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Uni retract offer?
Once a uni gives you a conditional offer can they retract that offer and reject you?
Just wondering if they could.
Just wondering if they could.
Reply 1
No they cant.
Reply 2
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One of my universities discontinued my course that year, so I got to choose a different one. I guess that's not the same as a rejection, though.
Not sure about whether it's illegal or not, I don't think I've ever seen proof of that... I got the required grades for my firm and still got rejected - there was nothing I could do about it. If it actually is illegal, I guess I could have kept fighting the uni, but it wouldn't have been worth bothering in the end!
Not sure about whether it's illegal or not, I don't think I've ever seen proof of that... I got the required grades for my firm and still got rejected - there was nothing I could do about it. If it actually is illegal, I guess I could have kept fighting the uni, but it wouldn't have been worth bothering in the end!
Reply 3
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by mimimimiI got the required grades for my firm and still got rejected - there was nothing I could do about it. If it actually is illegal, I guess I could have kept fighting the uni, but it wouldn't have been worth bothering in the end!
Errr what? Universities aren't allowed to not let people in who've met the terms of the offer...
Reply 4
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Unis can reject you if they then find out you lied on your application (even if you didn't mean to as you made a mistake).
Reply 5
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by User12399Once a uni gives you a conditional offer can they retract that offer and reject you?
Just wondering if they could.
Just wondering if they could.
Contrary to some of the rubbish written above, they can - though it is unusual. They can, for instance, correct a mistaken offer; they can amend or withdraw an offer if the candidate changes the details of his/her application, or if the candidate has lied; they can they can also decide not to run a course you have received an offer for.
Reply 6
Until you've firmed they can do anything they want.
Reply 7
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Someone in my year last year got offer but apparently it was a mistake and they retracted it, but apparently if she had firmed they couldn't withdraw it
Reply 8
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by Good blokeContrary to some of the rubbish written above, they can - though it is unusual. They can, for instance, correct a mistaken offer; they can amend or withdraw an offer if the candidate changes the details of his/her application, or if the candidate has lied; they can they can also decide not to run a course you have received an offer for.
Yeah but I think the OP is referring to if everything they have put down is legitimate. If so, you are talking rubbish. They can not retract an offer. If they have made you one, they can change the course (this happend to me) but it is not the same as retracting an offer.
Reply 9
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by my9ridesYeah but I think the OP is referring to if everything they have put down is legitimate. If so, you are talking rubbish. They can not retract an offer. If they have made you one, they can change the course (this happend to me) but it is not the same as retracting an offer.
WRONG
Until you firm there is no contract
Reply 10
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by hypocriticaljapWRONG
Until you firm there is no contract
Until you firm there is no contract
Please don't bring contract into this. There is no contract between a prospective student and a university until that student enrols.
What one is concerned with is the UCAS (unpublished) rulebook known as the UCAS Admissions Guide and Decision Processing Manual 2011
Reply 11
It's pure myth that they can't - it's unlikely and uncommon but they can, even just because they found someone better suited. It is uncommon though. I'm not sure how much difference it makes if you've firmed it, really.
Reply 12
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by my9ridesYeah but I think the OP is referring to if everything they have put down is legitimate. If so, you are talking rubbish.
No I'm not. All of the things I mentioned in my previous post can be done, and the fact of the offer having been accepted only gives the university extra hoops to jump through. And Nullius Tertius is quite right about contracts and rules.
Reply 13
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by my9ridesYeah but I think the OP is referring to if everything they have put down is legitimate. If so, you are talking rubbish. They can not retract an offer. If they have made you one, they can change the course (this happend to me) but it is not the same as retracting an offer.
Unis can, and do sometimes, retract offers they have made, but they can only do this - unless there is valid reason - before the offer has been accepted as a firm or insurance. Clearly this is not good practice if there is no particular circumstance that entitles them to do so (like the applicant claimed grades he didn't actually have), and UCAS would discourage it, but they can't actually prevent them from doing it. Genuine mistakes do happen - in both directions, by the way.
Reply 14
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by Wookie42Errr what? Universities aren't allowed to not let people in who've met the terms of the offer...
Well they let me in for a different course in the end, and I dropped out after passing first year. Now I'm on a totally different course at a different uni, so it doesn't really matter.
Reply 15
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by JunoUnis can reject you if they then find out you lied on your application (even if you didn't mean to as you made a mistake).
what if for example, you resat one of your gases and only included the second better score and did not include the initial score in your application
Reply 16
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by uchethemanwhat if for example, you resat one of your gases and only included the second better score and did not include the initial score in your application
In theory, yes, they could withdraw the offer. In reality, no, they almost certainly won't.
It's daft to lie by omission about GCSE retakes, unis don't care about them. They care about being misled though.
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