Sorted- Thanks To Thesownrose And Pq

I have yet to speak to UCL (tomorrow) so I was wondering what I can do/what I should say to them.

Contact LSE?

If they gave you an offer, evidently they want you there; just tell them that you made a silly mistake. Hopefully, if you plead enough, you'll make some headway. EDIT: you might want to speak to LSE again before trying the above method, just in case.

In case of what?

Ask them to reject you. Now.

Assuming they're amicable, you lose the UCL offer and LSE becomes your only standing offer.

Generally, 'just in case' doesn't imply that one is aware of a specific potential problem with a given course of action; only that the action could be inherently risky and it might be worth proceeding with caution.

So sure, I don't see any problems (initially) with your suggestion - hence why I mentioned it in my previous post - but rejecting an offer isn't something you want to jump straight into, aye?

Hey,
That's exactly what I'm hoping to do tomorrow. How do I make them reject me instead of "releasing" my application which would leave me in Clearing?

Thank you so, so much for your reply. <3

Generally, 'just in case' doesn't imply that one is aware of a specific potential problem with a given course of action; only that the action could be inherently risky and it might be worth proceeding with caution.

So sure, I don't see any problems (initially) with your suggestion - hence why I mentioned it in my previous post - but rejecting an offer isn't something you want to jump straight into, aye?

No, it's not. However, this person is fully informed of the outcome (they'll only have one offer) and has said they made a mistake in firming UCL, implying they have thought about this.

I'm sure the OP has a firm grasp of the consequences either way - more so than myself, I would assume - but does that prevent me from giving him a colloquial warning? As evidenced by your instruction to 'make sure to say reject, not release', there is certainly good reason to be careful. I suggest that you have read far too deeply into my words.

I'm sure the OP has a firm grasp of the consequences either way - more so than myself, I would assume - but does that prevent me from giving him a colloquial warning? As evidenced by your instruction to 'make sure to say reject, not release', there is certainly good reason to be careful. I suggest that you have read far too deeply into my words.

Yeah, I think I have. Apologies if it seemed confrontational.

Thank you so much for your help, it's much appreciated.
I will ring them tomorrow.

Thank you so much for your help, it's much appreciated.
I will ring them tomorrow.

The strategy suggested by TheSownRose should be effective - however, be aware that UCL may contact LSE to check it's OK with them - and UCL might not get the answer you want them to. Be careful not to put yourself at risk of ending with neither - unless you don't mind a gap year.

Presumably you chose UCL rather than LSE for good reasons at the time - other than it being a higher offer? Might be worth thinking through what those were, and why the course at UCL now seems 'wrong' for you. It may not be as bad as you think.

Aw, don't be sad or worried about it. Just make sure you speak calmly and rationally, and make sure UCL understand what you're asking them to do (ie, reject you) before they do anything.

Good luck. Let us know how it goes.

Thank you.

I'm just feeling quite sick right now because I missed a potentially life changing deadline by two days which may dictate my whole entire university and life experience from this point forth.

Try not to focus on that - just deal with each thing as it happens.

What maths course are you on at LSE?

Heya, thanks for your reply.
Do you have any idea of what UCL would possibly ask LSE etc and why LSE would not be OK with this?
I'm really concerned UCL won't "reject" me, but would instead "release me into clearing".

I'm so depressed and saddened right now, I don't know what to do. As well as the worry that I won't meet my offer for both of these places, the idea of meeting my offer and going to UCL instead of LSE is also pressing on my mind.

(The only reason why I chose to firm UCL and insure LSE is because I didn't like the idea of declining an offer from UCL to study straight Maths and so because UCL wanted a higher offer of A*AA and LSE wanted AAA, I thought I could make a decision upon which university I wanted to go to at a later date by deciding whether to achieve the A* grade or not. Right now, I'm not deluded enough to think I have achieved this but I want to eliminate the chance of gong to UCL completely.)

There has been a case in another thread of someone who wanted to cancel their firm and go to their insurance instead. Unfortunately the insurance uni wasn't willing to accept the change. The UCAS rules do ask the firm university to make sure the insurance university agrees before rejecting the applicant at their request (ie not because of failing to meet the offers).

In previous years, hundreds/thousands of applicants have done exactly what you want to do and it hasn't been a problem. What seems to be happening this year is that, because place numbers are very tight and unis are nervous about exceeding their quotas, they are being much less flexible than they would be normally. So if UCL do contact LSE - as they are supposed to - then they will get the same answer you got - ie LSE have no capacity to take on any more people holding firm offers. If you did miss your UCL offer but meet the LSE one, LSE would be required to take you whether they were full or not.

The 27 July deadline was for the final round of replies from applicants, and after that everything is supposed to be held over for Clearing. Also, the Scottish results are due out on Thursday, and unis are getting organised for that.