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Over half of successful Level 8 applicants got offered their first choice today

Successful candidates now have until 3 September to accept or decline their offer.

OVER HALF OF people who received an offer for a Level 8 course from the CAO got their first choice.

A total of 83,543 people applied for third level places this year, 56,571 of whom have received an offer in the first round.

  • The results are now available here on The Journal 

There were slightly more mature student applicants this year. The number went from 6,980 to 7,365.

There were also more applicants for the DARE scheme, an alternative admissions scheme for school-leavers whose disabilities have had a negative impact on their second level education. 

Some 29,173 (56%) Level 8 offers are for the applicant’s first preference course, and 43,280 (83%) Level 8 offers are for one of their top three preferences.

CAO applicants can check if they have received an offer by logging in to their account using the ‘My Application’ facility at www.cao.ie.

Successful applicants will also receive an offer notification via email and a text message if they have selected this option on their application form. Separate emails and texts will issue in respect of Level 8 and Level 7/6 offers.

It is possible that applicants may receive two offers at the same time: one from the Level 8 list and one from the Level 7/6 list. Applicants must choose between these lists and can only accept one offer per offer round.

Eileen Keleghan, Head of Communications for CAO, asks applicants to carefully consider any offers received in this round.

“One of the common queries that we receive at the offers stage is around order of preference.

“Applicants who receive a lower preference offer can accept this offer, and it will not prevent them from receiving an offer of a course higher up on their courses list in a later round should a place become available and they are deemed eligible.

“Those who have received an offer in this round should also consider the current offer carefully as it may be the only one they will receive.”

If an applicant has not received an offer they will receive a ‘Statement of Application’ email.

Successful candidates now have until 3 September to accept or decline their offer.

Unsuccessful candidates in this round may receive an offer in the next round on 9 September.

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    Mute barbara christopher
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    Aug 28th 2024, 3:20 PM

    It’s got to be the most dragged out stressful process.
    Two months waiting for results, then another week for CAO, then another two weeks before second choice. Too much stress.

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    Mute Paul O'Mahoney
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    Aug 28th 2024, 3:39 PM

    @barbara christopher: Well, over 60000 students taking at least 5 subjects would be 300,000 papers minimum to be marked ,more as some subjects will have more than 1 paper and students probably take 7 subjects.

    Continuous assessment might be a way of speeding it up but that has its own issues.

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    Mute Mr “JonnieBoy” Johnson
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    Aug 28th 2024, 6:36 PM

    @barbara christopher: issue lc score and cao offer together.

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    Mute smatrix mantra
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    Aug 28th 2024, 8:31 PM

    @barbara christopher: Self-induced stress one should add.

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    Aug 29th 2024, 12:54 AM

    @barbara christopher: stress?? Oh good Lord it’s an exam not life or death FFS.

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    Mute Sean O'Dhubhghaill
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    Aug 29th 2024, 6:54 AM

    @Paul O’Mahoney: Most students do 7 subjects. Irish, English and Maths have 2 papers. Most other subjects have extra components (essays, portfolios, practical pieces, etc). So it is moving up towards 1 000 000 items which need to be assessed.

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    Mute Padraig O'Brien
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    Aug 28th 2024, 4:13 PM

    Australia or Canada?

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    Mute Pat Barry
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    Aug 28th 2024, 4:34 PM

    @Padraig O’Brien: Neither, but if I had to pick one I’d definitely go with Canada.

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    Mute Mr “JonnieBoy” Johnson
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    Aug 28th 2024, 6:37 PM

    @Padraig O’Brien: Daddy or Chips?

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    Mute Dave Barrett
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    Aug 28th 2024, 6:42 PM

    Wonder how many will drop out from their selected course because of their inflated grades. If they weren’t able to make the grade in secondary school what makes them think they will survive college courses.

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    Mute Alison O'donovan
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    Aug 28th 2024, 6:54 PM

    @Dave Barrett: all the points also went up. Some by 30 or 40 points so the inflation was negated. The inflation gave approx 7-10 percent increase at the h6 level but only 1% at the higher level so she actually even out.

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    Mute Liam OTailliuir
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    Aug 29th 2024, 8:39 AM

    @Dave Barrett: points aren’t an indication of difficulty of the course nor your suitability to it. It is a gatekeeping exercise so that the limited places are alloted. Very few courses set specific subject/grade requirements (ie min h4 in higher maths or an art portfolio)

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