Transcript CAO – 2013 Application Guide

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• Deals with all applications to the Higher
Education Institutions (HEI’s)
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• 48 participating HEI’s.
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• All Universities and IT’s covered under the
CAO umbrella.
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• Post Leaving Certificate Colleges/FÁS
involves direct application to each provider.
The Application for these courses is not
through the CAO.
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NORMAL APPLICATION (ONLINE/PAPER)
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DEADLINE 1ST FEB
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ONLINE APPLICATION DISCOUNTED RATE
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DEADLINE 20TH JANUARY (5.15 p.m.)
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LATE APPLICATION
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DEADLINE 1ST MAY
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CHANGE OF MIND
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DEADLINE 1ST JULY (5.15 p.m.)
FEE
€40
€25
(ONLINE €50) (PAPER €80)
NO EXTRA
NFQ
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Major Types of Award
 Level 8
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Honours Degree (3 Years+)
 Level 7
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Ordinary Degree (3 Years)
 Level 6
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Higher Certificate (2 Years)
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 Personal Details.
 e-mail Address.
 Disability/Learner Difficulty.
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 Secondary School(s) attended.
 Qualifications: Leaving Certificate 2013.
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Provides a range of supports at 3rd Level
May also offer places on reduced points.
13 participating HEI’s
A – Supplementary Form (Student)
B – Academic Reference
C – Medical/Psych. Ed. Report
www.accesscollege.ie/dare/
• Offers places on reduced points and
extra college support to school leavers from
socio-economically disadvantaged
backgrounds.
 • Indicators include specific income levels.
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Students complete the online form and
submit supporting documents to CAO.
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www.accesscollege.ie/hear/index.php
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Special Applicant Categories, e.g. mature, other exams/qualifications
completed.
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Course Choices to be completed in two separate Grids.
Level 8 (Hons Degree Programmes) max. Of 10
Level 7/6 (Ord. Degree and Higher Cert.) max. Of 10
Preference
Level 8
1
DN650 (Comm)
2
DC111 (B.Studies)
3
DN500 (Arts)
4
DT365 (Bus & Mngt)
5
MH101 (Arts)
6
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• Identify the courses that you would like to include
in both your Level 8 and Level 7/6 lists.
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• Ensure you have researched these courses.
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• Attempt to put the courses in Order of Preference
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• Factors to Consider:
(1) Course Content.
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(2) Location.
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• Points should not determine the Order of
Preference.
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• At the Offer Stage you can only move up your list
of Preferences, you can never move down.
• A number of courses within CAO are
designated as Restricted.
 • This means that they have early
assessment procedures, e.g. portfolio,
interview, audition, suitability test.
 • Application for these courses must be
made by 1stFebruary deadline.
 • Each college listed in the CAO
handbook has indicated the courses
that have restricted entry.
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• 5th February –1st March
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• Applicants can use the Online Change
Courses Facility – an additional €10 will be
charged.
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• 3rdMay –1stJuly (5.15pm)
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Change of Mind Facility allows students to
change their initial course choices if they
wish. No additional fee involved
• The CAO calculates each applicant’s
points. Using the points total it moves down
through each list (Level 8 & Level7/6) starting
at the first preference.
 • The computer will stop at the highest
preference where the applicant satisfies the
entry and points requirement.
 • Each applicant may receive 2 Offers, one
from each list; however they can only
accept one.
 • The Offers will appear online on Monday
19th August.
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An applicant can accept their offer either online or by returning the
formal postal offer.
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Applicants must reply to their offer before the specified deadline –
usually 8 days after receiving the offer. (26thAugust)
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Remember once offered a place in one of your course
preferences, you are excluded from further consideration for any course
which is lower in your order of Preference than the one in which you
have been offered a place.
Preference Level 8
1
DN015 (Comm)
2
DC111 (B.Studies)
3
DN012 (Arts)
4
DT365 (Bus & Mngt)
5
MH101 (Arts)
6
DK816 (B.Studies)
7
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10
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Unhappy with Offer(s)
You should always consider accepting one of your Round 1 offers. If you do not you risk receiving no offer in
subsequent rounds.
Alternatively check the Vacant Places section of the CAO website. There may be a course that you are
interested in advertised and even if you accept your Round 1 Offer, you can still apply for a course that has
vacant places
Deferred Entry
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On receipt of an offer an applicant may wish to defer entry until the following Academic Year.
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What to do?
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On receipt of the offer write immediately to the Admissions officer of the HEI concerned. State your
reasons for wishing to defer, your CAO Application Number and The Course Code. Mark the Envelope Deferred
Entry.
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Dún Laoghaire IT and University College Cork (Health Science Programmes will only grant deferrals in
exceptional circumstances.
CAO – Statistics Most Popular Course Areas
Area 2012-1st Pref2001-1st Pref% Difference
Arts/Social Science
15,698
16,244
-3.36%
Science
8,146
6,876
18.47%
Agriculture/ Hort. 613
564
8.69%
Education
(incl Primary Teach)
4,963
5,294
-6.25%
Adm./Business
8,831
8,705
1.45%
Engineering
5,433
5,418
0.28%
Architecture
534
656
-18.60%
Art & Design
2,485
2,753
-9.73%
Law 2,089
2,064
1.21%
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CAO – Statistics Most Popular Course Areas
Area
2012
1st Pref
2011
1st Pref
% Difference
Medicine 3,719 3,591 3.56%
Veterinary 640
555
15.32%
Dentistry 295
298
-1.01%
Pharmacy 381
365
4.38%
Physiotherapy
733
768
-4.56%
Nursing
5,775 5,598 3.16
Other Health Care
1,362 1,556 -12.47%
Built Environment 148
185
-20.00%