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Anyone got in their firm with lower grades?

Reply 20

wanttoknow

My sister had offer for AAB at imperial and got in for ABBB

Reply 21

Matureb

19

My daughter's offer was C C C. She got B B D and was rejected. It depends how many others make their offers.

Reply 22

DrDé

I hope it depends a lot on Course Popularity,
Hopefully Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering would be lenient with grades at Sheffield.
I really want to get in, but an ABB isn't easy.

Reply 23

unamed

13

My offer is AAA; so say I get A*AB (although if all goes to plan, it should be A*AA); will I still get in?
Electronic engineering and Southampton...

Reply 24

Wesssty

12

unamed

My offer is AAA; so say I get A*AB (although if all goes to plan, it should be A*AA); will I still get in?
Electronic engineering and Southampton...

Soton do it on UCAS points though right (Well for mine anyway)? So yeah?

Reply 25

unamed

13

Wesssty

Soton do it on UCAS points thought right (Well for mine anyway)? So yeah?

Do they? Mine's on grades. Hmm...
Maybe being international makes a difference?
Or the course?
I guess we'll find out on August 19th :yep:

Reply 26

Signe_x

9

my cousin last year, birmingham uni, engineering or something offer was AAB and he got... wait for it... BCC haha

Reply 27

paperclip

18

Sephirona

How high is the possibility of getting into your firm if you don't exactly meet your grades? For instance if your offer was AAB and you end up getting BBB?

Due to the recent shortage of places, which started last/this (academic) year you might not be too lucky, unless you have a particularly amazing PS, reasons for dropping grades, or something along those lines.

However, it does happen! Before i dropped out i was in Surrey for psychology and sociology, my offer was BBB but i got in with BCC. And i must've been very lucky, people around me had AAB/ABB offers. Though it's probably important to note that my tutor had connections there (from lecturing) so when the admissions tutor saw the amazing reference and the author of it he was probably convinced.

Reply 28

Melissa_S

1

I got into my course (see sig) with ABC when my offer was AAB. Apparently I got lucky that my year a few people missed offers (Manchester give offers that match your predicted grades so you don't slack off, so anyone with over-hopeful teachers at sixth form would have found it hard to match it- like me!) and then they decided who could still get in based on personal statements, and they liked mine.

Reply 29

tara592

so do they look at your personal statement again when deciding? Im not really sure how it works but I just assumed that maybe if theres more than a few who didnt get the grades they needed then they might decide based on that?
my sister got into nottingham with BBC and needed ABB. that was 2 years ago so she was very lucky - I doubt they'd let you in with that now!

Reply 30

Miss_Scarlet

17

They usually give more offers than they have places I believe, as they don't expect every single person to get the grades. This caused a problem a few years ago when more people got grades than expected, so they probably make it harder now!

I don't think you would get in if you missed it by so many points. If it was only by one point perhaps or something in one subject then possibly. Depends on the Uni too, top Unis would probably be stricter.

Reply 31

maybesBABY

*absinthe*

I'm also worried about this :frown:

i got offered BB (only doing 2 subjects because of medical reasons and missing alot of school not because im lazy :wink:

) and i think BC is more reasonable. I hate having this feeling that i'm not gonna get in.

SAME. What's worse is I don't think I'll make my insurance either :frown:

.

Reply 32

katebushfan

13

I don't know about other unis but I know Kent are quite lenient. My friend is doing some history/ archeology course there and his offer was ABB... He got in with CDE. I don't know of many others getting with such low grades, but I know of many people missing grades and still getting in.

I guess it also depends if your course is oversubscribed. My course isn't that popular, and to get on it the offer was BBB, they lowered my offer to BC (only doing two a levels) so it can't be that bad.

Reply 33

username196545

19

I did. Although the entry requirements have done up since then, and I wouldn't get in if I applied now. :pinch:

Reply 34

Tsukuyomi

15

katebushfan

I don't know about other unis but I know Kent are quite lenient. My friend is doing some history/ archeology course there and his offer was ABB... He got in with CDE. I don't know of many others getting with such low grades, but I know of many people missing grades and still getting in.

I guess it also depends if your course is oversubscribed. My course isn't that popular, and to get on it the offer was BBB, they lowered my offer to BC (only doing two a levels) so it can't be that bad.

he got in with CDE when his offer was ABB. lol what uni is this?
A friend needed BBB to get into liverpool, she got BCC and they still accepted her.
Depends on the uni/course

Reply 35

RamsFanNo1

11

What if I was to say get A*A*B when my offer was AAA. I mean I am rpedicted A*A*A but I might slip up in the A subject which is the dreaded physics :frown:

I'm hoping to get an A* in maths though which they should look on with high regard.

Reply 36

katebushfan

13

Tsukuyomi

he got in with CDE when his offer was ABB. lol what uni is this?
A friend needed BBB to get into liverpool, she got BCC and they still accepted her.
Depends on the uni/course

It was at Kent. Which is weird as they're not a bad uni. I mean they're not in the top 10 but for certain subjects they're one of the best universities to go to.

I guess it does usually depend on the course though, his was quite unpopular :smile:

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Reply 37

Giggsy's Girl

8

They wanted AAB and I got BBB, but they still accepted me on a slightly different course. :smile:

Reply 38

-XxX-

1

Sephirona

How high is the possibility of getting into your firm if you don't exactly meet your grades? For instance if your offer was AAB and you end up getting BBB?

thats exactly what my offer was and almost exactly what I got and I got in. But I did 4 alevels so I think the overall ucas points worked out although im not sure

Reply 39

DrDé

How much does an international student affect the decision seeing as we're paying a hella lot more.

Anyone got in their firm with lower grades?

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