Can you re-apply to a uni you didn't meet the grade requirements of?

So I got into my insurance choice of uni yesterday but i have gotten major cold feet and realise that i don't want go there next month. I have decided to take the year out to resit and re-apply to uni. However i would like to apply to my firm choice uni again as I really like the course and the environment there, I was just wondering if I do this what the likelihood would be that they give me an offer again if I am re-sitting and explain my reasoning in my personal statement

Hi there

In principle yes, you can re-apply if you're resitting A-levels with the aim of getting the grades to meet the offer.

What is your reasoning for resitting? Is there more context than you just want to improve your grades?

Hi, thanks for the reply. It is mostly based off of improving my grades as I want to go into engineering but i got a D in both maths and physics. But it is also because i know i can do better, my sixth form makes us do assessments 6 times a year on the run up to exams and i have never scored below a B in maths, I even got an A* in april on the very unit that i ended up getting a U on in the final exam. I am talking to my sixth form about the possibility of remarking but even then if my grade goes up it wont be as high as I would need it to be. The other reason, without going into too much detail, is that there were matters in my personal life that really impacted me during exams but at the time i didnt feel comfortable talking about it so i never informed my college and see if we could request special consideration.

Hi, thanks for the reply. It is mostly based off of improving my grades as I want to go into engineering but i got a D in both maths and physics. But it is also because i know i can do better, my sixth form makes us do assessments 6 times a year on the run up to exams and i have never scored below a B in maths, I even got an A* in april on the very unit that i ended up getting a U on in the final exam. I am talking to my sixth form about the possibility of remarking but even then if my grade goes up it wont be as high as I would need it to be. The other reason, without going into too much detail, is that there were matters in my personal life that really impacted me during exams but at the time i didnt feel comfortable talking about it so i never informed my college and see if we could request special consideration.

Hey , I totally understand what you mean. I had As and Bs throughout the school year and even A* in maths in December and April mocks , but in my final alevel exams I got D . I'm going to resit and reapply next year as well. I spoke to a few unis and they said they understand and will consider me next year as a new applicant and won't look much at my results this year. Maybe you could try the same thing?

Hi, I am also looking to resit my subjects, are you thinking of going back to your sixth form or resitting privately [e.g online or at a resit academy]?