declining firm for insurance

Hi! So results day went better than expected, not over the moon with my results but happy I managed to get into the unis I wanted to go to.

Just want to check since I’m so paranoid and overwhelmed rn lol but I’ve been offered an unconditional for Chemistry at Cardiff my firm when I originally went for Biochemistry and I don’t really want to do chemistry. Whereas Sussex has offered me Biochemistry and is my insurance.

Anyways, if I declined my offer at Cardiff, does that mean I get into Sussex automatically?? When I click reply to offers only Cardiff comes up right now but ucas says I’ve been confirmed a place at sussex if I don’t meet the conditions of my firm. So just want to check if this is normal and would I have to go through clearing to do biochem at sussex or what?

Also when do I need to reply to the offers by? UCAS seems to have messed up because it said ‘you will need to reply by 0d:MMMM yyyy or you will lose the offers’

Hi! So results day went better than expected, not over the moon with my results but happy I managed to get into the unis I wanted to go to.

Just want to check since I’m so paranoid and overwhelmed rn lol but I’ve been offered an unconditional for Chemistry at Cardiff my firm when I originally went for Biochemistry and I don’t really want to do chemistry. Whereas Sussex has offered me Biochemistry and is my insurance.

Anyways, if I declined my offer at Cardiff, does that mean I get into Sussex automatically?? When I click reply to offers only Cardiff comes up right now but ucas says I’ve been confirmed a place at sussex if I don’t meet the conditions of my firm. So just want to check if this is normal and would I have to go through clearing to do biochem at sussex or what?

Also when do I need to reply to the offers by? UCAS seems to have messed up because it said ‘you will need to reply by 0d:MMMM yyyy or you will lose the offers’

So once you've met the conditions for your firm, you're placed there and your insurance choice ceases to exist - it's released and can then be offered to other people. You can't swap from one to the other automatically.

If you want to go to Sussex you need to give them a call ASAP - Clearing is really busy this year and places are being taken quickly. If they can offer you a place, you can then use the 'decline my place' button to place yourself into Clearing and apply to Sussex.

So I spoke to Sussex they said if I decline my offer from Cardiff I would get into Sussex automatically?? they would send me an email to confirm but that’s it. I can’t contact Cardiff right now either too busy. Don’t know what to do

Also said that my offer was unconditional which I never knew about, all emails said conditional ://

So I spoke to Sussex they said if I decline my offer from Cardiff I would get into Sussex automatically?? they would send me an email to confirm but that’s it. I can’t contact Cardiff right now either too busy. Don’t know what to do

So I spoke to Sussex they said if I decline my offer from Cardiff I would get into Sussex automatically?? they would send me an email to confirm but that’s it. I can’t contact Cardiff right now either too busy. Don’t know what to do

There should be a 'Decline my place' button on your UCAS hub.

No, you must please not use Decline my place until you are sure what the situation is.

Ok - so you've got an unconditional course changed offer. You have 5 days to decide what you want to do. You can either accept the changed course at Cardiff via your UCAS hub, or decline it and you will be automatically placed at Sussex (assuming they have accepted you).

How are you feeling right now, do you think you want to accept the changed course?

It will be unconditional once you have your results. But you applied for biochem at Cardiff and met your offer?

how do I know if they have ‘accepted me?’ I tried to talk to them and they said yes if I decline Cardiff I’ll be given the offer at Sussex. And also like I said before it says I’ve been confirmed a place at sussex

I don’t want to do Chemistry, the only thing I want to find out is if I can switch to Biochemistry from Year 1 at Cardiff. Even if I can I’m not sure id want to go through a year of pure chemistry! thank you for you help so far. I’m on hold to Cardiff to confirm details

how do I know if they have ‘accepted me?’ I tried to talk to them and they said yes if I decline Cardiff I’ll be given the offer at Sussex. And also like I said before it says I’ve been confirmed a place at sussex

I don’t want to do Chemistry, the only thing I want to find out is if I can switch to Biochemistry from Year 1 at Cardiff. Even if I can I’m not sure id want to go through a year of pure chemistry! thank you for you help so far. I’m on hold to Cardiff to confirm details

no unfortunately I did not get the grades I needed for biochemistry but looking at their website I didn’t get the grades for chemistry either (I got BBC they wanted ABB lowest? So idek how I got offered this course to begin with!)

no unfortunately I did not get the grades I needed for biochemistry but looking at their website I didn’t get the grades for chemistry either (I got BBC they wanted ABB lowest? So idek how I got offered this course to begin with!)

thank you so much everyone for the help and advice! after being on call with cardiff for over two hours asking questions about possibly taking another course and transferring to biochem, but just wasn’t meant to be with the grades I ended up getting. so I declined my offer and am now going to sussex for biochemistry

thank you so much everyone for the help and advice! after being on call with cardiff for over two hours asking questions about possibly taking another course and transferring to biochem, but just wasn’t meant to be with the grades I ended up getting. so I declined my offer and am now going to sussex for biochemistry