CAO applicants wishing to make changes to their course choices can do so from now until July 1 using the Change of Mind facility, which opened on the CAO website this week.
The CAO Change of Mind facility can be accessed via the ‘My Application’ section at www.cao.ie up to 5.15pm on July 1. This facility is free of charge and can be used as many times as is required.
Mature applicants, and applicants considering introducing a restricted course to their application, should take note of the restrictions before using the Change of Mind facility.
CAO communications officer, Eileen Keleghan, has suggested applicants should think carefully about any changes that they make.
“The Change of Mind facility is available up to July 1 at 5.15pm, and applicants should use this time to thoroughly research courses, taking special care to check the minimum entry requirements and course content," she said.
“Applicants need to be careful not to make last minute changes to an application based on assumptions about what the points will be, or how well they feel that they have done in their exams. The best advice that we can give applicants is to place their course choices in genuine order of preference.
“CAO applicants should take care when entering their course codes and make sure to check that courses are listed in the correct order by logging in using the ‘My Application’ facility before the ‘Change of Mind’ deadline,” she added.
When logging in to make changes, applicants will see their existing Level 8 or Level 7/6 list and a ‘new courses’ list. If an applicant chooses to add, remove, or change the order of their courses on either list he/she must insert all course codes in the correct order on the new list.
For more information about the Change of Mind process, and the restrictions that apply, visit the CAO website or view the CAO Handbook.
