Exeter AAA/AAB entry requirement query ?

I went to the open day the other day and this question confused me so much.


I want to apply to exeter for Law in September and I'm likely to get AAB. However, as previous posts have mentioned they say AAA to AAB. I don't know what to apply with!! I'm scared if I'm more honest and apply with predicted AAB they will just reject me and then I have no chance at all.

But my teachers are willing to predict me AAA, however I just don't think I'm going to get that, I think I'll get AAB. So If I apply with predicted AAA I will probably not achieve it and then get rejected.

I think it would be better to apply with aab because its more achievable but my teachers/mum say its stupid because exeter have so many applicants just go with aaa and then try call up afterwards if i don't get it.

but reading this post i've seen people have had offers for AAB which is good news to me, however they were a while ago. I went to the law open day and they said they had like 1000 applicants for 200 places. eugh.

someone help me please because I'm so confused at what to do and I need to sort out my application so soon!!!

Exeter is my favorite uni also, that's why I'm freaking out about what to do because it's my perfect uni. (I love the country and west england). So I need to make this application right!!

Any help would be soooooo appreciated.

I went to the open day the other day and this question confused me so much.


I want to apply to exeter for Law in September and I'm likely to get AAB. However, as previous posts have mentioned they say AAA to AAB. I don't know what to apply with!! I'm scared if I'm more honest and apply with predicted AAB they will just reject me and then I have no chance at all.

But my teachers are willing to predict me AAA, however I just don't think I'm going to get that, I think I'll get AAB. So If I apply with predicted AAA I will probably not achieve it and then get rejected.

I think it would be better to apply with aab because its more achievable but my teachers/mum say its stupid because exeter have so many applicants just go with aaa and then try call up afterwards if i don't get it.

but reading this post i've seen people have had offers for AAB which is good news to me, however they were a while ago. I went to the law open day and they said they had like 1000 applicants for 200 places. eugh.

someone help me please because I'm so confused at what to do and I need to sort out my application so soon!!!

Exeter is my favorite uni also, that's why I'm freaking out about what to do because it's my perfect uni. (I love the country and west england). So I need to make this application right!!

Any help would be soooooo appreciated.

Don't know if this will be much help but no-one else had replied sooo...

I applied with predicted A*A*A and got an AAB offer so I'm not sure they pay that much attention to your predicted grades when making the offer as long as you've got the minimum requirement? I guess it depends how good your personal statement is and stuff like that.

And when I was there, a PhD student told me that it depends what school you go to as well, if you're at a "good" school you'll likely get an offer at the higher end, if you're at a "not-so-good" one you'll get the lower, not sure it's entirely based on that but it probably factors in.

Not sure whether you should apply with AAA to give yourself the best shot or AAB to try and get a lower offer, but there are some people on here who applied with AAB and were made an offer on 3 A's anyway maybe you should explain the situation to your teachers and see what they say?

The only thing I guess I could suggest is that you ask your teachers for the AAA prediction and work really really hard? Easier said than done, though, I know
I have an offer for Law starting this September and it's AAA. To be honest I think your chances of getting an AAB offer is quite slim, but then again you might be lucky. Alternatively you could look around for an AAB Uni, you might find one you really like as well
Sorry I can't give better advice, I know how stressful applying is! Bear in mind you have got a while before you have to send applications off x

thanks for the reply, its quite useful! wow... is exeter your first choice? i cant believe they gave you aab when you have amazing predictions! are you an oxbridge candidate? thanks for your reply. yeah i will ask my teachers. i didnt realise that if you apply wi aab they may say yeah but aaa. i thought it was just yes/no! x

Well I applied through Extra (after changing my mind about what course I wanted to do and declining my other offers) so it's my only choice :P haha! I know, but my school's pretty rubbish so I think that might've been part of it. I had an interview at Cambridge for the first course I wanted to do but I'd realised I wasn't interested in the course by the time of the interview so I just went for the experience really

Well I think they're meant to use your predicted grades to help them decide what to offer you but at the end of the day it's down to what they want, I guess if they're really convinced by your personal statement and teacher references they might be a bit more lenient with your offer

They told me that they only give out AAB offers if you have extenuating circumstances

I got BCCC in my AS Levels, applied to an A*AA course and got an AAB offer, no extenuating circumstances. I've also heard people can miss their grades by a fair amount and still get in

Whether or not you can miss your offer and still get in depends on a few factors.

It primarily depends on the number of people that actually do meet their offers. There is a maximum number of spaces that the University has for each course, and so if that is filled up with people who all made their offers then if you miss yours then there's no chance of you still getting in, however if a lower than expected number meet their offers and there are still spaces then they will accept some people who have missed them.

So it is possible to miss your offer and still get in but it's in no way guaranteed and not really something you want to leave yourself hoping for.