Second that, a lot of people in England (not NI/Wales/Scotland) didn’t get their predicteds. Prior to covid only something like 28% of students got predicted grades, or higher. I thankfully got mine but a lot of my friends didn’t this year. It was really tough especially as the Govt insisted on no leniency or mitigations compared to the other countries. I don’t know what happened this year in England & I don’t want to scare anyone but we had people predicted solid A* get Bs etc. it was very random & just seemed out.
So agree to have a least one AAA at least. I think that’ll only be York, Cardiff & Sheffield in Russell Group as Nottingham which was AAA has put up their grades for 2024. Warwick might be AAA too. Or good non Russell group like Lancaster. Worth checking.
Definitely spread your bets, aim high, but give yourself a safety net. Sheffield & Cardiff do sometimes take near misses on results day but this year Notts, Warwick & York weren’t in clearing at all for law.