rejected by strathclyde

jsut got rejected by Strathclyde , which I was hoping to have as my insurance because it requires lower grades than the rest of my choices (york , queen Belfast, glasgow) which all require AAA. my predicted grades are AAA but I was wondering how the whole "firm choice and insurance choice " work when all my choices require the same grades. Helpppp

Reply 1

McGinger

18

Find out why Strathclyde rejected you - email them and ask.

Reply 2

Luci95

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Original post by McGinger

Find out why Strathclyde rejected you - email them and ask.

I got rejected too, which is so strange I have AAA grade and thought my personal statement was banging.

(edited 2 months ago)

Reply 3

spam44

OP

11

Original post by Luci95

I got rejected too, which is so strange I have AAA grade and thought my personal statement was banging.

I know it's so weird like I get not everyone can get in but I was really confident. I emailed them to understand why. im jsut so scared that if I cant get into strath I wont get in anywhere else

Reply 4

spam44

OP

11

Original post by McGinger

Find out why Strathclyde rejected you - email them and ask.

just did ! very curious to know why

Reply 5

Admit-One

Universities Forum Helper

21

Lots of people firm and insure identical grade offers. It’ll give you a bit less wiggle room on results day, but either choice might have some flexibility to accept you if you miss the requirements.

Reply 6

totallyfine

9

As above.
You can start checking out clearing options later in the year, just in case you need something significantly lower than AAA

Reply 7

swanseajack1

19

Scottish universities act differently to English ones. Because there are no fees for Scottish students they are stricter over admission numbers and you often need higher than their entry requirements to get in. Just because you are rejected from a Scottish university doesnt mean the same will apply to English ones.

In the unlikely event of getting 5 rejections you will be able to apply to another one through extra and ultimately clearing.

Reply 8

spam44

OP

11

thank you everyone for your quick reply, im still quite bummed but I really hope that the other unis accept me.

Reply 9

MollieMcKezie

8

Sorry to hear that 😕 Its law yeah? I don't have the threads to hand when I was reading past years law entry offers/threads on here quite a few people have been shocked by rejections from Strathclyde and what that means but have gone on to be accepted by Glasgow.
Hope it's the same for you but yeah don't think it's that unusual if you have a search. Good luck!
Edited to add, threads like this one https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7181104

(edited 2 months ago)

Reply 10

AllThingsLaw1405

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Original post by spam44

jsut got rejected by Strathclyde , which I was hoping to have as my insurance because it requires lower grades than the rest of my choices (york , queen Belfast, glasgow) which all require AAA. my predicted grades are AAA but I was wondering how the whole "firm choice and insurance choice " work when all my choices require the same grades. Helpppp

I’m so sorry to hear that.

Reply 11

spam44

OP

11

Original post by totallyfine

As above.
You can start checking out clearing options later in the year, just in case you need something significantly lower than AAA

would you mind explaining how it all works with clearing? I think understand most of it but idk how it would work in my case.Id really appreciate

Reply 12

spam44

OP

11

Original post by MollieMcKezie

Sorry to hear that 😕 Its law yeah? I don't have the threads to hand when I was reading past years law entry offers/threads on here quite a few people have been shocked by rejections from Strathclyde and what that means but have gone on to be accepted by Glasgow.
Hope it's the same for you but yeah don't think it's that unusual if you have a search. Good luck!
Edited to add, threads like this one https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7181104

really hope that its my case, i'm bummed that I didn't get in mainly because it just puts a lot of pressure since I dont have a lot of room for errors.

Reply 13

totallyfine

9

Original post by spam44

would you mind explaining how it all works with clearing? I think understand most of it but idk how it would work in my case.Id really appreciate

By May universities will have an idea on which courses will fill, based on the firm/insurances choices. So from July some will start advertising that these courses will be going into clearing. However, a definite picture of what is in clearing won't happen until results day.
So I think it is very likely that you will get offers from your 5 choices and be fine and not need this. but what you can begin to do after the A levels have finished, is start to watch what universities are publishing and do a bit of research into where you could go if it all goes wrong. Its like an unofficial insurance choice that you have up your sleeve.
If you have no place after results day, you will be invited to go into clearing and apply to a course you have the grades for. https://www.ucas.com/undergraduate/clearing-and-results-day/what-clearing

If (absolute worst case) you end up with no offers then you can use Ucas extra before results day, Which is discussed here: https://www.ucas.com/undergraduate/after-you-apply/types-offer/extra-choices

Another option would be to take a gap year and apply the next year with actual grades, putting you in a stronger position compared to others.

All of this is intended to help you see that it is never the end and you always have options. Your priority is to get the grades and anything that helps to avoid the stress of uni applications is good!

Reply 14

spam44

OP

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ok ok thank you so much I understand . hopefully I wont have to result to clearing or extra but its nice to know I still have options.

Reply 15

MollieMcKezie

8

Original post by spam44

really hope that its my case, i'm bummed that I didn't get in mainly because it just puts a lot of pressure since I dont have a lot of room for errors.

Yep. I'm the same tbh hoping to have Strathclyde as my insurance and Glasgow as my firm. Only applied to those two and Edinburgh x

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