guy from boards.ie here....one grey hair...goes by the name milo....:) haha0 -
I am shocked that there isnt anyone else here in our boat....or our yacht...yes I prefer yacht lol.....I looked back at other bsw threads from previous years and there is far more chit chat!
It would be so funny if we both get it and on the very first day id be like is there a guy from boards.ie here....one grey hair...goes by the name milo....:) haha
Jebus, you keep saying the things I want to say but before I say them, I'm perplexed, and a little bit pissed, about there being only two of us as well. Do you....you don't think that they're hiding from us do you?
Ha, yes, I'd love if that happened. It'd be cool to kind of know somebody before we get there. That way we could could be the cool clique, and everybody else would have to try really hard to get in with us. We can rule them as king and queen of campus and make them....wo, wo, I carried away with that quite quickly.0 -
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MiloYossarian wrote: »Maybe when we get in, we could ask Ger Mannix for other successful candidate's email addresses and set up a forum here for people to chat? Not sure how UCC would be about giving out information like that though.
Hopefully people will want to be in our group hahahahaha...soooo childish but yet funny 0 -
Hopefully people will want to be in our group hahahahaha...soooo childish but yet funny
I'd heard that it was a great course to be on. Everybody is friendly, supports each other and gets along. I mentioned that during the interview, and one of the interviewers scoffed and said, 'well, some groups do,' half under her breath.
Same thing will probably happen that happens in most classes. After the first two weeks groups will form. It's usually the same with same. Boys with boys. Girls with girls. Even on the day of the interview, when we were all talking, the three African girls sat away from us.
Honestly though, I know this sounds bad, but I don't really care if anybody talks to me. I'm not going there for the "college experience." I am 100% focused on doing well.
However, that's a bit false too. I'm not really worried about making friends, because I know I will make lots of friends there. I make friends easily enough, I'm quite easy to get along with.0 -
MiloYossarian wrote: »I'd heard that it was a great course to be on. Everybody is friendly, supports each other and gets along. I mentioned that during the interview, and one of the interviewers scoffed and said, 'well, some groups do,' half under her breath.
Same thing will probably happen that happens in most classes. After the first two weeks groups will form. It's usually the same with same. Boys with boys. Girls with girls. Even on the day of the interview, when we were all talking, the three African girls sat away from us.
Honestly though, I know this sounds bad, but I don't really care if anybody talks to me. I'm not going there for the "college experience." I am 100% focused on doing well.
However, that's a bit false too. I'm not really worried about making friends, because I know I will make lots of friends there. I make friends easily enough, I'm quite easy to get along with.
Well hopefully we will be friends lol.....
I am the same I think. I am very easy going and I don't fear the making friends part plus we are a small group it would be a shame for it to be sectioned.0 -
MiloYossarian wrote: »I'd heard that it was a great course to be on. Everybody is friendly, supports each other and gets along. I mentioned that during the interview, and one of the interviewers scoffed and said, 'well, some groups do,' half under her breath.
Same thing will probably happen that happens in most classes. After the first two weeks groups will form. It's usually the same with same. Boys with boys. Girls with girls. Even on the day of the interview, when we were all talking, the three African girls sat away from us.
Honestly though, I know this sounds bad, but I don't really care if anybody talks to me. I'm not going there for the "college experience." I am 100% focused on doing well.
However, that's a bit false too. I'm not really worried about making friends, because I know I will make lots of friends there. I make friends easily enough, I'm quite easy to get along with.
Well hopefully we will be friends lol.....
I am the same I think. I am very easy going and I don't fear the making friends part plus we are a small group it would be a shame for it to be sectioned.0 -
MiloYossarian wrote: »I'd heard that it was a great course to be on. Everybody is friendly, supports each other and gets along. I mentioned that during the interview, and one of the interviewers scoffed and said, 'well, some groups do,' half under her breath.
Same thing will probably happen that happens in most classes. After the first two weeks groups will form. It's usually the same with same. Boys with boys. Girls with girls. Even on the day of the interview, when we were all talking, the three African girls sat away from us.
Honestly though, I know this sounds bad, but I don't really care if anybody talks to me. I'm not going there for the "college experience." I am 100% focused on doing well.
However, that's a bit false too. I'm not really worried about making friends, because I know I will make lots of friends there. I make friends easily enough, I'm quite easy to get along with.
Well hopefully we will be friends lol.....
I am the same I think. I am very easy going and I don't fear the making friends part plus we are a small group it would be a shame for it to be sectioned.0 -
Well hopefully we will be friends lol.....
I am the same I think. I am very easy going and I don't fear the making friends part plus we are a small group it would be a shame for it to be sectioned.
Awww, that's so sweet:) I can see that you're quite easy to get a long with. You're a very positive person too, which is important.
I just emailed Ger Mannix there about getting successful candidate's email addresses if one of us gets in. You know, so we can set up that thread. I'm not sure if he'll be able to though, for ethical or legal reasons. No harm in asking though!
Jessica Christ, this week is flying for me. It's already Thursday. From Sunday on it's going to be a nightmare. We know it won't be Monday the emails go out, most like not Tuesday either, but that won't stop us checking every five minutes. Next Wednesday on? I bloody heck hope it's next week.0 -
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My nerves are shot! To think we may know whether we got in or not is luming closer
Stop will ya, on the surface I feel fine, but I haven't slept well in four or five nights which I think is a sign of the underlying stress. I have to keep an eye on that sort of thing.
The positive thing about that though is that I'm so tired that today is going by like a dream. I'm sleepwalking my way through, I'm kind of like an automaton. By the time tomorrow it'll be like today never happened so I'll have one day down that I didn't really have to suffer through. Not sure if that makes sense, can barely function.
Weekend was okay for me too. I just looked in the mirror (and once I got over how handsome I am, it's still surprising after all these years) I recanted the negative and recounted all the positive stuff. I know I'm in with a good chance. It sounds arrogant, but I have to be one of the top candidates. It would be a díckhead move not to let me in.
Ger Mannix emailed me back too, he said he can't give out the email addresses.0 -
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MiloYossarian wrote: »
Stop will ya, on the surface I feel fine, but I haven't slept well in four or five nights which I think is a sign of the underlying stress. I have to keep an eye on that sort of thing.
The positive thing about that though is that I'm so tired that today is going by like a dream. I'm sleepwalking my way through, I'm kind of like an automaton. By the time tomorrow it'll be like today never happened so I'll have one day down that I didn't really have to suffer through. Not sure if that makes sense, can barely function.
Weekend was okay for me too. I just looked in the mirror (and once I got over how handsome I am, it's still surprising after all these years) I recanted the negative and recounted all the positive stuff. I know I'm in with a good chance. It sounds arrogant, but I have to be one of the top candidates. It would be a díckhead move not to let me in.
Ger Mannix emailed me back too, he said he can't give out the email addresses.
I am convinced I have not got. My results from the college of comm are out next week so I am a ball of nerves...everything at once
anyway yeah you got a great msap score so surely based in that alone you got in. 0 -
MiloYossarian wrote: »
Stop will ya, on the surface I feel fine, but I haven't slept well in four or five nights which I think is a sign of the underlying stress. I have to keep an eye on that sort of thing.
The positive thing about that though is that I'm so tired that today is going by like a dream. I'm sleepwalking my way through, I'm kind of like an automaton. By the time tomorrow it'll be like today never happened so I'll have one day down that I didn't really have to suffer through. Not sure if that makes sense, can barely function.
Weekend was okay for me too. I just looked in the mirror (and once I got over how handsome I am, it's still surprising after all these years) I recanted the negative and recounted all the positive stuff. I know I'm in with a good chance. It sounds arrogant, but I have to be one of the top candidates. It would be a díckhead move not to let me in.
Ger Mannix emailed me back too, he said he can't give out the email addresses.
I am convinced I have not got. My results from the college of comm are out next week so I am a ball of nerves...everything at once anyway yeah you got a great msap score so surely based in that alone you got in. 0 -
I am convinced I have not got. My results from the college of comm are out next week so I am a ball of nerves...everything at once anyway yeah you got a great msap score so surely based in that alone you got in.
Dude, if you have convinced yourself that you haven't got in then you can convince yourself that you did. Just use positive self talk. Stand in front of the mirror and list all the reasons that you did get in. Repeat as necessary.
Cool, what did you do at COC? You probably did really well.0 -
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Not at all....I have a sneaky feeling we will get the next Monday. I was told stay looking at emails from the 2nd week if June and then I was told the middle of the month.
Awww fudge. I can do this week, but I don't think I could last another one. It would be horrendous for me. Like, I'm cool this week, but....if I get to Friday with no word....
then :mad:
On the day of the interview they said that it would be between the twelfth and the twenty second.0 -
12th and 22nd jaysus thats a 10day gap! Im constantly like omg omg omg when I see a new email lol....and anytime I think of it my stomach does summersalts...MiloYossarian wrote: »Awww fudge. I can do this week, but I don't think I could last another one. It would be horrendous for me. Like, I'm cool this week, but....if I get to Friday with no word.... then :mad:
On the day of the interview they said that it would be between the twelfth and the twenty second.0 -
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Sorry to break up the conversation! :PSo I rang them because the email was confusing and they said that everyone who passed the interview was sent that email. Basically, the offers have to come through the CAO now and it's all down to peoples order of preference, etc. UL is my 1st choice so hopefully the offer will come through in July. Big relief knowing I passed the interview so now I'll just sit tight until July.
Best of luck to everyone.
Ah, well done! I got the same e-mail regarding my top 2 choices at UL and it's a bit difficult not knowing for definite, but hopefully it's a good sign! 0 -
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Congratulations, what course are you hoping to do? I know UL's hands are tied due to the fact it has to go through the CAO but I'm assuming that passing the interviews more or less means that you get offered a place. Will be looking forward to the 3rd July when we find out for definite!
Have you looked at any accommodation yet?
Thanks! The BSc in Psychology is my first choice! Yeah it seems to be that way and I'd like to hope that's the case. I think it also depends on how selective they are when deeming candidates 'eligible', I mean if they do that for 20 people and there are only 4 places available, it's a bit of a pot luck.
I'm actually dreading the 3rd, just in case things don't go my way!
I actually moved to Limerick a couple of years ago when I was considering going to the Art college so fortunately, I'm all set up here! How about you? 0 -
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