Not meeting conditional offers...

Hello all,

When you have been given a conditional offer, I know that if you fail to meet it you can ask your university to reconsider you. How likely is it, assuming you have only narrowly mised out (i.e. AAB instead of AAA)

I am particularly interested to know regarding Oxford, Durham and the University of London Unis.

Thanks all, much appreciated!

Han xx :smile:

Reply 1

Eau

I think you can still be rejected even if you are one point off from an A.

Your best bet is to exceed the condition they give you.

Reply 2

Vincente

My friend got AABB when oriel collegem, Oxford wanted at least AAAB for computer science and he got rejected, while I got rejected by Pemroke for the same reason. IMO Oxbridge has such high standards that If you narrowly missed the grades they don't care because they don't want to dilute thier "quality" of standards and hence why they won't even do clearing.

Reply 3

FizzPopSpan

Thanks for that. I can understand Oxford not accpeting, what about the other unis?

Reply 4

ForumFreak

It depends on loads of things like how popular the course is, how many applicants they have and how many people missed out on their grades. Its really hard to predict. I do know people who have missed out on grades but still been accepted though not from Oxford or Cambridge.

Reply 5

kellywood_5

With Oxford, I'm afraid you'd have pretty much no chance, especially for a course as competitive as law. With Durham and the London unis, you'd have slightly more of a chance, but depending on how many others missed their offers, it would still be quite unlikely. I know lots of people here at Exeter who got rejected by UCL after dropping a grade, even if they were only a few marks off.

Reply 6

discombobulation

Yeah I know a couple of Oxford people who got AAB and have been rejected buuut one of them is reapplying to Cambridge this year (to do Law coincidentally) and they've been quite positive about things

Reply 7

emsy88

It probably depends on the course almost as much as the uni, law is really popular so far 'top' unis it is less likely they will be lenient (although still possible) I guess it will depend how much they like you as a candidate/prospective student.

Reply 8

FizzPopSpan

Thanks all. Obiviously I'm not planning on failing to achieve my conditionals, just to set my mind (kind of) at rest!

Cheers xx

Reply 9

Lizj

FizzPopSpan

Thanks all. Obiviously I'm not planning on failing to achieve my conditionals, just to set my mind (kind of) at rest!

Cheers xx

The best thing to do is make sure that you have an insurance that you would be happy to go to if you didn't make your firm.

Reply 10

quakee

after all, there is a girl that went to cambridge with AAB (same class as one of my teachers) . so it depends a lot on the interviews and tests.

Reply 11

Ben Dover the Lollipop Man

id say the chance of getting rejected by Oxbridge is pretty high. id say it goes the same wit london unis such as imperial and ucl, but unis like kings or queen mary may be a bit less strict.

Reply 12

x.fiore.x

I think that you'd have to be very lucky to be accepted by Oxbridge; my friend needed 3 As, as well as a good grade on her STEP paper. She got the three As but narrowly missed out on the STEP thingy, and they didnt let her in. She phoned up and they basically said, there are SO many people who do get the grades, they dont need to take anymore people. Also, its a bit unfair on the thousands of people who didnt get an offer from Oxbridge, then got 3 As.

Reply 13

maucej

They might not even have the choice. There are limits on staff, accommodation, lecture room sizes and so on. It can be the case with some competitive courses that no matter how much the Uni would still like to take you, they just can't.

Mind you, I guess that's not the case everywhere!

Reply 14

Melana

This year in my school, no-one had to go through clearing at all, despite a lot of people missing out on their grades. My friend had an AAB offer from Southampton for Management and got in with BCC, and two other friends had a BBC offer from Leeds for Drama and got in with B,C,D and B,B,D, so it's completely possible. Just depends how much they like you, and how many other people missed out.