Shall I miss my place if I cannot meet the condition offer from University of Durham?
2007-03-13 17:09:00 · 5 answers · asked by yingying 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
If you've applied through UCAS you should have chosen a first choice and a second choice from your maximum of six offers. It is usual to choose the best uni with the highest offer as your first and the second choice is one with a slightly lower offer in case you miss the first.
If your results are below the offer, you will not get a place. However, there is room for discussion, especially if the results were just under. You stand more chance if it is an unpopular course (like a science), but with Durham it's a fairly highly renowned university and therefore very popular so oversubscribed. Still, it's worth a call.
Normally if you don't get the grade you will automatically go to the second choice university (as long as you have the grades for that). If you miss the second choice as well, you go through 'clearing'. This means calling up the second choice (don't bother with the first choice in this circumstance) and beg them to take you. Your teachers can probably help you with advice. If they have space and you are convincing; then you'll probably get in, otherwise, if that doesn't work you start calling other universities starting at the ones you would like to go to and working down to the less good unis. You might be offered a different course at your preferred uni, if it's close in subject there could be the chance to change over after the first year if you do well, but think many times before doing a completely different course just to get into your chosen uni. Lots of people end up dropping out because of this. If you can't get anything suitable, it's probably better to resit your a- levels and try again the next year.
So in conclusion yes you will miss your place, but if it is very close you might be able to get in, but as it's Durham, unlikely. So make sure your second choice asks for lower grades.
2007-03-14 04:19:19 · answer #1 · answered by KateScot 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My law course was 280 and I got in on 260.
Universities do allow students in on lower points. If you find on the day of your results you've achieved less, then you can look at your UCAS page to see if the university has accepted your results, or phone the university. The latter is probably the best option. UCAS tends to get overloaded on results day. So just phone the University on the day you recieve your grades to check.
2007-03-13 23:10:39 · answer #2 · answered by cadsaz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At the end of the day, it does depend on how many students apply for the same course.
If the uni is popular for a specific course, then yes, it does matter!
Students want to go to an uni that has a high record of graduates! Therefore, they will aim for that uni.
But at the end of day, it is butts on seats that count, but the higher the reputation of the uni, the harder it will to get into!
so get the grades!
2007-03-13 17:34:00 · answer #3 · answered by Welshchick 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you don't get the grades you need it is still possible to get a place in some cases.
The course you want may be undersubscribed so the University may take students who do not get the expected grades.
Work hard to get the grades you need, you won't regret it.
2007-03-14 12:56:28 · answer #4 · answered by irisheyes 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's usually how the conditional offer works. You get your place only if you meet the conditions.
2007-03-13 17:14:38 · answer #5 · answered by Linkin 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋