The following is a checklist that should guide you through some of the common errors and misconceptions about this turn of events. Remember you can only count six subjects. These must all come from one sitting of the Leaving Certificate. Bonus points for higher-level maths are awarded by the University of Limerick only. If you sat the Leaving Cert Vocational Programme you may be confused by the fact that the universities and the DIT are awarding lower points for the link modules than the other institutes of technology.
Many courses have specific subject requirements as well as points requirements.
For instance, you need a C3 in higher-level chemistry to get a place on DIT's medical lab sciences course. A master chart of subject requirements was published in the Going to College supplement published in The Irish Times on August 16th. You must fulfil the subject requirements no matter how many points you have. You have the points and the subject requirements but still don't have an offer. Look at the chart with the cut-off points.