The University Times

For an exam period marred by unpredictability, CAO results announced today will have come as a surprise to few. The calculated grades system has led to points increasing for 80 per cent of Trinity’s courses, despite the government’s best efforts to quell point inflation. While good news for this year’s students, it will adversely effect students who are applying to college using leaving certificate results from previous years.

Points for more specialised subjects, as well as combinations including business, law, nursing, geography and computer science, increased significantly. The number of courses needing more than 600 points have increased to increased to five.

For the second year running, Trinity will be happy to see significant increases in the number of students putting Trinity down number one on their CAO applications – up 9 per cent on last year. Whether this is down to the Normal People bounce or because students guessed their grades would increase under the the calculated grades system or another reason entirely, one can only guess.

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Joint-honours degree courses