Leaving Cert 2014 OT v2.0 - Official Bitch & Moan thread

Aspiring

Do we get our cao offers the same day as the first round of points for courses comes out or what?

randylonghorn

Yes, the offers go up on the system on Monday 18th August, normally at 6 a.m. (and the whole country tries to log on in the same 60 seconds and floods the system and it gets massive lag and everybody complains that the CAO should upgrade their servers so that it won't lag even though that's the only 5 minutes in the year where it ever comes under that massive pressure!!)

It's the offers which determine the points cutoffs overall, really, even though at an individual level we're more used to thinking of it as the cutoffs determining whether an *individual* gets an offer, so they are published in that morning's papers ... so if the papers come out early in certain parts of the country, or they put up the online version, you can sometimes get a sneak preview of what the cutoffs are and gauge whether you got an offer.

This can make it worse though for the people who have say 380 points, and discover at 4 a.m that the cutoff for their desired course is 380* ... i.e. it has gone to random selection, and only SOME at 380 will get an offer. That ramps up the stress even more!!!

Aspiring

Ohhhh never knew that asterisk meant it was random from people with those points, thought it meant only those with more suitable subjects for the course yeah usually I see the offers in the paper wasn't sure if we got our offers before or after then, thanks.

MacBizzle

randylonghorn wrote: »

This can make it worse though for the people who have say 380 points, and discover at 4 a.m that the cutoff for their desired course is 380* ... i.e. it has gone to random selection, and only SOME at 380 will get an offer. That ramps up the stress even more!!!

I would actually shít myself if I saw that for my course....

Aspiring

MacBizzle wrote: »

I would actually shít myself if I saw that for my course....

"Did you get the points for your course?"
-"Ah yeah I did"
"Well done you must be delighted!"
-"Asterisk, I didn't get in"
"Oh.."

MacBizzle

Aspiring wrote: »

"Did you get the points for your course?"
-"Ah yeah I did"
"Well done you must be delighted!"
-"Asterisk, I didn't get in"
"Oh.."

It really would be cruel, imagine if you did like loads of work and got the points, and another guy did nothing and got the same and he ended up getting the course :rolleyes:

Aspiring

MacBizzle wrote: »

It really would be cruel, imagine if you did like loads of work and got the points, and another guy did nothing and got the same and he ended up getting the course :rolleyes:

That's really the CAO points system in a nutshell tho :pac:

Ah well, hopefully none of us will have to worry about this and we'll all get our courses

randylonghorn

MacBizzle wrote: »

I would actually shít myself if I saw that for my course....

It's really not a nice position to be in, I'm always sorry for people in that one as they wait.

Which is why in a way it would be better if no points info "leaked" before the actual offers were out; at the same time, you can't blame people for trying to get their hands on the points ASAP.

Ofc, the sensible thing would be to go to bed and get up the next morning at your leisure and check your CAO offer; but I understand perfectly that it's damn hard to be sensible about it!

MacBizzle wrote: »

It really would be cruel, imagine if you did like loads of work and got the points, and another guy did nothing and got the same and he ended up getting the course :rolleyes:

Nothing much you can ever do about that though; there will always be people who do better with less work ... and others who work far harder than you, and do less well!

Calvin

So CAO offers are sent out at 6AM? Do most people get up at this time to check/accept theirs so that they're guaranteed a spot? Daaaaaamn.

randylonghorn

Calvin Leong wrote: »

So CAO offers are sent out at 6AM?

Yes, to try and stop everyone logging on in the same 60 seconds. It never really stops them tbh! :pac:

Calvin Leong wrote: »

Do most people get up at this time to check/accept theirs so that they're guaranteed a spot? Daaaaaamn.

Some set alarms and get up, but a lot of people seem to stay up all night as far as I can see. And a few sensible ones sleep through it and log on at 8 or 9 (or 12 or 1!)

There's no accepting to guarantee a spot needed though, you have a week to accept your offer, and it won't disappear in the meantime!

It's nerves, it's all nerves and just not being able to wait any longer!

Calvin

randylonghorn wrote: »

Yes, to try and stop everyone logging on in the same 60 seconds. It never really stops them tbh! :pac:

Some set alarms and get up, but a lot of people seem to stay up all night as far as I can see. And a few sensible ones sleep through it and log on at 8 or 9 (or 12 or 1!)

There's no accepting to guarantee a spot needed though, you have a week to accept your offer, and it won't disappear in the meantime!

It's nerves, it's all nerves and just not being able to wait any longer!

Ahh, thought it was a first come first served kind of thing for people who got offered places! Guess I'll be one of the lazy ones and log on at 1 :pac: if I'm able to sleep that night....

randylonghorn

Calvin Leong wrote: »

Ahh, thought it was a first come first served kind of thing for people who got offered places!

Oh good lord! The system has its flaws and imperfections, but it wasn't actually designed by the Marquis de Sade yanno!

Can you just imagine:

Hey, I know what we'll do!! We'll let them work their butts off to get their points, and then, if we have 100 places on a course, we'll offer 300 of them (who get over X amount of points) a place, and the first 100 to accept get them!!

There would be absolute war!! :pac:

(And rightly so!)

Calvin Leong wrote: »

... if I'm able to sleep that night....

NOW you're seeing the problem.

Chat you at 4 a.m on the 18th (probably!)

little sis...

I'm not going to brag about finishing the leaving cert because I feel bad for all of the rest of you who are not finished so I won't mention the fact that I am free from exams/books/study and now have I'll have a life.

You're welcome


Haha jk jk :P Best of luck to the rest of you in till Friday! Put in as much effort as you can so you'll have no regrets!!

robman60

People were saying it's an anti-climax when you actually finish, but I thought it lived up to expectation. Spent the evening after Chemistry with a bunch of classmates in a park, playing football and drinking caaaaans.

Nursing a bit of a hangover, but summer was worth the wait. :cool:

MacBizzle

It actually feels like Majorca outside...

Ka_yl_ei_gh

MacBizzle wrote: »

It is actually feels like Majorca outside...

And it is horrible.

Worst thing about this weather is, it's too hot for tea.

a0ifee

Ka_yl_ei_gh wrote: »

And it is horrible.

Worst thing about this weather is, it's too hot for tea.

It's NEVER too hot for tea

MacBizzle

NEVER.

Ka_yl_ei_gh

a0ifee wrote: »

It's NEVER too hot for tea

Tea in this weather, I think I'd overheat.

MacBizzle

Ka_yl_ei_gh wrote: »

Tea in this weather, I think I'd overheat.

Put in more milk...?

Ka_yl_ei_gh

MacBizzle wrote: »

Put in more milk...?

Might as well put in ice! #icedtea :P

MacBizzle

Ka_yl_ei_gh wrote: »

Might as well put in ice! #icedtea :P

That is actually lovely... :P

a0ifee

if I was in the Sahara and some one offered me tea I would take it :P it's an addiction

I could go for some ice tea now tho...

Ka_yl_ei_gh

MacBizzle wrote: »

That is actually lovely... :P

I've never actually had it, first thing I'll do on Friday! :P

MacBizzle

Ka_yl_ei_gh wrote: »

I've never actually had it, first thing I'll do on Friday! :P

How have you not had ice tea!? :eek: It's so nice in hot weather

peekachoo

Ah jaysis I hate when people complain about the heat, get outside and enjoy the little bit of summer while we have it :cool:

Saskatchewan

McIlroy representing Ireland at the Olympic games! We'll gave some line up for it!

Ka_yl_ei_gh

MacBizzle wrote: »

How have you not had ice tea!? :eek: It's so nice in hot weather

I've always wanted to try it but then forgot :pac: Yeah, I'd imagine, nice and cold :P

MacBizzle

peekachoo wrote: »

Ah jaysis I hate when people complain about the heat, get outside and enjoy the little bit of summer while we have it :cool:

Life is so much better without a headache though :P

Ka_yl_ei_gh

DCG time