Pathways Transition Planning Tool: 5th and 6th year senior cycle
Paperwork
Use this checklist to keep track of the steps and tasks you need to complete to successfully apply to
Trinity. You may need to ask your parents, school principal, guidance counselor or resource teacher to
help you.
You may want to complete your plan like this:
Information
Job / task
Think about…….
Research
paper work
and
documents
Visit the DARE site
www.accesscollege.ie
Reduced points
offers
Did you download the psychoeducational summary and give it
to your psychologist to
complete?
Scores from my
dyslexia
assessment
Done
Yes
Yes
Still to do
Waiting for…
Check the
DARE clinic
days
Have not received it
back yet.
Start a folder or file for all the documents you need and put this checklist at the front. Or you can download
this document, save it to your computer, and type directly into the form.
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Pathways Planning Tool
Job / task
Think about…….
Research
paper work
and
documents
Visit the DARE site
www.accesscollege.ie
Information
Visit the Pathways site
www.tcd.ie/pathways-to-trinity
Visit the CAO www.cao.ie
Visit the Admissions page
www.tcd.ie/admissions
Visit the Disability Service page
www.tcd.ie/disability
Application
deadline
CAO and
DARE
Application
DARE: tick disability box on CAO
1st February
DARE: Opt in to DARE scheme
1st March
DARE: Send in all documents
1st April
Apply to CAO
1st February
Have you ticked the disability box
on the CAO?
Have you completed part A?
http://www Have you printed out part B and
.tcd.ie/path C of the DARE application?
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1st March
Done
Still to do
Waiting for….
Pathways Planning Tool
Job / task
Think about…….
Information
ways-totrinity/appli
cation/doc
uments/
Did you given part B of the DARE
application to your school?
Have they returned this to you?
Has your specialist / consultant /
psychologist completed part C
of the DARE application?
Do you have your evidence of
disability from your psychologist /
consultant?
Is it in date?
Has your disability evidence
been stamped and signed?
Did you download the psychoeducational summary and give it
to your psychologist to
complete?
Did you make sure that you
ticked the ‘opt in’ on question 5
of the DARE application?
Have you submitted all your
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1st April
Done
Still to do
Waiting for….
Pathways Planning Tool
Job / task
Think about…….
documents to DARE?
Did you get proof of postage?
Application
fee
Online
application
Postal
application
Did you send a cheque or pay
by credit card for the application
fee?
Did you read over the instructions
again to make sure you have
completed all the steps?
Did you print out the
application?
Did you save or print the e-mail
or page that said your
application was received?
Did you submit this before the
closing date?
Did you read over the instructions
to make sure you have
completed all the steps?
Did you check the postal
address?
Did you make sure all documents
were enclosed with correct
postage?
Did you post this yourself and
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Information
Done
Still to do
Waiting for….
Pathways Planning Tool
Job / task
Think about…….
Information
keep proof of postage?
Language
waiver
When is the application
deadline?
Have you written a letter to the
Admissions Office?
Did you complete the
application form?
http://www.tcd.ie/Admissions/un
dergraduate/assets/pdfs/2011%2
0Language%20waiver%20applic
ation%20form%20.pdf
Did you enclose the Certificate
of Irish exemption and your
psychological report?
Have you received a reply?
Course
choices
Have you looked at
http://www.tcd.ie/pathways-totrinity/choice/
Did you attend Higher Options?
Did you attend Better Options?
Have you read the prospectus?
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1st July TCD
Done
Still to do
Waiting for….
Pathways Planning Tool
Have you read more about each
course on their website?
Have you talked to other
students?
Have you talked about the order
of your choices / preferences
with someone?
Have you watched the CAO
presentation on preferences?
http://www.tcd.ie/pathways-totrinity/choice/how/preferences.p
hp
Admissions
What were the required points for
last year for your courses?
Are there specific entry
requirements for your courses?
Is there anything else you need
to do, for example attend an
interview?
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