Applying to a rejected course through clearing

If I miss the entry requirements for a course, but the course is in clearing, it it still possible to get into that course through clearing? I've seen no mention of this option.

No that doesnt happen. Universities get results the week before students. They take on all firm or insurance students who have met their grades. If they havent met their numbers they them look at near miss applicants and decide who they can accept. Only after this do they go into clearing. The clearing grades will never be lower than the grades a university accepts from near misses.

It is the university's interest to not go into clearing unless they have to. They would prefer having someone who wants to go there than someone just looking for a place and taking near miss applicants gives the university morecertainty of filling places.