I got an offer for my third choice but I’m thinking of letting it lapse. If I don’t accept this offer does that mean that anything below my third choice is cancelled or will it still be available in the subsequent round offers? - Niamh.
Yes, once you are offered your 3rd choice all lower choices will essentially disappear from your application and you will never be offered them. You can only hope to move up your preference list but never go down. - Brian
If I get offered and accept my second place option. Can I still get offered my first place if spaces open up, or an appeal improves my overall points? - Bob
Yes, absolutely. When offered and you accept your second choice you will still remain in the running for a higher choice, which in this case is your first choice. - Brian
Some people are saying offers can come out at 12pm instead of 2pm and that if you don’t receive a text at 12 you’re not offered a course… - Ella
Bulk emails will begin at noon. They will arrive with applicants at different stages. If you haven’t received a test or email by 2pm login to your account and you will see any offers you may have received there. - Brian
I have DARE and I’ve applied to Physiotherapy with my 550 points. What are my chances of getting an offer with DARE and what benefits does DARE give me? - Andrew
It depends where you have applied to for Physiotherapy, the points and DARE places vary from college to college. - Brian
I got my 8th choice on the first round of offers. I’mm planning to appeal two subjects, how likely am I to get a higher offer in round 2? - Monica
Whether you get another offer in round 2 will have nothing to do with your appeal as results will not be out until the end of September 25th. If applicants who have been offered places on the courses above your 8th preference decide not to take up some of those places, then those places are offered to the next people down the course merit lists. If you are next in line for some of those places you will be offered them in round 2. - Brian
I have gotten an offer for my 3rd choice. I am considering letting it lapse but then in round 2, am I just considered for my 1st and 2nd choices or will I be considered for 1st, 2nd and then 4th to 7th? - Niamh
Yes, once you are offered your 3rd choice all lower choices will essentially disappear from your application and you will never be offered them. You can only hope to move up your preference list but never go down. - Brian
Can I get my first choice in round 2? - Oisin
Yes, if you become entitled to it, you will be offered it, regardless of what else you have been offered. - Brian
If you decide to appeal a few of your subjects and your overall points, go down post the appeal. Does that impact your current course offer? Or does the offer still stand for the current year? - Alan
If your points go down, which is very rare, and you are no longer entitled to a place, technically the colleges I presume would reserve the right to give that place to someone more entitled to it than you. Whether they would do this is up to them. - Brian
I didn’t receive a level 8 offer, what should I do? - David
Did you get offered a level 6/7? Many level 6/7 courses can lead you to a level 8 qualification through the add on system, so look carefully at any level 6/7s you might have received. Remember you may still get a level 8 in the next rounds, so don’t give up hope yet. - Brian
If my son is offered his second choice today, could he be offered his number 1 over the coming weeks if there is availability on the course? We think he is just shy of the required points. - Mary
Yes, if he becomes entitled to it, he will be offered it, regardless of what else he have been offered. - Brian
