Photograph: Andy GibsonA Dublin student who achieved eight H1s and anticipated “no problem” in securing their first choice has said they are devastated after losing out to the “sick, inhumane” random selection process. The student had hoped to study management science and information systems studies at Trinity College Dublin, a highly sought-after course and one of just two nationwide that required both maximum points and random selection. In total, places on 25 level-eight courses in high demand nationwide were allocated using random selection. “Knowing that all these years of intense, hard work were shattered by an outdated, cruel and completely unfair place-allocation system was simply heartbreaking. What was all the hard work to achieve high results for?”The chances of being offered the course on a subsequent round of offers were “slim”, they said.
