Late Applications & Changes of Mind

While it is highly recommended that you get your applications in by the official deadlines, it is still possible to submit Late Applications to the CAO. The very final date for a late application (online or paper) is May 1st 2011 (5.15pm!). Late applicants have to pay double the fees of those who get everything in on time.

The CAO realises that college choices are major decisions in anyone’s life, and so allow students to change their minds. You are free to change your mind as often as you wish, for free, from May 3rd until July 1st. You can do this on the CAO web site or by using the official Change of Mind form, which you should receive with your Statement of Application Record in May.

Once the CAO receives your Change of Mind or Late Application form, it will send out a new Statement of Course Choices, which you should receive no later than the 7th of July. Some courses are ‘restricted’, i.e. it is not possible to apply late or to choose them with a Change of Mind form. See the CAO handbook for a full list of restricted courses and Page 4 for the exception to the above rule.