Hey guys, I know I’ve been AWOL the past few weeks, between getting my results, CAO offers and grad chaos, my life has been thrown into overdrive! Not to mention, I’m working nearly every waking moment of the day! So anywaaaaaaay, let me fill you in! I’m happy to inform all of yee, that I am now a JOURNALISM student in DCU! I actually couldn’t be more happier with my offer, that I received yesterday morning! I was so anxious to find out if all my complaining and whining had actually paid off, and well it did! 😀 I was thrilled with my leaving cert results as well, so much higher than I had ever even imagined, but oh dear god, it was possibly the most nerve wrecking experience of my life!
Let’s back track to last week. The 15th of August to be precise. The day students all across the country dreaded, anticipated and waited for. LC results. I woke up at 8am, I’m a little surprised myself really, I thought I would have been up since 5! Hopped into the shower and blared Beat, to drown out the nerves in the pit of my stomach. Although once I came downstairs and tucked into my usual bowl of Cornflakes, I felt somewhat calmer. A moment of realisation. I thought to myself, there is no point being worried. It’s done now, nothing more I can do. However, this feeling was short lived once I got into the car and heard past students telling their stories about how they were so upset with the points they received and missed out on their courses. (Like seriously? Why in God’s name would you interview these people right before results were issued?!?!) I arrived at the school around 8.30, thinking that results were out at half 9. Nuh uh, the minute I set foot into that school, my principal handed me that envelope!
Well thats when it all became real. I ran into one of the nearest classrooms, and ripped the results open, (well not literally, I gently pealed it open if I’m gonna tell the truth! I was too scared I’d rip the results in half 
) I started shaking like crazy once I had seen the results before me. I was over the moon. I knew I had more than enough points for my course and that was it.
So after a long night of bending the elbow and having a few sociable drinks, I was all set for CAO offers. (well once I recovered from the 3 day hangover that is!) Fast-forwarding to yesterday i.e Offers, I was so excited to see what was in store for me! Once again, I woke at a respectable 8am, although once I saw the text messages on my phone asking me what I had got, I sprang out of bed and lept for the laptop. Waiting patiently I waited for CAO to load, fingers sprawling across the keyboard to get my details in as quick as possible. And there it was. DC132 – Journalism. I stared at the screen in awe for a solid 5 minutes I’d say. I couldn’t believe it. I actually got my course. On the way to being a Journalist.
As if that wasn’t enough, then the excitement truly chimed in when Facers was mobbed by everyone posting their new colleges on their pages. Some disappointed, some ecstatic, but overall, the general buzz was incredible! But, the reality slapped me in the face once the whole accommodation aspect came into view. Shit. I had applied for campus but heard nothing back. I spent all last night prowling the internet for places to live that hadn’t been booked out…looking for roommates, a place near the college, a place that was affordable…sheesh. I never knew it was so much work. At 12 I gave up and hit the sack, a 9-6 work day was ahead of me and I could barely stay awake.
So the next day in work, I tried forgetting about it, hoping that’d somewhere would get back to me and I could secure a place. At around 3 I saw an email from DCU campus residences, praying to god this would be good news. Eventually I opened it, and it read:
Dear Ms. Orlaith Farrell we are delighted to inform you that you have been successful in securing a room on campus for the Academic year 2012/13.
I think I may have experienced a slight heart-attack once I saw the first 6 words of that email. I was sure I wasn’t going to get campus as all the students with 500+ points are guaranteed a place and after that it is a lottery system…and considering I didnt get 500+ or have ever won the lottery, I didnt think my chances were too high! Well there ya go, I must have been a saint in the past life, cos this Karma is incredible!
And now we’re up to today. The day before my grad, and I actually couldn’t wish for anything more. 🙂 I hope you guys are all happy with the points and course you got. Come on, we’re going to College! Roll on 17th of September! Hell yes!
-Orlaith 🙂
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