An offer from Manchester but different course!!!

It seems like they've made a mistake. Get into contact with both UCAS and the university; they cannot change your course for you so it seems something has gone wrong with the system.

They can offer a different course, actually.

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Sometimes if a Uni thinks you arent suitable for the course you applied for, they offer you another course instead, rather than simply rejecting you and leaving you with nothing.

If its 'feels' like a mistake (I agree, Foundation Science isnt an obvious alternative to Maths/Finance) then phone the Uni and check. Dont phone UCAS - the course code was inputted by the Uni not them, so they wont know anything about 'why'.

They can offer a different course, actually.

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Thanks for your advice. Anyway, I have tried to contact with uni. Really looking forward to receiving reply and hope thats a mistake.

And does Science with Foundation Year bear anything in similarity with Mathematics with Finance? No, it does not. It'd be pretty foolish of them to consider that as an acceptable substitute.

Plus taking into consideration the OP's grades, it's unlikely that they'd digress so far from her original choice.

It's actually not as distant as you might think. The "science" foundation year at Manchester covers a number of different subjects including maths, which is the major component of the degree the OP applied for originally. Completing the year guarantees you a place on a course in one of a number of subject areas, maths included, so it's the relevant foundation year for the course the OP applied for.

It's unusual, but a preferable alternative to not making them offer at all.

They can make an offer for a different course to the one you applied for, which is the key point here.

If her grades at A-Level are satisfactory to typically get on that course without a foundation year then offering one seems a bit odd. Those are usually reserved for those who don't have sufficient subjects/knowledge to enter the course straight away. Unless, the OP's application was lacking in such an aspect.

Also, in regard to your key point, I've accepted it was wrong of me not to elaborate on that in my edit.

And does Science with Foundation Year bear anything in similarity with Mathematics with Finance? No, it does not. It'd be pretty foolish of them to consider that as an acceptable substitute.

Plus taking into consideration the OP's grades, it's unlikely that they'd digress so far from her original choice.

Also, if you read my post again, I specifically said they cannot change your course themselves, which is markedly different than offering an alternative course.

(You're right, I should have been clearer on that, though.)

It's odd, yes, but there's not really any reason why they can't do it if they want to. If they weren't going to get an offer for the course for whatever reason and the options are offer a place on the foundation year or reject them, it's the better option.

It could of course still be a mistake, my point is that I can see the logic behind it if it was intentional.

No, it's an offer for a changed course. So they have changed the course by offering an alternative course.

You seem to be trying to get angry and use semantics to deflect the fact that you were wrong.

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Oh, yes. I'm not rejecting the possibility of it being intentional. On the face of things, to me it just seemed like it was reasonable to suggest a mistake considering OP's grades and the unusual terms.




Not angry Sometimes I come across that way because of my written expression but rest assured that isn't the case.

On to your point, I accept that it wasn't a great way to put my point across (as I've already pointed out) but from the OP's tone, they thought that the course they wanted was off-limits and the other course was more of a forcible "take-it-or-leave-it scenario". Essentially, it does seem to be. I was simply trying to stipulate that they cannot force the OP to change their course if they do not wish to do so.

Yeah, my friends told me if uni wants to offer an alternative course, they would inform student first. Btw, I am glade that I just got an offer from Lancaster without changing my course