St Pauls CAO Application 2015 2016 INTRODUCTION CAO

St Paul’s CAO Application 2015 -2016

INTRODUCTION CAO Application & Process 2016 Course Research & Choice Restrictions DARE/ HEAR PLC Courses Q & A

APPLICATION DATES & FEES All Fees are non-refundable

CAO Courses 2016 Honours Bachelor Degrees – Level 8 – HD Ordinary Bachelor Degrees – Level 7 – DG Higher Certificates – Level 6 - HC

National Framework of Qualifications 47

CAO HANDBOOK page 47 Honours Bachelor Degrees- Level 8 (HD) 2016

CAO HANDBOOK page 49 2015

APPLYING 2015

APPLICATION FORM Page 28

2 APPLICATIONS IN 1

ONLINE APPLICATION ON-LINE APPLICATION ● ● Part 1 Apply ● Part 2 Confirm & Log-in ● Part 3 School & Exam Details ● Part 4 Application – Courses, DARE, Grant, Online Courses must first be submitted by 31 st January ● Final Course Decisions 1 st July

CHOOSING COURSES ● Guidance Interview ● Internet Research ● Careers Portal File -CAO Wizard ● Family, friends, past pupils ● Guest Speakers & Open Days

CHOOSING COURSES ● Values ● Interests ● Personality ● Skills ● Aptitudes

ORDER OF PREFERENCE If you learn nothing else from this presentation let it be this. . . PLACE YOUR COURSE CHOICES IN GENUINE ORDER OF PREFERENCE! To do otherwise is a grave mistake.

CAO Offer Process Students will be offered a place in the highest of their course preferences to which they are entitled (if any). Students are automatically excluded from all lower preferences. Even if they have accepted their first offer they may subsequently be offered and accept a higher preference, if it becomes available.

POINTS System: INTERNET RESEARCH • Calculated from ONE sitting of the Leaving Certificate. CAREERSPORTAL • SIX best subjects QUALIFAX • Bonus points awarded for Honours Maths (25 points for D 3 and over) GUIDANCE ON THE GREEN • Entry Requirements can be satisfied over more than one sitting of the LC (except for Medicine). CAO • Some I. T. ’s now accept and offer points for Foundation Level Maths for certain courses. COURSE HUB

: POINTS System: INTERNET RESEARCH CAREERSPORTAL • Certain courses are Restricted. They have early assessment procedures – which may QUALIFAX start as early as February – and, therefore, must be mentioned in an application in time (i. e by the 1 st Feb. ). GUIDANCE ON THE GREEN • Check the relevant prospectus for details. They will also be marked CAO ‘restricted’ in your CAO handbook. COURSE HUB

INTERNET RESEARCH Minimum Entry Requirements: Restricted-Application Courses: CAREERSPORTAL • Students must meet Minimum Entry Requirements • Certain Restricted. before theycourses may beare considered for. They entryhave to their earlycourses. assessment procedures – which may chosen QUALIFAX start as early as February – and, therefore, • Consult prospectus for details and information must be mentioned in an application in time before applying for any course. (i. e by the 1 st Feb. ). GUIDANCE ON THE GREEN • Regardless of the points they achieve, they will not be accepted a HEI if they do not their • Check theby relevant prospectus formeet details. Minimum They will. Entry also Requirements. be marked CAO ‘restricted’ in your CAO handbook. • Minimum Subject Requirements + Specific Subject Requirements. COURSE HUB

INTERNET RESEARCH Restricted-Application Courses: - NUI Colleges: UCD, UCC, Maynooth University, CAREERSPORTAL NUIG, RCSI, courses St. Angela’s College and Shannon • Certain are Restricted. They have College Require: early assessment procedures – which may QUALIFAX • 2 HC 3 Irish, & 3 rd Language start+as 4 OD 3 early -as. English, February – Maths and, therefore, must Science, be mentioned in anand application (Except Engineering Nursing) in time st Feb. ). (i. e by the 1 - Trinity College GUIDANCE ON THE GREEN • 3 HC 3 +3 OD 3 – English, Maths & 2 nd Language • Check the relevant prospectus for details. - DCU They will also be marked ‘restricted’ in your CAO • 2 HC 3 4 OD 3 – English or Irish, Maths CAO+handbook. - I. T’s Level 8 = 2 HC 3 +4 OD 3 English or Irish, Maths - I. T’s Level 6/7 = 5 OD 3 COURSE HUB English or Irish, Maths

INTERNET RESEARCH Specific Subject Requirements Restricted-Application Courses: CAREERSPORTAL • Primary Teaching HC 3 in Irish. They have • Certain courses – are Restricted. early assessment procedures – which may QUALIFAX start as early as February – and, therefore, • Engineering at Level 8) – HC 3 Mathematics must be mentioned in an application in time (i. e by the 1 st Feb. ). GUIDANCE ON THE GREEN • Veterinary Medicine – HC 3 Chemistry • Check the relevant prospectus for details. They. Nutrition/Dietetics will also be marked in your CAO ‘restricted’ • Human – HC 3 Chemistry CAO handbook. COURSE HUB

ORDER OF PREFERENCE

Checklist of questions to ask them in relation to each course on the list • Based on your research, what appeals to you the most about this course? • Have you checked the programme entry in the CAO handbook? • Are there any restriction, such as early application dates or requests for supporting information? • What level is the course at – honours degrees (level 8), ordinary bachelor’s degree (level 7) or higher certificate (level 6)? • What are the minimum entry requirements? Can you meet these? • Are there course – specific entry requirements or deadlines? Can you meet these?

• • • How long is the course? Is this a broad choice course in year 1? Is there work placement part to the course? If so, is it optional or compulsory? Is there an opportunity to study aboard for one or two semesters? If so, is it optional or compulsory? Are there exemptions that count towards entry to certain professions (for example, law and accountancy)? Does the course offer the possibility of transferring or progressing to other courses?

These are the applicants for CK 101 Arts in UCC. The examination results have not yet been released, so these applicants are in no particular order.

INTERNET RESEARCH Courses: • Restricted-Application When examination results are released in August CAREERSPORTAL they are entered into the CAO computer. • Certain courses are Restricted. They have early – which may • For eachassessment course the procedures applicant has applied for, the QUALIFAX start as early as Februaryif–the and, therefore, computer first determines applicant has the must be mentioned in an application in time Minimum Entry Requirements for the course. st (i. e by the 1 Feb. ). GUIDANCE ON THE GREEN • If the applicant meets the Minimum Entry • Check the relevant details. points Requirements for the prospectus course, the for applicant’s will also marked are. They calculated forbethis course‘restricted’ choice. in your CAO handbook. • All eligible applicants are then placed in a list, in order of academic merit, for each course that they COURSE HUB applied for.

Applicants are placed in a queue for each course they applied for, their position in the queue is determined by their points. The applicant with the highest points is placed at the top of the queue. The points achieved by the applicant in red determines her position in the queue for each course she applied to.

How places are allocated • The admissions officers of the Higher Education Institutions tell CAO how many places are to be offered on each course. • CAO then makes offers to the required number of applicants on each course starting with the applicant with the highest points and working down until enough places have been offered.

The applicants marked in green have enough points to be offered places. The applicant marked in red has enough points for her second preference.

• Should some applicants decline to accept their offers these places become available in the next round of offers. They will be offered to the next applicants on the order of merit list. • This process continues until all the places on the course are filled or until all the eligible applicants on the order of merit list have been offered places. • Applicants can only be offered courses higher up on their CAO Course List

The applicant in red is offered her second preference, the highest preference course that she has enough points for, and she will now disappear from the queue in all her lower choices. Placing DN 201 as her second preference meant that she would prefer to receive an offer on DN 201 than on any other course except CK 101 - which is her first preference.

Having been offered her second preference she must now decide to accept it or to do nothing. If she does not accept the offer the place will be offered to another applicant in the next round of offers. Regardless of whether she accepts or not she will still be considered for an offer on her first preference if a place becomes available. In the second round, one more offer was made on CK 101 and our applicant is now at the top of the queue.

In the third round of offers two more offers are made on CK 101 and our applicant, who was at the top of the queue, now receives an offer. She may do nothing and remain in DN 201 or she may accept the offer and begin in CK 101.

GENUINE ORDER Students do not need to guess what the points are going to be for the courses they are interested in. Simply list courses in Genuine Order of Preference from the highest preference 1, to the lowest preference 10. If students are entitled to an offer, they will be offered the highest preference that you are entitled to.

RESTRICTIONS Applications must be made by February 1 st. Consult CAO Handbook for full details.

INTERNET RESEARCH Restricted-Application Courses: • CAREERSPORTAL Certain courses are Restricted. They have early assessment procedures – which may start as early as February – and, therefore, must be QUALIFAX mentioned in an application in time (i. e. by the 1 st Feb. ). GUIDANCE ON THE GREEN • Check the relevant College prospectus and websites for details. They will also be marked CAO ‘restricted’ in the CAO handbook. COURSE HUB

INTERNET RESEARCH Restricted-Application Courses: To compete for entry to. CAREERSPORTAL undergraduate medicine • students Certainmust: courses are Restricted. They have early assessment procedures – which may QUALIFAX start asaearly as February and, therefore, (1) achieve minimum of 480–points (2014 = 520) must be mentioned in an application in time (2) meet the Minimum (i. e by the 1 st Feb. ). Entry Requirements and GUIDANCE ON THE GREEN (3) sit the HPAT Ireland test. • Check the relevant prospectus for details. They will also be marked in your Adjusted Leaving Cert. Scale ‘restricted’ – (Max. 565) CAO handbook. • The points and the minimum entry requirements COURSE HUB must be got in ONE sitting of the Leaving Cert.

INTERNET RESEARCH Restricted-Application Courses: HPAT-Ireland: CAREERSPORTAL • • Health Certain. Professions courses are. Admission Restricted. Test They have early assessment (Max. 300) (2014: procedures 155 – 230)– which may QUALIFAX start as early as February – and, therefore, • Max 300 + 565 = Total Score Max. 865 must be mentioned in an application in time (i. e by the 1 st Feb. ). GUIDANCE ON THE GREEN • 2. 5 hour Multiple Choice paper-based test. • Check the relevant prospectus for details. • Students first apply the CAO in – your They willmust also be marked ‘restricted’ CAO to CAO handbook. www. cao. ie– to get their CAO number. • COURSE HUB Then they must apply directly to ACER. This is

ACCESS ROUTES DARE DISABILITY ACCESS ROUTE TO EDUCATION HEAR HIGHER EDUCATION ACCESS ROUTE 6, 365 student have entered college via HEAR & DARE since 2010 ( 4111 H, 2254 D)

DARE SCHEME DISABILITY ACCESS ROUTE TO EDUCATION

DARE – WHO IS IT FOR? ? School leavers’ who have the ability to benefit from and succeed in higher education but who may not be able to meet the points for their preferred course due to the impact of their disability. Applicants who meet the Subject and Minimum Entry Requirements of the institutions to which they apply.

DARE – WHO IS IT FOR? ? Asperger’s Syndrome Mental Health Condition Autism Neurological Conditions ADD/ADHD (incl. Brain injury, S&L) Vision impaired Ongoing Medical Condition Hearing impaired Physical Disability Dyspraxia Other Disabilities Specific Learning Difficulty (incl. Dyslexia)

DARE – Participating HEI’s Dublin City University Dublin Institute of Technology National College of Ireland Trinity College Dublin Church of Ireland College of Ed. Marino Institute of Education UCD RCSI UCC Cork IT UL NUI Galway St. Angela’s Sligo Athlone IT Mary Immaculate Maynooth University Pontifical Uni. Maynooth IT Sligo

DARE – HOW TO APPLY Apply to CAO by 1 st February 2015 Complete the Supplementary Information Form on www. cao. ie by 1 st March 2015 Submit completed Second Level Academic Reference to CAO by 1 st April 2015. Submit Evidence of Disability documentation to CAO by 1 st April 2015.

HEAR – WHO IS IT FOR? School leavers who have the ability to benefit from and succeed in higher education and who come from socio-economic groups in Irish society that are under-represented in third level. Students who also meet the minimum entry requirements and subject requirements of the HEIs their applying to.

HEAR SCHEME

CAO SUMMARY • Read all of the documents and instructions from CAO carefully. QUESTIONS? ? ?

UCAS Another option for students

Most Popular Degrees Actuarial Sciences Optometry Architecture Children’s Nursing Dentistry Diagnostic Radiography Dietetics Medicine Midwifery Occupational Therapy PE Teaching Physiotherapy Primary Teaching Psychology Speech & Language Therapy Therapeutic Radiography Veterinary Medicine

Tariff Points versus L. C. Grades Some universities use UCAS Tariff Points when making offers to Irish students, some use specific grades and some use a combination of two. In general, whenever there is more demand for a course, the entry requirements will specify actual grades rather than UCAS Tariff Points.

UCAS Offers Colleges make offers depending on all or a combination of: Junior Certificate results, Predicted Leaving Certificate result, Personal Statement Academic Reference For Example: L. C Grades (BBCCC) and/or Tariff Points (e. g. 260 Tariff Points)

PLC COURSES

PLC – Post Leaving FETAC Progression Route Certificate A college route that is available to all students. Usually one or two years duration. Hundreds of courses to choose from. PLC colleges available all over the country but all offer different course types. Apply directly to the college offering the course. Choose courses that are accepted for entry into desired Level 6/7 or 8 courses in HEI of choice. Interview or Portfolio

PLC Courses Business Interior Design Administration Web Design Childcare Animation Sport Tourism Hair Beauty Animal Science Computers Accounting Technician I. T Nursing Studies Art Laboratory Techniques Agriculture

WHAT EMPLOYER’S LOOK FOR Top non-academic skills • Teamwork • Oral communication • Interpersonal skills Top academic skills • Problem solving • Capacity for independent & critical thinking • Logical & orderly thinking Personal attributes • Enthusiasm • Ability to benefit from on the job training • Flexibility & adaptability

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