Sample · Dreams
Aoife
A clearer picture of you. A clearer direction for study.
26 October 2026 · Matched to courses in Ireland
What your results say about you
Aoife, your results point towards interests in computing and investigation, and numbers and systems. These are useful clues to the subjects and activities that could hold your attention and make study feel worthwhile. The strongest theme in your profile is the Investigator.
You seem drawn to the satisfaction of understanding something properly: finding missing information, testing an explanation and seeing how different pieces relate. A question can become more interesting as you get further into it. That willingness to look closely is a valuable starting point for study that rewards curiosity and careful reasoning.
Look for courses with room to investigate, compare evidence and develop explanations of your own. Research projects, analytical assignments and problems with more than one plausible answer may give you something worth getting absorbed in. Consider which subjects make you want to keep asking questions.
Your profile highlights The Investigator, The Systems Eye, and The Quiet Mind. Each adds something to the picture: how you like to think, what interests you and where you may enjoy making a contribution.
These interests could find a place in more than one kind of course. Look for the opportunities that appeal to you within each option: the questions you would explore, the projects you would tackle and the skills you would enjoy developing.
The next sections explain your strengths in more detail and turn your results into practical guidance for exploring courses. You can use them to decide what to look into, what to ask at an open day and what matters most in your choice.
Your profile · Investigator · Systems Eye · Quiet Mind
Your profile brings together Investigator, Systems Eye, and Quiet Mind, reflecting your interests in computing and investigation, and numbers and systems.
How you like to work
You value a quiet setting where you can concentrate fully; you like to take responsibility for how a task is carried out from start to finish; you find satisfaction in completing what you have started.
Five strengths to build on
These are the strengths your answers suggest you could enjoy using and developing. You may recognise some already; others may describe interests you have had little opportunity to explore. Each profile explains the potential value of that interest and what to look for in a course that gives it room to grow.
Strength 1
The Investigator
You are drawn to questions that reward a closer look.
A question can become more absorbing as you begin to understand what is involved. You may enjoy discovering the missing information, considering a different explanation or finding the connection that makes an idea clearer. The satisfaction is in building an understanding you can trust. That interest has value because careful investigation can reveal what a quick answer leaves unexplored. Given the right subject, curiosity can develop into a disciplined ability to analyse information and explain what it means.
You can develop that potential by learning how to ask precise questions, compare explanations and recognise when new evidence should change your view. Look for courses where investigation is a regular part of the work, through research, experiments, analytical projects or substantial independent study. Read a few assignment topics. The ones that make you want to start looking for an answer are useful clues to where this strength could grow.
The connection with your results. Your interest in computing and investigation contributed to this part of your profile.
Strength 2
The Systems Eye
You are interested in how the parts work together.
A process becomes more interesting when you can see how its parts affect one another. You may enjoy tracing a result back through a set of figures, noticing a pattern or understanding why a change in one place has consequences elsewhere. This interest can develop into a useful ability to make complexity understandable. It offers a way to explain how something works, ask where it could work better and make decisions with a clearer view of the connections involved.
There is potential here to develop analytical thinking and a practical understanding of how things function. Look for courses that let you examine data, work with models or investigate connected processes. Check the mathematical and technical content carefully so you know what you would be learning. Projects that ask you to explain a system or improve how it works may offer particularly satisfying opportunities to build on this interest.
The connection with your results. Your interest in numbers and systems contributed to this part of your profile.
Strength 3
The Quiet Mind
You value the space to give something your full attention.
Time to read, reflect or work through a problem can give you space to understand what you think before you share it. Your contribution may develop through that preparation: an idea becomes clearer, a question becomes more precise or a piece of work receives the attention it needs. This is a preference worth recognising and making room for. A suitable environment can help you use your concentration well and arrive at discussions with something considered to contribute.
As you compare courses, look at how independent study sits alongside lectures, seminars and group projects. Ask about access to study spaces and opportunities to prepare before contributing. You can take part in collaborative work while also valuing time to think on your own. Understanding that balance will help you plan how to study effectively and choose an environment in which you feel able to contribute.
The connection with your results. This part of your profile reflects a pattern in your assessment answers.
Strength 4
Autonomy
You value having a meaningful say in how you approach your work.
Having a meaningful choice can change how involved you feel in a task. You may enjoy deciding where to begin, selecting an approach and taking responsibility for how it develops. There is value in that sense of ownership: it gives you reasons to think carefully about your decisions and learn from their results. With experience and feedback, this preference can develop into initiative and independent judgement, alongside the ability to recognise when another person’s guidance would be useful.
Look for courses with opportunities to choose project topics, explore individual interests or manage part of your own learning. Ask how that independence develops and what guidance remains available. Clear expectations and accessible feedback can help you make good use of freedom. The most useful question is how much scope you would have to make decisions, and whether you would enjoy the responsibilities that come with them.
Strength 5
Follow-through
You value seeing a commitment through to a finished result.
There can be satisfaction in the progress between deciding to do something and being able to say it is finished. You may appreciate a clear goal, the next manageable step and the feeling of bringing separate pieces of work together. This preference can support an important contribution: helping a good intention become something completed and usable. With planning and practice, it can develop into habits that make your effort more consistent and your commitments easier to rely on.
You can develop it by planning manageable stages, checking progress and recognising when a piece of work has met its purpose. Look for courses with substantial projects and clear expectations about what students produce. Ask how deadlines and feedback are organised. You may enjoy having something meaningful to work towards and being able to look back at a finished result that reflects your effort.
Your answers also show interest in laboratory work and the physical sciences. These could be worth exploring through individual modules, projects or related courses.
Three points to consider as you choose
A course needs to work for you in practice as well as interest you on paper. Some of your answers point to demands or conditions worth looking into, and under each point you can see the answer it comes from. Understanding them can help you choose more confidently, prepare for challenges and find the support that helps you do your best.
Watch-out 1
Making room for time to yourself
From your answers: you leaned towards “A calm, quiet place to work” rather than “A lively, busy place with people around”.
You may enjoy working with people and still need time to concentrate or recharge on your own.
Your answers suggest that long periods of interaction could become tiring when there is little space between them. This is useful to understand if a course involves frequent group work, public-facing activity or placements with continuous personal contact. The balance matters: you may contribute more comfortably when you also have time to prepare, reflect and work independently.
Worth watching. Ask how teaching, group work and placements are organised, including the pace and opportunities for breaks. Consider whether the balance would suit you and what would help you manage the busier periods.
Watch-out 2
Having scope to choose your approach
From your answers: you leaned towards “Being told what’s needed, then choosing how to do it myself” rather than “Being told what to do and how to do it”.
You may find work more engaging when there is some room for your own judgement.
Your answers suggest that closely prescribed work could become frustrating if every step is decided in advance. You may appreciate understanding the goal and having some freedom over how to reach it. Some subjects require established procedures, particularly during early training, so look at how the balance between instruction and independence develops over the course.
Worth watching. Ask where students can make decisions, choose topics or develop individual approaches. Check which procedures remain essential and whether the scope for independence increases as your skills develop.
Watch-out 3
Keeping interest going after the beginning
From your answers: you leaned towards “Work that mostly keeps me absorbed” rather than “Steady work, even if parts of it are dull”.
A new subject may capture your attention quickly; the longer commitment deserves a closer look.
Your answers suggest that new ideas and possibilities can be especially engaging. A course will also include repetition, difficult stages and work whose rewards take time to appear. Understanding what would keep you involved through those parts can help you choose an interest you want to develop in depth and plan how to sustain your effort.
Worth watching. Read the later-year modules and ask a current student about the repetitive or demanding parts. Look for a subject you want to keep learning, supported by varied assignments and clear milestones.
Your ideas and your results
Exploring the options you have in mind
Here you can compare up to three options you mentioned with the recommendations from your assessment. A familiar suggestion may give you a clearer reason to pursue an interest. An unexpected one may introduce something worth exploring. Your original ideas still deserve attention; use this comparison to understand what appeals to you about each option.
The options you mentioned
- Business
- Arts
- Not sure yet
Your assessment recommendations
- 1. Game Design at Technological University Dublin
- 2. Business Information Systems at Munster Technological University
- 3. Accounting and Finance at Dublin City University
If an option you already had in mind appears among your recommendations, read the explanation closely. It may help you put words to what attracted you and decide what you want to learn about the course next. If your ideas and recommendations differ, explore the reasons on both sides. Your original choice may reflect an experience, ambition or interest that deserves further thought. An unfamiliar recommendation may also offer something you had not considered. Your written preferences did not determine the assessment shortlist, so this comparison gives you another perspective to work with. Compare the actual course content and ask yourself what you would enjoy learning and doing. You are allowed to keep an existing ambition, discover a new possibility or take more time to decide.
Ikigai
What would make your next step meaningful?
Ikigai is a Japanese idea often translated as a reason for being. In this part of your report, it is an invitation to think about what gives your life interest, satisfaction and meaning.
The four questions in this reflection bring together what you love, what you are good at, how you would like to help and what you might like to be paid for. Looking at them together can help you notice connections worth exploring as you consider study and work.
The diagram uses the words Passion, Mission, Profession and Vocation to describe connections between these areas. Use it as a prompt for reflection. Your answers can develop as you gain experience, and there is no need to find one course or job that fulfils every part of your life.
Your reflections
- What you love doing
- Figuring out why a system behaves the way it does
- What you feel you are good at
- Staying with a problem until the explanation is clean
- How you would like to help
- People who need tools that actually work
- What you would like to be paid for
- Building and fixing software that lasts
Read your answers together and notice any ideas that recur. Perhaps there is a subject you want to understand, a skill you want to use or a contribution you would like to make. Choose one connection to explore through a course conversation, a small project or a new experience. What you learn can help your next decision become more personal and more informed.
Your top courses
These courses in our catalogue connect closely with your answers, and we have chosen them to cover more than one subject area. Courses near each other in the list fit about equally well, so treat the order as a guide rather than a ranking. The first course is a good place to start your research, not the only good choice. Each course has a note on why it came up and one thing to check. Confirm every detail, including entry requirements, on the provider’s own website. More than one of these could suit you.
Your first course to explore
Game Design
Technological University Dublin · TU984 · NFQ 8 · 4 years
There is a useful connection to explore between Game Design at Technological University Dublin and your interest in computing and investigation, as well as numbers and systems. Your profile includes The Investigator, which helps explain this recommendation in computing. Look through the modules and assignments to see how that interest could develop.
The catch: Ask someone already on Game Design what ordinary seminars, labs, or contact hours feel like at Technological University Dublin. Game Design at Technological University Dublin (TU984) needed 435 points in CAO round 1, 2026. Points change every year, so check the current figure on cao.ie before you decide.
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Business Information Systems
Munster Technological University · MT944 · NFQ 8 · 4 years
Business Information Systems at Munster Technological University gives you a business option to explore. The connection in your results is with computing and investigation, as well as numbers and systems, reflected in the strength we have called The Investigator. As you read about the course, notice which parts of the work appeal most.
The catch: Look at year-one modules for Business Information Systems at Munster Technological University — the contact hours and assessments, not the brochure line. Business Information Systems at Munster Technological University (MT944) needed 359 points in CAO round 1, 2026. Check this year's CAO handbook.
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Accounting and Finance
Dublin City University · DC115 · NFQ 8 · 3 years
There is a useful connection to explore between Accounting and Finance at Dublin City University and your interest in computing and investigation, as well as numbers and systems. Your profile includes The Systems Eye, which helps explain this recommendation in accountancy. Check the course content carefully so you can judge the fit for yourself.
The catch: Ask someone already on Accounting and Finance what ordinary seminars, labs, or contact hours feel like at Dublin City University. Accounting and Finance at Dublin City University (DC115) needed 509 points in CAO round 1, 2026. Points change every year, so check the current figure on cao.ie before you decide.
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Business Studies (Finance major)
University of Limerick · LM050 · NFQ 8 · 4 years
There is a useful connection to explore between Business Studies (Finance major) at University of Limerick and your interest in computing and investigation, as well as numbers and systems. Your profile includes The Systems Eye, which helps explain this recommendation in finance. Read the module descriptions and assessment methods before you decide how interested you are.
The catch: Business Studies (Finance major) at University of Limerick: check the class and contact hours and the workload before you decide. Business Studies (Finance major) at University of Limerick (LM050) needed 442 points in CAO round 1, 2026. Check this year's CAO handbook, not last year's.
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Business, Economic and Social Studies
Trinity College Dublin · TR081 · NFQ 8 · 4 years
Business, Economic and Social Studies at Trinity College Dublin is worth exploring because your answers show interest in computing and investigation, as well as numbers and systems. The strength named The Systems Eye helps explain why this business course appears among your recommendations. Look closely at the actual learning involved and see what attracts you.
The catch: Ask someone already on Business, Economic and Social Studies what ordinary seminars, labs, or contact hours feel like at Trinity College Dublin. Business, Economic and Social Studies at Trinity College Dublin (TR081) needed 567* points in CAO round 1, 2026. Check the points on the CAO website before you decide.
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Other courses to consider
These courses also connect with your answers. Some fit a little less closely than your top courses. Others fit just as well, or slightly better, but they are in a subject area already shown above, so we have put them here to give your top courses more variety. Any of them may still suit you. If one catches your eye, it is worth talking it over with your guidance counsellor.
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
University of Limerick
There is a useful connection to explore between Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning at University of Limerick and your interest in computing and investigation, as well as numbers and systems. Your profile includes The Investigator, which helps explain this recommendation in computing. Look through the modules and assignments to see how that interest could develop.
Games Development
Galway Technical Institute
Games Development at Galway Technical Institute gives you a computing option to explore. The connection in your results is with computing and investigation, as well as numbers and systems, reflected in the strength we have called The Investigator. As you read about the course, notice which parts of the work appeal most.
Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
Dublin City University
Data Science and Artificial Intelligence at Dublin City University is worth exploring because your answers show interest in computing and investigation, as well as numbers and systems. The strength named The Systems Eye helps explain why this computing course appears among your recommendations. Check the course content carefully so you can judge the fit for yourself.
Applied Economics
University College Cork
Applied Economics at University College Cork is worth exploring because your answers show interest in computing and investigation, as well as numbers and systems. The strength named The Systems Eye helps explain why this finance course appears among your recommendations. Read the module descriptions and assessment methods before you decide how interested you are.
Construction Management and Engineering
University of Limerick
There is a useful connection to explore between Construction Management and Engineering at University of Limerick and your interest in computing and investigation, as well as numbers and systems. Your profile includes The Systems Eye, which helps explain this recommendation in construction. Look closely at the actual learning involved and see what attracts you.
Related courses to compare
Other courses close to your first course, all in the same field. The note beside each one says how it relates: the same course at another college or university, a related course, an apprenticeship, or a course that takes an extra step to get there. None of them is a lesser choice.
- Game Design — Technological University Dublinthe first course in your list
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning — University of Limericka related course in the same field
- Computer Networks and Cyber Security — Atlantic Technological Universitya related course in the same field
- Computer Science — South East Technological Universitya related course in the same field
- Creative Computing — IADTa related course in the same field
- Games Development — Coláiste Dhúlaigh College of Further Educationa further education course: an extra step that can lead on to a degree
- Software Development — Kerry Collegea further education course: an extra step that can lead on to a degree
- Software Development — Rathmines College of Further Educationa further education course: an extra step that can lead on to a degree
Your next steps
- 1Find Game Design on Technological University Dublin's own website. Check that it runs, what it asks for and how it is taught.
- 2Attend an open day or watch a recorded course talk. Find out how the course is taught, how you would be assessed and what a typical timetable includes.
- 3Speak to a current student. Ask what they enjoy, what they find challenging and what they wish they had known before starting.
How to understand your results
Your report brings together what interests you, how you prefer to approach tasks and the practical conditions that matter when choosing where and what to study. Your assessment covers the activities you enjoy; your preferred pace and working environment; your study and living preferences; and more specific interests that help distinguish between related courses. It also asks about aspects of learning, including exams, open-ended tasks, working with numbers and careful experimental work. Your course suggestions come from the activities and interests you said you enjoy, with a small nudge from your favourite subject. Your answers about pace, working environment and study preferences don’t affect how well any course fits you; they shape the descriptions, the points to consider and the questions to ask. The named strengths help explain those patterns in everyday language. They reflect what you told us about yourself; they do not establish your ability, predict your grades or determine what you can achieve. Your written hopes and Ikigai reflections help personalise the report. The course shortlist comes from your activity and interest answers and your favourite subject. Use the explanations here alongside course research, conversations and your own judgement as you decide what to explore next.
- Your results describe interests and preferences you can explore and develop. They leave room for you to grow, change and discover new strengths.
- If a recommendation confirms an interest you already had, look at the reason behind it. Understanding why something appeals can make your next step clearer.
- Pay attention to the points to consider as well as the recommendations. They help you ask useful questions before committing to a course.
- Build on this report by meeting students, exploring course content and attending an open day. Those experiences will help you judge how well a course suits you.
Irish course details here are our summary. Irish course points shown are CAO round 1, 2026. Check CAO and the college page for the latest.