Over 4,000 college applicants set to receive good news

MORE than 4,000 college applicants are getting good news in the latest round of offers from the Central Applications Office (CAO) this morning.

Despite fears that extra places would be limited after a high uptake of round 1 offers, 2,095 people are getting an offer for the first time. A further 1,916 offers are going to some of the 47,000 people offered a place last week, who are getting a chance to enter one of their higher preference courses.

Last year, most of the 890 applicants who got their first offer in round 2 were Leaving Certificate students benefiting from a drop in points.