help me right now, im being stupid

right im about to put my firm and insurance offers on ucas

but the thing is

my insurance choice is one grade higher (in terms of entry reqs)... than my firm choice...

and i don't know what to do?

I'm basing the choices of the courses (nd how much each appeals to me), not the grades, but I know it's such a risky move to make if I do by some chance fail to meet my firm. How stupid is it of me to do this?

Firm - Sheffield, Insurance = Leeds, course = German & Russian.

I just eugh I don't know what to do.

right im about to put my firm and insurance offers on ucas

but the thing is

my insurance choice is one grade higher (in terms of entry reqs)... than my firm choice...

and i don't know what to do?

I'm basing the choices of the courses (nd how much each appeals to me), not the grades, but I know it's such a risky move to make if I do by some chance fail to meet my firm. How stupid is it of me to do this?

Firm - Sheffield, Insurance = Leeds, course = German & Russian.

I just eugh I don't know what to do.

right im about to put my firm and insurance offers on ucas

but the thing is

my insurance choice is one grade higher (in terms of entry reqs)... than my firm choice...

and i don't know what to do?

I'm basing the choices of the courses (nd how much each appeals to me), not the grades, but I know it's such a risky move to make if I do by some chance fail to meet my firm. How stupid is it of me to do this?

Firm - Sheffield, Insurance = Leeds, course = German & Russian.

I just eugh I don't know what to do.

You have until May. Wait.

There is no rush.

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If you are confident in your ability then it may be okay, my friend did that last year - she got into her firm. I don't agree with this approach though, it doesn't make sense.

But tbh, you'd be best off choosing a course with lower requirements that you are equally as happy with - Leeds may not be willing to be flexible in the event you miss your firm (as you would be missing their offer by a larger margin). It is unpredictable, but never assume leniency.

I mean, it won't be a disaster, there are almost always reasonably good courses in clearing (if you do okay)...

if you don't care much for the university's ranking and you care more about the course content go for your firm. However traditionally, your insurance is meant to be a lower offer than your firm, but if you know that you'll definitely get your firm's grades then just go for Sheffield as your 1st choice tbh.

There's no point about worrying about missing your firms grades, because if you don't get that, you wouldn't get your insurance's grades either. If you are skeptical I would suggest selecting an insurance which has lower requirements than Sheffield imo.

In my case my firm is AAA, whereas my insurance is AAB/ABB/BBB (still haven't decided which offer I'm choosing)

1. Why exactly are you doing this now when you've got doubts and still have months until the deadline?
2. How sure are you that you will get your firm grades?

There is not a lot of point in doing what you're planning to do. I was in a similar situation that my firm uni didn't have the highest offer grades, so my insurance was not my second favourite uni. It's not ideal, but unfortunately that's the way the system works. If you think it's feasible that you could miss your firm offer then I'd strongly urge you to put a realistic university as your insurance. It's theoretically possible that your insurance with higher grades could be lenient and let you in anyway, but it's not very likely.

Because I got my offers months ago and I've been doubting this situation ever since I got them and I just want the doubts to go awayyyy. I can wait longer but I've concluded I'm never going to reach a happy conclusion regarding the insurance.

Thanks for your advice