"I missed my offer but they let me in anyway" stories!

I need BC for my offer, reckon I'm gunna get CC/CD :/ how lenient are manchester languages? :/

BC I've got manchester as my insurance for Chinese and they want ABB! I get the feeling that manchester are quite leninet, you probabaly have a chance with CC

Sociology

if you emailed a uni now saying that you were worried you may not meet the grades etc. and that you wnated to know what could be done.....would it hurt your chances????

Wouldn't make a difference. Uni's (speaking on the face that each uni has its on profile) get results before the we get them. up to 1 week before from what I hear.

I believe that they put the people who missed the offer on a table. They then wait for results day.

1.Uni's that do interviews would much rather prefer a known candidate rather than some guy comming in through clearing.

2.This is a theory - they may wait for you to call them and thefore they see how passionate you are about getting in the uni. In which case they weigh u up against others.

3.If u dont call then they would assume that ur not intrested. Again this is a theory.

4.Try to get your highest grade in the subject you plan to study.

So emailing them before hand makes no difference.
Imagine the email from their point of view, they would just see it as you releasing ur stress and worry.

I'm in a simmilar position but i've applied to 2 of the most leanient uni's in the country.

Last year i got BCD and leicester needed BBC so they rejected me. That said, i didnt plead much and my grades in terms of ums were bad.

While I generally agree with the rest of what you say, I'm of the opinion that emailing a university in advance with something along the lines of "I expect to miss my offer", not only gives you no benefit but come results day removes any credibility with you saying "It was a one-off, the rest of my results were good", or "I had a bad day with that exam", etc. No good can come of it, and potentially you're throwing away bargaining power.

Tell us more about this 'bargaining power'

If I miss my offer, and am consequently rejected, what am I supposed to say to the Uni people exactly? Will I not just come across as being pitifully desperate? Is that a good thing?

While I generally agree with the rest of what you say, I'm of the opinion that emailing a university in advance with something along the lines of "I expect to miss my offer", not only gives you no benefit but come results day removes any credibility with you saying "It was a one-off, the rest of my results were good", or "I had a bad day with that exam", etc. No good can come of it, and potentially you're throwing away bargaining power.

Tell us more about this 'bargaining power'

If I miss my offer, and am consequently rejected, what am I supposed to say to the Uni people exactly? Will I not just come across as being pitifully desperate? Is that a good thing?

I honestly think I've missed my offer, and unless my Uni automatically give me the place anyway, I have no idea what I would say to them... I keep imagine phoning them up and hearing them say: "actually, were quite pleased that you didn't meet the conditions of your offer, looking back over your application, I don't think we should have given you one in the first place... " Or something along those lines

While I generally agree with the rest of what you say, I'm of the opinion that emailing a university in advance with something along the lines of "I expect to miss my offer", not only gives you no benefit but come results day removes any credibility with you saying "It was a one-off, the rest of my results were good", or "I had a bad day with that exam", etc. No good can come of it, and potentially you're throwing away bargaining power.

I disagree with this. I know someone with KCL as their firm who has phoned them up a few times to let them know she how much she loves the uni and the course and really wants to go there, but isn't sure she's going to recieve the grade requirements they gave her. Kings have now given her a slightly lower offer.

So on results day, if grades are missed do they immediately change track to unsuccessful or do they leave it on conditional and wait to see if you phone them?

Something working out well for one person doesn't necessarily mean it's a good idea to try it. If 10 more people did the same thing I'm pretty confident at least 8 or 9 wouldn't gain anything from it.

But it's still worth a shot, just in case it could work out.

But it's still worth a shot, just in case it could work out.

But he's trying to highlight that it could potentially be detrimental to your case, as on results day you want to plead it's a complete unexpected blip in your academic record, not something that you expected to happen.

I needed AAB to get in for med last year but got in with ABB! Was so shocked and am extremely grateful! You guys will be fine just keep your cool and go with the flow

Eek! I have an offer for Sociology too. I am so sure I won't meet it (due to extenuating circumstances). So, I am guessing this year will be the same, if not worse.

Well if you don't meet your grade you should call them uni up explain your extentuating circumstances (offer to send them evidence or a statement from a teacher) and say why you want to go there. Fingers crossed! Good luck though. So did you apply for birmingham?