Clearing - university reserving you a place?

Before going through clearing, is it possible to ring up a university and have them reserve a place for you, that is if they consider you ofc? I am not sure how I should go about doing this... right now, I have been offered a place to study nursing but the course doesn't start until next year and I really want to have it move forward to September. :/

If you want to move your start date forwards to September, the best thing to do is to contact the uni you applied for directly and ask if this would be possible.

In general, unis won't reserve you a space in clearing if you don't have a clearing number. Most unis will want to fill spaces as quickly as possible, and won't want to have to wait for you to be released by your current offer. They may also be wary that you'll ask lots of unis to hold spaces for you and not actually get back in touch with them.

Many unis won't even speak to you except to give you information if you don't have a clearing number.

Hi, I'm in a similar situation as well. May I also ask if I have a clearing number right now then will the unis be able to reserve a place?

Clearing doesn't start until July, so your post makes no sense. But once Clearing has started, if you're in Clearing and the uni has spaces then they can accept you straight away. But that would tie you in to definitely going there. They're not going to save a space in the hope that you later decide to accept it.

Hello, I have a question:

I have picked my firm and insurance choice but I expect to get better grades. If I exceed my firm offer or meet it, do I have to go to that course/uni?

Thank you.

No, you have the option of adjustment for five days.

If I don't like the adjustment choices on offer, can I just take a gap year? I am not locked into my firm am I? I will have the choice to decline my firm right?

Hi, I'm in a similar situation as well. May I also ask if I have a clearing number right now then will the unis be able to reserve a place?

I actually know someone who kinda got a place before clearing officially opened at 8am as we get our grades via the online system at 6am or so back at college.

Essentially as Juno said, clearing doesn't open until July, so you can't find a place yet. Many courses also won't offer spaces until they've got some idea of the numbers of students who've met/missed their grades. However, once clearing opens, if you have a clearing number, you can get an offer and accept a place.



Clearing actually opens in July, so you can get a place via clearing before results day. You can't get a formal place without a clearing number though (which you can only get if you're not holding any offers).

No, you have the option of adjustment for five days.

Essentially as Juno said, clearing doesn't open until July, so you can't find a place yet. Many courses also won't offer spaces until they've got some idea of the numbers of students who've met/missed their grades. However, once clearing opens, if you have a clearing number, you can get an offer and accept a place.



Clearing actually opens in July, so you can get a place via clearing before results day. You can't get a formal place without a clearing number though (which you can only get if you're not holding any offers).

Hello, thank you for replying. May I ask if this also apply for nursing too?

Would you say it's better to go through adjustment than clearing, because I know my results will exceed the entry requirements? Thanks.

I think this may have been answered but just to confirm:
I am retaking my a levels in a gap year I have currently firmed a Uni for a chosen course but I expect to exceed my predicted grades by one grade, ABB, so how can I go about entering clearing in July? I wasn't aware it was available before results day!