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# Points Race
In Numbers: The points race
Wondering how many students got 500 points, and how many will be disappointed today? We crunch the numbers.
48,448: the number of students who will be made an offer today.
21,322 : the number who will be left disappointed.
77,628: the total who made a CAO application this year.
250: the number of courses which have risen by 15 points or more.
50: the increase in points for science at UCD, bringing it up to 435.
305: the number of points which would have got you into the same course three years ago.
30: the drop in points for project and construction management at NUI Galway.
16,700: the number of students who got at least 400 points in this year’s exam, representing….
30.6 per cent of the total number who sat the exams.
1 in 4: the proportion of students scoring less than 200 points.
9,941: the number who got 450 points or more.
4,699: the number of students who got over 500 points.
1,200: the number of students who will get a place in Arts at UCD, which has gone up five points to 365.
