Need advice quick!

Jaafa

Ok so a friend of mine (seriously) put his 1st choice second and his 2nd choice first ages ago on his CAO and only realized now, if you get what I mean.

What are his options at this stage? He has the points for both.

jumpguy

If he has enough points, he'll get offered his first choice. It's too late to change that now.

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

Provided he has the points for his first choice he could take a risk, reject his first offer and hope to god he gets a second round offer! Or he could just take a year out and reapply next year.

Jaafa

jumpguy wrote: »

If he has enough points, he'll get offered his first choice. It's too late to change that now.

No roundabout about way for him to change?

jumpguy

Jaafa wrote: »

No roundabout about way for him to change?

There's no way I know of, except maybe having a look at the "clearing" process in the UK if he's not already applied to UCAS or something. Try contacting the CAO and see what they say, but I doubt there are many options for him. :-/

dambarude

THFC wrote: »

Provided he has the points for his first choice he could take a risk, reject his first offer and hope to god he gets a second round offer!

Under no circumstances should he do this.

If he's offered his first choice he will not be offered any more courses in later rounds.

Jaafa

Alright thanks for the advice folks. I think that'll do. Appreciate it. I'll let him know

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

dambarude wrote: »

Under no circumstances should he do this.

If he's offered his first choice he will not be offered any more courses in later rounds.

Are you sure??

dambarude

THFC wrote: »

Are you sure??

If he's offered his first choice he can't be offered his second choice later on. The CAO assume that you wanted your first choice more than your second, so that you've achieved your optimum result. That's the way it works all the way down the list. If you're offered your 3rd you can't be offered your 4th/5th/6th afterwards, but you CAN be offered something higher (1st or 2nd).

If however he's offered his second choice, there IS a chance that he could be offered his first choice in later rounds. In the meantime, he should accept his second choice. Even if you accept a lower course, you can still be offered a higher course in the 2nd/3rd round.

randylonghorn

THFC wrote: »

Provided he has the points for his first choice he could take a risk, reject his first offer and hope to god he gets a second round offer!

He won't and he shouldn't!!

READ the CAO sticky at the top of the forum.

THFC wrote: »

Are you sure??

Yes.

You can only be offered a *higher* choice in Round 2.

Noodleworm

OK, this is why they keep sending you those letters
saying 'ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO PUT THIS ON YOUR CAO"
just be careful about these things in the future and encourage others to do the same.