Engineering alternative course Uni of Bristol

If Mechanical Engineering is what you want to study (I applied too), then just stick with MechEng, Uni of Warwick & UCL are top notch unis too.
I applied to Bristol (Uncon) Warwick (Waiting), Nottingham (Uncon), Edinburgh (Offer) and Liverpool (Uncon).

Generally speaking, Mechanical Engineering/ Engineering, in general, is always on clearing (Apart from Oxbridge, Imperial, UCL, Durham), but you will still need to get decent grades.

If you ask for an alternative course, can you still decline the course after you have all your offers?
YES

Is there anything legally binding when asking for alternative courses, like what happens with ucas?
I believe that Bristol will change the course you have entered for to (whatever) and it will update on Track.

Now my question is: if I was to pick one of the 3 alternative course and they changed that on my ucas and I was to either accept or decline them, if on results day I call up and they have space on mech eng, will the fact that I asked for an alternative course mean that I will not be able to get into Bristol for clearing?

Thanks!

So I applied to the university of Bristol Mechanical Engineering course, and I was really hoping to get an offer from them and probably firm choice it but I was put on hold "due to amount of applications" and a week ago they emailed me saying they cannot give me a place on the course but they want to give me a chance to apply to either:

Civil Engineering
Electronic and electrical engineering
Engineering mathematics

The thing is I really wanted mechanical engineering based on the modules you do.

I also applied for
Aeronautics/aeronautics at southampton
Mechanical at Warwick
Mechanical at UCL

And only been given an offer from southampton so far, no other replies.

Anyways what do you reckon I should do?

Do you think there is any chance there'll be clearing for mech eng Boston on results day?

Should I send them an alternative course thing in the mean time?

Which alternative course do you reckon would fit?

If you ask for an alternative course, can you still decline the course after you have all your offers?

Is there anything legally binding when asking for alternative courses, like what happens with ucas?

Bristols a good place, even if they haven't offered me my course I still want to leave as many doors open for when deciding, so if you were in my situation what would you do?

Thanks!

So I applied to the university of Bristol Mechanical Engineering course, and I was really hoping to get an offer from them and probably firm choice it but I was put on hold "due to amount of applications" and a week ago they emailed me saying they cannot give me a place on the course but they want to give me a chance to apply to either:

Bristols a good place, even if they haven't offered me my course I still want to leave as many doors open for when deciding, so if you were in my situation what would you do?

Thanks!

omg same I got offered an alternative course too. I decided to go with civil. still waiting

Are you doing it as a backup and to have an offer or because you actually want to do civil? I want to apply to an alternative course too as having an offer (despite being another course) at a reputable university is still better than outright not having an offer right?

Unless it messes with the clearing side if you want to go through clearing for mech eng at bristol but already have an alternative course down as one of your choices. It's this that I'm worried about.

So I applied to the university of Bristol Mechanical Engineering course, and I was really hoping to get an offer from them and probably firm choice it but I was put on hold "due to amount of applications" and a week ago they emailed me saying they cannot give me a place on the course but they want to give me a chance to apply to either:

Civil Engineering
Electronic and electrical engineering
Engineering mathematics

The thing is I really wanted mechanical engineering based on the modules you do.

I also applied for
Aeronautics/aeronautics at southampton
Mechanical at Warwick
Mechanical at UCL

And only been given an offer from southampton so far, no other replies.

Anyways what do you reckon I should do?

Do you think there is any chance there'll be clearing for mech eng Boston on results day?

Should I send them an alternative course thing in the mean time?

Which alternative course do you reckon would fit?

If you ask for an alternative course, can you still decline the course after you have all your offers?

Is there anything legally binding when asking for alternative courses, like what happens with ucas?

Bristols a good place, even if they haven't offered me my course I still want to leave as many doors open for when deciding, so if you were in my situation what would you do?

Thanks!

Well you could choose the closest thing to Mech Eng and then just switch courses

For prospects the best is Electrical/Electronic Eng, then Mech Eng, then Aero. There are very limited Aero Eng jobs available.

If it was just prospect I would pick electrical any day, but it's about what you see yourself doing for 4 years, and to be honest I would hate to do electronics for 4 years (I hated doing it for an a level term let alone 4 years).

I might still have a chance at bristol though, a guy I emailed said to contact them February and check for "mechanical and electrical engineering" course availability. The thing that's weird about that course is that a) it has lower entry grades than just mechanical/electrical and b) it gives you the option to switch to just mechanical after the first year... Check the website for the course.

Sounds so shady and why did the guy tell me to wait for February to ask and not just check when I emailed him...