Record number of CAO applications for 2014
The CAO have announced they’ve received a record 73,063 applications for 2014… up about 2.7% from last year…
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HPAT Results & Repeating
At 2.18 am this morning I got one of the most important emails of my life. I wasn’t awake for it-I was going to get up at 5am to start monitoring it but I figured results aren’t going to change, no matter how early I get them so I set no alarm. Throughout the Leaving …
My Mock Results
Well everyone! I know it’s been ages for my last post. Apologies. School is just pretty insane at the moment…. Some mock papers also took much longer to get back than others and I wanted to blog about them all as a big, miserable mess. I hopped on over to the Mister X’s Journal to …
survival of the fittest
There will be over 71,000 people applying for college courses around the country in 2010/2011. There are only about 50,000 places in total in college, so you don’t need an A1 in honours maths to work out that there are more applicants than places. Almost 20,000 more. Getting in to college is becoming like trying …
Only half to get college place this year!
Today the Irish Independent reports that third level applications are at an all-time high. The paper claims that points will soar due to the high demand for places as many more people choose third level education as a safe haven from the recession. This is worrying news for those sitting the Leaving Cert in June. …