What if I don't meet my conditional offer for UCL/KCL/Edinburgh/LSE/ICL

Hi, im an international and i have really bad anxiety, and experienced panic attacks before. i didnt mention anxiety in my application, but i have a diagnosis. if lets say, i get a conditional offer which i dont meet, can i appeal to them about my condition and still get accepted? do the unis i applied to usually do these things? im afraid i might not meet the requirements if i have a bad panic attack in actual exams. if i can appeal, up to how many points in IB would they allow discrepancies?

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DataVenia

Volunteer Team, Clearing and Applications Advisor

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Original post by djafidajfiajf

Hi, im an international and i have really bad anxiety, and experienced panic attacks before. i didnt mention anxiety in my application, but i have a diagnosis. if lets say, i get a conditional offer which i dont meet, can i appeal to them about my condition and still get accepted? do the unis i applied to usually do these things? im afraid i might not meet the requirements if i have a bad panic attack in actual exams. if i can appeal, up to how many points in IB would they allow discrepancies?

No. If you have a panic attack during an exam you can apply (via your school / college) to the exam board for "special consideration". If it's granted, you'll get a slight bump in your mark (perhaps 2%, and definitely no more than 5%) for the impacted paper.

I'd your want to encourage universities to consider mitigating circumstances (e.g. your anxiety) then you need to tell them before your results - ideally before you take you exams. The normal way to communicate this is via your UCAS application - there's even a special section for it which your referee could have completed!

Your best bet now is to check the web site for each of those universities and see if they have a mitigating circumstances form which you can complete. If they do, complete it now.

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djafidajfiajf

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Original post by DataVenia

No. If you have a panic attack during an exam you can apply (via your school / college) to the exam board for "special consideration". If it's granted, you'll get a slight bump in your mark (perhaps 2%, and definitely no more than 5%) for the impacted paper.
I'd your want to encourage universities to consider mitigating circumstances (e.g. your anxiety) then you need to tell them before your results - ideally before you take you exams. The normal way to communicate this is via your UCAS application - there's even a special section for it which your referee could have completed!
Your best bet now is to check the web site for each of those universities and see if they have a mitigating circumstances form which you can complete. If they do, complete it now.

then what are those historical data on ucas? when i put grades well below requirements, there's still like 45% chance of being accepted. are those people ALL extenuating circumstances? i thought you could still get in without meeting some reequirements if it wasnt by a lot.

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DataVenia

Volunteer Team, Clearing and Applications Advisor

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Original post by djafidajfiajf

then what are those historical data on ucas? when i put grades well below requirements, there's still like 45% chance of being accepted. are those people ALL extenuating circumstances? i thought you could still get in without meeting some reequirements if it wasnt by a lot.

Let me repeat for you the actual questions you asked:
• "if lets say, i get a conditional offer which i dont meet, can i appeal to them about my condition and still get accepted?"
• "do the unis i applied to usually do these things?"
• "if i can appeal, up to how many points in IB would they allow discrepancies?"

My answer was to those questions, not the question you now seem to be asking. If, on results day, you find that you have not achieved the results you wanted you cannot "appeal" to the university and so, "Oh, but I suffer from anxiety (which I never told you about) so can you let me in?" It's way too late by then; you have no right to appeal their decision.

This is not that same thing as universities confirming the place of applicants who have just missed their offer grades. The absolutely do that. But they do that on the basis of the results you achieve, and the information they already have on file. That's why this information should be in your UCAS application, or at least supplied to them via their own mitigation circumstances form soon after having applied.

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totallyfine

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Yes, Universities will only offer to students who miss their grades if there are spaces left after all the students who did meet the offer are accpeted.
You are best to apply for consessions after the exam affected by a panic attack and get a medical note.

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