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Published: 17 August 2009

As thousands of CAO applicants come to terms with their offers (or lack of them) this morning, the impact of the rise in the number of applicants is being felt in some places.

A total of 73,982 individuals applied to CAO this year, up about 5,173 on 2008 figure of 68,809. This was an exceptionally steep increase of 7.5pc.

There was concern that the CAO record rise in application figures might result in some points rises, and in certain areas, the fears of some applicants were justified. But an analysis of the points tables overall today shows some points rises, some drops and some staying the same.

Of the 826 honours degree programmes on the Level 8 list, over 380 showed points increases, more than 252 showed drops, and about 83 remained the same. Some courses are not comparable, and a few courses made no offers in round one.

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