How lenient are Sheffield for History?

Sheffield are usually very lenient and you'll almost certainly get in with ABB. I've met people who've got in with ABC but they were doing either quite niche courses where they're trying to recruit more people, or engineering where they're also trying to recruit more people.

im really worried too. History is in clearing, does that mean anything back? I think i will probably get lower than ABC so im unlikely to get in so i am really really worried

Hi there

We understand that this can be a worrying time as you wait for your exam results. Currently, it's possible to advance register an interest in all of our undergraduate courses although not all of them will be in Clearing. When the exam results come in, we allocate places to all those students who met their offer and then we look at the 'near miss' students, starting with those who missed by one grade. At this stage, there may not be enough places for all of these students so we review the UCAS forms to decide which students will have their offer confirmed.

If we still have places available after this review, then we may look at the students who missed their offer by 2 grades. However, this isn't guaranteed as the department may prefer to then open up the places to students in Clearing who are just one grade adrift (ABB instead of AAB).

We always review applications on a case-by-case basis so if we have an applicant who has a clear commitment to Sheffield and has missed their offer by two grades, it's not a case of we wouldn't consider them at all - it all depends on the circumstances.

I hope results day works in your favour - usually we find that the students who worry the most have usually done well and I hope this is the case for you.

Best of luck

Elizabeth
UK/EU Recruitment Officer