Have your say: University acceptance rates for students with lower grades rises

Original post by FloralHybrid

Hmm, I've no idea - Although I imagine the fact that the course was BA Drama, which isn't as competitive, factored into the relaxed entry requirements.

It's Streatham, but the drama interview/workshop is important and they must have been impressed.

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Original post by RogerOxon

What about people that did better than their predicted grades? How is this fair to them?

Frankly, a particular degree course requires a certain entry level. Accepting candidates with significantly lower grades (not what you were advocating, but what is happening) is going to cause everyone involved issues at some point.

They can use Adjustment (assuming they exceed the offer, not necessarily their predictions).

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Nukayes

Original post by Doonesbury

They can use Adjustment (assuming they exceed the offer, not necessarily their predictions).

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I know this is specific to me but there isn't adjustement to medicine is there? Cos if not the @RogerOxon is correct in that fact that the 60% who got 4 rejections would be done an injustice if e.g. someone with A*AA was rejected but someone got in withAAB

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Original post by Nukayes

I know this is specific to me but there isn't adjustement to medicine is there? Cos if not the @RogerOxon is correct in that fact that the 60% who got 4 rejections would be done an injustice if e.g. someone with A*AA was rejected but someone got in withAAB

Adjustment requires a Firm Offer. And no you can't usually Adjust into Medicine, but you can go into medicine via Clearing.

There's more to a successful Medicine application than just A-level grades.

Entry grades are there for a reason, uni courses are hard. Fair enough if it was the odd grade below but people with DDD etc aren't really cut out for it tbh

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chelseagirl2002

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It's a good and bad thing. Personally, I believe that University should be available to anyone as long as they put in the hard work. But if unis are letting in students who are only in for the parties booze whatever then there's an issue.

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FloralHybrid

Original post by Doonesbury

It's Streatham, but the drama interview/workshop is important and they must have been impressed.

They actually said they didn’t have an interview or workshop - It was all done on PS, predicted grades and references. Which surprised me.

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FloralHybrid

Original post by RogerOxon

What about people that did better than their predicted grades? How is this fair to them?

Frankly, a particular degree course requires a certain entry level. Accepting candidates with significantly lower grades (not what you were advocating, but what is happening) is going to cause everyone involved issues at some point.

Do you mean that for students who work hard to exceed their predicted grades, they may not think it’s fair that someone else got let in who didn’t quite meet the criteria?

I see your point, and I definitely mean more of a one or at a push two grades below type deal. Not a “needed AAA but got BCD but it worked”, entry requirements.

I’m not sure how universities decide to who to let in based on who didn’t meet the offer, but if the system works that students who fell slightly short have their application evaluated, and all areas are looked at - I think it’s fair that admissions then make a decision as to whether or not they’ll let them in, as oppose to just “Nope, didn’t meet the grades, no chance”

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RogerOxon

Original post by Doonesbury

They can use Adjustment (assuming they exceed the offer, not necessarily their predictions).

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Yes, but they cannot get a place if it's been given to an offer holder that achieved lower grades. If offers are given primarily on predicted grades, then adjustment candidates, with the grades, ought to take priority over offer holders without them, IMO.

Universities that interview can make more individual decisions.

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Nukayes

Original post by Doonesbury

Adjustment requires a Firm Offer. And no you can't usually Adjust into Medicine, but you can go into medicine via Clearing.

There's more to a successful Medicine application than just A-level grades.

1) Would I be correct in saying SGUL, liverpool, leicester and the newer ones are ususally one clearing?
2) Also I have a conditional at Warwick for Biomed, is it lets say I got A*AA would I be able to adjust into other Warwick courses or any Biomed courses acreoos the country?

Thanks XD

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Original post by Nukayes

1) Would I be correct in saying SGUL, liverpool, leicester and the newer ones are ususally one clearing?
2) Also I have a conditional at Warwick for Biomed, is it lets say I got A*AA would I be able to adjust into other Warwick courses or any Biomed courses acreoos the country?

Thanks XD

I'd say we are taking the thread off-topic.
1) you'd be better asking about Medicine clearing options in the Medicine forum :wink:

2) in theory yes, but not all courses may have places in Adjustment.

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Reply 32

IQuitTSR

Another theory:

Top unis "stole" the better candidates so they end having to take people with lower grades than their offer

Reply 33

winegums4

Original post by yasminxsarah

Could any of you who have experienced this, outline which uni it regards? Thanks.

I was predicted ABB and got into bangor (and accepted into my insurance choice aberdeen) with BCD, bangor wanted BBC but I got an unconditional and Aberdeen wanted BBB.

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winegums4