Unconditional offers from universities: what to do if you get one

adjustment isnt the same as extra or clearing

I'm in this situation exactly ! I have an unconditional from Birmingham for geography with the condition I make it my firm choice ,but I 've got my heart set on Durham, the only one of my choices to not reply so far ( I sent the application off mid October). Two other conditional offers elsewhere makes life even more difficult

I got an unconditional offer from UEA, providing I put them as my first choice (an unconditional offer with a condition - go figure). I am very pleased about it, but UEA are not my first choice and I got a reasonably good offer from my first choice (Lancaster), so I have some thinking to do.

As the article says: unconditional offers that come with conditions (you must put us as firm) are best treated as if you received a standard offer. Don't let them sway what you would do without the university pressure selling. If they like you that much they would make a good insurance choice too. Or you can still choose elsewhere.

easy to say, I would like to go to loughborough. now i have two unconditional offers with my second choice unis so shall i reject them both? very good . what happens if my grades fall short .will I be hung out to dry.The world is not full of AStar students.Even Loughborough are bitching about other unis nicking the best.They will not do it on principle.I think we know were principles take you? If you are unsure about your grades take the second choice unconditional as your firm.Then if you get the grade and you want your first choice take a year out and start again.Good plan maybe?

easy to say, I would like to go to loughborough. now i have two unconditional offers with my second choice unis so shall i reject them both? very good . what happens if my grades fall short .will I be hung out to dry.The world is not full of AStar students.Even Loughborough are bitching about other unis nicking the best.They will not do it on principle.I think we know were principles take you? If you are unsure about your grades take the second choice unconditional as your firm.Then if you get the grade and you want your first choice take a year out and start again.Good plan maybe?

Something to bear in mind is that Unconditional offers can be withdrawn under certain circumstances. If you slack off your A Level studies and end up with much lower grades - or fails - the uni may view your predicted grades, personal statement and references, as designed to mislead.

Never be fooled into thinking that an Unconditional offer is totally without strings, unless you've already done your A Levels and already have the grades. An Unconditional offer is not contractual or legally binding, and the uni is under no obligation to honour it.

This post was actually very misleading as Unis are obliged to honour an unconditional... Hence why they only give them when they truly believe in the applicant, it's a long process that involves more people than you think... And also an unconditional means that it doesn't matter what the applicant gets in their studies, it's the candidates duty to carry on working hard as some future employers may look at their A levels. They are of no interest to the Uni as long as you sit the papers. The people who get unconditional a tend to be intelligent anyway so continue working but some do still underperform for different reasons and the Uni does not even look at this, when you review an unconditional you are in providing you don't breach any major terms like leaving school

Three years ago, Ulster withdrew hundreds of unconditional offers, which they said had been made in error. They did this five weeks before the start of the course. Affected students had no way of forcing them to honour the offers.

A uni is under no obligation to honour an unconditional offer, although the circumstances for doing so would usually be extreme - for example, the A Level results being so far from the predicted grades, that there were grounds for suspecting that there was deliberate and significant inflation of predicted grades i.e. fraud. If you were given an unconditional offer based on predicted grades of AAB then you got DEE without submitting for extenuating circumstances, there may be a problem.

Three years ago, Ulster withdrew hundreds of unconditional offers, which they said had been made in error. They did this five weeks before the start of the course. Affected students had no way of forcing them to honour the offers.

I think that's understandable, because if students don't meet their predicted grades and are off by a lot, then it's university that suffers the most. Proper students would never allow their grades to drop, even after receiving unconditional. Even though UCAS always states that unconditional is a guaranteed place at uni, but students should always look after their grades just because employers are very likely to be interested in A Levels and BTEC, so it is a little bit confusing.

A uni is under no obligation to honour an unconditional offer, although the circumstances for doing so would usually be extreme - for example, the A Level results being so far from the predicted grades, that there were grounds for suspecting that there was deliberate and significant inflation of predicted grades i.e. fraud. If you were given an unconditional offer based on predicted grades of AAB then you got DEE without submitting for extenuating circumstances, there may be a problem.

Three years ago, Ulster withdrew hundreds of unconditional offers, which they said had been made in error. They did this five weeks before the start of the course. Affected students had no way of forcing them to honour the offers.