[Dilemma1]

Okay looking for a bit of advice really.

I currently have firmed a choice for a particular univeristy. Ive realised i dont want to do that course anymore. I want to enter clearing but id have to cancel my offer and i want to do that on results day as i dont want to risk not goin to uni at all!

Do i call up the uni on the day that i want to go to and ask if they can hold a place for me while my cancellation goes through or what as il need a clearing number.

Any advice would be recommended. Thanks.

[katniss]

To get into clearing, you have to cancel all your offers. Unfortunately, you can't do that! You could ring up the university (preferably before your results come out) and try explaining the situation, but I doubt you'll have much luck. Sorry :/

[Potally_Tissed]

(Original post by Dilemma1)
Okay looking for a bit of advice really.

I currently have firmed a choice for a particular univeristy. Ive realised i dont want to do that course anymore. I want to enter clearing but id have to cancel my offer and i want to do that on results day as i dont want to risk not goin to uni at all!

Do i call up the uni on the day that i want to go to and ask if they can hold a place for me while my cancellation goes through or what as il need a clearing number.

Any advice would be recommended. Thanks.

You have two options for going about it:

1. Keep your firm choice now, call up your firm on results day if you get in, and ask them to release you from your place. This might not happen immediately, it might even take a few days. As you won't be in Clearing, some universities won't even talk to you in Clearing as they won't be able to see your application and you can't add them as a Clearing choice anyway. Even if you overcome this they won't keep a place open for you indefinitely.

2. Call your firm choice as soon as possible and ask to be rejected, so you're straight into Clearing on results day and don't have the issues I've mentioned above. I'm not sure why you're so keen to keep your firm choice when you don't even want to do that course - surely it would be better to take a gap year than to spend three years and about £45,000 studying something you don't want to study? If you don't want to do that course there's also a good chance you'll drop out, or will under perform.

There's also option 3, Adjustment, though that relies on you meeting and exceeding the conditions of your firm choice. If you do, you can keep your firm choice while contacting other universities about vacancies.

[ncsean]

Quite a tough position you find yourself in.Would you rather just go to Uni for the sake of going or would you want to go do a course you both enjoy and likely excel in?I am not sure but i think you should research going into adjustment rather than clearing unless you do not meet your offer in the first place.Sorry I couldn't be of much help.

[zara.visanji]

For example I would never have gone to my insurance so I emailed them and asked them to remove me therefore meaning if I don't get my firm I can go straight through to clearing on results day, the reason I did it before results was because I was told that it can take up to a week for the uni to realease you from their list and that's time I wasn't going to risk losing so therefore did it now. In ur case you need to still have one uni, if you really don't want to go there on the day you will need to ask them to release you as you no longer want to go there. They may take a day or longer... Without them releasing you, you will not be eligible for clearring so until they remove you from their list you won't be able to apply to other unis so you wil have to beg them to release you quickly.

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[Dilemma1]

(Original post by Potally_Tissed)
You have two options for going about it:

1. Keep your firm choice now, call up your firm on results day if you get in, and ask them to release you from your place. This might not happen immediately, it might even take a few days. As you won't be in Clearing, some universities won't even talk to you in Clearing as they won't be able to see your application and you can't add them as a Clearing choice anyway. Even if you overcome this they won't keep a place open for you indefinitely.

2. Call your firm choice as soon as possible and ask to be rejected, so you're straight into Clearing on results day and don't have the issues I've mentioned above. I'm not sure why you're so keen to keep your firm choice when you don't even want to do that course - surely it would be better to take a gap year than to spend three years and about £45,000 studying something you don't want to study? If you don't want to do that course there's also a good chance you'll drop out, or will under perform.

There's also option 3, Adjustment, though that relies on you meeting and exceeding the conditions of your firm choice. If you do, you can keep your firm choice while contacting other universities about vacancies.

Thank for thr reply!
What i was wondering is that would the uni save a place for whilst my offer is getting cancelled from the uni ive firmed?

[Juno]

(Original post by Dilemma1)
Thank for thr reply!
What i was wondering is that would the uni save a place for whilst my offer is getting cancelled from the uni ive firmed?

Probably not. They're in Clearing to fill places, so they're not going to hold them for weeks for someone who might not be serious about being released. You've already shown you've changed your mind once so you might do it again. If so, in 2 weeks they're stuck with a place they can't fill as all the good students have gone elsewhere.

[TheSownRose]

(Original post by Dilemma1)
Thank for thr reply!
What i was wondering is that would the uni save a place for whilst my offer is getting cancelled from the uni ive firmed?

Possibly. However, there comes a time when you have to take a risk - if it takes you a while to get released and in the meantime better qualified people come along, would the unofficial offer remain valid? Possibly not.

[Potally_Tissed]

(Original post by Dilemma1)
Thank for thr reply!
What i was wondering is that would the uni save a place for whilst my offer is getting cancelled from the uni ive firmed?

I couldn't say for sure. It's possible, but it's likely they would put a time limit on how long they will keep that offer open. This is the second hurdle though, getting an offer from anywhere in Clearing without them being able to see your application is going to be a challenge.