Over 50 thousand students are getting their first-round offers from the CAO today, the highest number ever.
Half of the applicants are expected to get their first choice, while one in three will get one of their top three.
A record number of Leaving Cert students got 25 bonus points by passing higher level maths, and this is being linked to a rise in the points needed for technology-related courses.
Brian Mooney Education Columnist with the Irish Times says one technology course that hasn't seen a points surge is computer science, because of an increase in places:
