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Appliying to Scotland univeristy

I was looking at Edinburgh Uni website and it says if you're a widening access applicant then you are guranteed an offer at the minimum requirements . Can someone confirm if this is true or if they got accepted on the minimum entry requirements and were a widening access applicant.

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GabiAbi84

It’s not quite that cut and dry:

“Plus flag concession
In the majority of cases, a “Plus flag” applicant will be guaranteed an offer at the minimum entry requirement. You need to be predicted to meet those grades if you haven;t already met them.

You’ll also need to have any required subjects that we need: this varies depending on your chosen course, so check our degree finder for the degree programme you are interested in studying.

Degree finder

Unfortunately, we can’t make this absolute guarantee for subjects like art, design, medicine, veterinary medicine, education and nursing. This is because we look at more than just academic grades in the selection process for those subjects (we also look at portfolios, UCAT scores, interviews etc.)

In these cases, if you have a “Plus flag” and have achieved or are predicted to achieve the minimum entry requirement, we guarantee that your application will be given extra credit and will progress to the next stage in the selection process (e.g. the interview stage for veterinary medicine or the portfolio stage for art/design).

Flag concession
If you are assigned a “Flag”, you’ll also be given a bit more credit in the admissions process than an applicant without either flag. You’ll be prioritised for a place in degree programmes where competition for places is high, but it’ll be at the standard entry requirement, rather than the minimum.”