Submitting 4 predicted grades = getting an offer required you to do 4 subjects?

I think there is quite a high chance that the offer will include your 4th subjects unfortunately, although I may be wrong.
I am basing this on the fact that a guy in my sixth form applied to Warwick for maths with four subjects on his UCAS, and got a 4 subjects offer, I think it was A*AAA or something

He certainly didn't. The maths department makes a standard offer to everybody, and it doesn't involve a fourth A-level. It does include a STEP paper though, which may have been your source of confusion.


For maths, at least, they will give you an offer based on just three. No idea about other departments.

Regardless of any offer you might receive, you will not be sending a good signal (particularly to good universities) if, as a double maths pupil, you drop your fourth subject. Most people who study maths and FM take four full A levels.

You could get a four A level offer, though Warwick seems far more likely to specify three plus a STEP result.

What if your 4th subject is completely irrelevant to a maths degree? I dropped History so really unis shouldn't look down on me for wanting to do better in 3 rather than average in 4 ?

It isn't a question of being looked down on; it is a question of competing with the other candidates. However, maths departments sometimes ask for STEP which is more relevant.

He certainly didn't. The maths department makes a standard offer to everybody, and it doesn't involve a fourth A-level. It does include a STEP paper though, which may have been your source of confusion.


For maths, at least, they will give you an offer based on just three. No idea about other departments.

Must include STEP Paper? In Warwick website, i saw they might make an A*A*A offer (Maths & F.Maths A*)