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Is it worth withdrawing from my last choice?

I currently have 4 of 5 offers. I have the two offers that I'm definitely setting as my firm and insurance. Is it worth withdrawing from the offer that I don't particularly want or need.
My reasoning:
As stated, I already have my two offers that I'm choosing
The last Uni is going to give me almost the exact same offer as one of my other offers
Out of all of the open days I've been to out of these five, this one was my *least* favourite
The audition (it's a music school) requires that I need *three* audition pieces, I would be putting extra work in because all my other choices only needed one or two pieces.

I'm applying for Audio Engineering/Music Production courses.
My choices:
ICMP (firm)
LCCM (insurance)
BIMM
Hertfordshire
ACM (The Uni in question)

(Also...
The firm offer actually has *lower* grade requirements than my insurance. ICMP wants 80 UCAS points while LCCM wants CCC. Music schools usually give very low offers since musicians aren't often academics, my predicted grades are currently BBB, though)

Reply 1

If you’re 100% sure that you don’t want to go to ACM, withdrawing the offer would be a good idea, so that you can choose your firm and insurance, especially if you want to request campus accommodation.

Reply 2

Its early to do all of the above yet. The only reason for withdrawing is to avoid the audition, but there is a lot for saying you should keep your options open.

Reply 3

It’s still too early in the process to begin applying for accommodation, so there’s no rush to start withdrawing offers. However, I fully understand how tempting it can be and how incredibly satisfying it is to have your offers locked in. So if you are fully certain on your 1st and 2nd choices then I would say go for it but once again there no rush!
To be honest we usually advise not to bother withdrawing choices as the forums end up littered with people who were also certain and then want to change for one reason or another.

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