The unique second chance scheme is for those who have not achieved the required maths grade in the Leaving Certificate for their chosen course in WIT
Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) announced today that applications for its Maths Entry Exam (scheduled for Friday, 26 August), will be accepted until Monday, 22 August.
This unique initiative is a ‘Second Chance Scheme’ for students who have not achieved the required maths grade in the Leaving Certificate for their chosen course in SETU.
Students will be given another opportunity to matriculate to the Institute by sitting a Leaving Certificate equivalent paper at the end of August. The exam will be available to candidates who have already applied for a course in SETU. The exam does not provide additional points so intending applicants must have already achieved the cut-off points for their programme of choice.
Vice President for Academic Affairs and Registrar at WIT Dr Derek O’Byrne said: “The maths entry examination has become an important part of providing prospective students with every opportunity possible to meet the entry requirements of their chosen programme.
“We realise that often a student’s performance on one day can be an under-representation of their ability in a subject and sometimes this leaves a student a few marks short of their needed grade. We are pleased to confirm that students who achieve the required maths grade under this initiative will be offered a place in the fourth round of CAO offers.”
The standard of the Maths paper will be equivalent to the Leaving Certificate Ordinary Level paper one and paper two. Costing €35, the exam will take place on Friday, 26 August in the Main Campus at SETU. An application form is available on www.wit.ie/mathsentryexam.
The exam is not applicable to students seeking places on WIT’s nursing programmes due to restricted availability of places or for the BEng (Hons) in Electronic Engineering because of minimum professional qualifications.
Main Revision Course
Waterford College of Further Education (WCFE) is running a revision programme for candidates wishing to avail of the Math Entry Exam. All queries relating to the revision programme should be directed to Philip Deegan at WCFE (051 874053 ext 301 / [email protected]).
The cost of the programme is €150 and in previous years has run from 9.30am to 4.30pm for the 4 days prior to the Maths Entry Exam.
WIT will also run a smaller revision course.
An application form is available on www.wit.ie/mathsentryexam.