UCL Mechanical Engineering Clearing/Adjustment
I'm in a bit of a predicament, so I got rejected from Oxford post interview (Can let that slide) but somehow got rejected from UCL and Bath too, I really wanted to go UCL, and before you say gap year, I'm not allowed a gap year, I will literally get disowned, so I have to get into either Bath or UCL for engineering for 2024 entry, any advice? I can do adjustment, I may exceed A*A*A*A but i'm not sure.
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Adjustment doesnt exist anymore - its just 'Clearing', and although you can contact any Uni you like on Results Day to ask about a place, the chances of UCL having any spaces for Mech are essentially zero.
Btw, Bath is one of the top Unis for Mech - do your research.
Btw, Bath is one of the top Unis for Mech - do your research.
Reply 2
Let them disown you.
Apply for yini placements and get paid for a gap year https://www.etrust.org.uk/product-page/075sc-year-in-industry-placement-engineer
Apply for yini placements and get paid for a gap year https://www.etrust.org.uk/product-page/075sc-year-in-industry-placement-engineer
Reply 3
Original post by username7044921
I'm in a bit of a predicament, so I got rejected from Oxford post interview (Can let that slide) but somehow got rejected from UCL and Bath too, I really wanted to go UCL, and before you say gap year, I'm not allowed a gap year, I will literally get disowned, so I have to get into either Bath or UCL for engineering for 2024 entry, any advice? I can do adjustment, I may exceed A*A*A*A but i'm not sure.
Nobody can say if the unis will be in adjustment. It will depend on several factors.
It sounds like you feel a pressure to appease others. This is not a good way to choose when & where to go to university. if you did personally want a year out, volunteering, internships etc. are incredible ways of broadening your skills, wisdom & make a huge difference for the cv. Please try and figure out what is best for you & if the people care & love you they may be accepting of a well reasoned plan.
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Original post by mnot
Nobody can say if the unis will be in adjustment. It will depend on several factors.
It sounds like you feel a pressure to appease others. This is not a good way to choose when & where to go to university. if you did personally want a year out, volunteering, internships etc. are incredible ways of broadening your skills, wisdom & make a huge difference for the cv. Please try and figure out what is best for you & if the people care & love you they may be accepting of a well reasoned plan.
It sounds like you feel a pressure to appease others. This is not a good way to choose when & where to go to university. if you did personally want a year out, volunteering, internships etc. are incredible ways of broadening your skills, wisdom & make a huge difference for the cv. Please try and figure out what is best for you & if the people care & love you they may be accepting of a well reasoned plan.
I’m not taking a gap year, I like my mum and i can say for certain she won’t speak to me for a while if i take a gap year.
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Original post by 233w341
I’m not taking a gap year, I like my mum and i can say for certain she won’t speak to me for a while if i take a gap year.
If you were in paid employment in the engineering sector for a year she wouldn’t talk to you?
That seems incredibly irrational.
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Original post by PQ
If you were in paid employment in the engineering sector for a year she wouldn’t talk to you?
That seems incredibly irrational.
That seems incredibly irrational.
might be irrational but i’ve always had this conversation with her as I doubt i’ll get any good clearing places too, but the answers always the same, i’ve tried to bring up a gap year to my family they’re 100% against it and are holding out for clearing, tbf everyone offline tells me most unis do clearing.
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Original post by 233w341
might be irrational but i’ve always had this conversation with her as I doubt i’ll get any good clearing places too, but the answers always the same, i’ve tried to bring up a gap year to my family they’re 100% against it and are holding out for clearing, tbf everyone offline tells me most unis do clearing.
What offers did you get?
Most universities DO do clearing - but not all and not for all subjects. The universities and course you’re looking at are highly unlikely to have vacancies. But there’s plenty of excellent mecheng courses outside those universities
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Original post by PQ
What offers did you get?
Most universities DO do clearing - but not all and not for all subjects. The universities and course you’re looking at are highly unlikely to have vacancies. But there’s plenty of excellent mecheng courses outside those universities
Most universities DO do clearing - but not all and not for all subjects. The universities and course you’re looking at are highly unlikely to have vacancies. But there’s plenty of excellent mecheng courses outside those universities
kings and bristol, not very keen on either, and I know I sound arrogant but i don’t think i should need to take a gap year, I already worked hard for good predicted grades and good GCSE’s
Reply 9
Original post by 233w341
kings and bristol, not very keen on either, and I know I sound arrogant but i don’t think i should need to take a gap year, I already worked hard for good predicted grades and good GCSE’s
Yes you do sound arrogant.
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Original post by PQ
Yes you do sound arrogant.
tbh i am, anyway i need to wait until results day and it’ll fix itself, if not guess i’m cooked
Reply 11
Original post by 233w341
tbh i am, anyway i need to wait until results day and it’ll fix itself, if not guess i’m cooked
The reality is that every year top universities dont enter clearing and Mech Eng is a particularly competitive subject. You need to get away from your arrogance and face facts. You are not going to get better than Kings or Bristol so your choice is either accept them or take a gap year. Time to face the real world. Your arrogance isnt helping you. Universities dont have to be nice to you whatever you think.
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Original post by swanseajack1
The reality is that every year top universities dont enter clearing and Mech Eng is a particularly competitive subject. You need to get away from your arrogance and face facts. You are not going to get better than Kings or Bristol so your choice is either accept them or take a gap year. Time to face the real world. Your arrogance isnt helping you. Universities dont have to be nice to you whatever you think.
but some will do some clearing, like maybe maths or any random STEM course, i’ll just get onto that then switch, somebody is bound to drop out in first year
Reply 13
Original post by 233w341
but some will do some clearing, like maybe maths or any random STEM course, i’ll just get onto that then switch, somebody is bound to drop out in first year
That’s not how it works, especially for well ranked courses with a placement year. They’ll already be oversubscribed and it’s not one in, one out.
I would not place your eggs in that basket. Yes, you might be able to swap, but it’s basically roulette.
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over many years UCL have not entered clearing. either have Imperial and others. Those are for any subjects. Bath might have the odd subject but that is the hard to fill ones and that is true for most leading universities. Outside the top dozen or so universities there is a strong chance of a course being available but the ones you are looking at wont have availability and you need to face that. Your choices are basically going to be to accept Bristol or Kings, go to a lower graded university or take a gap year.
Universities dont have to accept you whatever your arrogant mind thinks. Time to learn to live in the real world rather than your view of things
Universities dont have to accept you whatever your arrogant mind thinks. Time to learn to live in the real world rather than your view of things
Reply 15
If you have your heart set on going to a Russell Group university, these are all the Russell Group unis currently offering courses through UCAS Clearing 2023:
University of Birmingham
Cardiff University
Cardiff University has even more courses available through Clearing 2023 than last year with a whopping 246 courses currently available on UCAS. You can see the fill list here.
Whether you’re into the arts or sciences, with so many courses available there’s definitely something for everyone, no matter what you’re interested in. Cardiff also has its own dedicated Clearing enquiry centre as well as Clearing guide you can register for.
University of Edinburgh
University of Exeter
University of Glasgow
King’s College London
University of Leeds
Newcastle University
One of the vibiest unis the UK has to offer, Newcastle has 151 courses in Clearing this year. Ranging from sciences, engineering, arts, architecture, education, classics, English, history and many others – you can view them all here.
University of Nottingham
Queen Mary, University of London
Queen’s University Belfast
University of Sheffield
University of Sheffield ranked best in the country to study nursing this year and the course is still available through Clearing, along with 199 other courses. Apply here.
University of Southampton
University of York
York is the final Russell Group university to currently offer places through Clearing. This year it has 204 courses available through Clearing which is four times the amount that were on offer in 2022. You can see the 204 courses here.
University of Birmingham
University of Birmingham has 244 courses available through clearing this year, including engineering, history, medical science, classics and media degrees – amongst many others. To see all courses available, click here.
Cardiff University
Cardiff University has even more courses available through Clearing 2023 than last year with a whopping 246 courses currently available on UCAS. You can see the fill list here.
Whether you’re into the arts or sciences, with so many courses available there’s definitely something for everyone, no matter what you’re interested in. Cardiff also has its own dedicated Clearing enquiry centre as well as Clearing guide you can register for.
University of Edinburgh
An extremely popular and competitive uni to get into, nursing studies is the only course currently available through clearing at Edi. You can see more information on the course here.
University of Exeter
University of Exeter currently has eight courses available through clearing, seven of which are some kind of variety of a business degree and the eighth is philosophy and politics. To see all courses available, click here.
University of Glasgow
One of only two Russell Groups universities in Scotland, Glasgow has 20 courses up for grabs in Clearing 2023. However, apart from environmental sciences and sustainability and nursing, all of them are PGDEs and therefore only open to graduates. More information can be found here.
King’s College London
One of the top London players, King’s has five courses available through clearing this year but all five are different variations of a nursing degree. Click here if you’re interested.
University of Leeds
University of Leeds also only has a handful of courses up for grabs with only 13 available, but there is some diversity including business studies, nursing, midwifery and social science, all of which can be seen here.
Newcastle University
One of the vibiest unis the UK has to offer, Newcastle has 151 courses in Clearing this year. Ranging from sciences, engineering, arts, architecture, education, classics, English, history and many others – you can view them all here.
University of Nottingham
You can see the 183 courses University of Nottingham has available through clearing here. There’s a huge range of subjects available, some even with years abroad if you’ve got that travel bug.
Queen Mary, University of London
Queen Mary is ready and raring to take on students through Clearing this year. Of all the Russell Group universities, it has the most courses to offer by far with 292 currently available on UCAS. From aerospace engineering to drama, click here to view all available courses.
Queen’s University Belfast
Queen’s University Belfast is the only Russell Group uni in Ireland. This year there are 209 courses through Clearing, see here. So, if you want to live out your Normal People fantasy, get applying ASAP.
University of Sheffield
University of Sheffield ranked best in the country to study nursing this year and the course is still available through Clearing, along with 199 other courses. Apply here.
University of Southampton
This year, University of Southampton was ranked as 17th best in the country by the Complete University Guide. If you want to attend a top 20 UK university then Soton has 172 courses, all of which you can browse through here.
University of York
York is the final Russell Group university to currently offer places through Clearing. This year it has 204 courses available through Clearing which is four times the amount that were on offer in 2022. You can see the 204 courses here.
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Original post by swanseajack1
over many years UCL have not entered clearing. either have Imperial and others. Those are for any subjects. Bath might have the odd subject but that is the hard to fill ones and that is true for most leading universities. Outside the top dozen or so universities there is a strong chance of a course being available but the ones you are looking at wont have availability and you need to face that. Your choices are basically going to be to accept Bristol or Kings, go to a lower graded university or take a gap year.
Universities dont have to accept you whatever your arrogant mind thinks. Time to learn to live in the real world rather than your view of things
Universities dont have to accept you whatever your arrogant mind thinks. Time to learn to live in the real world rather than your view of things
i think i said somewhere if i take a gap year im getting disowned, this isn’t just me, if this thing only involved me i wouldn’t care, but its unironically technically a whole school thing, literal school wide drama was caused by my bath rejection and i wish i was joking.
Reply 17
Original post by username7044921
I'm in a bit of a predicament, so I got rejected from Oxford post interview (Can let that slide) but somehow got rejected from UCL and Bath too, I really wanted to go UCL, and before you say gap year, I'm not allowed a gap year, I will literally get disowned, so I have to get into either Bath or UCL for engineering for 2024 entry, any advice? I can do adjustment, I may exceed A*A*A*A but i'm not sure.
if you’re lucky, warwick might be on clearing for this subject, and they’re a very good russel group university.
the chances for kings is very very slim (you might want to double check their engineering course, it’s not accredited and they only do general engineering and electronic engineering, not mech eng) and the same with bristol. i believe their STEM courses in clearing are usually things like chemistry and geography but don’t quote me on that 💀
UCL haven’t been in clearing for YEARS, and recently Bath has become such a popular “oversubscribed” amongst STEM students specifically so they probably won’t be in clearing for engineering.
You might find other russell group universities like manchester, leeds, loughborough and southampton (just to name a few).
at this point, it’s either compromising the university you attend, or trying your luck applying again next January with a fantastic personal statement and some engineering work experience under your belt so that your chances are a lot higher.
i was in your position; my family basically forbid gap years, or anything “unconventional” like foundation years and study abroad…my situation with family may be more extreme but i am not in contact with them anymore and decided to take a gap year and am doing so much better. taking a gap year is completely fine, it doesn’t really have any correlation on your intelligence so it’s odd that you’re suggesting that.
you can attempt to call them on results day but the chances may be very slim. if anything, oxford is more likely to do adjustment than UCL and Bath.
what other unis did you apply to via ucas? and realistically, on results day, if you come out with those As and A*s, what do you think would happen - how would your mum react if you’ve gotten these amazing grades but are unable to get into Bath or UCL which is just virtually impossible to get into via clearing?
Reply 18
Original post by 233w341
i think i said somewhere if i take a gap year im getting disowned, this isn’t just me, if this thing only involved me i wouldn’t care, but its unironically technically a whole school thing, literal school wide drama was caused by my bath rejection and i wish i was joking.
realistically, in regards to this, your peers would be going off to university and living their own lives. i don’t know their reaction but i promise you, in the grand scheme of things, their opinion of you is so irrelevant, even if it’s currently “the big thing” of the year. if i was in your shoes i’d focus on trying to work for an engineering company for a year. if this isn’t possible, you can commute to your closest university and see if you can intern (unpaid unfortunately) at one of the engineering departments. i did this, just write an email to a professor who you like their research and then they’d be willing for you to tag along in their lab. bonus points if the uni is UCL or Bath because this will give you brownie points when applying again.
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Original post by solarpeas
if you’re lucky, warwick might be on clearing for this subject, and they’re a very good russel group university.
the chances for kings is very very slim (you might want to double check their engineering course, it’s not accredited and they only do general engineering and electronic engineering, not mech eng) and the same with bristol. i believe their STEM courses in clearing are usually things like chemistry and geography but don’t quote me on that 💀
UCL haven’t been in clearing for YEARS, and recently Bath has become such a popular “oversubscribed” amongst STEM students specifically so they probably won’t be in clearing for engineering.
You might find other russell group universities like manchester, leeds, loughborough and southampton (just to name a few).
at this point, it’s either compromising the university you attend, or trying your luck applying again next January with a fantastic personal statement and some engineering work experience under your belt so that your chances are a lot higher.
i was in your position; my family basically forbid gap years, or anything “unconventional” like foundation years and study abroad…my situation with family may be more extreme but i am not in contact with them anymore and decided to take a gap year and am doing so much better. taking a gap year is completely fine, it doesn’t really have any correlation on your intelligence so it’s odd that you’re suggesting that.
you can attempt to call them on results day but the chances may be very slim. if anything, oxford is more likely to do adjustment than UCL and Bath.
what other unis did you apply to via ucas? and realistically, on results day, if you come out with those As and A*s, what do you think would happen - how would your mum react if you’ve gotten these amazing grades but are unable to get into Bath or UCL which is just virtually impossible to get into via clearing?
the chances for kings is very very slim (you might want to double check their engineering course, it’s not accredited and they only do general engineering and electronic engineering, not mech eng) and the same with bristol. i believe their STEM courses in clearing are usually things like chemistry and geography but don’t quote me on that 💀
UCL haven’t been in clearing for YEARS, and recently Bath has become such a popular “oversubscribed” amongst STEM students specifically so they probably won’t be in clearing for engineering.
You might find other russell group universities like manchester, leeds, loughborough and southampton (just to name a few).
at this point, it’s either compromising the university you attend, or trying your luck applying again next January with a fantastic personal statement and some engineering work experience under your belt so that your chances are a lot higher.
i was in your position; my family basically forbid gap years, or anything “unconventional” like foundation years and study abroad…my situation with family may be more extreme but i am not in contact with them anymore and decided to take a gap year and am doing so much better. taking a gap year is completely fine, it doesn’t really have any correlation on your intelligence so it’s odd that you’re suggesting that.
you can attempt to call them on results day but the chances may be very slim. if anything, oxford is more likely to do adjustment than UCL and Bath.
what other unis did you apply to via ucas? and realistically, on results day, if you come out with those As and A*s, what do you think would happen - how would your mum react if you’ve gotten these amazing grades but are unable to get into Bath or UCL which is just virtually impossible to get into via clearing?
i forgot to say I have engineering experience 💀
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