Irish Leaving Certificate students are being urged to check their emails in the coming days and weeks in order to avoid missing out on college offers.
Those who filled out their CAO forms by February 1 will be urged via email to check and confirm that there are no mistakes in their applications.
Anyone who used the late CAO option will be contacted via the email address they supplied later this month.
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The Central Applications Office’s Head of Communications Eileen Keleghan, told RTE News: "The email due to be sent to students is designed to ensure that applicants do not miss out on a place because some of their information is incorrect or missing.
"For example, if there is an incorrect examination number, or if an exemption is not recorded.
"If applicants notice the error now, they have the opportunity to rectify it before it’s too late.”
The warning comes after a significant number of last year’s applicants did not receive an offer of a college place because their applications contained errors.
If there are any errors, applicants are advised to make sure they update the information, free of charge.
Students will be able to do this via their online CAO account by following the instructions sent to them in an email labelled ‘Statement of Application Record email’.
It will instruct applicants to log in to their CAO account to confirm that all of their personal details, examination information, exemptions (if any), and course choices are correct on their accounts.
Check that all personal information is correct and pay particular attention to the date and place of birth as eligibility may depend on it.
If you need to make changes, click on 'Change Personal Details'. If you need to change your name or date of birth you must e-mail CAO via the Correspondence Section of your account.
Finally, any examination updates made before the end of May will also appear as updated on each applicant's account by early June.
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