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50% Of Leaving Cert. Students Got Their 1st Preference 3rd Level Choice.

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20% got their second preference.

Half of Leaving Cert students got their first preference college course, according to a new study.

iReach carried out a survey of sixth year students with 20 percent getting their second preference course for third level.

48 percent of the 1,000 students asked said the Department of Education did a better job with this year's Leaving Cert than last years - both of which were impacted by the pandemic.

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