choosing uni choices

How should you go about choosing uni options? Is it fine if you apply to 5 top universities or should it be 3 big ones and 2 small ones? How else should you decide?

do it off ur predicted grades. U should have max 3 on ur predicted grades then 1 with one grade under and then another with 2-3 grades under. Although if ur a straight A* student maybe look for an insurance around AAB-ABB

How should you go about choosing uni options? Is it fine if you apply to 5 top universities or should it be 3 big ones and 2 small ones? How else should you decide?

While you can put 5 on the form, ultimately you only accept 2 (a firm and an insurance choice)

Your insurance choice should therefore have lower grade boundaries so that you have somewhere to go if you have a hiccup and don’t get the grades for your firm choice.

So, choose 5 places you would like to go and see what offers you get

As above, select 3 high level choices (around your predicted grades) and 2 below your predicted grades.

When you have your offers, make a choice for firm and insurance. Typically one from higher and one from lower but, depending on the grade boundaries, you may select 2 from higher and then look to rely on clearing if you miss those. Bottom line is, you need to have a plan (hope for the best but plan for the worst) to

A) get an upper offer
B) get a standby offer
C) know what you’ll do if the exams all go horribly wrong

How should you go about choosing uni options? Is it fine if you apply to 5 top universities or should it be 3 big ones and 2 small ones? How else should you decide?