Do UCL and/or Imperial take resits?

Earlier this year I was predicted A*A*A and received an offer from UCL and Imperial for engineering. I was delusional enough and fully convinced I was going to achieve at least AAB in A Levels. I achieved DDC in Chem, Maths and Physics, somehow. To the point where I thought I picked up the wrong results. I want to resit A levels, and even if it takes 10 hours a day of revising for the next 300 days I'll do it, so that I can get back to where I feel like I should've been. I achieved a 9 in Maths, an 8 in Chem and an 8 in Physics at GCSE. I have had absolutely no extenuating circumstances other than a mild & brief mental health issue towards the middle of Year 13.

Is there even the slightest chance that I get an offer again?

Reply 1

Baleroc

Original post by Anonymous

Earlier this year I was predicted A*A*A and received an offer from UCL and Imperial for engineering. I was delusional enough and fully convinced I was going to achieve at least AAB in A Levels. I achieved DDC in Chem, Maths and Physics, somehow. To the point where I thought I picked up the wrong results. I want to resit A levels, and even if it takes 10 hours a day of revising for the next 300 days I'll do it, so that I can get back to where I feel like I should've been. I achieved a 9 in Maths, an 8 in Chem and an 8 in Physics at GCSE. I have had absolutely no extenuating circumstances other than a mild & brief mental health issue towards the middle of Year 13.
Is there even the slightest chance that I get an offer again?

Resits is a complex area for undergraduate admissions because it demonstrates you cannot successfully complete an exam first attempt. This is problematic for universities because you are only given one attempt during your degree at each module. So, failing to sit it first attempt will put you at a disadvantage compared to students who completed it first attempt.

The best form of contact is emailing UCL and Imperial undergraduate admissions and asking if its worth applying again if you resit your exams.

It will likely disadvantage you because there are a lot of applicants applying to UCL and Imperial, which means there will be thousands of people that get the same results as you, first attempt.

So, if there is a chance, only contacting the UCL and Imperial undergraduate admissions can confirm it, since every course is different and has different levels of competition. Regardless of the chance, I would say it is less likely that you get an offer now than next year. So you might want to consider other universities to avoid disappointment.

But, if you get the results you desire next year, and apply for a less competitive university, your resit is very unlikely to disadvantage you. Resits generally only disadvantage you against the most competitive universities, where there is a lot of choice between applicants and every detail makes a difference.

Reply 2

artful_lounger

Universities Forum Helper

Original post by Anonymous

UCL state on each of their course admissions pages if they accept resits for that course or not.

Not sure what the situation is for Imperial.

Reply 3

Anonymous #2

I am currently in the same situation.
Have you contacted the universities? If yes, what was their response (specifically Imperial) towards retaking and chances of getting another offer?

Reply 4

Anonymous #1

Original post by Anonymous

I am currently in the same situation.
Have you contacted the universities? If yes, what was their response (specifically Imperial) towards retaking and chances of getting another offer?

My school said that they can’t offer me the predicted grades I need to have a chance at being accepted, of course, but they’re offering to put the grades I am HOPING to achieve in my references. Which significantly reduces chances but beggars can’t be choosers ibr.

UCL have asked me to context them further to see if they’ll accept this UCAS application format. And they DO accept resits for civil eng.

No response from Imperial tho. Now I’m just focusing on getting the grades so that I can do the bachelors at a lower their uni like UCL or leeds or Manchester then do the Masters at Imperial after I finish the bachelors.

Have you gotten a response?

Reply 5

Anonymous #1

Original post by Baleroc

Resits is a complex area for undergraduate admissions because it demonstrates you cannot successfully complete an exam first attempt. This is problematic for universities because you are only given one attempt during your degree at each module. So, failing to sit it first attempt will put you at a disadvantage compared to students who completed it first attempt.
The best form of contact is emailing UCL and Imperial undergraduate admissions and asking if its worth applying again if you resit your exams.
It will likely disadvantage you because there are a lot of applicants applying to UCL and Imperial, which means there will be thousands of people that get the same results as you, first attempt.
So, if there is a chance, only contacting the UCL and Imperial undergraduate admissions can confirm it, since every course is different and has different levels of competition. Regardless of the chance, I would say it is less likely that you get an offer now than next year. So you might want to consider other universities to avoid disappointment.
But, if you get the results you desire next year, and apply for a less competitive university, your resit is very unlikely to disadvantage you. Resits generally only disadvantage you against the most competitive universities, where there is a lot of choice between applicants and every detail makes a difference.

Thank you, I’m just hoping Imperial or UCL use me as a filler applicant since civil engineering is getting less and less saturated as a course.

Reply 6

Anonymous #3

Original post by Anonymous

Earlier this year I was predicted A*A*A and received an offer from UCL and Imperial for engineering. I was delusional enough and fully convinced I was going to achieve at least AAB in A Levels. I achieved DDC in Chem, Maths and Physics, somehow. To the point where I thought I picked up the wrong results. I want to resit A levels, and even if it takes 10 hours a day of revising for the next 300 days I'll do it, so that I can get back to where I feel like I should've been. I achieved a 9 in Maths, an 8 in Chem and an 8 in Physics at GCSE. I have had absolutely no extenuating circumstances other than a mild & brief mental health issue towards the middle of Year 13.
Is there even the slightest chance that I get an offer again?

hi, i am in a similar situation to you. i did different subjects but i was predicted A*A*A but ended up getting A*AC, so i missed my LSE offer by a few marks. the C grade is really getting to me and i think i got the C since i picked up politics as a new subject in year 13, so i had that added on pressure of catching up on 2 years of content in a few months. i would like to resit so that i can get rid of the anomaly, that is the C grade and i was thinking of reapplying to LSE, UCL and KCL (i didn't apply to UCL and KCL before). obviously all 3 are world-class universities and i am presuming they aren't too fond of resits (maybe KCL is less harsh) but it's always worth a shot! i will email the admissions teams and see what they have to say. i definitely suggest doing that as they know best. it definitely depends on the competitive nature of the course so it's always worth clarifying. you seem really motivated and determined so i am really rooting for you!! i wish you all the very best, you can do this!!

Reply 7

username7214188

UCL do engineering with a foundation year. Look at that maybe?

Reply 8

ysl060804

i took a gap year and resat some of my exams. I applied for Imperial biomaterials and Tissue eng and got an offer. I think for imperial it is true that they dont prefer people who did resits. HOWEVER, it is okay if you are in mitigating circumstances. If you are in the mitigating circumstnace you will be considered the same with everybody else without any disadvantage. But I think you should still contact the univeristy and ask