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If you miss the acceptance deadline for CAO, is it game over?

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  • 18-07-2014 5:50pm
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    Sam Harts
    Registered Users Posts: 32 ✭


    My daughter who is 24 was working down the country for a few weeks, and never accepted her offer from CAO and has missed the deadline.

    As it is Friday afternoon and past office hours she can't contact them regarding this. And was wondering if she will now have wait until next year to apply again. She was worried about fees and accommodation costs so was trying to work extra in order to help fund it.

    But I am worried now that it might be too late for her.


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    QueenBee1
    Registered Users Posts: 282 ✭✭QueenBee1


    I would say it is yes. You need to have replied by the date, if you dont they will just assume she didnt want the place and offer it to someone else in the next round.


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    Joaquin223
    Registered Users Posts: 111 ✭✭Joaquin223


    Unfortunately, the poster above is correct, they are extremely strict about deadlines.

    Bit of a long shot, but if she applied to a course that usually doesn't fill out, it would be there to apply for in August on the vacant places list. However, very few courses are left with vacant places.


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    paperclip2
    Registered Users Posts: 2,280 ✭✭✭paperclip2


    Bit of a long shot as CAO are very strict about the acceptance deadline. However maybe if you contact the college they might be able to do something.


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    Annasopra
    Registered Users Posts: 41,062 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    Sometimes some colleges advertise courses directly which have not been filled by CAO - keep an eye out

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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    MyNameIsMethos
    Registered Users Posts: 185 ✭✭MyNameIsMethos


    To add to all that's been said above: if the offer that your daughter failed to accept was not her top preference, then she may be offered her top choice soonish in round 1 if there are any spots which are available/left over from round 0. (I myself am holding out for a higher preference in GMIT).


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    Sam Harts
    Registered Users Posts: 32 ✭Sam Harts


    Thank you to everyone for your replies, my daughter was eventually offered the place again in the August round of offers... Just in case anyone finds themselves in the same boat


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