Today is your last chance to change you CAO college choices

Leaving Certificate students hoping to begin college courses have until this evening to submit any changes of their choices.

The Central Applications Office (CAO) will work with nearly 40 third-level institutions in mid-August to allocate the bulk of around 45,000 places. This exercise will be based on whatever courses each applicant has listed on today’s date, the number of places available, and the points scores of each applicant for a course based on Leaving Certificate or other exam results.

While it is not necessary to use the change of mind facility, just over half of all last year’s CAO applicants used the change-of-mind facility at least once up to the deadline. This year’s cut-off for making any amendments to their courses list and orders of preference is 5.15pm today, Sunday, July 1.