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Mture Student selection process

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  • 16-02-2015 12:53pm
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    Iomega Man
    Registered Users Posts: 523 ✭✭✭


    Hi All,

    Just wondering does anyone have any info on how this works?

    So, you have all your interviews/essays completed.
    What happens next? Do the Colleges work through your order of preferences on your CAO application?

    Any help appreciated.

    Thanks,

    IM


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    JoeR91
    Registered Users Posts: 88 ✭✭JoeR91


    Iomega Man wrote: »
    Hi All,

    Just wondering does anyone have any info on how this works?

    So, you have all your interviews/essays completed.
    What happens next? Do the Colleges work through your order of preferences on your CAO application?

    Any help appreciated.

    Thanks,

    IM

    Hey have you done your interview and entrance exam?? If you have the college will then pick who they want for the course based on how your interview went and your entrance exam. Every college is different some have just interview some have just entrance exam and some have both in the application process. Where did you apply to?


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    Moomat
    Registered Users Posts: 660 ✭✭✭Moomat


    Iomega Man wrote: »
    Hi All,

    Do the Colleges work through your order of preferences on your CAO application?

    The college communicate to CAO whether they are offering you a place; CAO then offers you whichever is your highest preference.

    Best of luck!


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    ronivek
    Registered Users Posts: 1,916 ✭✭✭ronivek


    In my experience the college will normally inform you within a week or two of your interview whether you've been successful or not; and then you get the "official" offer from the CAO during the first round of offers.


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    EI-DOR
    Registered Users Posts: 570 ✭✭✭EI-DOR


    So I'm assuming all Irish Universities have to Interview Mature Students?


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    ronivek
    Registered Users Posts: 1,916 ✭✭✭ronivek


    They don't have to; but i would be surprised if a university would take on a mature student without at least a phone interview of some description.


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    CAOMAN
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    Mature Offers are normally issued in early July of each year in order to give them the maximum amount of time before the college year starts.

    If an applicants is eligible for a course and has more than enough points in their leaving cert, the Institution may not call them for an Interview.


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    Mr.Saturn
    Registered Users Posts: 3,935 ✭✭✭Mr.Saturn


    In my experience, there was no interview. The combination of the MSAP exam and the CAO application essay sufficed. Amongst my mature student peers, it seems to have been a pretty common experience for UCD mature entrants.


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