adding predicteds when i don't know if i'll resit

Check with individual Unis as some will only consider grades at 1st sittings. I know that is case for Scottish Highers but not sure about A-Levels

Basically i did my a levels last year, got BBB and ended up taking a gap year. I'm reapplying now and the contextual offers for my courses are BBB, with the standard being AAB. I do qualify for the contextual offer for all my unis, but my old tutor has said she's happy to predict me AAA, which i believe would help me massively in getting into uni. So if they offer me BBB, and i'm predicted AAA, do i still have to retake? if you apply with predicted grades, do you have to do the exams even if you already meet the criteria? any help would be appreciated, thanks so much

why would you be predicted an AAA if you have already done your a levels, got BBB and didn't resit the year?

If you say in your UCAS application that you are resitting, then you have to resit. Offers if conditional will be based on the resit result, or they may give you an unconditional offer based on the results you have. If you later decide you are not resisting, you have to write to all your unis (well the ones that haven’t rejected you) to let them know you will not be resisting. If you have any conditional offers before then, based on you resisting, I would expect those to be withdrawn.

So if i apply to unis with BBB contextual and AAA predicted, and achieve an offer for BBB as i meet the contextual, i don't have to still resit? And can just accept with my current grades?

No, it depends on what offer they give you. They may give you an unconditional offer based on the grades you have, a conditional offer based on the A level you are going to resit or no offer all ( despite already having BBB) May be you have already BBB but they don’t want to give you and offer because of the rest of your application or the strength of other applicants, so they may say you need to get AAB. So you would need a A’s in your resit.

So they could give me an offer for BBB, but say that it must be this years BBB?

Basically i did my a levels last year, got BBB and ended up taking a gap year. I'm reapplying now and the contextual offers for my courses are BBB, with the standard being AAB. I do qualify for the contextual offer for all my unis, but my old tutor has said she's happy to predict me AAA, which i believe would help me massively in getting into uni. So if they offer me BBB, and i'm predicted AAA, do i still have to retake? if you apply with predicted grades, do you have to do the exams even if you already meet the criteria? any help would be appreciated, thanks so much