When a uni gives you an offer...

If you're waiting for say Oxford to get back to you, and don't want to make Durham your firm or insurance until you've heard, they can't whip your offer away after ten days, surely? That would be mean.

I think they meant post-results day...

Makes more sense. I think I missed that.

You're right though, I wouldn't want to risk it.

Feel free to facepalm me in the best TSR tradition

They can't set their own deadline for you to reply to their offer - UCAS set that and it depends on when you applied and on when you get all replies back.

If you're waiting for say Oxford to get back to you, and don't want to make Durham your firm or insurance until you've heard, they can't whip your offer away after ten days, surely? That would be mean.

I don't think you quite understand the system. You can't accept any offer until all your choices have replied to you with either an offer or a rejection. In any event, Oxford's decisions are made before Christmas, well before the acceptance deadline.

I don't think I do, and I didn't know that. I was under the impression that if you'd got the offers you wanted you could withdraw your applications your other choices. Thank you.

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My question is do I have a right to be indignant and say/imply/try persuade them to change it back while asking why they changed it?

You have the right to do or say anything that is legal but the university has the right to leave the offer as it is and that is the most likely outcome. Before you go sounding off I'd think carefully about the impression you might create on the admissions tutor - you want them on your side when they receive your results in August.

i very very much care about this!

You need to realise that venting your frustration won't help. Just because you feel strongly does not mean it is a good idea to let them know it. If it is so important for you to know, you should just ask a neutrally-worded question about why the offer was changed and maybe ask if it could be reinstated as it was. Nothing more: no emotion, no comment, no gushing supposed-enthusiasm-but-actually-desperation. Writing this email (particularly if you ask for a lower offer) will obviously reveal your anxiety over your performance, which isn't usually a good idea. Confident poeople wouldn't ask anything - you can always ask your tutor when you get there. I wouldn't expect anything to change.

I have asked about this elsewhere but would appreciate your opinions. My offer changed before I firmed it - it was ABB and then it was AAB without any warning. I'm going to write an email to admissions to ask why this happened. I thought this was quite cheeky really, unless there was something wrong with my application. It just seems a bit out of order, though as far as I know since I hadn't firmed it by then, they have no obligation to change it back if it isn't because of a falsehood in my application.

My question is do I have a right to be indignant and say/imply/try persuade them to change it back while asking why they changed it?