CAO Change of Mind 2020: Knowledge is power for students making final course choices

President of the Institute of Guidance Counsellors, Beatrice Dooley, offers students valuable advice ahead of the July 1st CAO Change of Mind deadline

As students are not sitting Leaving Cert exams, they can “guesstimate” their grades based on past exam performance.

With the CAO Change of Mind deadline approaching, thousands of students will be finalising their CAO applications online.

For those who know exactly what they want, this should be a straightforward procedure. However, for students who are unsure, things could be tricky this year as they may not have had access to their guidance counsellor due to the ban on teachers engaging with students.