You've answered your own question multiple times in this thread alone. Just to make a point clear - being predicted A*AA does not mean you HAVE to apply to unis that require A*AA. If you don't want to, don't feel confident, or just don't want to do interviews then don't. It's not guaranteed that A*AA will actually materialise for you and from the sounds of it you'd rather have an AAA offer lined up being confident you will get those grades and not have to faff around with clearing etc. I was predicted A*A*A for A levels and everyone said to apply to Oxford, I didn't want to, so I didn't. Good thing too as I only ended up with AAB overall. **** happens. You're being pretty sensible for someone on TSR, it's usually wildly unrealistic people asking if they can get an offer for an AAA uni when they got three Cs in their AS levels or something. Do what you feel comfortable with, if you go to a uni that requires AAA but you end up with A*AA then great, that's a nice bonus for you.*