Observable trends in jungle of CAO statistics
In broad terms, close to two-thirds of honours (level 8 ) degrees require the same or fewer points than last year. They include more than 420 of the 800, around 53%, of all those that are directly comparable year-on-year.
Almost a tenth command the same points as a year ago, even with the vast majority of courses’ cutoff points no longer ending in a 5 or 0 as a result of the new points for each of the revised Leaving Certificate grades. However, the number is down to around 70, versus close to 200 a year ago.
