The only priority that Ryanair allows are the one you pay to entrance in their a/c...
My application has been sent just before they closed in April last year. A lot of fully graduated pilots from CAE OAA went to the assessment. Some have managed well but many weren't that lucky! Others from other training center (Hub'air in Belgium, CTC,...) have succeeded as well!
They have to screen a lot of applications and who really knows how they manage that part of the selection...
FTO
ATPL results (average and first time pass)
Skill test
Additional experience
Nationality
Gender
Age
Academic background
Professional experience
...
So many criteria that it is almost impossible to get a clue on their selection process... Why him/her and not me... We almost have the same flying background...
U need to keep flying, keep studying and be ready for an assessment!
That is of course the worst part of our pilot training!