https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-54908150Applying to uni with your predicted grades and then having to wait until Results Day to find out if you got in can be pretty stressful. Many students and university leaders have been asking - is it the best way of applying to university?
The outcome of several reviews have been released this week that show university leaders think it might be time for a change, and a move to a new system that means you could apply or receive your offers only after you receive your grades.
There have been suggested two different options on how to improve:
Post-Qualification Admissions (PQA) This option would require students to submit their applications in the summer after receiving their A-level and BTEC results. To give universities time to process applications and offers, terms would need to begin in January.
Post-Qualification Offers (PQO) With PQO, term times would not change. Students would submit applications in the winter, before their final exams their final exams, but universities would not respond until exam boards confirm results in August.
The current system - which has been criticised by the University and College Union (UCU), the National Union of Students (NUS), and ministers and the House of Commons - was last reviewed (unsuccessfully) in 2012. There have been no final decisions, but these reviews will go a long way to working out how to make the university admissions process the best it can be.
Here's what the BBC has been saying:
What do you think? What system would you prefer to use, or do you like the use of predicted grades?
Do you see any problems, or could this be the best way forward?