University Transfer FAQ

If you explain a bit more, we might be able to help.....

If I don't get into Warwick(my firm for Economics) and I get into Manchester(my insurance),should I drop out and reapply for Year 2 at LSE,UCL,Warwick etc.?
Or
Option 2:
If I get AAB(which are the grades required for Manchester),should I retake the entire A levels and doing another subject or two?
P.S My firm offer was A*AA

1) Planning a transfer isnt the answer. For starters its unlikely that top Unis for Economics will be interested in you or even have the space. This is particularly for competitive subjects like Economics. Why should they take someone with lower A levels than they would normally expect in the First Year? If you dont want Manchester, why did you choose it as your Insurance? Please dont fall into the trap of thinking that 'Warwick/LSE/UCL is everything and going there will guarantee me a job' etc. It wont. And a First from Manchester will be just as good as one from the other Unis - despite what other school leavers will tell you, employers actually are not that picky or mono-focussed.
2) Check what other Unis attitudes are to retakes. Often top Unis will not accept them at all or only in one subject where you missed by one grade etc. By retaking you could therefore be wasting your time. Having 4 a levels wont make any difference - you will have still done A levels over 3 years, again something top Unis penalise.
The other thing you have to think very seriously about is this : if you dont get A*AA, it should be fairly obvious to you that you are not a top-flight candidate. I'm sorry if this hurts but you do have to look at this objectively. If you are in the next band down you will struggle on an A* course, and you will feel dispirited by the simple fact that everyone else on the course is always way ahead of you academically.
If you miss your Firm and go to Manchester, accept it gracefully. Its a great Uni and you will be alongside some of the best Economics students/staff in the world. Constantly striving for something you cant attain because of grades/retakes is a very good recipe for feeling constantly frustrated and disappointed. So is feeling petulant and resentful about not getting into Warwick/LSE or wherever. Go to Manchester and work your butt off. Get a First. You will still have the same potential for a happy and fulfilling career as anyone else.

Should I retake and apply through UCAS adjustment?

I think you are getting confused here.
Adjustment is for those who have exceeded the requirements of their Firm choice and is only available for a week or so after Results Day in August. You cannot therefore 'reapply' through Adjustment, especially since you think you wont even reach the required grades of your Firm, never mind exceed them.
If you mean 'retake' and reapply in the autumn for 2016 entry then see my advice about retakes in my first response.

Is it possible to transfer to second year at another university having failed first year due to failing one module.

Its almost certainly No. You could ask for entry to the First year at another Uni but even then they will be suspicious that you apparently weren't up to Uni level study at another Uni. Before you do anything else you need to discuss the possibility of resitting that dodgy module etc with your current Uni.

I already have resit the module and my result was 39% , their decision was that I withdraw from the university. I thought I could try and transfer somewhere else with the credits I do have.

Hi, I was wondering how early do you need to apply for a transfer to a different uni? Does it need to be whenever applications for 16/17 start? I will be doing a foundation year at Birmingham uni starting this September and I would like to transfer to Manchester uni for entry into year 1 of the course (this is the uni I originally wanted to go to, I prefer the course there, but unfortunately got a rejection). Can you apply to transfer to different courses at the uni eg. chemical engineering, chemical engineering w/ year in industry in case you don't get an offer for one?

Finally, are you allowed to reuse your personal statement to apply for transfer? I already wrote a good one.

Can you only transfer into second year to a different uni is it possible to do it for third year?

Has anybody experienced transferring into second year at a different university? If not, do you know of anybody that has gone through this process?

I've passed my first year at university with a first, but I want to transfer into second year at a different university. So, I'm just wondering if it's possible and if it has been done before.

Read the first post in this thread.

Read it.

Looking for people who have been through the process.

in that case maybe read through a few more pages of the thread - there are nearly 1000 posts from people in that situation (and another 1000 answering their questions).

You should check in the autumn (not now, Unis are very busy) with your chosen 'degree' Unis to see if they will accept that Foundation course - there isnt a common syllabus like with A levels and some Unis may not like the course you are doing.

If you applied for first year entry at other Unis straight away in the autumn, they will all want confirmation of your performance at Birmingham before they will make any sort of decision. As the Birmingham tutors will want to wait and see what level you are working at, they usually wont make any grade predictions until December.So actually there is little point in applying anywhere before December. This will also give you a better idea of what you want to do next, and what bits of that course you are enjoying the most. And time to rewrite your PS - it will need updating and revising, but yes, its okay to re-use some chunks of it.

Can you only transfer into second year to a different uni or is it possible to do it for third year?