materials science at lboro and imperial

hey guys im applying for materials science & eng this year and i'm a bit concerned about my grades
my current predicteds are AAD with the D in physics, and my first choice uni is lboro but their requirements are AAA, would I still be able to get an offer? I saw on the ucas website that the most common grades for that course is BBB so surely I'd get an offer?
Also, I know it's a longshot but if I was to get AAB in my september mocks, is there a chance I could get an offer from Imperial even though their requirement is AAA? My personal statement is really good, I got it checked by a member of the Imperial admissions department and she said that it's really good and unique and had basically nothing to change.

Unfortunately Imperial is very competitive and you should definitely be meeting the requirements. They will definitely not be fine with a D in physics. I'd recommend trying your best to get that grade up.

I think they could potentially accept an AAB during your mocks and they defo would if u were eligible for a contextual offer I think you can give it a try and even during ur real exam season u probably would be able to go through clearing if u lower grades than expected I hope this made sense I am typing in a rush

yeahh thats what i was thinking because for the past like 3 years I've been seeing the materials course at lboro on clearing, but i heard that you should avoid clearing at all costs