19,200 CAO applicants still waiting for offers

THERE are 2,152 fewer people than a year ago still with no offer of a college place from the Central Applications (CAO) office despite a jump in the points needed for hundreds of courses.

But the wait must continue for nearly 19,200 of this year’s applicants for the limited number of places likely to come up over the next seven weeks. A year ago there were 21,330 people without any college place available at this point.

While the smaller number may be largely down to a drop of almost 1,400 applicants to 76,238, colleges have given 905 people more than this time last year their first offer of a place.