Why do some universities not go into clearing?

If as statistics show only 16% of A level candidates meet their predicted A level grades, how do some universities manage to not get into clearing? Is it because they make much more offers, like 620% more than the places they have, so that 16% of that will end up just nice an amount? Or do they accept many applicants with attained grades even if those grades are much lowered than required? Or do they simply not want to participate in clearing for reputation purposes?

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Admit-One

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They receive enough applications to over offer earlier in the year, so even if many applicants don’t meet the conditions or choose to go elsewhere, they are still comfortably subscribed.

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swanseajack1

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Original post by Cocacolaandpepsi

If as statistics show only 16% of A level candidates meet their predicted A level grades, how do some universities manage to not get into clearing? Is it because they make much more offers, like 620% more than the places they have, so that 16% of that will end up just nice an amount? Or do they accept many applicants with attained grades even if those grades are much lowered than required? Or do they simply not want to participate in clearing for reputation purposes?

Universities have years of experience and statistics to show the number of offers they need to make to achieve the number of students they require. To do this most make multiple times the number of offers they have places for. They know that students have 5 options so most will end up choosing another university and that some will not make their grades. They have the option of making up the numbers with applicants who just missed their grades.

Top universities know they will make their numbers without clearing which is a last resort. A good way to check whether a university is likely to offer a course in clearing is to check the current extra listings and filter on show only courses with vacancies. If the course isnt in extra it wont be in clearing. The university only closes courses where it is confident it will meet its numbers and wont need to go to clearing

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mike23mike

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They fill up their not-so-popular courses by offering people who did not get their grades for their preferred course e.g. medical applicants who achieved AAB would be offered botany, or biochem or anatomy etc. e.g. Economics applicants would be offered business studies if they did not get AAA.

Why do some universities not go into clearing?

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