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Leaving Cert Students React To The CAO Offers On Twitter

Students all over Ireland celebrated and commiserated their Leaving Cert results last week and had to wait another grueling five days to find out the results of their CAO. For those of you living under a rock, the CAO is the application system that allows students to apply for their college courses in order of preference.

As you can imagine, the CAO Twitter reaction was a mixed bag this year as the new points system saw a reduction in the number of points required for popular courses. Points for courses in teaching and nursing have dropped whereas business courses continue to rise, with over 20% of students applying for business courses.

Some Twitter users reacted with pure and utter joy as they were offered the course of their "dreams" and others were delighted they didn't have to find accommodation in Dublin:

Stress is still a big factor for students when finding out their CAO and many people have been questioning whether or not it's all worth it:

One student is thrilled to be the first person going to college in her family:

Congratulations to everyone who got what the results they wanted and for everyone still in limbo, try not to worry.  Everything will work out in the end - whether you choose to believe it or not. Remember this, hundreds of thousands of successful people never got their first choice on the CAO and they turned out just fine.

Also Read: Watch: UCD Students' Union Continue Undercover Exposé Of Dodgy Student Accommodation

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