Contextual offer question

Impossible question to answer.

On many - not all - courses there will still be 'spaces' on Results Day and most Unis will use 'near miss' to fill these - but how many spaces (if any) and how they choose the near-miss is a total unknown. Its a gamble and only you can decide how risky you want to be. Just make sure that your Insurance is still a Uni you would want to go to.

Good Morning Sohail Z!

Many congrats on your university offers! Here at Bath we define a contextual offer as a slightly lower offer made to those who meet certain 'contextual criteria,' and like you have described usually means a drop in one grade compared to the standard offer. It is very difficult to advise whether your specific university will still accept you if you score a 'near miss' in your offer, as some universities are more competitive than others and so may be more or less likely to accept near misses. If you are concerned, I would recommend emailing your chosen university's undergraduate admissions team, as they will have a lot of experience of going through applications, making offers etc, and so will have a good idea of competitive each course is, and how likely it is that near misses will be accepted, and whether there are usually spaces left.

I really hope that helps - best of luck

Holly
University of Bath