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how flexible is edinburgh with offers?

I have an offer from edinburgh university for A*AA, but i think i’ll get AAA in summer, so does anyone know how flexible edinburgh is with offers missed by one grade?
Original post by Anonymous
I have an offer from edinburgh university for A*AA, but i think i’ll get AAA in summer, so does anyone know how flexible edinburgh is with offers missed by one grade?

A university's ability to be flexible with grades is entirely a function of how many spaces they have available on a course once they've confirmed the place of those who have met the conditions of their offer. (Such candidates will always be accepted.)

If they don't have any spaces left, then no "near miss" candidates will be accepted. If they do have spaces left, then the best of the "near miss" candidates are likely to be accepted. Universities can instead opt to seek better qualified candidates via Clearing, but I suspect that if they have AAA candidates for an A*AA course, those candidates will be accepted before the course is opened to Clearing. If there are spaces available, of course.

Given the above, a university's ability to be flexible can change significantly depending on the year and the course. For what course have you received an offer from Edinburgh?
Reply 2
Architecture! I’m predicted A*A*AA but i just don’t think I’llbe able to get those A*s. Edinburgh has been my dreamuniversity for years, but I think I’m stressing myself out abit too much about it.
Original post by Anonymous
Architecture! I’m predicted A*A*AA but i just don’t think I’llbe able to get those A*s. Edinburgh has been my dreamuniversity for years, but I think I’m stressing myself out abit too much about it.

Well, ordinarily I'd refer you to the UCAS page for the course, as it's "Historical entry grades data" section should give you some indication of what grades they've accepted in the recent past. Unfortunately, for Architecture at Edinburgh that page (here) simply says, "We are unable to show previous accepted grades for this course. This could be because the course is new, it’s a postgraduate course, there isn’t enough historical data, or the provider has opted out of sharing their entry grades data for this course." Not very helpful.

So, as an alternative, I'll refer you to the DiscoverUni page for the course, here. If you scroll down to the "Entry information" section you can see the UCAS Tariff points for entrants in 2022-23. This data was collected from the university itself and covers 90 students. However, it is often difficult to make sense of, as - like the data usually available via UCAS - it doesn't differentiate between contextual and non-contextual applicants, and because it shows that 6% of applicants had fewer then 96 UCAS points - which seems very unlikely.

However, even if your A* predictions turn into As, the fact that you'll have AAAA overall might put you "ahead" of AAA candidates when it comes to any "near miss" decisions. :crossedf:
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Original post by DataVenia
Well, ordinarily I'd refer you to the UCAS page for the course, as it's "Historical entry grades data" section should give you some indication of what grades they've accepted in the recent past. Unfortunately, for Architecture at Edinburgh that page (here) simply says, "We are unable to show previous accepted grades for this course. This could be because the course is new, it’s a postgraduate course, there isn’t enough historical data, or the provider has opted out of sharing their entry grades data for this course." Not very helpful.
So, as an alternative, I'll refer you to the DiscoverUni page for the course, here. If you scroll down to the "Entry information" section you can see the UCAS Tariff points for entrants in 2022-23. This data was collected from the university itself and covers 90 students. However, it is often difficult to make sense of, as - like the data usually available via UCAS - it doesn't differentiate between contextual and non-contextual applicants, and because it shows that 6% of applicants had fewer then 96 UCAS points - which seems very unlikely.
However, even if your A* predictions turn into As, the fact that you'll have AAAA overall might put you "ahead" of AAA candidates when it comes to any "near miss" decisions. :crossedf:

thank you so much!!
Original post by Anonymous
thank you so much!!

You're welcome. :smile:

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