Official Loughborough University - Clearing Thread 2023

i want to change my uni choice to information technology management for business or business it , computing . Would ITMB be on the clearing list ?

Is there anywhere that lists Clearing vacancies for Loughborough ?

Are foundation courses open for clearing? Or if I don't meet the conditions of my offer will I have the option to opt for a foundation year?

Hi, I have an offer of AAA for economics (Loughborough is insurance and Nottingham firmed for A*AA) but it is much more likely that I will get A*AB as biology didn’t go as well as I would have hoped. I am aware that these grades have the same UCAS points but I heard that this can still lead to a rejection. Please could someone give me an indication of how likely i am to be successful if I were to get A*AB for the AAA course as it is all I can think about.
Thanks

You are correct that it can still lead to rejection, as the requirement was to obtain a grade A (or higher) in each of your three A levels. If you obtain a B in one of them, then you will not have meet the conditions of your offer.

Unfortunately, nobody can tell you how likely you are to be accepted, as it will depend on how all the offer students holding offers for that same course do. Loughborough will have made more offers than they have places, as that know (from experience) that not all offer-holders meet their offer conditions. So they'll first accept all their firm applicants who have met their conditions. They they accept all their insurance applicants who have met their conditions (but have not been accepted by their firm choice). Then they'll see how many places they have left on the course. If the course is full at this point, then you won't be accepted.

However, if there is still space, they'll likely look at their "near miss" candidates (which you would be in this scenario) and make a judgement as to which of these candidates they should accept. In making this decision, they look at your overall grade profile (with your theoretical A* giving you an edge), the subjects in which you have achieved each grade and their relevance to the course (with Biology not being particularly relevant to an Economics degree; is there any chance that your A* would be in Economics?). If that doesn't narrow-down the field sufficiently, they may also refer back to your original application (your GCSE grades, your personal statement, your school reference, etc.) in order to make this decision.

They may also opt to open the course to Clearing, in the hope of getting AAA (or better) candidates that way. (Students can "upgrade" their university via Clearing if they did better than predicted; there will also some students for which an achieved AAA didn't meet their firm or insurance conditions.)

For all of the above reasons, the answer to your question is unknowable, unfortunately. You will just need to wait until A level results day.

Good luck.

Thank you for your detailed and fast response! Yes I am hoping for the A* in econ as that is what I got in previous exams and I felt the papers went well. By the sound of it I would be unlikely to get a place at Nottingham if I missed my offer by a grade so I guess I can hope for the best with Loughborough. If Loughborough have other economics courses available for clearing could I apply to them with A*AB if they are AAA as I am trying to make a plan for results day
Thanks for being so helpful

I wouldn't write-off being accepted as a "near miss" candidate by Nottingham - your scenario has you achieving A*AB against an A*AA offer, so it's certainly possible. Although they ask for A*AA, the most popular subjects studied (and grades achieved) by Economics students there are Mathematics (A), Economics (A) and Further Mathematics (A). So it's not like they actually get A*AA students in every case. (Source)

If you don't make your Loughborough offer grades, and if you don't get accepted as a "near miss" candidate, then they might offer you a place on an alternative economics course anyway - if there's space. It's called an Unconditional Course Change (UCC) - the "unconditional" in the name stems from the fact that they know your grades, so can make you this "course change" offer unconditionally. I'm not saying that they will - just that they might.

If they don't, and those other economics courses are in Clearing, then you could absolutely apply for them. That applies to either university.

I saw my course went into clearing on this website: https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/universities/loughborough-university/clearing
is that correct and if so what does that mean

Hi @Micah574,

Thank you for your message. Some external websites may show that there are courses in Clearing for Loughborough University. However, our website will update with a full list of any Clearing vacancies and requirements on Wednesday evening, and will update again fully when results are published at 8am on Thursday 17 August. Until results are published, we cannot confirm if we will have vacancies or what grades we will require, so we would encourage you to sign up to receive Clearing updates here from us to find out more.

- Lindsay

I see the courses have come up onto ucas and are showing ucas a range of ucas tariff points for entry will that be what is accepted

Hi Loughborough!
I just wanted to ask if clearing verification will be finished later today as I received a clearing offer from the uni on Thursday and it still hasn't been verified on UCAS. I'm a little worried as today is the deadline.

Any info you could give me?