Retake A Levels or take a clearing offer?

Resit, there's no point in going to a *****y university just for the sake of going

Anyone in particular know if there would be issues pulling out and reapplying/retaking for 2017 after accepting?

But apparently more and more firms are asking for a levels from one sitting as I was in the same situation

I'm in the same position and saw this too..anyone got any opinions on what to do?

Hey, one option is...

accepting the offer then making sure you get at least a 2:1 in the first year then you can get a transfer to a uni that you'd prefer and because of your exceptional achievement in your first year at City, plus your good A level results you'd have a better chance of getting in and just continuing the same course from Year 2.

Hope this helped

But apparently more and more firms are asking for a levels from one sitting as I was in the same situation

get deferred entry on the London city uni offer and take a gap year, resit a few modules and pull your grades up, aim to go to russel group unis! x

Applying again to other unis (Russell Group or not) would cancel the deferred place at City.

but after you get your offers from other unis can't u withdraw your application from the uni that u had deferred entry with?

but after you get your offers from other unis can't u withdraw your application from the uni that u had deferred entry with?

Look at it this way - you're unlikely to get an offer from a top firm with ACC, and I know very little about City University but I don't think it's particularly highly regarded by top firms (not meaning to be rude). Surely you're better off re-sitting and getting AAA and getting a first/2:1 from a top uni and then you can at least get through the door for all sorts of graduate jobs/schemes?

Oh and it won't cause any problems with UCAS. There isn't a public permanent record.

This is defeating the whole point though... The whole reason anyone wants to retake is to get into the grad programmes because it's irrelevant getting into a good uni when you still can't apply for the jobs. what would be the point of me wasting a year to retake and get in a better uni only to find out after graduating at this 'better' uni, the firms only count the first grades anyway?

I'm generally so confused with this :/
Seems like best option would be just to go ahead with uni and it's an ok uni.

This is where I've been left. I feel like I'm undershooting going to City but I don't really think employers will care if I get a first.

I have no idea, made worse by friends who did well going off to their respective Russell Group unis

so whats your end decision?

Well I took the City offer, fresher's week is next week. Haven't registered yet and even if I start I can change my mind, obviously it would cost me a lot to do that but I'm less worried about that and more worried about doing the best thing!

How about yourself?