The round three offers bring good news to more than 1,000 CAO applicants. Of the 442 new degree offers, 150 were offers of first-preference places. Of the 783 certificate/diploma, 407 were also first-preferences. At the end of round two, 32,010 students had accepted offers of third-level places compared to 33,681 at the close of round two last year. The picture at degree level shows 16,788 students preparing to register for college. This is a slight increase on last year's figure of 16,437. At certificate/diploma level, the picture is quite different as 15,222 students had accepted offers by the end of round two, compared to 17,244 last year.

There are still more than 40 courses with vacant places on offer. The course codes are as follows: CR121, CW097, CW099, CW048, CW049, CW096, CW093, CW094, CW095, DN022, DN023, LY002, LY005, LY007, LY008, LY009, LY010, LY011, LY014, LY015, LY016, LY039, SG103, SG104, SG106, SG132, SG133, SG303, SG305, SG431, DK001, DK010, ALO30, WD002, TL410, TL440, TL460, TL670, CK108, CK601, FT601, DT602.

Overall, there is very little movement in the cut-off points in round three. See points chart in this supplement.