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Coláiste an Chreag á in Mountbellew CAO Applications 2012 Breda Barrett

Coláiste an Chreag á in Mountbellew CAO Applications 2012 Breda Barrett. Mapping Out Your Future with the Central Applications Office. CAO Applications. Purpose of the CAO.

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Coláiste an Chreag á in Mountbellew CAO Applications 2012 Breda Barrett

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  1. Coláiste an Chreagáin Mountbellew CAO Applications 2012 Breda Barrett

  2. Mapping Out Your Future with the Central Applications Office CAO Applications

  3. Purpose of the CAO CAO processes applications to 20 undergraduate courses in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the Republic Of Ireland. Offers are issued and acceptances are recorded by CAO Assessment of applications and decisions on admissions are made by HEI Admissions Officers.

  4. Information on courses is available from each HEI and in prospectuses Admissions can be contacted in each college for a particular questions Open days are held in most campuses Students should visit: www.qualifax.iewww.careersportal.ie www.cao.ie www.careersdirections.ie The Application Process

  5. CAO distributes to schools and individuals an application pack containing an Application Form and a Handbook containing instructions and information about the application process. To apply online see www.cao.ie Every applicant should be familiar with the contents of the CAO Handbook. The Application Process

  6. Eligibility Criteria • Age 17 on/before 15th Jan year following entry. • NUI colleges require Irish, English, Maths, and a third Language except Nursing, Engineering, Science • Requirements can be on combined LC results. • Points calculated on 1 sitting only and the 6 highest scoring subjects.

  7. The Points System % Grade Higher Ordinary Foundation Maths 25 Bonus Points will be awarded for Grade D3 or above in Higher Level Maths in 2012

  8. L.C.V.P. Points All HEI’s award points for LCVP in place of a sixth subject but not all HEI’s count LCVP as meeting eligibility requirements in regard to passing subjects. 12% received a Distinction & 59% a Merit in 2011

  9. The National Qualifications Framework

  10. In order to be fair to all applicants, closing dates are strict and therefore action should be taken in good time. Do not leave everything to the last minute. 1st Feb 2012 is the closing date. Apply by the 20th Jan. 2012 to avail of a discount and to avoid delays in the system due to heavy online traffic Timely Action

  11. Choosing Courses • Consult your Guidance Counsellorfor at least one meeting. • Look at your interests and aptitudes • Discuss your options with family and friends • Details about courses may be found in HEI prospectuses and by consulting HEI websites. Check the minimum entry requirements (specific course subject entry requirement and the point scores of the candidate

  12. Making an Application • Applicants are encouraged to apply online. • The website address is www.cao.ie • Applying online is cheaper and it prevents many of the errors commonly associated with completing a paper application form.

  13. Application Form: Part A • Part A of the Application Form is mostly self explanatory. • Information which identifies you is of the utmost importance. • Carefully enter details such as your name, address, date of birth, schools attended etc.

  14. Application Form: Part A • Your examination details must be entered with great care. • Make sure you inform CAO about all relevant qualifications

  15. Two Applications on One Form • There are two course choice lists and applicants may make up to ten course choices on each list. Place them in order of preference • This means that whatever you put at number one is the course you want to do best; number two is the course you want to do second best, if you do not get into your number 1 course • 10 choices may be made on the Level 8 list • 10 choices may be made on the Level 7/6 list

  16. Two Applications on One Form • Your choices on one list do not in any way affect your choices on the other list. • They may be considered two separate applications on one form.

  17. Two Applications on One Form • It is possible to receive an offer on both lists • You may then decide to accept eitheryour Level 7/6 or your Level 8 offer. • Alternatively, you might not wish to accept either offer.

  18. Ladder System Level 8 Level 7 & Level 6

  19. 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.

  20. Application Form: Part B • Most applicants will not be required to complete Part B of the application form. • For example, if you are a first-time Leaving Certificate candidate under the age of 23, you will not be required to complete Part B of the form.

  21. Application Form: Part B • Applicants who will be required to complete Part B of the application form include those who are applying on grounds of mature years, and those presenting qualifications other than Irish Leaving Certificate or FETAC Level 5/6.

  22. Application Form: Part B • Detailed instructions for the completion of Part B of the application form may be found in the CAO Handbook and on the website.

  23. Your Application Number • If you apply online your application number will appear on your Receipt of Online Application. • This number is private and it will be used in every correspondence between you and the CAO for the rest of the year. • If you apply online you may change your course choices free of charge until January 31st.

  24. For Medicine in Ireland • You need to get a minimum of 480 points in the Leaving Certificate and sit an extra admissions test called the HPAT – Ireland Test. A minimum of 719 combined points required • This is a 2 ½ hr test with multiple choice questions – 300 pts • Students must apply online before mid January 2012 to sit the test. • Cost is €95 by credit card. • The test is on one day Saturday the 25th of February 2012 in 5 locations. • See www.hpat-ireland.arer.edu.au • Students scores on HPAT will be added to their Leaving Cert CAO points to determine entry into Medicine.

  25. Statement of Course Choices The Statement is important for two reasons: 1. The Statement of Course Choices includes notification of your CAO application number. • The Statement of Course Choices lists the courses that you have applied for. If you have made any mistake or omission in your course choices then now is the time to rectify your error. Pay particular attention to restricte courses.

  26. Communicating With CAO • The easiest and most efficient way to communicate with CAO is by using the 'Contact Us' facility on the CAO website. • Always quote your CAO application number in any communication with CAO. • If you post something to CAO, always obtain a certificate of posting at the post office. This is a free service and it offers you peace of mind.

  27. Statement of Application Record • Check the following carefully, if there is any error or omission, amend the Statement and return it to CAO. • Are all the courses shown and in the correct order? • Are all the codes correct? • Are the exam numbers correct? • Are all exams mentioned? • If you do not receive a Statement by 1st June contact CAO immediately.

  28. Statement of Application Record • Included with the Statement of Application Record will be a Change of Mind form. You may use this to change the order of your course choices and/or to introduce new courses, subject to the restrictions detailed in the Handbook. • It is safer to use the Change of Mind Facility on the website than to use a paper Change of Mind form.

  29. Fees

  30. The Offer Process • In the week following the release of the Leaving Certificate results CAO will post a communication to all applicants. • If you have not yet become entitled to an offer you will be sent a Statement of Application Record which you should check carefully as important information may be incorrect or missing.

  31. The Offer Process • If you are entitled to an offer, you will be sent an offer notice. You should check that all of the details on the offer notice are correct and that there are no omissions. • Offers will also be available on the CAO website. • You may check for and accept offers on the website. In fact, most applicants now record acceptances online.

  32. The Offer Process • Your offer notice may contain an offer • for a Level 8 course or a Level 7/6 course or both • If you receive two offers at the same time you may only accept one of them. • If you wish to accept an offer of a place you must carry out the instructions on the offer notice before 5.15pm on the closing date for acceptance printed on the offer notice. Use the CAO website using your access code and password. If you do not accept your place by the deadline, you will be put back into the system for second round offers

  33. The Offer Process • There can be no delays at the offer/acceptance stage. • Whether you accept your offer or not your name will remain in contention for any courses higher up on the final list of CAO choices. We cannot assume that you will get an offer on the second round • Any offer not accepted by the closing date for receipt of acceptance of offers in CAO will be offered to another applicant in the next round of offers.

  34. How Places are Allocated • We will look just at Level 8 courses, but exactly the same process will take place with Level 7/6 courses, and at the same time. • The importance of you, the applicant, placing courses in genuine order of preference will become apparent in the following slides.

  35. How Places are Allocated • When examination results are released in August they are entered into the CAO computer. • The computer checks each applicant’s results. For each course the applicant has applied for, the computer first determines if the applicant has the minimum entry requirements for the course.

  36. How Places are Allocated • If the applicant meets the minimum entry requirements for the course, the applicant’s points are calculated for this course choice. • All eligible applicants are then placed in a list, in order of academic merit, for each course that they applied for.

  37. 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.

  38. How Places are Allocated • 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.

  39. These are the applicants for CK101 Arts in UCC. The examination results have not yet been released, so these applicants are in no particular order. We are going to trace the progress of the applicant marked in red.

  40. 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 his position in the queue for each course he applied to.

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

  42. The applicant in red is offered his second preference, the highest preference course that he has enough points for, and he will now dissappear from the queue in all his lower choices. Placing DN201 as his second preference meant that he would prefer to receive an offer on DN201 than on any other course except CK101 - which is his first preference.

  43. Having been offered his second preference he must now decide to accept it or to do nothing. If he does not accept the offer the place will be offered to another applicant in the next round of offers. Regardless of whether he accepts or not he will still be considered for an offer on his first preference if a place becomes available. In the second round, one more offer was made on CK101 and our applicant is now at the top of the queue.

  44. In the third round of offers two more offers are made on CK101 and our applicant, who was at the top of the queue, now receives an offer. He may do nothing and remain in DN201 or he may accept the offer and begin in CK101.

  45. Genuine Order of Preference • You do not need to guess what the points are going to be for the courses you are interested in. • Simply list your courses in genuine order of preference from the highest preference 1, to the lowest preference 10. Pay attention to each choice • If you want to defer your acceptance contact admissons in the college. You must reapply to CAO next year listing your deferred course in your CAO application. If you list more than your deferred option then you are back in open competition for the following year. It must be marked DEFERRED ENTRY • If you are entitled to an offer, you will be offered the highest preference that you are entitled to.

  46. Vacant Places • If after all offers have been made, and vacant places exist, they will be advertised on the CAO website, persons who have not applied already may make a vacant place application on payment of a fee - €45 online. • Address C.A.O.Tower House, Eglington Street, Galway. Tel 091 509800.Fax 091 562344. www.cao.ie ‘Vacant Places’ advertised

  47. Hear Applications • HEARApplications-Higher Education Access Route • To support applicants from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds, certain HEIs have a reserved number of places at lower points entry provided minimum course requirements met. • Financial/academic/personal support given. • Apply online 1st Feb - 16 Colleges participate • Indicate if you want to be considered for the HEAR scheme on page 1 of CAO form and complete the section providing information re family income, employment, number of children and schools attended.

  48. Hear Applications • Assessment is based on meeting the following criteria: • Total family income below HEAR threshold • andany two of the following: • Possession of a medical card • Receiving means tested social assistance • From socio-economic group under-represented in higher education • Attending a 2nd level DEIS school for >5yrs • Living in area of rural/urban disadvantage

  49. Hear Applications • In order to be considered for the HEAR scheme applicants must: • Complete relevant section online by Feb 1st • Submit relevant evidence of family financial circumstances by April 1st • All documentation submitted must have your CAO and PPS number • No late documents accepted • Assessment results in late June • Accept CAO & HEAR offers in August • Attend mandatory Orientation Programme in Aug. • Further details on www.accesscollege.ie

  50. Other Access Routes • Other HEI’s operate their own Access routes into Higher Education which are based on generally the same criteria but applications must be made directly to the college. • The HEI’s that offer Access outside of the HEAR scheme are: • Dundalk Institute of Technology • Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology • Institute of Technology Blanchardstown • Institute of Technology Carlow • Institute of Technology Sligo • Institute of Technology Tallaght • NCAD

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