How flexible do Universities tend to be if you miss your offer by a small margin?

Am I right in thinking that Met Uni's are more leniant in terms of grades? I need BCC, but i'm worried I could end up with BCD

Also, your insurance did.

Any others just ask

Missed my offer by 5 UMS marks and was rejected.
My friend missed his offer by two whole grades and was accepted instantly.

I was wondering about this too.. Does anybody know whether the Universities of Southampton/Manchester are flexible about grades?
I would like to study Contemporary European Studies (AAB)/European Studies(AAB-ABC) at one of these universities.
I have written to Soton and they are asking for grade A in all my subjects plus A* in the languages I want to study. I know I will miss that in Corporate law I hate that subject
Will that be a problem?

Having scanned the entire UCAS clearing catalogue that I picked up last year I haven't yet seen a single Reading course in clearing, including maths. Don't necessarily fret as I don't know what this means, it may well indicate that they oversubscribe the course and don't accept those who fall short but it's equally likely that they intentionally fail to list themselves because they give the students who originally applied to their course the first pickings - and then list the remaining places on the UCAS clearing site later, which I know Nottingham has done in the past.

I can tell you that Maths (G100) went into clearing at such good English universities as:
Aston, Birmingham, Bath (certain other Maths courses), Exeter (again, certain Maths ones), Greenwich (low reputation but 29th for maths), Heriot-Watt, Keele, Kent, Liverpool, Sheffield Hallam (may be a poly, but ranked 35th), Surrey and Sussex.

Given that last year the scramble through clearing was like D-Day it is frankly staggering that the University of Birmingham went into clearing for a course so mainstream as Maths, as well at Keele (which is ranked 6th for maths), so you may be lucky.

Thanks! That helped alot
Also, does the fact that you make that uni your firm choice affect your chances of getting in if you miss your offer?

And where did you get your clearing catalogue from?

Oh, thank you!

Do you think it would be mad, though, to try to go for half a degree in Geography when I've not studied it since GCSE? If I were to miss my offer for English, I mean.

I got 2 grades below what I needed and was accepted into Reading straight away.

Oh right - was your course competitive/oversubscribed?

Sorry for being hilariously late, I didn't get the quote for some reason

I'm not sure, it's really all down to the person. If you feel like you have an interest in Geography then perhaps it may be worth it, however if not then perhaps don't risk it. Although I would note that it may be a way of cheating your way into the university, as you are allowed to change courses a few weeks into the year.

I knew someone that started in my archaeology department and then moved off into classics, and others off into history - which required better results, and didn't go into clearing! It was only afterwards that I thought that if you want you can cheat into a course by starting an easier one and then moving across schools. I wouldn't guarantee it if they are way over subscribed but it's worth keeping in mind.

Of course that was last year though, it may not happen again, and it may be your department that's a little more lenient this year

Not a problem - I'm even worse! Thank you very, very much for all your advice, though.

I guess it would be too awkward to ask whether - if you had a minute at some point - you might be able to let me know if there were any decent unis in Clearing for straight English last year; any that stood out on the list? Otherwise - I guess Sussex wasn't, by any chance, was it? I'm sorry to keep bothering you about this - I did look for a copy of the Clearing list myself, but it seems to have been wiped from existence...

My offer was BBB in UK terms ( I'm an international student )
I think I will get CAA but the C is in maths, which is the most important. I will miss the grade by a point or two max.
I will also get a B in Physics.
Do you think Edinburgh will let me in to study CompSci , and if I miss my offer is it better to contact them sooner ( I will have my results in two weeks ) or should I wait for August?

Having scanned the entire UCAS clearing catalogue that I picked up last year I haven't yet seen a single Reading course in clearing, including maths. Don't necessarily fret as I don't know what this means, it may well indicate that they oversubscribe the course and don't accept those who fall short but it's equally likely that they intentionally fail to list themselves because they give the students who originally applied to their course the first pickings - and then list the remaining places on the UCAS clearing site later, which I know Nottingham has done in the past.

I can tell you that Maths (G100) went into clearing at such good English universities as:
Aston, Birmingham, Bath (certain other Maths courses), Exeter (again, certain Maths ones), Greenwich (low reputation but 29th for maths), Heriot-Watt, Keele, Kent, Liverpool, Sheffield Hallam (may be a poly, but ranked 35th), Surrey and Sussex.

Given that last year the scramble through clearing was like D-Day it is frankly staggering that the University of Birmingham went into clearing for a course so mainstream as Maths, as well at Keele (which is ranked 6th for maths), so you may be lucky.

My offer for Manchester was AAB, with an A in chemistry, but I got ABC (the C in chemistry) and still got in. I didn't even have to wait around, they told me at like 8am on results day. Apparently lots of people missed their grades though that year for my course so it came down to individual applications for who they still accepted.