Article: Firm and insurance choices

Yes, or they chose to reject firm/insurance and apply elsewhere.

Btw, it's only 13% of candidates.

Most go to their Firm.

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I have firmed a choice and have an insurance choice. Now I have changed my mind and prefer my insurance. Do I have a grace period to accept my insurance if both decisions have been made on track?

If you meet and exceed the conditions of your firm offer you are eligible for adjustment. This lasts 5 days so not a lot of time to make a good decision (given that you've already made a mistake you need to be careful not to rush into another) and often you will have to arrange private accommodation too.

Planning on this makes for a very stressful August.

I'm not sure that this is necessarily true. One might have had a lucky exam or two, or understood that with the predictions and AS grades at the time of applying, some offers would be unlikely, even if they later become eligible through adjustment.

The OP quoted by PQ had previously chosen the wrong universities. Hence PQ's comment.

I have firmed a choice and have an insurance choice. Now I have changed my mind and prefer my insurance. Do I have a grace period to accept my insurance if both decisions have been made on track?

It has been more than 7 days. The thing is I do not know what one to pick... They are both incredible can I leave it how it is and pick at the end. Does this grace period tjing exist?

I have 2 conditional offers from Cardiff and Sheffield universities for medicine. Cardiff has offered with high conditions and Sheffield offered with nominal / achievable / meet able conditions.
I am going to confirm the Cardiff university as my firm and Sheffield as an Insurance.
if I will not able to meet the conditional after the result will the insurance university i.e Sheffield university will offer me a confirmed offered depending upon the seats available only Sheffield will provide the offer to me after the result

Please explain about firm and insurance offer options

If you miss the offer conditions set by Cardiff AND Cardiff decides not to relax them and therefore rejects you, THEN Sheffield will consider your results against their offer to you. If you meet the Sheffield offer then they must accept you. If you miss the Sheffield offer they may still chose to accept you, or reject you and then you go into Clearing.

Note that the universities see your results before you do, so they have time to consider their decision before results day.

Also, the vast majority of applicants are accepted by their Firm university.

thanks a lot for the reply

so u mean if I am not able to meet the Cardiff conditions and met Sheffield conditional at the same time means definitely Sheffield will have a place for me am I right? Sheffield has a place definitely even though it's an insurance if I meet their conditional ?

Yes. Correct.

The only other thing to consider is some universities don't guarantee university accommodation to "insurance" (or Clearing) first year students. In that case you may need to find private accommodation, but the university should still help you to do that. Check the accommodation details from Sheffield.

My firm is going to be an AAA offer (very achievable since I got 4As at AS) and the uni I want to be my insurance is an AAB offer, but I'm not sure this is a wise choice as there's not much of a gap between the offers. I also have an ABB offer which I like, but not nearly as much as the AAB. Do I insure the AAB offer or the ABB?

The only subject I have struggled with this year really is history, so I'm fairly confident on As in my other two subjects but of course there is a chance I'll mess up an exam or two..

(also the AAA and the AAB are not likely to be lenient, so if I miss the offer even by one grade I most likely won't get a place)

I've got 4 university offers but the university I wanted to go to rejected me. Is it to risky to decline all my offers and hope that the university I wanted to go to will accept me through clearing?

I've got 4 university offers but the university I wanted to go to rejected me. Is it to risky to decline all my offers and hope that the university I wanted to go to will accept me through clearing?