CAO 2022: What to do if you're not happy with your first-round offer

If a student should have received an offer but did not, they need to contact the CAO office immediately

When considering re-sitting their Leaving Cert, the effort and work that the student put into the Leaving Cert in the first instance needs to be considered. File photo

Although students hope they will receive their CAO first choice offer in the first round, if this does not happen, they will still get an offer of a course, both from their level 8 and level 6/7 listings. 

While students will naturally feel disappointed initially, the next step is to review and research in detail the courses they have been offered. Ideally, their lower-ranked choices will have been researched well, play to their interests and strengths, and still offer a route to their desired career. If this is the case, they could decide to accept the offer they receive.