Redlan Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 So I believe the first round for UCC and UCD has gone out - would anyone know when the second round might begin? and how many official rounds there are. As well, if we have not yet been denied from some of the Irish schools traditionally would anyone be able to speculate on the chance of being offered a spot over the next few months. In other words, would we still all have a 20% chance or somewhere near 80% chance of being offered a spot? I'm not looking for exact answers - but rather just where we stand at this stage in the application process. If anyone has any idea it would be much appreciated - a lot is riding on these letters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citta Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Just curious if UCD has sent out a first set of rejections at this point? Also... anyone know how many applicants applied to Ireland through APB this year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citta Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 APB = ABP, oops! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maserati Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 this is what i received from ABP office as part of an email: "University College Cork and University College Dublin have recently issued their first rounds of offers for this Fall entry. Although you were not issued one, you are not amongst the applicants to whom they have denied entry to date and further offers will be issued during the upcoming months" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobey Posted April 1, 2008 Report Share Posted April 1, 2008 this is what i received from ABP office as part of an email: "University College Cork and University College Dublin have recently issued their first rounds of offers for this Fall entry. Although you were not issued one, you are not amongst the applicants to whom they have denied entry to date and further offers will be issued during the upcoming months" Wow, when did you get that email, and in what context?? I have yet to hear from UCD, but I called them directly and they said that had not evaluated all of the apps yet. Same with Trinity. Weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maserati Posted April 1, 2008 Report Share Posted April 1, 2008 Wow, when did you get that email, and in what context?? I have yet to hear from UCD, but I called them directly and they said that had not evaluated all of the apps yet. Same with Trinity. Weird. Today. Context. I asked for an update of my application. What's weird about them not having evaluated all the apps yet? They could be referring to the late applications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redlan Posted April 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2008 Thanks Maserati, I did the same thing you did as well a little while after I posted this thread and received the same message from ABP - apparently this situation we are in (not rejected and waiting for notice) is grounds to be encouraged at this stage in the game. I still wonder at what the size of the stack of applications are on their desks and ultimately what are the odds at this point - are we one among scores of applicants, 100s of applicants, or 1000s of applicants? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobey Posted April 1, 2008 Report Share Posted April 1, 2008 Today. Context. I asked for an update of my application. What's weird about them not having evaluated all the apps yet? They could be referring to the late applications. Its just weird because you would think the 'first round' would be based on all of the applications, right? Mine was not late at all, but apparently I am only considered in the 2nd round. It just doesn't make that much sense...and we had conflicting messages from them. When I called they didn't say anything about rounds, just that they hadn't gone through all the apps yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maserati Posted April 1, 2008 Report Share Posted April 1, 2008 called galway directly today and was told that though my application hasn't been mailed out, it is in the "rejection" rack 'cause my GPA is not above 3.8 for this year's cut-off. ... funny how i've heard of people getting in so far who do not have 3.8 anyway, my previous speculation about us ( those who haven't received any news year ) being in the "to be offered" list, is not correct. good luck to you all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gswim Posted April 5, 2008 Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 Wow maserati, harsh news about the not-yet-mailed rejection. I'm another one of the ones that hasn't heard anything yet...what's your impression on how hopeful we should be? Are "first round offers" completely mailed out? Is the "second round" just filling in spots turned down by the first? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guiness Posted April 5, 2008 Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 Hey guys, I called ABP yesterday and they told me the second round offers out of UCD have been sent. Also, Trinity are going to be sending their first round offers next week. Good luck! they didn't say how many rounds were needed, as many as necessary I guess? not exactly sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobey Posted April 5, 2008 Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 Does accepting an offer at one school mean that you can't get an offer from another? I don't want to sound greedy or anything. I accepted my offer at one because they only gave me 2 weeks to do it and I didn't want to give up the offer...but I'm kinda thinking that I would like to have the option to switch if I get into another one. Anyone know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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