Almost 47,000 applicants offered a college place

ALMOST 47,000 applicants have been offered a college place this morning, with about 20,500 of them receiving an offer of one each from their Level 8 and Level 7/6 course lists.

For just under half of the 34,009 people receiving an offer of a place on a Level 8 (honours bachelors degree), it is their first choice course, while almost 10,500 are being offered their second or third choice degree.

Almost 20,000 people who applied for a college place through the Central Applications Office (CAO) have not yet received an offer, leaving 3,700 applicants more than this time last year disappointed. They must now wait for Round 2 offers from the CAO on Friday week, August 28 or subsequent rounds through to mid-October, for a chance to register on one of the programmes for which they are seeking entry.