Alternative Admissions
Trinity’s Alternative Admissions Feasibility Study Extended into its Third Year
University Council approved the extension of the study, which aims to influence national policy and shift focus away from the leaving cert points race.
Defending Trinity’s Challenge of the Admissions System
Professor Patrick Geoghegan responds to an Irish Times op-ed piece and accuses it of taking a cheap shot at the students admitted by the study.
In Identifying Ways to Determine Potential in the Leaving Cert, Debate and Scrutiny are Welcome
Professor Patrick Geoghegan, project sponsor of the Trinity Admissions Feasibility Study, defends the need for alternative measures of potential.
Trinity’s Admissions Study is Still Fundamentally Flawed
Despite recent changes to Trinity’s admissions feasibility study, it still fails to improve on the “rational, transparent process” of the Leaving Cert, writes the former General Manager of the CAO.
Editorial
Praise for Challenging the College Admissions System
We shouldn't shrink from change, and regardless of the outcome, investigating it is worthwhile.
With CAO Offers, Trinity Tests Two Groundbreaking Feasibility Studies
Admissions feasibility study enters second year, with new Northern Ireland study also introduced.
Trinity Allocates 25 Places to Alternative Admissions Applicants
25 places in competitive courses have been allocated to CAO applicants on the basis of academic potential captured in two sets of additional data.